Awards

Here are some of the regional and national awards BEK Communications Cooperative has won for our efforts:
BEK Communications
2022 Business of the Year, Mandan Progress Organization
2020 BroadbandNow award for being the #1 Fastest Fiber Provider in North Dakota
2019 BroadbandNow award for being the #1 Fastest Fiber Provider in North Dakota
2019 BroadbandNow award for Top 3 Fastest Internet Providers in North Dakota
2019 BroadbandNow award for Top Internet Speeds Nationwide
2019 NTCA Smart Rural Community Gig-Capable Provider
2019 NTCA's Marketing Excellence Award to BEK Communications in the category of Broadband Advertising - First Runner-Up
2016 NTCA GIG Certification, certified to have deployed 100% Gig capable infrastructure
2014 NTCA TeleChoice Award, publication of Cooperative Annual Report
2013 Trailblazer Award, Smart Rural Community initiative, leader in the use of broadband to build community strength, conquer distance, import and export goods, services and knowledge
2012 NTCA TeleChoice Award for best website for products and services
2012 Vernon Galaxy Award recognizing an outstanding marketing campaign for new IP services
2011 Calix Innovation Award, outstanding marketing campaign for new IP services
2010 TelcoTV Vision Award for the most innovative and visionary way of offering three channels of exclusive local content
2008 Cornerstone Award from the Broadband Properties Summit recognizing achievements in BEK's deployment of advanced broadband networks in rural North Dakota
2004 Pioneered Fiber-To-The-Home, Rural subsrcibers in North Dakota
BEK TV
2022 Bismarck Tribune's Best of the Best, BEK TV as Best Local Television Station
2022 Scott Loerch and Jordan Hassler received "Award of Merit" from the North Dakota High School Coaches Association for coverage of high school athletics
2022 Eric Sevareid Awards for Journalism Excellence. BEK Sports swept the Small Market TV Sports Play-by-Play Category for the ninth consecutive year
2021 Bismarck Tribune's Best of the Best, BEK TV as Best Local Television Station
2021 Eric Sevareid Awards for Journalism Excellence. BEK Sports swept the Small Market TV Sports Play-by-Play Category for the eighth consecutive year
2020 Eric Sevareid Awards for Journalism Excellence. BEK Sports swept the Small Market TV Sports Play-by-Play Category for the seventh consecutive year
2019 Eric Sevareid Awards for Journalism Excellence. BEK Sports swept the Small Market TV Sports Play-by-Play Category for the sixth consecutive year
2019 NTCA Marketing Excellence Award 1st Runner Up, Broadcast Advertising
2018 Eric Sevareid Awards for Journalism Excellence. BEK Sports again swept the Small Market TV Sports Play-by-Play Category
2017 Eric Sevareid Awards for Journalism Excellence. BEK Sports again swept the Small Market TV Sports Play-by-Play Category
2016 Eric Sevareid Awards for Journalism Excellence, BEK Sports swept the Small Market TV Sports Play-by-Play Category, winning all three awards
2015 Eric Sevareid Awards for Journalism Excellence, BEK Sports swept the Small Market TV Sports Play-by-Play Category, winning all three awards
2014 Eric Sevareid Awards for Journalism Excellence, BEK Sports swept the Small Market TV Sports Play-by-Play Category, winning all three awards
2011 Callix Innovation Award for local sports broadcasting
2010 TelcoTV Vision Award for the most innovative a visionary way of offering three channels of local content