2014
Six broadcasters from KVSC 88.1FM brought home three Associated Pressawards along with three honorable mentions during the 2014 Minnesota Associated Press Broadcasters awards April 10.
Award | Category | Subject/Reporter |
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First Place | Documentary/Investigative | “Genocide Awareness Project.”Korina Borash |
First Place | Sports Reporting | “Husky Sports Friday on KVSC.”Declan Goff |
First Place | Sports Play-by-Play | “SCSU Men’s Hockey #6 vs #1 Univ. of MN 10/31/14.”Declan Goff &Jeremiah Graves |
Honorable Mention | Sports Play-by-Play | “SCSU Women’s Basketball vs Northern State 12/13/14.” Daniel Papp & Zach Fuchs |
Honorable Mention | Sports Reporting | “SCSU Women’s Basketball 2014 Season Preview.”Daniel Papp |
Honorable Mention | Series/Special | “World War II Flying Fortress Makes Stop at St. Cloud Regional Airport.” Vicki Ikeogu |
2013
Students and an alumnus from KVSC 88.1FM brought home five Associated Press awards along with eight honorable mentions and three Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) first place awards and two second place awards at the Midwest Journalism Conference in Bloomington, Minn. March 28-30, 2014.
KVSC Sports took home five AP awards.
Award | Category | Subject/Reporter |
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First Place | Radio Feature | “Juneteenth Celebration”Justus Sanchez |
First Place | Radio Sports Reporting | “St. Cloud State Football Advances to NCAA Quarterfinals”Gina Carlson |
First Place | Radio In-Depth Reporting | “Homeless Art Exhibit”Justus Sanchez |
First Place | Spot Hard News | “Simulated Terrorist Attack to Happen on SCSU Campus”Justus Sanchez |
First Place | Spot Hard News | “St. Cloud Art Crawl to Have Homeless Art Exhibit”Justus Sanchez |
First Place | Documentary/Investigative | “Camphill Village”Jeff Carmack |
First Place | Sports Reporting | “St. Cloud State Women’s Hockey Salute Class of 2013″Scott Gross |
Best in Show | Best in Show | “Simulated Terrorist Attack to Happen on SCSU Campus”Justus Sanchez |
Finalist (2nd) | Radio In-Depth Reporting | “Members of Mapuche Delegation Visit St. Cloud State University”John Peterson |
Finalist (2nd) | Radio News Reporting | “SCSU Science Express Introduces Kids to Sound”Steve Coursolle |
Honorable Mention | Spot Hard News | “Tobacco Free Barden Park Discussion”Amelia Rowland |
Honorable Mention | Spot Hard News | “SCSU Choirs to Host Choral Connections Concert”John Peterson |
Honorable Mention | Spot Hard News | “Movember Movement to be Recognized on SCSU Campus”John Peterson |
Honorable Mention | Series/Special | “Stearns History Museum Announces Partnership with Smithsonian Institution”Steve Coursolle |
Honorable Mention | Series/Special | “SCSU Science Express Introduces Kids to Sound”Steve Coursolle |
Honorable Mention | Documentary/Investigative | “Worker’s Rights Protested at Work Connection”John Peterson |
Honorable Mention | Sports Reporting | “The Official Naming of the Herb Brooks Hockey Center”Gina Carlson |
Honorable Mention | Sports Reporting | “The Jeff Giesen Show”Scott Gross |
2012
Students and an alumnus from KVSC 88.1FM brought home six Associated Press awards along with four honorable mentions and one Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) Mark of Excellence award at the Midwest Journalism Conference in Bloomington, Minn. April 12-13.
KVSC Sports took home five AP awards.
