Honors & Awards
Recognized for the Work We Do Together
We do not do this work for trophies. Still, it means a great deal when the people and organizations we respect recognize what our team has built. These honors belong to our employees and to the members who make BEK possible.
Award Highlights
12
Straight years sweeping the Eric Sevareid Small Market TV Sports Play-by-Play category
6
Years as the Bismarck Tribune's Best Local Television Station (2021–2025)
6
Cybersecurity honors earned between 2023 and 2025
BEK Communications
- 2025: CyberCon Hall of Fame induction: John Nagel
- 2025: NTCA Cyber Champion
- 2025: Valley City Times-Record Best of the Best: Best Local Internet/TV Provider
- 2025: Bismarck State College Foundation Honor of Bronze
- 2024: NTCA Cyber Champion
- 2024: Valley City Times-Record Best of the Best: Best Local Internet/TV Provider
- 2024: TechND North Dakota Technology Champion: John Nagel
- 2023: NTCA Cyber Champion
- 2023: TechND Premier Technology Business
- 2023: CyberCon Chairman's Award for Excellence: John Nagel
- 2022: Business of the Year, Mandan Progress Organization
- 2022: BroadbandNow: #1 Fastest Fiber Provider in North Dakota
- 2021: BroadbandNow: #1 Fastest Fiber Provider in North Dakota
- 2019: BroadbandNow: #1 Fastest Fiber Provider in North Dakota, Top 3 Fastest Internet Providers in North Dakota, and Top Internet Speeds Nationwide
- 2019: NTCA Smart Rural Community Gig-Capable Provider
- 2019: NTCA Marketing Excellence Award, First Runner-Up, Broadband Advertising
- 2016: NTCA Gig Certification for deploying 100% gig-capable infrastructure
- 2014: NTCA TeleChoice Award for the Cooperative Annual Report
- 2013: Smart Rural Community Trailblazer Award, recognizing leadership in using broadband to strengthen communities
- 2012: NTCA TeleChoice Award for best products and services website
- 2012: Vernon Galaxy Award for an outstanding marketing campaign for new IP services
- 2011: Calix Innovation Award for an outstanding marketing campaign for new IP services
- 2010: TelcoTV Vision Award for offering three channels of exclusive local content
- 2008: Cornerstone Award, Broadband Properties Summit, for deploying advanced broadband networks in rural North Dakota
BEK Technology Services
BEK has been recognized nationally as one of the nation's top performers of West-Com's Nurse Call solutions providers.
- 2024: West-Com Nurse Call Systems Presidents Circle Award
- 2023: West-Com Nurse Call Systems Presidents Circle Award
- 2022: West-Com Nurse Call Systems Presidents Circle Award
- 2021: West-Com Nurse Call Systems Presidents Circle Award
BEK TV
- 2026: Bismarck Tribune Best of the Best: Best Local Television Station
- 2026: Bismarck Tribune Best of the Best: Best Video Production Company
- 2026: Bismarck Tribune Best of the Best: Lori Hinz, First Favorite in Best TV Personality
- 2026: Eric Sevareid Award for Journalism Excellence: Jordan Hassler, 1st Place, Small Market TV Sports Play-by-Play
- 2025: Bismarck Tribune Best of the Best: Best Local Television Station
- 2025: Bismarck Tribune Best of the Best: Best TV Personality, Dawn Palumbo and Jonah Lantto of Midwest Murder
- 2025: Eric Sevareid Awards: BEK Sports swept the Small Market TV Sports Play-by-Play category for the twelfth consecutive year
- 2024: Bismarck Tribune Best of the Best: Best Local Television Station
- 2024: Bismarck Tribune Best of the Best: Best TV Personality, Lori Hinz
- 2024: Eric Sevareid Awards: Play-by-Play sweep for the eleventh consecutive year
- 2023: Bismarck Tribune Best of the Best: Best Local Television Station
- 2023: Eric Sevareid Awards: Play-by-Play sweep for the tenth consecutive year
- 2023: Award of Merit, Documentary/Special: Ladies of Another View: My Hometown – Fort Totten
- 2022: Bismarck Tribune Best of the Best: Best Local Television Station
- 2022: North Dakota High School Coaches Association Award of Merit: Scott Loerch and Jordan Hassler, for coverage of high school athletics
- 2022: Eric Sevareid Awards: Play-by-Play sweep for the ninth consecutive year
- 2021: Bismarck Tribune Best of the Best: Best Local Television Station
- 2021: Eric Sevareid Awards: Play-by-Play sweep for the eighth consecutive year
- 2020: Eric Sevareid Awards: Play-by-Play sweep for the seventh consecutive year
- 2019: Eric Sevareid Awards: Play-by-Play sweep for the sixth consecutive year
- 2018: Eric Sevareid Awards: Play-by-Play sweep for the fifth consecutive year
- 2017: Eric Sevareid Awards: Play-by-Play sweep for the fourth consecutive year
- 2014–2016: Eric Sevareid Awards: BEK Sports swept the Small Market TV Sports Play-by-Play category, winning all three awards each year
- 2011: Calix Innovation Award for local sports broadcasting
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