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Awards

Ohio Associated Press 2012

  • 1st place Best Feature Reporting-Emily McCord "Antioch College Welcomes Students"
  • 2nd place Best Documentary or Series-WYSO FM "The New Face of Wright- Patt"
  • 2nd place Extraordinary coverage of a scheduled event  WYSO-FM "Election 2011"
  • 1st place Best Documentary or Series WYSO FM "A Clear Day in September"
  • 1st Place Best Use of Sound- Juliet Fromholt "The Art of Threshold Singing"
  • 1st Place Extraordinary Coverage of a Scheduled Event Jerry Kenney "Space Shuttle Coverage"

Ohio Associated Press 2011


Public Radio News Directors Incorporated (PRNDI) 2011

  • 2nd Place Soft Feature- Juliet Fromholt "The Art of Threshold Singing"
  • 2nd Place Interview- Sarah Buckingham "WYSO Weekend July 3rd 2011: Segment I, Tony Powers and Synethesia"
  • 1st place Documentary- WYSO FM "A Clear Day in September"


Public Radio News Directors Incorporated (PRNDI) 2010

  • 1st Place Best Documentary Aileen Leblanc "Conrad and Evelyn"
  • 2nd Place Interview Emily McCord "Politics in Ohio: What you need to know when voting for judges"

Ohio Associated Press 2010

  • 1st Place Best Use of Sound- Juliet Fromholt "Cedar Bog"
  • 1st place Best Feature Reporting- Juliet Fromholt "Teens and Money"
  • 1st place Best Documentary- WYSO FM- "My House-- Facing the Mortgage Crisis"
  • 1st place Best Investigative Reporting Aileen LeBlanc- "Appraisers"
  • 1st Place Best Enterprise Reporting- Aileen LeBlanc "Small Print of Plastic"
  • 2nd Place Best Investigative Reporting- Aileen LeBlanc "Facing Foreclosure on Grange Hall Road"
  • 2nd Place Best Reporter Emily McCord
  • 2nd Place Best Enterprise Reporting Emily McCord "Antioch Alumni Weekend"
  • 2nd Place Best Feature Reporting Jerry Kenney "HIV Today and Yesterday-- Alex's Story"
  • 2nd Place Best use of Sound Jerry Kenney "Stivers Students Learn Strayhorn"

Ohio Associated Press 2009

  • 2nd place Best Investigative Reporting Cynthia Sperberg-Hart "Springfield Strays"

Public Radio News Directors Incorporated (PRNDI) 2009

Ohio Associated Press 2007

  • 1st Place Best Documentary or Series Aileen LeBlanc "A Lion in the House"


Public Radio News Directors Incorporated (PRNDI) 2006

  • 1st Place Documentary WYSO FM "A Lion in the House"


Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) 2002

  • Best Public Affairs Program WYSO FM "Sounds Local"


Public Radio News Directors Incorporated (PRNDI) 2002

  • 1st place Best Feature Reporting Steve Lucht  "Ceasar Creek Soaring Club"

Ohio Associated Press 2002

  • Honorable Mention Investigative Reporting Aileen LeBlanc "Transracial Adoption" 
  • 2nd Place Best Use of Sound Steve Lucht Operations Director "Maple Syrup"


Public Radio News Directors Incorporated (PRNDI) 2001

  • 1st place Commentary  WYSO FM  "Sept 11th Dishes"
  • 1st place Hard Feature WYSO FM "Dayton Desegregation"
  • 1st Place Weekly Program WYSO FM "Sounds Local"
  • 1st Place Enterprise WYSO FM "Internet Filters"


Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) 2000

  • Best Defense of First Amendment WYSO FM "Mumia at Antioch"
  • Best Reporter Aileen LeBlanc


Public Radio News Directors Incorporated (PRNDI) 2000

  • 2nd Place Enterprise/Investigative WYSO FM "Not Predicting a Tornado"


PRNDO 1999

  • 1st place Weekly Program WYSO FM "Sounds Local"