Awards
KTKA Creative Awards
Kansas Association of Broadcasters (KAB)
- 2005 STATION OF THE YEAR
- 2005 - 12 awards
- 2004 - 10 awards
Telly Award
- 2005 Tellys 5 bronze, 1 silver
Addy Awards
- 2005 1Gold Addy
- 2004 2 Gold Addys, Best of Show Broadcast
River City Weekly / As Time Goes By Awards & Recognition
Telly Award (National)
- Bronze 2001 Monarch Watch
- Bronze 2003 Raising the Wildcat
- Bronze 2004 Bioscience
- Bronze 2007 Nature Photographer
The Communicator Award (National)
- 2004 Award of Distinction
- 2005 "Wilt"
NCTA Community Spirit Award (formerly CableACE)
Winner 2000, 2001
Mid-American Cable TV Association MIDI Awards
- '94 1st Place
- '95 3rd Place
- '96 Honorable Mention
- '98 1st Place
- '00 1st Place
- '01 3rd Place
- '02 1st Place
- '03 1st Place
- '04 2nd Place
- '05 3nd Place
National Mature Media
- 1997 Merit Award (in winning group with CNN & AMC!!!!)
- 1999 Merit Award
- 2000 Merit Award 2003 Gold Award "Raising the Wildcat"
- 2003 Gold Award "Raising the Wildcat"
- 2004 Gold Award "Raising the Wildcat"
- 2005 Silver Award
APME Award for Online Convergence
- 2007 Mining's Legacy: A Scar on Kansas
Jayni's Kitchen Awards & Recognition
Mid-American Cable TV Association MIDI Awards
- 2001 1st Place
- 2002 2nd Place
- 2003 2nd Place
- 2004 2nd Place
- 2005 3rd Place
- 2006 3rd Place
- 2007 1st Place
The Turnpike Awards & Recognition
Telly Award (National)
- Bronze 2006 - Koufax
- Bronze 2007 - Volunteers
Mid-American Cable TV Association MIDI Awards
- 2004 1st Place
- 2005 1st Place
Home & Away Awards & Recognition
NCTA Community Spirit Award (formerly CableACE):
- Winner 2000, 2001
Mid-American Cable TV Association MIDI Awards
- 2000 1st Place
- 2003 3rd Place
- 2004 1st Place
- 2005 2nd Place
- 2006 2nd Place
1 on 1 Trivia Awards & Recognition
Mid-American Cable TV Association MIDI Awards
- 2004 3rd Place
- 2005 1st Place
- 2006 1st Place
The DRIVE Awards & Recognition
Telly Award (National)
- Silver - 2007
Special Programming Awards & Recognition
Jayhawk Kennel Club Dog Show
Mid-American Cable TV Association MIDI Awards
- 2007 1st Place
Hurricane Katrina Telethon
- Telly Award (National) Bronze - 2006
Jayhawk Kennel Club Dog Show
Mid-American Cable TV Association MIDI Awards
- 2007 1st Place
Hurricane Katrina Telethon
- Telly Award (National) Bronze - 2006
FREE STATE STUDIOS FILMS Awards & Recognition
Woman's Intuition:
- Estes Park Film Festival 2007
- Kansas International Film Festival - Audience Award 2006
- New York City Horror Film Festival 2006
- Fright Night Film Festival - Best Short, Best of the Fest 2007
- Full Moon Film Festival 2007
- Fangoria's Weekend of Horrors, Chicago 2007
- Featured on websites - FangoriaTV.com, YouTube.com
Cafe at the Crossroads:
- Estes Park Film Festival 2007
- Fright Night Film Festival 2007
- Fangoria's Weekend of Horrors, Chicago 2007
- Featured on websites - FangoriaTV.com
Emergency Preparedness:
- A Night of Horror Film Festival - Sydney, Australia 2007
- Fright Night Film Festival 2007
- Featured on websites - FangoriaTV.com, DreadCentral.com, Deadpit.com, YouTube.com
LO Marketing & Promotion
Mid-American Cable TV Association MIDI Awards
'97, '98, '99, '00, '01, '02, '03, ‘04 '05 ‘06 = 1st Place MIDITelly Award (National):
- Bronze 2002
- 6Productions "kusports.com"
Telly Award (National):
- Bronze 2001
- 6News "News Center"
Kansas Assoc. of Broadcasters (KAB) Awards
- 2007 1st Place - Special Programming
