Students of KVSC 88.1FM won several first place awards from the 2009 Minnesota Associated Press Broadcasters Contest.  Overall, eight students from KVSC are taking home Associated Press awards on April 16 at the awards ceremony at the Midwest Journalism Conference in Bloomington, Minn.

Students won in six news and sports categories for 2009 including “Best Web Site” – a first for KVSC.  The KVSC Sports Team swept the category of “Sports Reporting” – adding special significance to the honors.

"This is very exciting for the KVSC Sports Team," said KVSC Sports Director Matt Bishop.  "A lot of people put in a lot of hard work for these awards and it’s great to see that work get recognized."

Additionally, the KVSC News Team have won two awards in the 2009 Society of Professional Journalists‘ Mark of Excellence Awards for Region 6. 

To read the full news release and to hear the podcasts of the award-winning broadcasts, visit to our news release page.