Phil is the 2007 recipient of the Kansas Association of Broadcaster's Sonny Slater Award.  Each year the KAB makes the award to a Kansas broadcaster who has provided exemplary service to his station, community and listening audience.  Phil is only the 16th recipient of the award, named after Sonny Slater (now deceased) who was the long-time farm director at KSAL Radio when Phil worked there in the late 1970s.