Radio Hirakhand got an award for promotion of Sambalpuri language and culture. In a special function of Sambalpuri Bhasa Sanskruti Parisad, Shri Jay Narayan Mishra, MLA, Sambalpur presenting the award to Smt. Pinky Pradhan, Asst. Director, Radio Hirakhand.
Radio Hirakhand has received Outreach National Radio Award in category ‘Community Radio’. The award was presented by veteran film star and MP, Sri Prashanta Nanda to the Director, Radio Hirakhand, Sri Bikash Mohapatra in an International Radio Fair, organized by Outreach at Bhanja Kala Mandap, Bhubaneswar.