2009
Kentucky AP Awards
- 1st Place - Best Newscast
("Mountain Edition", Dan Conti, Tanner Hesterberg & Whitney Evans)
- 1st Place - Best Sports Reporting (Chuck Mraz)
- 1st Place - Best Sports Feature / Special ("Darius Miller", MacKenzie Bates)
- 1st Place - Best Use of Sound
("Save The Queen", Nicole Back )
- 2nd Place - Best Newscast
("MSPR Morning News", Chuck Mraz)
- 2nd Place - Best Sports Reporting (MacKenzie Bates)
- 2nd Place - Best Radio Reporter
(Nicole Back)
- Honorable Mention - Best Public Affairs ("Guardian", Nicole Back)
2008
Kentucky AP Awards
- 1st Place - Nicole Back
(Best Light News Feature - "Liberty Bell")
- 1st Place - MacKenzie Bates
(Best Sports Feature - "Raceland vs. Russell")
- 1st Place - Chuck Mraz
(Best Sports Reporting - "MSPR Morning Sports")
- 2nd Place - Chuck Mraz
(Best Newscast - "MSPR Morning News")
- Honorable Mention - Shayla Menville (Best Hard News Feature - "State Treasurer Candidates")
- Honorable Mention - Dan Conti, Nicole Back and Shayla Menville (Best Newscast - "MSPR's Mountain Edition")
Kentucky Broadcasters Association
- Harry Barfield Scholarship -
MacKenzie Bates
Carl Gibson
2007
Kentucky Public Radio Awards
- 1st Place - Nicole Back
(Best Public Service - "Cervical Cancer")
- 1st Place - Nicole Back
(Best Soft News Feature - "Sasha Colette")
- 2nd Place - Brandon Robinson
(Best Sports Reporting - "Preview of Morehead State Football Team")
- Honorable Mention - Brandon Robinson (Best Public Service - "Coal Mining")
Kentucky Broadcasters Association
- Harry Barfield Scholarship - MacKenzie Bates and Carl Gibson
2006
Governor's Award in the Arts
- Morehead State Public Radio
(Media Award)
Kentucky AP Awards
- 1st Place - Nicole Back
(Best Newscast)
- 1st Place - Leeann Tanner
(Best News Report)
- 1st Place - Aaron Breeze
(Best Sports Reporting)
- 2nd Place - Nicole Back
(Best Feature - "The Grove")
- 2nd Place - Leeann Tanner
(Best News Report - "Appalachian Oil")
2005
Kentucky AP Awards
- 1st Place - Chuck Mraz
(Class Two Radio - Sports Reporting)
- 1st Place - Morehead State Public Radio (Class Two Radio - Best Newscast)
Kentucky Broadcasters Association
- Harry Barfield Scholarship -
Kristin Murdock
2004
Kentucky AP Awards
- 1st Place - Jeremy Hicks (Feature/Human Interest - "Main Street Music")
- 1st Place - Stephanie Sanders
(Best Reporter)
- 1st Place - Michael Clark
(Sports Reporting - "Mountian Edition Sports")
Kentucky Broadcasters Association
- Harry Barfield Scholarship -
Jared F. Newberry
PRNDI Awards
- 2nd Place - Morehead State Public Radio (Division D News Feature - "Political Harrassment")
2003
Kentucky AP Awards
- 1st Place - Megen George
(Radio Newscast)
- 1st Place - Jonese Franklin
(Radio Sports - "Ancient Sportscasting")
- 1st Place - Jeremy Hicks (Feature/Human Interest - "Don Rigbsy")
- 1st Place - Megen George
(Radio - Best Reporting)
- 1st Place - Nelson Gullett
(Feature Reporting - "Poppy Mountain Bluegrass Festival")
- 1st Place - Jeremy Hicks
(Radio News Report)
- 1st Place - Chuck Mraz
(Sports Reporting - "The Front Page")
- 2nd Place - MSPR Staff
(Newscast)
- Honorable Mention - Jeremy Hicks (Radio Feature - "Leftover Salmon")
- Honorable Mention - Megen George (Radio News Report - "Crowded College")
- Honorable Mention - Aaron Arnold (Sports Reporting)
John Bayliss Broadcast Foundation
Scholarship Recipient
Kentucky Broadcasters Association
- Harry Barfield Scholarship - James Hawkins
National Federation of Community Broadcasters
- Finalist - Paul Hitchcock, Local Music/Entertainment Series (Americana
Crossroads Live)
2002
Kentucky AP Awards
- 1st Place - Megen George
(News Report - "Barge Traffic")
- 1st Place - Megen George (Feature/Human Interest - "Images from the Mountains")
- 1st Place - Stuart Osborne
(Best Student Sportscast)
- 2nd Place - Jonese Franklin (News Report - "Recycling")
PRNDI Awards
- 1st Place - Morehead State Public Radio ("Mountain Edition" News)
2001
Kentucky AP Awards
- 1st Place - Stuart Osborne (Best Student Sportscast)
- 2nd Place - Stuart Osborne (Student Newscast)
- Honorable Mention - Stuart Osborne (Student Long Form Feature)
John Bayliss Broadcast Foundation
Scholarship Recipient
2000
PRNDI Awards
- 2nd Place - WMKY (Division D Soft Feature - "New Old Building")
National Federation of Community Broadcasters
- 1st Place - Paul Hitchcock, Local Music/Entertainment Series (US 23 Showcase)
- Finalist - Paul Hitchcock, Local Music/Entertainment Series (Gathering
of Traditional Musicians)
