2006 Awards
NEOSA
* 2006 CIO of the Year (Small Nonprofit - tie): Tom Furnas, Sr. Director of Technology
2005 Local Emmys
* Public Affairs Programs (Ideas #135) - Winner: Rick Jackson, Elaine Falk, Karen Schaefer, David C. Barnett, reporter/producers; Phyllis Quail, producer; Mike Vendeland, director; Mark Rosenberger, executive producer
NATAS - Cleveland Region Board of Governors
* Special Humanitarian Award to WVIZ/PBS and all stations in Northeast Ohio for 鈥淭sunami Relief鈥� and 鈥淗urricane Katrina Relief鈥�
National Multiple Sclerosis Society
* The Susan and John Turben Community Lifetime Award: WVIZ/PBS and 90.3 WCPN ideastream
Omni Intermedia Awards
* Radio News Category - Bronze Award: Karen Schaefer, 鈥淣ASA Glenn Research Center - Continuing Coverage鈥�
Ohio Society of Professional Journalists Awards
* Best Deadline Reporting - First Place: 鈥淕overnor Taft in Court,鈥� Jo Ingles, Bill Cohen and Karen Kasler, Statehouse News Bureau, Ohio Public Radio.
* Best Coverage of the Environment - First Place (tie): 鈥淓dison Dam Hydro Project,鈥� Karen Schaefer
* Best Documentary - First Place: 鈥淚 Hate This,鈥� Dave DeOreo
* Best Web Site - First Place: , Joseph Sheppa
* Best Investigative Reporting - Second Place: 鈥淏ehind the Cutbacks at NASA Glenn Research Center,鈥� Karen Schaefer
* Best Coverage of Children鈥檚 Issues - Second Place: 鈥淏arbara Byrd-Bennett,鈥� Dee Perry
* Best Coverage of Minority Issues - Second Place: 鈥淜aramu House,鈥� Dee Perry
* Best Coverage of Government - Second Place: 鈥淪tatehouse News Bureau Best of 2005,鈥� Bill Cohen, Jo Ingles and Karen Kasler, Statehouse News Bureau, Ohio Public Radio.
Press Club of Cleveland Ohio Excellence in Journalism Awards
* On-Going Coverage: First Place - Karen Schaefer, NASA Glenn Research Center
* In-Depth Coverage: Second Place - David C. Barnett, Other Sacrifices
* Human Interest: First Place - Karen Schaefer, Joan Southgate Retraces Her Journey
* Use of Sound: Second Place - Karen Schaefer, Native Students - College Horizons
eTech Ohio - Ohio Public Broadcasting Awards
* News & Public Affairs Award, Division C - Talk Show - Honorable Mention: 90.3 at 9, WCPN-FM; Renita Jablonski, Host; Paul Cox, Producer; Marie Andrusewicz, Assistant Producer
* Arts & Cultural Affairs Award, Division B - Series Programming - Honorable Mention: Around Noon, WCPN-FM; Dee Perry, Host; Dave DeOreo, Producer; Al Dahlhausen, Engineer
Idea Center庐 at PlayhouseSquare Awards
Cleveland Arts Prize
* Martha J. Joseph Prize: Kit Jensen, Jerry Wareham & Art Falco - Communicators, Educators, and Presenters
Cleveland Downtown Development Award
* Idea Center at PlayhouseSquare: The award recognizes significant projects that contribute to the vitality and growth of the downtown area.
Cleveland Restoration Society
* 2006 Preservation Award - Commercial Revitalization: Idea Center at PlayhouseSquare
23rd Annual Reconstruction Awards from Building Design & Construction Magazine
* The Idea Center at PlayhouseSquare project: The project won a Gold award and was cited as 鈥渁 model of sustainability and architectural innovation.鈥�
The U.S. Green Building Council Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED)
* LEED - CI Silver: Idea Center at PlayhouseSquare
Consulting-Specifying Engineer Publication
* 鈥�06 ARC Award 鈥淐onsulting-Specifying Engineer鈥�: Idea Center at PlayhouseSquare