Award | Category | Subject/Reporter |
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SPJ Mark of Excellence | Radio News Reporting | “GOP Intimidation”Adam Ulbricht |
First Place | Spot/Hard News | “Former President Bill Clinton visited SCSU on Sunday Night”Amelia Rowland |
First Place | Feature | “ISELF Tour”Adam Ulbricht |
First Place | Series/Special | “Marriage Constitutional Amendment Debate”Amelia Rowland |
First Place | Documentary/Investigative | “GOP Controversy”Adam Ulbricht |
First Place | Sports Reporting | “St. Cloud State Women’s Hockey Senior Salute-Class of 2012″Zach Fisch |
First Place | Best in Show | “Former President Bill Clinton visited SCSU on Sunday Night”Amelia Rowland |
Honorable Mention | Feature | “Weekend of Songs Strums into St. Joseph this weekend”Justus Sanchez |
Honorable Mention | Series/Special | “Synthetic Drugs”Justus Sanchez |
Honorable Mention | Sports Reporting | “Husky Sports Friday 12-14-12″ Gina Carlson”The Jeff Giesen Show” Scott Gross |
Honorable Mention | Sports Play-by-Play | “WCHA Playoffs: SCSU vs. UNO” Zach Fisch, Dave Overlund”SCSU Men’s HOckey vs. Nebraska-Omaha” Scott Gross, Gina Carlson |
2011
Students and an alumnus from KVSC 88.1FM brought home eight Associated Press awards and one Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) Mark of Excellence award at the Midwest Journalism Conference in Bloomington, Minn. March 30-31.
KVSC Sports took home five AP awards.
Award | Category | Subject/Reporter |
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SPJ Mark of Excellence | Documentary/Investigative | “The Journey: From the Third World to Middle America”Chris Duffy |
First Place | Documentary/Investigative | “The Journey: From the Third World to Middle America”Chris Duffy |
First Place | Sports Reporting | “Women’s Hockey Player Profile: Molli Mott”Zack Fisch |
First Place | Sports Play-by-Play | “SCSU Men’s Hockey Defeats #1 Minnesota” |
Honorable Mention | Series/Special | “Groundbreaking Protest”Adam Ulbricht |
Honorable Mention | Feature | “Atmosphere Concert”Dave Overlund |
Honorable Mention | Sports Play-by-Play | “SCSU Men’s Hockey Rallies to Tie UNH””Zack Fisch, Dave Overlund, Matt Bishop |
Honorable Mention | Sports Reporting | “Husky Sports Friday: SCSU Hockey Preview”Zack Fisch, Dave Overlund, Matt Bishop |
Honorable Mention | Sports Reporting | “SCSU Hockey Top Five Goals”Matt Bishop |
2010
Students of KVSC 88.1FM brought home 16 Associated Press awards from the Midwest Journalism Conference in Bloomington, Minn. April 8-9, 2011. Former News Director Chris Duffy’s story, “The Journey: From the Third World to Middle America” won both first place from the Associated Press and the SPJ Region 6 Mark of Excellence Award.
Award | Category | Subject/Reporter |
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Honorable Mention | Spot/Hard News | “Parking Ramp Death” by Chris Duffy |
First Place | Spot/Hard News | “Firefighter Injured on Duty” by Chris Duffy |
Honorable Mention | Feature | “Blue Angels Soar Over St. Cloud” by Chris Duffy |
First Place & Best in Show | Feature | “Bachmann-Palin Rally” by Kevin Hurd |
Honorable Mention | Series/Special | “Stalking Awareness Month” by Zack Fisch |
First Place | Series/Special | “KVSC’s Back to School Series” by Dana Johnson, Chris Duffy & Dave Overlund |
Honorable Mention | Documentary/Investigative | “Underage Drinking Crackdown” by Kara Sautter |
First Place | Documentary/Investigative | “Aviation Program in Jeopardy” by Chris Duffy |
Honorable Mention | Sports Reporting | “Husky Sports Friday” by Zack Fisch |
Honorable Metion | Sports Reporting | “Sophomore Spotlight” by Matt Bishop |
First Place | Sports Reporting | “Husky Football Takes Down Hillsdale” by Dave Overlund |
Honorable Mention | Sports Play-By-Play | “SCSU Men’s Hockey vs. Bemidji State” by Ryan Sanders, Eric Hawkins & Matt Bishop |
Honorable Mention | Sports Play-By-Play | “Football vs. Hillsdale College” by Dave Overlund |
First Place | Sports Play-By-Play | “WCHA Playoffs: SCSU Hockey vs. MSU” by Zack Fisch, Aaron Bjorkstrand & Patrick Sullivan |
First Place | Newscast | “Noon Newswatch Show 11-9-10” by Chris Duffy & Aaron Wacker |
2009
KVSC 88.1FM’s news and sports departments were recipients of several awards at the Midwest Journalism Conference held April 16, 2010 in Bloomington, Minnesota. The recognition came from the Minnesota Associated Press Broadcasters.
