RTDNA Edward R. Murrow Awards
2015
- Regional Winner - Continuing Coverage - Icon Sales Tax Debate and Votes - Tana Weingartner
2014
- Regional Winner - Newscast - Entry Title: Newscast - November 6, 2013 - WVXU News Team
2013
- WVXU, along with 15 other public radio stations, was a partner in the PRI State Integrity Investigation which received the National RTDNA Murrow Award for Investigative Reporting.
Ohio Associated Press Awards
2016
- First Place - Best Newscast – September 1, 2015
- First Place - Best Use of Sound – Cincinnati Says Good-bye to Firefighter Apparatus Operator Daryl Gordon – Tana Weingartner
- Second Place – Best Broadcast Writing – Take a Trip Inside Ohio’s Lucky Cat Museum – Tana Weingartner
- Second Place – Best Sports Feature – What Walk-Up Song Would You Pick? – Tana Weingartner
2015
- First Place - Best Newscast
- First Place - Best Feature Reporting - Using Dying Heart Beats to Make Music - Ann Thompson
- Second Place - Best Continuing Coverage - Oak Glen Nature Preserve Oil Spill - Tana Weingartner
2013
- Best Website (Second Place): wvxu.org
2012
- Best Documentary (Second Place): Cincinnati Baseball: Crosley Field - Lee Hay, Mark Heyne, Kevin Rowinski
2011
- Best Reporter: Ann Thompson
2010
- Documentary (First Place): The Who Concert: 30 Years Later
2009
- Documentary (Second Place): Baseball: A Little Known Chapter
2006
- Best Website: wvxu.org
- Best Use of Sound (Second Place): Christmas Gifts: Robots for the Holidays - Ann Thompson
Public Radio News Directors Inc. Awards
2016
- First Place – Call In Program – Cincinnati Edition: Learning More About the Muslim Community in Greater Cincinnati
- Second Place – Best Writing - Take a Trip Inside Ohio’s Lucky Cat Museum – Tana Weingartner
2015
- First Place - News/Public Affairs Program - Cincinnati Edition - November 11, 2014 - Mark Heyne and Pete Rightmire
- First Place - Newscast - Wednesday, August 06, 2014 - WVXU News Team
- First Place - Breaking News - Challenges to Same-Sex Marriage Ban in Ohio - Ann Thompson and Tana Weingartner
Feb 10: http://wvxu.org/post/same-sex-couples-sue-ohio-be-listed-birth-certificates
Apr 14: http://wvxu.org/post/cincinnati-same-sex-couples-plan-test-judges-ruling
Apr 16: http://wvxu.org/post/judge-keeps-same-sex-marriage-recognition-ban-place-during-appeal
Aug 5 (tana) http://wvxu.org/post/supporters-rally-ahead-same-sex-marriage-court-hearing
Aug 6 (preview) http://wvxu.org/post/spotlight-cincinnati-court-same-sex-marriage
Aug 6: http://wvxu.org/post/federal-appeals-judges-mull-over-same-sex-arguments
Nov 6: (tana & ann) http://wvxu.org/post/appeals-court-finds-favor-anti-gay-marriage-laws
Nov 14: (tana) http://wvxu.org/post/request-hear-ohio-gay-marriage-case-sent-supreme-court
- Second Place - Call In program - Cincinnati Edition - November 11, 2014 - Mark Heyne and Pete Rightmire
- Second Place - Multi Media - The empty and silent Great American Ball Park is about to come back to life - Michael Keating and Howard Wilkinson
- Second Place - Soft feature - Hidden Water Works - Tana Weingartner
- Second Place - Continuing Coverage - Oak Glen Nature Preserve Oil Spill - Tana Weingartner
Mar 19: http://wvxu.org/post/oil-spill-cleanup-last-week-or-more
Mar 21: http://wvxu.org/post/water-quality-safe-near-oil-pipeline-break
2014
- Second Place - Best Multi-Media Presentation - Union Baptist Cemetery and its Black Civil War Heroes
- Second Place - Interview - The Authentic History of Cincinnati Chili
2013
- Newscast (First Place): Election Round Up-November 7, 2012
- News/Public Affairs Program (First Place): Impact Cincinnati: Heroin Abuse
- Commentary/Book Review (Second Place): The Typewriter is Holy
2012
- Newscast (First Place): November 9, 2011 Newscast, WVXU News Department
2010
- Leo C. Lee Award for significant contributions to Public Radio Journalism: Maryanne Zeleznik
