2009 Metro Santa Cruz Goldie Award: Silver Reader's Choice Award
2008 Metro Santa Cruz Goldie Award: "Best Radio Station"
2007 Metro Santa Cruz Goldie Award: "Best Radio Station"
2006 Metro Santa Cruz Goldie Award: "Best Radio Station"
2005 Metro Santa Cruz Goldie Award: "Best Radio Station"
2004 Metro Santa Cruz Goldie Award: "Best Radio Station"
2003 Metro Santa Cruz Goldie Award: "Best Radio Station"
2002 Metro Santa Cruz Goldie Award: Silver Reader's Choice Award
2005 Good Times Best of Award: "Best Radio Station"
2005 Democratic Media Award
2004 Democratic Media Award
2003 Democratic Media Award
2002 Democratic Media Award
The 2003 Princeton Review of the nation's "Top College Radio Stations" (voted by the students themselves) placed KZSC as the only college radio station from the west coast in the top 20.