Local Origination Marketing & Promotion
Mid-American Cable TV Association MIDI Awards
'97, '98, '99, '00, '01, '02, '03, '04 - 1st Place MIDI
Telly Award (National)
- Bronze 2002
- 6Productions "kusports.com"
Telly Award (National)
- Bronze 2001 6News "News Center"
Commercial Production Awards & Recognition
- 2007 KAB 1st Place Young's Appliance & 1st Place Ocean's of Fun/Taco Bell Giveaway
- 2006 MIDIs - 2nd place KU Bookstores "Move it" & 3rd Place Paisanos "Generic"
- 2006 KAB
- 2005 - KAB
- 2005 ADDYS "Wordplay","Dead Man Laughing", F.T. Campaign","Gnomes Campaign"
- 2004 - MIDI - 3rd place tie Stone Creek "Deb Testimonial" & HyVee "Back to School"
- 2003 - MIDI - 3rd place tie "Sunflower Outdoor - Winter Fun" & "Jayhawk Bookstore - Ozzie"
- 2002 - MIDI - 1st Place, 2nd Place, 3rd Place, 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 and 2nd place (for commercial production - systems of 50,000 and less)
- 1998 - MIDI - 2nd place- We had three commercials that tied for second place.
- 1995 - MIDI - 1st place
- 1996 - MIDI - 2nd and 3rd place
- 1997 - MIDI - 1st and 3rd place
- 1998 - MIDI - 2nd place, We had three commercials that tied for second place.
- 1999 - MIDI - 1st and 2nd place (for commercial production - systems of 50,000 and less)
- 2000 - MIDI - 2nd place "The Mag: Lawrence Journal World"
- 2001 - MIDI - 1st place "First Love: Mass St. Music"
- 2001 - MIDI - 2nd place "Sunday: Lawrence Journal World"
- 2002 - MIDI - 1st Place, 2nd Place, 3rd Place, Honorable Mention (sweep)
- 2003 - MIDI - 3rd place tie "Sunflower Outdoor-Winter Fun", Jayhawk Bookstore - Ozzie"
- 2004 - MIDI - 3rd place tie Stone Creek "Deb Testimonial" & HyVee "Back to School"
6News Awards & Recognition
NCTA Community Spirit Award (formerly CableACE)
- Winner 2000, 2001
Walter Cronkite Award (National)
- Excellence in Television Political Journalism 2004 1-hour Election Special
Associated Press (AP) Awards
- Kansas AP Broadcaster Awards 2003
- Spot News 2nd Place
- Spot News Honorable Mention
- Enterprise Honorable Mention
- Kansas AP Broadcaster Awards 2002
- Spot News 1st & 2nd Place
- Enterprise Honorable Mention
- News story of the Year July 2002
- Kansas AP Broadcaster Awards 2001
- Spot News 2nd Place & Honorable Mention
- Enterprise Honorable Mention
- Story of the Month July 2001
- Kansas AP Broadcaster Awards 2000
- Spot News 2nd Place & Honorable Mention
- Enterprise 2nd Place & Honorable Mention
- *Won more Regional AP Awards than any other station in Kansas
National Press Photographers Association (NPPA)
- Regional Quarterly Spot News 2nd Place 2001 (competing w/KC & St. Louis)
The Communicator Award
- 2004 6News "Dole Dedication Coverage" - Honorable Mention
CableACE
- Winner: 1996, 1997
- Nominee: 1993, 1994, 1995, 1998
Mid-American Cable TV Association Midi Awards
- 1st Place: 1986, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001
- 6News Special Recognitionn Award: 2002
- 2nd Place: 1989, 1990, 1994
- Special Recognition 2002 (for outstanding commitment to local news production by a cable system)
- 3rd Place: 2003, 2004
6Sports Awards & Recognition
(includes wrap-up shows/specials/sport events)
NCTA Community Spirit Award (formerly CableACE)
- Winner 2000, 2001
CableACE Nominee
- 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995
Mid-American Cable TV Association MIDI Awards
- '90 through '02 - various awards (every year)
- 1st Place Midi
- 2003 - 2nd Place
