Updated June 2023
2023
Gold Telly Award
FOUNDED ON FRIENDSHIP & FREEDOM: THE NATIONAL WWII MUSEUM
Television/General—Museums & Galleries
Bronze Telly Award
DR. NORMAN C. FRANCIS: A LEGACY OF LEADERSHIP
Television/General—Biography
2022
Press Club of New Orleans Excellence in Journalism Awards
INFORMED SOURCES
Best Talk Show
STEPPIN’ OUT
2nd Place in Best Talk Show
IRMA: MY LIFE IN MUSIC
2nd Place in Documentary
2022
Louisiana Association of Broadcasters (LAB) Prestige Awards
KEVIN BELTON’S COOKIN’ LOUISIANA
Best Television Series in The Uniquely Louisiana Category
2022
Silver Telly Award
IRMA: MY LIFE IN MUSIC
Television Documentary
2022
Bronze Telly Award
KEVIN BELTON’S COOKIN’ LOUISIANA
Series: Food & Beverage
2021
Silver Telly Award
KITCHEN QUEENS: NEW ORLEANS
Series: Food & Beverage
2020
National Educational Telecommunications Association (NETA) Public Media Award Finalist
KITCHEN QUEENS: NEW ORLEANS
Content in the “Arts & Entertainment”
2020
Press Club of New Orleans Excellence in Journalism Awards
THE 2019 REX BALL AND THE MEETING OF THE COURTS OF REX AND COMUS
Best Planned Event
STEPPIN’ OUT
Best Talk Show
WYES’ Kevin Belton
Best On-Air Talent
RESHAPING A GREATER NEW ORLEANS: SEEKING SAFETY & JUSTICE
Best Public Affairs
2020
Bronze Telly Award
KEVIN BELTON’S NEW ORLEANS CELEBRATIONS
Series: Food & Beverage
2020
NETA (National Educational Telecommunications Association)
Live Virtual Learning Events (Division II)
THE MIGHTY MISSISSIPPI: ELECTRONIC FIELD TRIP
2020
NETA (National Educational Telecommunications Association)
Teaching & Learning (Division II)
TEACHING FOR EXCELLENCE: A WYES COMMUNITY FORUM
2019
Press Club of New Orleans Excellence in Journalism Awards
INFORMED SOURCES
Best Television/Talk Show
2019
Louisiana Association of Broadcasters (LAB) Prestige Awards
KEVIN BELTON’S NEW ORLEANS KITCHEN
Best Television Series in The Uniquely Louisiana Category
2018
Suncoast Regional Emmy Awards
KEVIN BELTON’S NEW ORLEANS KITCHEN
Informational/Instructional
2018
Suncoast Regional Emmy Awards
Magazine Program
BACKSTAGE NEW ORLEANS
“Big Easy Roadshow”
Tom Gregory
2018
Suncoast Regional Emmy Awards
Talent
BACKSTAGE NEW ORLEANS
“Big Easy Roadshow”
Tom Gregory
2017
Suncoast Regional Emmy Awards
REMEMBER PEARL HARBOR
Children/Youth/Teens – Program
Commemorative
2017
Suncoast Regional Emmy Awards
Interstitial
“New Orleans Tricentennial Moments”
Commemorative
2017
Press Club of New Orleans Excellence in Journalism Awards
Documentary Videography
Lenny Delbert, Lenny Delbert Jr., Tom Gregory
INFORMED SOURCES
Best Television/Talk Show
Errol Laborde, Marcia Kavanaugh
2016
Suncoast Regional Emmy Awards
New Orleans Tricentennial Moments
Interstitial
Commemorative
2016
NETA (National Educational Telecommunications Association)
Instructional Media
WE’RE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER
Discrete Learning Objective
2015
Press Club of New Orleans Excellence in Journalism Awards
Public Affairs
Marcia Kavanaugh, Paula Pendarvis, Tom Gregory
STEPPIN’ OUT
Best Television/Talk Show
Peggy Scott Laborde, Kelsi Schreiber, Staff
Station Promotion or Campaign
Tom Gregory, Peggy Scott Laborde, Beth Utterback
2015
NETA (National Educational Telecommunications Association)
Education and Community Engagement
Collection Impact Achievement
RESHAPING A GREATER NEW ORLEANS: CRIMINAL JUSTICE
Content Production: News and Public Affairs
2014
Press Club of New Orleans Excellence in Journalism Awards
Best Television/Talk Show
STEPPIN’ OUT
Peggy Scott Laborde
2013
Press Club of New Orleans Excellence in Journalism Awards
Television: Science/Health/Technology
Marcia Kavanaugh, Paula Pendarvis, Staff
2013
NETA (National Educational Telecommunications Association)
RESHAPING A GREATER NEW ORLEANS: CRIMINAL JUSTICE
Production: News and Public Affairs
STEPPIN’ OUT “Goes to the Museums”
Production: Local Culture
2012
Press Club of New Orleans Excellence in Journalism Awards
Best Documentary
Peggy Scott Laborde, Larry Roussarie, Staff
2011
Finalist
Humana Communities Benefit
Greater New Orleans Education Television Foundation
2011
Suncoast Regional Emmy Awards
NEW ORLEANS RESTAURANTS WITH A PAST
Documentary – Historical
Commemorative
2008
Press Club of New Orleans Excellence in Journalism Awards
Place Public Affairs
Paula Pendarvis, Marcia Kavanaugh
2006
Arts Council of New Orleans
Mayor’s Arts Awards
WYES-TV
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