2009
- Documentary (First Place): The Who Concert: 30 Years Later – Lee Hay, Brian O’Donnell
- Interview (First Place): Interview with Cal Levy – Brian O’Donnell
2008
- Soft Feature - War to End All Wars – Naomi Lewin
Society of Professional Journalists Awards
2017 – Cincinnati Chapter:
- BEST NEWS STORY | Preliminary Jury Selection Begins In Tensing Trial | Tana Weingartner
- BEST NEWS FEATURE STORY | 20 Women, 8 Summers, And The One And Only Silver Streak” | Tana Weingartner
- FINALIST | “Cincinnati Left Out Of Longer Bar Hours Law” | Bill Rinehart
- BEST GOVERNMENT STORY | “Cincinnati City Council” | Jay Hanselman
- BEST SPORTS STORY | “Pete Rose Statue Artist No Stranger To Reds” | Bill Rinehart
2016 – Ohio Chapter:
- Best Newscast | First Place | Newscast September 1, 2015 | WVXU News Team
- Best Feature Reporting | First Place | Why Do Cincinnatians And Clevelanders Dislike Each Other? | Tana Weingartner& Kabir Bhatia
- Best Enterprise Reporting | First Place | Blood donation concerns increase as baby boomers age | Tana Weingartner
- Best Sports Coverage | First Place | FC Cincinnati Will Compete In 2016 USL Season | Tana Weingartner
- Best Headline Writing | First Place | Cincinnati Says Good-bye To Firefighter Apparatus Operator Daryl Gordon | Tana Weingartner
- Best Website | First Place | www.wvxu.org | WVXU News Team
- Best News Operation | Second Place | WVXU News Team
- Best Environment Reporting | Second Place | Cincinnati Sister City Tries To Go Green | Ann Thompson
- Best Feature Reporting | Second Place | High-Tech Tank To Dissapate Hippo Poo | Ann Thompson
- Best Education Issues Reporting, K-12 | Second Place | Cincinnati urban schools get an engineering Leg(o) up | Ann Thompson
- Best Public Affairs Program | Second Place | Learning More About The Muslim Community In Greater Cincinnati | Mark Heyne & Pete Rightmire
- Best Health Care Feature Reporting | Second Place | Blood donation concerns increase as baby boomers age | Tana Weingartner
- Best Spot News | Second Place | University Of Cincinnati Police Officer Indicted In Killing Of Black Motorist | Tana Weingartner
- Best Headline Writing | Second Place | Why Do Cincinnatians And Clevelanders Dislike Each Other? | Tana Weingartner & Kabir Bhatia
- Best Editor | Second Place | Firefighter Patrick Wolterman: "Focused On Helping Others" | Jay Hanselman
2015 – Greater Cincinnati Chapter
- Best News Feature: Ann Thompson - "Using Dying Heartbeats to Make Music"
- Best Commentary: David Lewis - "The Life of Ragtime Bob Roberts"
- Best Newscast: Newscast: August 6, 2014 – The WVXU News Team
- Best Government Reporting: 2014 Coverage of City of Cincinnati - The WVXU News Team
2014 – Ohio Chapter
- Best of Show – Best Anchor: Maryanne Zeleznik
- Best of Show – Best Newscast: Newscast – November 6, 2013 The WVXU News Team
- Best of Show – Best Website: www.wvxu.org The WVXU News Team
- Best Government Reporting: 2013 Government Reporting - The WVXU News Team
2014 – Greater Cincinnati Chapter
- Radio News Feature (First Place): Former Cincinnati & Political Leader William L. Mallory, Sr. Dies – Tana Weingartner
- Radio Breaking News (First Place) – Student Hospitalized After Shooting Himself in LaSalle H.S. Classroom – Ann Thompson
- Radio Government Reporting: 2013 Coverage – Jay Hanselman
- Radio Best Newscast: Newscast: November 6, 2013 – The WVXU News Team
- Radio Business Reporting – Liquid Assets: Tapping the Region’s Water Cash Flow – Ann Thompson & Tana Weingartner
- Radio Arts Entertainment Reporting: Around Cincinnati: The Authentic History of Cincinnati Chili – Lee Hay and Brian O’Donnell
- Radio Commentary: Earl Fuller – David Lewis
2013 – Ohio Chapter
- Best of Show – Best Anchor: Maryanne Zeleznik
- Best of Show – Best Newscast: Election Round Up 11/7/12 The WVXU News Team
