Vision Australia Radio are excited to have received a record eight nominations in this year’s Community Broadcasting Association of Australia (CBAA) Awards highlighting their teams, volunteers, and presenters’ creation of quality, inclusive content.

The VAR nominations are:

Excellence in Disability Content & Engagement – Vision Australia Radio Network (VARN)
Best Program: News & Current Affairs – Studio 1
Best Program: New – Sites, Sounds and Songs
Excellence in Production – VAR production team
Excellence in Community Engagement – Vision Australia Radio Network (VARN)
Outstanding Contribution in Fundraising and Sponsorship – Jason Gipps
Outstanding Presenter: News & Current Affairs – Peter Greco, Various
Best Program: Talks – Happy Pants

Conrad Browne, Manager Vision Australia Radio and audio services, said:

“The record number of nominations for Vision Australia Radio in this year’s CBAA Awards is a testament to the incredibly dedicated volunteers and staff who take immense pride in delivering entertaining and engaging content each week for our community of interest. The diversity of the categories we’ve been acknowledged in also highlights the effort and skills that our team bring as individuals and as a collective in ensuring we consistently deliver quality programs and podcasts for the blind, low vision and print disability communities across Australia”.

VARN is looking forward to the upcoming CBAA Awards and conference and say that no matter what happens awards night all 8 of the nominations are already a victory.