2009

Kentucky AP Awards

• 1st Place - Best Newscast ("Mountain Edition", Dan Conti, Tanner Hesterberg & Whitney Evans)
• 1st Place - Best Sports Reporting (Chuck Mraz)
• 1st Place - Best Sports Feature / Special ("Darius Miller", MacKenzie Bates)
• 1st Place - Best Use of Sound ("Save The Queen", Nicole Back )
• 2nd Place - Best Newscast ("MSPR Morning News", Chuck Mraz)
• 2nd Place - Best Sports Reporting (MacKenzie Bates)
• 2nd Place - Best Radio Reporter (Nicole Back)
• Honorable Mention - Best Public Affairs ("Guardian", Nicole Back)

2008

 Kentucky AP Awards

• 1st Place  - Nicole Back (Best Light News Feature - "Liberty Bell")
• 1st Place  - MacKenzie Bates (Best Sports Feature - "Raceland vs. Russell")
• 1st Place  - Chuck Mraz (Best Sports Reporting - "MSPR Morning Sports")
• 2nd Place - Chuck Mraz (Best Newscast - "MSPR Morning News")
• Honorable Mention - Shayla Menville (Best Hard News Feature - "State Treasurer Candidates")
• Honorable Mention - Dan Conti, Nicole Back and Shayla Menville (Best Newscast - "MSPR's Mountain Edition")

Kentucky Broadcasters Association

• Harry Barfield Scholarship - MacKenzie Bates and Carl Gibson

2007

Kentucky Public Radio Awards

• 1st Place  - Nicole Back (Best Public Service - "Cervical Cancer")
• 1st Place  - Nicole Back (Best Soft News Feature - "Sasha Colette")
• 2nd Place  - Brandon Robinson (Best Sports Reporting - "Preview of Morehead State Football Team")
• Honorable Mention - Brandon Robinson (Best Public Service - "Coal Mining") 

Kentucky Broadcasters Association

• Harry Barfield Scholarship - MacKenzie Bates and Carl Gibson

2006

Governor's Award in the Arts

• Morehead State Public Radio (Media Award)

Kentucky AP Awards

• 1st Place  - Nicole Back (Best Newscast)
• 1st Place  - Leeann Tanner (Best News Report)
• 1st Place  - Aaron Breeze (Best Sports Reporting)
• 2nd Place - Nicole Back (Best Feature - "The Grove") 
• 2nd Place - Leeann Tanner (Best News Report - "Appalachian Oil") 

2005

Kentucky AP Awards

• 1st Place - Chuck Mraz (Class Two Radio - Sports Reporting)
• 1st Place - Morehead State Public Radio (Class Two Radio - Best Newscast)

Kentucky Broadcasters Association

• Harry Barfield Scholarship - Kristin Murdock

2004

Kentucky AP Awards

• 1st Place - Jeremy Hicks (Feature/Human Interest - "Main Street Music")
• 1st Place - Stephanie Sanders (Best Reporter)
• 1st Place - Michael Clark (Sports Reporting - "Mountian Edition Sports")

Kentucky Broadcasters Association

• Harry Barfield Scholarship - Jared F. Newberry

PRNDI Awards

• 2nd Place - Morehead State Public Radio (Division D News Feature - "Political Harrassment")

2003

Kentucky AP Awards

• 1st Place - Megen George (Radio Newscast)
• 1st Place - Jonese Franklin (Radio Sports - "Ancient Sportscasting")
• 1st Place - Jeremy Hicks (Feature/Human Interest - "Don Rigbsy")
• 1st Place - Megen George (Radio - Best Reporting)
• 1st Place - Nelson Gullett (Feature Reporting - "Poppy Mountain Bluegrass Festival")
• 1st Place - Jeremy Hicks (Radio News Report)
• 1st Place - Chuck Mraz (Sports Reporting - "The Front Page")
• 2nd Place - MSPR Staff (Newscast)
• Honorable Mention - Jeremy Hicks (Radio Feature - "Leftover Salmon") 
• Honorable Mention - Megen George (Radio News Report - "Crowded College") 
• Honorable Mention - Aaron Arnold (Sports Reporting)

John Bayliss Broadcast Foundation Scholarship Recipient

• James Hawkins

Kentucky Broadcasters Association

• Harry Barfield Scholarship - James Hawkins

National Federation of Community Broadcasters

• Finalist - Paul Hitchcock, Local Music/Entertainment Series (Americana
  Crossroads Live)

2002

Kentucky AP Awards

• 1st Place - Megen George (News Report - "Barge Traffic")
• 1st Place - Megen George (Feature/Human Interest - "Images from the Mountains")
• 1st Place - Stuart Osborne (Best Student Sportscast)
• 2nd Place - Jonese Franklin (News Report - "Recycling")

PRNDI Awards

• 1st Place - Morehead State Public Radio ("Mountain Edition" News)

2001

Kentucky AP Awards

• 1st Place - Stuart Osborne (Best Student Sportscast)
• 2nd Place - Stuart Osborne (Student Newscast)
• Honorable Mention - Stuart Osborne (Student Long Form Feature)

 John Bayliss Broadcast Foundation Scholarship Recipient

• Stuart Osborne

2000

PRNDI Awards

• 2nd Place - WMKY (Division D Soft Feature - "New Old Building")

National Federation of Community Broadcasters

• 1st Place - Paul Hitchcock, Local Music/Entertainment Series (US 23 Showcase)
• Finalist - Paul Hitchcock, Local Music/Entertainment Series (Gathering
  of Traditional Musicians)