Awards and recognition

Commercial Production awards

  • 2009: KAB, 1st Place, KTKA “Severe Weather 09” Promo
  • 2009: KAB, 2nd Place, Midwest Coating “Your Roof Leak Stops Here”
  • 2009: KAB, 1st Place, Marling’s “Pick Your Savings”
  • 2009: MIDI, 1st Place, Emporia State University
  • 2009: MIDI, 2nd Place, Cloud Heating and Air
  • 2008: KAB, 1st Place, “Paisanos” and “Marlings”
  • 2008: MIDI, 2nd Place (tie) “McGrew” and “Jersey Mikes”
  • 2008: Communicator-Marketplace “iTunes Giveaway”
  • 2007: KAB, 1st Place, Young’s Appliance
  • 2007: KAB, 1st Place, Ocean’s of Fun/Taco Bell Giveaway
  • 2006: MIDI, 2nd Place, KU Bookstores “Move it”
  • 2006: MIDI, 3rd Place, Paisanos “Generic”
  • 2006: KAB
  • 2005: KAB
  • 2005: ADDYS, “Wordplay”, “Dead Man Laughing”, “F.T. Campaign” and “Gnomes Campaign”
  • 2004: MIDI, 3rd Place tie Stone Creek “Deb Testimonial” and HyVee “Back to School”
  • 2003: MIDI, 3rd Place tie “Sunflower Outdoor-Winter Fun” and Jayhawk Bookstore: “Ozzie”
  • 2002: MIDI, 1st Place, 2nd Place, 3rd Place and Honorable Mention (sweep)
  • 2001: MIDI, 1st Place “First Love: Mass St. Music”
  • 2001: MIDI, 2nd Place “Sunday: Lawrence Journal World”
  • 2000: MIDI, 2nd Place “The Mag: Lawrence Journal World”
  • 1999: MIDI, 1st Place (for commercial production, systems of 50,000 and less)
  • 1999: MIDI, 2nd Place (for commercial production, systems of 50,000 and less)
  • 1998: MIDI, 2nd Place (our three commercials tied for second place)
  • 1997: MIDI, 1st Place
  • 1997: MIDI, 3rd Place
  • 1996: MIDI, 2nd Place
  • 1996: MIDI, 3rd Place
  • 1995: MIDI, 1st Place

River City Weekly awards

Telly Award (National)

  • 2008: Bronze, Mining’s Legacy: A Scar on Kansas
  • 2007: Bronze, Nature Photographer
  • 2004: Bronze, Bioscience
  • 2003: Bronze, Raising the Wildcat
  • 2001: Bronze, Monarch Watch

APME Award for Online Convergence

The Communicator Award (National)

  • 2005: “Wilt”
  • 2004: Award of Distinction

NCTA Community Spirit Award

Formerly CableACE

  • 2001: Winner
  • 2000: Winner

Mid-American Cable TV Association Midi Awards

  • 2009: 2nd Place
  • 2005: 3nd Place
  • 2004: 2nd Place
  • 2003: 1st Place
  • 2002: 1st Place
  • 2001: 3rd Place
  • 2000: 1st Place
  • 1998: 1st Place
  • 1996: Honorable Mention
  • 1995: 3rd Place
  • 1994: 1st Place

National Mature Media

  • 2005: Silver Award
  • 2004: Gold Award “Raising the Wildcat”
  • 2003: Gold Award “Raising the Wildcat”
  • 2000: Merit Award
  • 1999: Merit Award
  • 1997: Merit Award (in winning group with CNN and AMC)

Jayni’s Kitchen awards

Telly Award (National)

  • 2008: Silver, From Farm to Fork
  • Mid-American Cable TV Association Midi Awards

    • 2007: 1st Place
    • 2006: 3rd Place
    • 2005: 3rd Place
    • 2004: 2nd Place
    • 2003: 2nd Place
    • 2002: 2nd Place
    • 2001: 1st Place

    The Turnpike awards

    Telly Award (National)

    • 2008: Bronze, Suzannah Johannes
    • 2007: Bronze, Volunteers
    • 2006: Bronze, Koufax

    Mid-American Cable TV Association Midi Awards

    • 2008: 2nd Place
    • 2005: 1st Place
    • 2004: 1st Place

    Home & Away awards

    Mid-American Cable TV Association Midi Awards

    • 2009: 1st Place
    • 2008: 3rd Place
    • 2006: 2nd Place
    • 2005: 2nd Place
    • 2004: 1st Place
    • 2003: 3rd Place
    • 2000: 1st Place

    NCTA Community Spirit Award

    Formerly CableACE

    • 2001: Winner
    • 2000: Winner

    1 on 1 Trivia awards

    Mid-American Cable TV Association Midi Awards

    • 2006: 1st Place
    • 2005: 1st Place
    • 2004: 3rd Place

    The Drive awards

    Telly Award (National)

