The NATOA Government Programming Awards (GPAs) are annual awards that recognize excellence in broadcast, cable, multimedia and electronic programming produced by local governments, public school districts and government related agencies. Categories cover a variety of programming including, among others, community events, documentary, public affairs and public service, interview/talk show, performing arts, sports, election coverage and children’s issues.
We Are Channel 16 - Award of Excellence
Fairfax County Board of Supervisors Meeting - Award of Honor
Ebook of the Month- Award of Honor
State of the County 2025 - Award of Honor
Energy Conservation Assistance Program - Award of Honor
Parks Plus: Royal Lake Park - Award of Honor
Mature Living: Dementia - Award of Honor
An Introduction to the One Water Cycle - Award of Excellence
Behind Alden Theatre - Award of Honor
Check it Out - Award of Honor
Invasive Plants: Running Bamboo - Award of Honor
Larry's Store: HIV Testing - Award of Honor
Check It Out: Expanding Access - Award of Distinction
Frying Pan Farm Park's 60th Anniversary - Award of Distinction
Fairfax Symphony Orchestra at Capital One - Award of Distinction
Filthy Five - Award of Distinction
Tax Chat: Tax Relief Series - Award of Honor
Real Talk: Barbershops- Award of Honor
Overall Programming Excellence - Award of Honor
FCPL Summer Reading Adventure - Award of Distinction
Suffragist Memorial: White House Artifact - Award of Distinction
West Nile Story - Award of Distinction
Shipping Sam - Award of Distinction
Overall Programming Excellence - Award of Distinction
Tick Check 1-2, Public Health - Award of Excellence
Therapeutic Horseback Riding - Award of Distinction
Absentee Voting for College Students - Award of Distinction
Supervised Visitation and Exchange Program - Award of Honor
Fairfax Co. Careers: Come Make a Difference - Award of Honor
Tick Check 1-2, Use of Humor - Award of Honor
Masterful Gardener: Beatrix Farrand - Award of Honor
Mount Vernon Town Meeting - Second Place
Check It Out - Second Place
Fairfax Fast Facts: Who Represents You - Third Place
Adult Detention Center: Community Labor Force - Third Place
Teens in Action - Second Place - Honorable Mention
Channel 16 Web Site - Honorable Mention
County Magazine - Honorable Mention
Fairfax 275 - Honorable Mention
Overall Programming Excellence - Honorable Mention
Check It Out: Children’s Edition - Second Place
OAR for Offenders - Third Place
Overall Programming Excellence - Honorable Mention
On The Beat - Honorable Mention
Celebrate Fairfax - Honorable Mention
MyChoice Cigna Consumer Health Plan - Honorable Mention
Elly Doyle Award Winner: Michael Mescher - Honorable Mention
Redevelopment & Housing 50th Anniversary - Honorable Mention
Parks Plus: Adaptive Aquatics - First Place
Check It Out - First Place
Parks Plus: Four Amigos - Second Place
FFX Co. Park Authority 65th Anniversary - Second Place
WIC - Third Place
Parks Plus - Honorable Mention
Suffrage in the 20th Century - Honorable Mention
Channel 16’s 30th Anniversary - Honorable Mention
Tips and Tails - Honorable Mention
Check It Out - Third Place
Rohil’s Fun Run - Third Place
Senior Volleyball - Third Place
State of the County - Honorable Mention
Wastewater Reuse Project - Honorable Mention
Healing Racism - Second Place
Rec-Pac Camps - Second Place
Parks Plus - Third Place
Rec-Pac Promo - Third Place
Cigarette Butts - Third Place
Office of Emergency Management Profile - Honorable Mention
Celebrate Fairfax - Honorable Mention
Excellence in Government Programming - Third Place
Celebrate Fairfax - Honorable Mention
Check It Out - Honorable Mention
Summer Food Service Program - Honorable Mention
Colvin Run Mill - Honorable Mention
Excellence in Government Programming - First Place
Check It Out - Second Place
Parks Plus - Second Place
Hook a Book - Third Place
Preparing for All Hazards: Business - Honorable Mention
Remarkable Trees - Honorable Mention
Libraries: Check It Out - Second Place
Excellence in Government Programming - Third Place
Check It Out - Honorable Mention
Parks Plus - Honorable Mention
Pick Up Dog Waste PSA - Honorable Mention
Where Does the Flow Go - Honorable Mention
Libraries: Check It Out - First Place
Pop Up Trash - First Place
No Place Like Home - Honorable Mention
Excellence in Government Programming - Honorable Mention
Libraries: Check It Out - First Place
Parks Plus - First Place
Blueprint for Success: Homelessness - Second Place
Adult Day Health Care - Honorable Mention
Excellence in Government Programming - Honorable Mention
Excellence in Government Programming - Second Place
Allied Health and Nursing Partnership - First Place
Consumer Focus - Third Place
Toward a Lifetime of Independence - Honorable Mention
Touch the Future - Honorable Mention
Celebrate Fairfax Promo - First Place
Clemyjontri Park - Second Place
Computer Learning Centers Partnership - Second Place
Your Community, You’re Call - Third Place
2003 Election Returns - Third Place
Consumer Focus - Honorable Mention
Information Avenue - Honorable Mention
Treasure of the Chesapeake - Honorable Mention
Information Avenue - Second Place
Celebrate Fairfax PSA - Second Place
Occoquan - Third Place
Your Community, Your Call - Honorable Mention
Historic Treasures of Southern Fairfax Co. - Honorable Mention
Consumer Focus - Honorable Mention
Consumer Focus - First Place
Information Avenue - First Place
Fire and Rescue Digest - Third Place
Army's National Museum - Second Place
Green Springs Park - Second Place
Fire and Rescue Digest - Third Place
Best Web site - First Place
Human Service Access Workers - Second Place
Washington & Fairfax Promo - Second Place
History of Fairfax - Third Place
County Magazine - Finalist
Information Avenue – Finalist
Senior Recreation - First Place
Information Avenue - First Place
County Magazine - First Place
Occupied Territory - Second Place
Consumer Focus - Third Place
Therapeutic Recreation - Finalist
Telecommunications Act of 1996 - Second Place
Parks Plus - Second Place
ECO Youth - Third Place
Consumer Focus: Travel Scams - First Place
Information Avenue - First Place
Unofficial Election Returns - First Place
Library PSA Campaign - First Place
Depression in the Elderly - Finalist
Parks Plus - Finalist
Senior Times: Breast Cancer - Finalist
Parks Plus - Finalist
Cover to Cover – Finalist
Destination: Fairfax County - Finalist
Fairfax Fair - Finalist
Cover To Cover - Finalist
Parks Plus - Finalist
Fire & Rescue Digest - Finalist
Tax Evaders - Finalist
From Canal to Constitution - Second Place
F.C.P.D. Today - Honorable Mention
Senior Times - First Place
Parks Plus - Third Place
F.C.P.D. Street Beat - Third Place
Outstanding Municipal Programming - Certificate of Appreciation
Outstanding Municipal Programming - Merit