- Best Documentary (First Place): Cincinnati Reds: Waite Hoyt Lee Hay and Mark Heyne
- Best Continuing Coverage (Second Place): 2012 Election The WVXU News Team
- Best Government Reporting (Second Place): News Coverage, City of Cincinnati Jay Hanselman
- Best Medical Health Reporting (Second Place): Medical Breakthroughs Ann Thompson
- Best Web Site (Second Place): wvxu.org Jim Nolan and WVXU News Team
2012 - Greater Cincinnati Chapter
- Radio Public Affairs (First Place): Impact Cincinnati: Cincinnati Collaborative Agreement - Maryanne Zeleznik and Pete Rightmire
- Radio Sports Coverage (First Place): Stadium Deal - Mark Heyne
- Hall of Fame: Howard Wilkinson
- Online Photography (Finalist): Ault Park at 100 - Mark Heyne; New Cincinnati City Council, Tana Weingartner
2011 – Ohio Chapter
- Best Public Affairs Program (Second Place): Impact Cincinnati: The Banks Project - Maryanne Zeleznik, Pete Rightmire
2011 – Cincinnati Chapter
- Radio Sports Coverage (First Place): Reds Excitement – Ann Thompson
- Radio Public Affairs (First Place): Impact Cincinnati: The Changing Roles of Fathers- Maryanne Zeleznik, Pete Rightmire
- Radio Feature (First Place): Walking Tours - Tana Weingartner
- Radio Public Affairs (Second Place): Impact Cincinnati: The History of Greater Cincinnati's Amusement Parks - Maryanne Zeleznik, Pete Rightmire
- Radio Feature (Second Place): Wreathes Across America – Tana Weingartner
- Radio Public Affairs (Third Place): Impact Cincinnati: The Banks Project -Maryanne Zeleznik, Pete Rightmire
2008 – Ohio Chapter
- Best Website: www.wvxu.org
- Best Environmental Reporting (Second Place): Environmental Series – WVXU Newsroom
- Best Governmental Reporting (Second Place): Cincinnati City Council – Jay Hanselman
- Best Feature Reporting (Second Place): Remembering the War to End all Wars – Naomi Lewin
- Best Public Affairs program (Third): Cincinnati Edition
- Best Documentary (Third): King Records – Lee Hay
2007 – Ohio Chapter
- Best Coverage of Minority Issues: Martin Luther King Day - Jay Hanselman
- Best Coverage of Minority Issues (Second Place): Anniversary of the Cincinnati Race Riots – Jay Hanselman
- Best Coverage of Children’s Issues: Elementz - Katie Orr
- Best Coverage of the Environment: Bird Banding - Thane Maynard and Tim Lanter
- Best Government Coverage (Second Place): “Cincinnati City Council and the Hamilton County Commission” - Maryanne Zeleznik and Jay Hanselman
- Best Human Interest Report (Second Place): “Doolittle’s Raiders” - Mark Heyne and Gerry Donnelly
2006 – Ohio Chapter
- Best Public Affairs Program: Cincinnati Edition – WVXU News Team
- Best Newscast – WVXU News Team
- Best Consumer Reporting: Focus on Technology - Ann Thompson
- Best Government Coverage: Cincinnati Mayoral Elections/City Council Coverage - Maryanne Zeleznik and Jay Hanselman
- Best Website (Second Place) – www.wvxu.org
2006 - Cincinnati Chapter
- Long Feature (Second Place): Alzheimer’s and Art Museums - Mark Heyne and Gerry Donnelly
- Public Affairs (Second Place): City Link - Jay Hanselman
Gabriel Award
2012
- Certificate of Merit: The Journey from Within - Lee Hay
Association of Public Radio Engineers
2009
- Engineer of the Year: Don Danko
Ohio Public Broadcasting Awards from eTech Ohio
2006
- Spot News: Shooting of Community Activist Outside Cincinnati City Hall –
WVXU News Team
- Series programming: Around Cincinnati – Lee Hay, Gerry Donnelly and Robin Gehl
2005
- News and Public Affairs (Honorable Mention): “Styrene Leak” - Maryanne Zeleznik
Webby Awards
2006
- Official Honoree - www.wvxu.org
Communicator Awards
2005 Crystal Award of Excellence
- Blessing: A Tribute to Pope John Paul II and the Jewish People – Lee Hay
- Grace: A Tribute to Pope John Paul II – Lee Hay
MarCom Creative Award
2006
- www.wvxu.org
- WVXU Launch Advertising