    • 2007: Silver

    Kansas Assoc. of Broadcasters (KAB) Awards

    • 2008: 2nd Place-Special Programming
    • 2007: 1st Place-Special Programming

    Mid-American Cable TV Association Midi Awards

    • 2008: 1st Place

    Special Programming Awards:

    In the Eye of the Storm

    Mid-American Cable TV Association Midi Awards

    • 2009: 3rd Place

    A Day Away

    Mid-American Cable TV Association Midi Awards

    • 2008: 1st Place

    Jayhawk Kennel Club Dog Show

    Mid-American Cable TV Association Midi Awards

    • 2007: 1st Place

    Hurricane Katrina Telethon

    • 2006: Bronze Telly Award (National)

    Free State Studios Films/SenoReality awards

    Woman’s Intuition

    • 2008: Heartland Regional Emmy Winner

    • 2007: Estes Park Film Festival
    • 2007: Fright Night Film Festival, Best Short
    • 2007: Fright Night Film Festival, Best of the Fest
    • 2007: Full Moon Film Festival
    • 2007: Fangoria’s Weekend of Horrors, Chicago
    • 2006: Kansas International Film Festival: Audience Award
    • 2006: New York City Horror Film Festival
    • Featured on FangoriaTV.com and YouTube.com

    Cafe at the Crossroads

    • 2007: Estes Park Film Festival
    • 2007: Fright Night Film Festival
    • 2007: Fangoria’s Weekend of Horrors, Chicago
    • Featured on FangoriaTV.com

    Emergency Preparedness

    Local Origination Marketing & Promotion

    Communicator Award of Distinction

    • 2008: Marketplace “iTunes Giveaway,” Dustin Dean, Producer

    Mid-American Cable TV Association Midi Awards

    • 2009: 1st Place MIDI, What do you want Channel 1 to be?-Sunflower Broadband
    • 2009: 2nd Place MIDI, Fitness & Mobile-Marketplace
    • 2006: 1st Place MIDI
    • 2005: 1st Place MIDI
    • 2004: 1st Place MIDI
    • 2003: 1st Place MIDI
    • 2002: 1st Place MIDI
    • 2001: 1st Place MIDI
    • 2000: 1st Place MIDI
    • 1999: 1st Place MIDI
    • 1998: 1st Place MIDI
    • 1997: 1st Place MIDI

    Telly Award (National)

    • 2002: Bronze, 6Productions for KUSports.com
    • 2001: Bronze, 6News for “News Center”

    Kansas Assoc. of Broadcasters (KAB) Awards

    • 2007: 1st Place, Special Programming

    6News awards

    NCTA Community Spirit Award

    Formerly CableACE

    • 2001: Winner
    • 2000: Winner

    Walter Cronkite Award (National)

    • 2004: Excellence in Television Political Journalism, 1-hour Election Special

    Associated Press (AP) Awards

    Kansas AP Broadcaster Awards

    Won more Regional AP Awards than any other station in Kansas

    • 2003: 2nd Place, Spot News
    • 2003: Spot News Honorable Mention
    • 2003: Enterprise Honorable Mention
    • 2002: 1st Place, Spot News
    • 2002: 2nd Place, Spot News
    • 2002: Enterprise Honorable Mention
    • 2002: News story of the Year
    • 2001: 2nd Place, Spot News
    • 2001: Honorable Mention
    • 2001: Enterprise Honorable Mention
    • 2001: Story of the month, July
    • 2000: 2nd Place, Spot News
    • 2000: Honorable Mention

    National Press Photographers Association (NPPA)

    • 2001: 2nd Place, Regional Quarterly Spot News (competing against Kansas City and St. Louis)

    The Communicator Award

    • 2004: Honorable Mention, 6News “Dole Dedication Coverage”

    CableACE

    • 1998: Nominee
    • 1997: Winner
    • 1996: Winner
    • 1995: Nominee
    • 1994: Nominee
    • 1993: Nominee

    Mid-American Cable TV Association Midi Awards

    • 2004: 3rd Place
    • 2003: 3rd Place
    • 2002: 6News Special Recognition Award
    • 2001: 1st Place
    • 2000: 1st Place
    • 1999: 1st Place
    • 1998: 1st Place
    • 1997: 1st Place
    • 1996: 1st Place
    • 1995: 1st Place
    • 1993: 1st Place
    • 1994: 2nd Place
    • 1992: 1st Place
    • 1990: 1st Place
    • 1990: 2nd Place
    • 1989: 2nd Place
    • 1988: 1st Place
    • 1987: 1st Place
    • 1986: 1st Place

    6Sports awards

    Includes wrap-up shows/specials/sport events

    NCTA Community Spirit Award (formerly CableACE)

    • 2001: Winner
    • 2000: Winner

    CableACE

    • 1995: Nominee
    • 1994: Nominee
    • 1993: Nominee
    • 1992: Nominee

    Mid-American Cable TV Association Midi Awards

    • 2003: 2nd Place
    • 1990–2002: Various awards every year