Award | Category | Subject/Reporter |
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First Place | Spot News | “Fargo Volunteers” by Kevin Hurd |
First Place | Features | “Wide Snow Plows” by Chris Duffy |
First Place | Documentary/Investigative | “Puppy Mill” by David Iverson |
Honorable Mention | Sports Play-by-Play | “SCSU Women’s Hockey, Wisconsin vs. SCSU” by Matt Bishop, Joe Clemence & Zack Fisch |
First Place & Best in Show | Sports Reporting | “SCSU Women’s Hockey, Where Do We Go From Here?” by Caitlin Hogan |
First Place | Sports Reporting | “SCSU Women’s Hockey, Mid-season Report” by Matt Bishop |
Honorable Mention | Sports Reporting | “Husky Sports Friday” by Matt Bishop & Peter Tomala |
Best Website | Website: Radio Class 1 | http://www.kvsc.org/ |
Additionally, the KVSC News Team won two awards in the 2009 Society of Professional Journalists‘ Mark of Excellence Awards for Region 6. The two broadcasts for these awards include “Holiday Lights Spectacular” by KVSC Assistant News Director Zack Fisch in the Feature story category and “Puppy Mill Investigation” by KVSC Assistant News Director David Iverson in the in-depth reporting category.
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.
2008
KVSC 88.1FM’s news and sports departments were recipients of several awards at the Midwest Journalism Conference held March 27, 2009 in Bloomington, Minn. The recognition came from the Minnesota Associated Press Broadcasters.
Award | Category | Subject/Reporter |
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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 |
2007
KVSC 88.1FM’s news and sports departments were recipients of several awards at the Midwest Journalism Conference held March 27, 2008 in Bloomington, Minn. The recognition came from the Minnesota Associated Press Broadcasters.
Award | Category | Subject/Reporter |
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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 |
2006
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, 2007 and our staff received much deserved accolades for their fine reporting skills.
Award | Category | Subject/Reporter |
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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. |
2006
KVSC 88.1FM’s news and sports departments were recipients of several awards at the Midwest Journalism Conference held March 23, 2007 in Bloomington, Minn. 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.
Award | Category | Subject/Reporter |
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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 |
2005
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 |
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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 |
2004
Award | Category | Subject/Reporter |
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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
2003
KVSC staff brought back 5 awards from the Minnesota Associated Press Broadcasters’ Awards Contest. They shine in the following areas.
Award | Category | Subject/Reporter |
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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 | Sports 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 |
2002
The KVSC News and Sports Departments won 6 Assosiated Press awards for some great reporting in 2002.
Award | Category | Subject/Reporter |
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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 | Sports Play-by-Play | “Husky Hockey” by Jim Olander and Jim Hanggi |
Honorable Mention | Sports Play-by-Play | “SCSU vs. UND” by Jim Olander and Jim Hanggi |
Honorable Mention | Wellstone Memorial by Kateri Wozny |
2001
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 5, 2002 in Bloomingto, Minn.
Award | Category | Subject/Reporter |
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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 | 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 | Sports Play-By-Play | Final Five Championship by Jim Olander |
2000
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, Minn.
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 |
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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 |
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 4:30 p.m. every Friday during the school year. The sports department covers all SCSU sports with player and coach interviews.