Univision Arizona receives 13 Emmy Awards, at the 39th Annual Rocky Mountain Emmy Awards on October 8th, 2016. Many of the award winners volunteer every year at the Annual High School Workshop, including Heidi Renpenning. Renpenning was awarded with "Talent-Anchor News". Juan Villa, News Director at Univision, serves on the ALMA Board as Secretary. “Everything we do at Univision Arizona is for our community and we’re humbled by the opportunity to serve them each and every day

ALMA Board member Deborah Sedillo Dugan was inducted into the NATAS Rocky Mountain Southwest Chapter Silver Circle during the Emmy Award’s Gala on October 8, 2016. Sedillo Dugan has worked 35 years in the broadcast media industry in Washington DC, New Mexico and Arizona. Deborah joins two fellow ALMA board members Anita Luera and Al Macias in the Silver Circle.