Mississippi Association of Broadcasters Excellence in Broadcasting
2024
First Place Awards
- Feature Story (Breezy 101) – Scottish Tuba Player Cycling Natchez Trace
- Multimedia (Breezynews.com) – Kosciusko Artist’s Home/Studio Named One of America’s
- Radio Sports Play-by-Play (Breezy) – Holmes CC Football: Go Ahead TD Pass vs East Central
- Anchor/Reporter (Cruisin 98) – Randy Bell
- Breaking News (Kicks96) – Search Continues for Missing Murder Suspect
- Continuing Coverage (Kicks 96) – Weather Coverage
- Radio Morning Show (Kicks96) – BMO in the Morning
- Personality of the Year (Kicks96) – Brian “BMO” Montgomery
- Newscast (Breezy 101) – September 29, 2024
- Breaking Weather (Kicks96) – August Heat Wave
Other awards receiving honors:
- Achievement (Breezy 101) – Attala County Election Coverage
- Multimedia (BreezyNews.com) – Former Attala County Fire Chief Final Call/Funeral Procession
- Radio Sports Play-by-Play (Breezy 101) – Holmes CC Football: 25 second Touchdown Drive
- Radio Sports Play-by-Play (Breezy 101) – Holmes CC Football: “Ask and You Shall Receive
- Breaking Weather (Kicks96) – June Storms
- Sports Story (Cruisin 98) – USM Baseball Season End with Loss to Tennessee
2023
First Place Awards
- Radio Station of the Year – Kicks 96.7 (WCKK-FM)
- Radio Morning Show – BMO in the Morning
- Breaking News – January 2022 Snow Storm
- Radio Personality of the Year – Brian BMO Montgomery
- Anchor/Reporter – Randy Bell
- Newscast – September 30, 2022
- Multimedia – Celebrating 75 Years of WKOZ
- Sports Story – Remembering Mike Leach
Other entries receiving honors
- Radio Sports Play-by-Play – Interception gives Holmes CC first win since 2019
- Radio Sports Play-by-Play – Kosciusko Softball State Championship
- Social Media – @BreezyNews Twitter
- Multimedia – Olympic gold medalist Scott Hamilton stops in Kosciusko while cycling Natchez Trace
- Multimedia – Game Winning shot sends Leake Academy to semifinals
- Commercial Campaign – Philadelphia Gun and Pawn
- Use of Sound – Man Rescued from Burning Home
- Newscast – March 23, 2022
- Newscast – June 10, 2022
2022
First Place Awards
- Breaking News – Winter Storm Coverage
- Multimedia – Man reunited with class ring he lost 30 years ago
- Multimedia – Noxapater special education student accepted into Mississippi State ACCESS program
- Newscast – May 7, 2022
- Radio Personality of the Year – Breck Riley
- Sports Story – Softball State Champs….again
- Radio Morning Show – BMO in the Morning
- Commercial Campaign – Philadelphia Gun and Pawn
- Use of Sound – Special Needs Student Accepted into MSU program
Other awards receiving honors:
- Commercial Announcement – over :30 seconds –Judgement Day Part II
- Social Media – Kicks96 Facebook
- Achievement – Drive-In Bluegrass Concert
- Newscast – September 2, 2021
- Sports Play-by-Play – ECCC Game Winning FG
- Feature Story –Remembering Pearl Harbor
- Social Media – @BreezyNews Twitter
- Use of Sound – Remembering Pearl Harbor
- Achievement – The BreckFast Show joins Google Classroom
- Use of Sound – Remembering Pearl Harbor
- Multimedia – Veterans home holds reopening and reunion
2021
First Place Awards
- Breaking News – March 31 COVID Update
- Radio Personality of the Year – Breck Riley
- Radio Public Service Award – Doyle Goss Jail’n’Bail
- Commercial Announcement – over :30 seconds – Tom’s Fireworks
- Station Promotion – Mississippi Songwriter of the Year
- Radio Station of the Year – Kicks 96.7 (WCKK-FM)
- Sports Story – Leake Academy wins State Championship
- Use of Sound – Leake Academy wins State Championship
Other entries receiving honors
- Achievement – Virtual Minute with the Mayor
- Radio Sports Play-by-Play – Kosciusko Whippets football on Breezy 101
- Social Media – @BreezyNews Twitter
- Multimedia – Virtual Meet the Whippets
- Breaking News – Attala County Election Coverage
- Use of Sound – Mississippi Songwriter of the Year
- Radio Morning Show – The Breckfast Show
Louisiana-Mississippi Associated Press Broadcasters and Media Editors Awards
2019
- 1st Place – Multimedia: Cruisin for a Cure
- 1st Place – Use of Sound: Veterans Day Aisle of Honor
- 1st Place – Anchor/Reporter: Breck Riley
- 2nd Place – Multimedia: A Hero Comes Home
- 2nd Place – Use of Sound: A Hero Comes Home
- 2nd Place – Breaking News: November 5 Election Coverage
- 2nd Place – Newscast: August 29 Newscast
- 3rd Place – Sportscast or Sports Program: Kosciusko Whippet Football: Pick Six for the win
- 3rd Place – Short Feature: 2019 Mississippi Songwriter of the Year
Total: 9
2018
- 1st Place – Best Use of Sound: Union Shooter Drill
- 1st Place – Best Radio Reporter: Breck Riley
- 1st Place – Best Public Affairs: Minute with the Mayor
- 1st Place – Best Sports Story: 2018 Year in Review
- 2nd Place – Use of Sound: Big Red Band wins State Championship
- 2nd Place – Radio Reporter: Mina Mooney
- 2nd Place – Public Affairs: Mina Mooney WCKK News
- 2nd Place – Breaking News: November Election Coverage
- 2nd Place – Digital Presence: BreezyNews.com and kicks96news.com.
Total: 9
2017
- 1st Place Best Radio Reporter: Breck Riley
- 1st Place Best Multimedia Story: Paul Harvey WKOZ Revisited
- 1st Place Best Short Feature Story: Paul Harvey Broadcasts from WKOZ
- 2nd Place Best Sports Story: Choctaw Central Special Olympics
- 2nd Place Best Radio Sound: Neshoba County Emergency Drill
- 2nd Place Best Multimedia Story: Cruisin for a Cure
- 2nd Place Radio Achievement
Total: 7
2016
- MS Radio News Person of the Year: Breck Riley
- 2nd Place Best Mulitmedia Story: Big Red wins State Championship
- 2nd Place Best Public Affairs Reporting: Kosciusko Responds to Race Relations and Violence
- 3rd Place Best Sports Story: Graphic Edge Bowl Recap
- 3rd Place Best Sportscast: Graphic Edge Bowl Broadcast
- 3rd Place Best Use of Sound: Big Red Wins State Championship
- 3rd Place Best Newscast
Total: 7
2015
- 1st Place Best Radio Sound: Remembering Jasmine
- 2nd Place Best Radio Sound: Philadelphia Rotary/Chief Inauguration
- 2nd Place Best Newscaster: Breck Riley
- 2nd Place Best Radio Website: www.kicks96news.com
- 2nd Place Best Best General News Story: Neshoba County Bond, Neshoba County Gun
- 2nd Place Best Newscast: Breck Riley, Mina Mooney, Lindsey Jennings
- 3rd Place Achievement: December 4 Newscast
Total: 7
Totals
- 1st Place Awards: 11
- 2nd Place Awards: 20
- 3rd Place Awards: 7
- Special Awards: 1
- Total: 39