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KVSC News Awards

03.30.09

KVSC 88.1FM’s news and sports departments were recipients of several awards at the Midwest Journalism Conference held March 27 in Bloomington, Minnesota.  The recognition came from the Minnesota Associated Press Broadcasters.

Award	Category	Subject/Reporter
Best in Show	Radio Class 1	Rage Against Abuse by Aaron Bjorkstrand
First Place	Features	Rage Against Abuse by Aaron Bjorkstrand
First Place	Sports Reporting	Husky Hockey Review by Aaron Bjorkstrand
Honorable Mention	Sports Reporting	Husky Sports Friday by Peter Tomala & Patrick Sullivan
First Place	Series/Special	Paul Wellstone Remembrance by David Iverson
First Place	Documentary/Investigative	SCSU Recycling Program: Green or Guilty by Jenna Wundrow

KVSC is St. Cloud State University’s student-run educational and community radio station. Student reporters compete against broadcasters throughout Minnesota (both commercial and non-commercial) in the radio class-one category. The category is designed for stations with one or no full-time newsroom employees. KVSC broadcasts eight weekday newscasts and more than 60 SCSU sporting events in an academic year.

04.10.08

KVSC 88.1FM’s news and sports departments were recipients of several awards at the Midwest Journalism Conference held March 27 in Bloomington, Minnesota.  The recognition came from the Minnesota Associated Press Broadcasters.

KVSC is St. Cloud State University’s student-run educational and community radio station. Student reporters compete against broadcasters throughout Minnesota (both commercial and non-commercial) in the radio class-one category. The category is designed for stations with one or no full-time newsroom employees. KVSC broadcasts eight weekday newscasts and more than 60 SCSU sporting events in an academic year.

Award	Category	Subject/Reporter
First Place	Sports Reporting	NCC to NSIC by Jody Norstedt
Honorable Mention	Sports Reporting	KVSC Sports Alumni: 40 Years of Husky Sports by John Hadden
Honorable Mention	Series/Special	Jeff Cohen Presentation by Jenna Wundrow
Honorable Mention	Documentary/Investigative	Swastika Speak Out by Ben Bardson

4.16.07

KVSC 88.1FM’s news and sports departments won four Media Best awards from the Minnesota Broadcasters Association. The awards banquet was held on April 16 and our staff received much deserved accolades for their fine reporting skills.

Award	Category	Subject/Reporter
First Place	Hard News Feature	Missing Student Scott Radel by Samrat Kharel
First Place	Soft News Feature	Tibetan Monks by Samrat Kharel
First Place	First Place	Archeological Dig Donny Daubanton
First Place	Sports Reporting	Husky Sports Friday by John Hadden, Charlie Cosgrove and sports dept.

KVSC is St. Cloud State University’s student-run educational and community radio station. Student reporters compete against broadcasters throughout Minnesota (both commercial and non-commercial) in the radio class-one category. The category is designed for stations with one or no full-time newsroom employees. KVSC broadcasts eight weekday newscasts and more than 60 SCSU sporting events in an academic year.

3.24.07

KVSC 88.1FM’s news and sports departments were recipients of several awards at the Midwest Journalism Conference held March 23 in Bloomington, Minnesota.  The recognition came from the Minnesota Associated Press Broadcasters. A highlight of the evening was the Lone Ranger Award given to Samrat Kharel, KVSC’s news director. The award recognizes news directors who go above and beyond the call of duty in smaller newsrooms in Minnesota.

KVSC is St. Cloud State University’s student-run educational and community radio station. Student reporters compete against broadcasters throughout Minnesota (both commercial and non-commercial) in the radio class-one category. The category is designed for stations with one or no full-time newsroom employees. KVSC broadcasts eight weekday newscasts and more than 60 SCSU sporting events in an academic year.

Award	Category	Subject/Reporter
Lone Ranger Award	Special Recognition	Samrat Kharel
First Place	Feature Reporting	Tibetan Monks by Samrat Kharel
First Place	Documentary/Investigative	Archeological Dig Donny Daubanton
First Place	Sports Reporting	Bobby Goepfert Feature by Charlie Cosgrove
Honorable Mention	Feature Reporting	Take Back the Night by Samrat Kharel
Honorable Mention	Sports Reporting	Top 10 SCSU Sports Moments Ben Bardson and Eric Aadland

3.31.06

KVSC receives five honorable mentions for the MAPB
We are proud to announce that Sujita Gyawaly, Chad Roberts, John Hadden and Samrat Kharel all received honorable mentions from the MAPB. An honorable mention from this reputable organization is a significant accomplishment, as the students compete with professional news broadcasters. KVSC is deeply committed to providing its listeners with the very best in sports and news. We are proud to be an award-winning radio station.

Award	Category	Subject/Reporter
Honorable Mention	Series/Special	"SCSU Planetarium" by Sujita Gyawaly
Honorable Mention	Documentary/Investigative	"Tuition Freeze" by Chad Roberts
Honorable Mention	Documentary/Investigative	"Iraq Reaction" by Samrat Kharel
Honorable Mention	Documentary/Investigative	"Stop the Slide" by Chad Roberts
Honorable Mention	Sports Reporting	"Erika Quigley Profile" by John Hadden

4.5.05

Award	Category	Subject/Reporter
First Place***	Radio Spot News	"Swisshelm Plaque" by Chad Roberts
First Place*	Series/Special	"Swisshelm Plaque" by Chad Roberts
Media Best Award**	Hard News Feature	"Homecoming Queen" by Chad Roberts
First Place*	Sports Reporting	"Husky Sports Friday" by Curt Carstensen & John Hadden
Media Best Award**	Sports	"Husky Sports Friday" by Curt Carstensen & John Hadden
Second Place***	Radio Spot News	"Hometown Proud Calendar" by Jill Gierke
Media Best Award**	Soft News Feature	"Hometown Proud Calender" by Jill Gierke
Honorable Mention*	Spot News	"Wetterling/Walker-1st Amendment Forum" by Jill Gierke
Honorable Mention*	Sports Reporting	"Matt Siegle Player Profile" by Curt Carstensen

*Minnesota Associated Press
**Minnesota Broadcasters Association
***Society of Professional Journalists

4.5.04

KVSC staff brought back 5 awards from the Minnesota Associated Press Broadcasters' Awards Contest. They shine in the following areas.

Award	Category	Subject/Reporter
First Place	Documentary/Investigative	"Talking About Racism in St. Cloud" by Michael Davies-Venn
First Place	Sports Reporting	"Men's Hockey Preview" by Mike Frey
Honorable Mention	Series/Special	"Homecoming Safety" by Chad Roberts
Honorable Mention	Play by Play	"SCSU vs. Denver 12/13/03" by Mike Frey, with Jim Hanggi and Chad Roberts
Honorable Mention	Sports Reporting	"Women's Basketball Report" by Mike Frey

4.1.03

The KVSC News and Sports Departments won 6 Assosiated Press awards for some great reporting in 2002.

Award	Category	Subject/Reporter
First Place	In-Depth Category	EEOC Report on SCSU by Michael Davies-Venn
Lone Ranger Award	Best in Show	EEOC report by Michael Davies-Venn
First Place	Sports Reporting	"Celebrating 50 Years of Sports (with Ray Christenson)" by Jim Olander
Honorable Mention	Play by Play	"Husky Hockey" by Jim Olander and Jim Hanggi
Honorable Mention	Play by Play	"SCSU vs. UND" by Jim Olander and Jim Hanggi
Honorable Mention		Wellstone Memorial by Kateri Wozny

4.9.02

KVSC News and Sports win six Assosiated Press awards

Our News and Sports Departments recieved six Minnesota Associated Press awards at the state-wide confrence on Friday, April 5th in Bloomington.

Award	Category	Subject/Reporter
First Place	Feature Program	Mascot Summit at SCSU by Rob Callahan
First Place	In-depth Category	Employee Contract Vote by Dot Johnson & Jo McMullen
First Place	Sports Reporting	Husky Sports Friday by Jim Olander, Jason Marchand & Joe Gill
First Place Sports	Play By Play	Men's Husky Hockey by Jim Olander
Honorable Mention	Sports Reporting	Husky Player Profile-Scott Meyer by Jim Olander
Honorable Mention	Play By Play	Final Five Championship by Jim Olander

Student Reporters Win Nine Associated Press Awards

KVSC 88.1FM's news and sports departments will take home nine Minnesota Associated Press Awards at the state-wide conference on Friday, April 20, 2001 in Bloomington.

KVSC is St. Cloud State University's student-run educational and community radio station. Student reporters compete against Minnesota commercial broadcasters in the radio class-one category, which is designed for stations with one or no full-time newsroom employees.

The following awards, for stories broadcast in the year 2000, were announced in March and will be distributed at the awards banquet:

Award	Category	Subject/Reporter
Honorable Mention		Weapons Threat @ SCSU by Katie Nilsson
Honorable Mention		St. Cloud Shooting by Dot Johnson
First Place	Feature	Nat'l Collegiate Alcohol Awareness by Dot Johnson
Honorable Mention	In-Depth	Chronicle Insert by Katie Nilsson and Jo McMullen
First Place	Husky Player Profile	Kobi Kawamoto by Dan Miller
Honorable Mention		Husky Sports Friday Dan Miller, Jim Olander, Jason March, Joe Gill and Erick Lind
First Place	Sports Reporting	Husky Men's Hockey by Jim Olander
Honorable Mention	Sports Play by Play	Husky Football by Dan Miller
Honorable Mention	Sports Play by Play	Husky Women's Hockey by Jim Olander

April 9th

Congratulations to KVSC's News and Sports department on recent Associated Press awards:

First Place--Radio Class One

Spot News "Pamphlet" Amy Dahlin-News Director A story about neo nazi pamphlets left on students' and community members cars in St. Cloud last summer. The story included reaction from students revolted by the racist/anti-semetic message.

Honorable Mention:--Gas Explosion

A story put together by the KVSC news department on the December 11, 1998 gas explosion that killed 4 people in St. Cloud and injured dozens of others.

First Place-Sports Play By Play

SCSU Hockey-Chris Withers talent KVSC's play by play commercial-free coverage of SCSU's Divsion I hockey program beat out competition from commerical stations!

Honorable Mention-Sports Reporting

Husky Sports Friday-Ron Johnson-sports director This program is featured at 4:30pm every Friday during the school year. The sports department covers all SCSU sports with player and coach interviews.