The Community Broadcasting Association of Australia (CBAA) is revealing its Awards finalists across five days this week with the winners announced at the end of the CBAA Conference on the Gold Coast, at a gala dinner on Saturday October 19.
The Finalists announced so far are:
Best Program: News & Current Affairs, sponsored by AVC:
3BBR 103.1FM – West Gippsland Week
2DRY FM – Water Watch
Ngaarda Media – NGAARDA Statewide News WA
Vision Australia Radio – Studio 1
3CR Community Radio – Global Intifada: Operation Inglenook episode
Best Program: New, sponsored by The Australian Film Television and Radio School (AFTRS):
8CCC Community Radio 102.1fm – Alice Springs & Tennant Creek – Great Cooks of The Desert
Eastside Radio 89.7FM – The Intersection
Fresh 92.7 – Fresh Off The Decks – Hosted by MATIAH
Vision Australia Radio – Sites, Sounds and Songs on Vision Australia Radio
3CR Community Radio – Hong Kongology
Best Program: Music, sponsored by APRA AMCOS:
Radio Nambucca 2NVR 105.9FM – Studio 3 Live
RTRFM 92.1 – Difficult Listening
3BBR 103.1FM – Continental Drift
Koori Radio 93.7FM – Tangata Whenua
Fresh 92.7 – Fresh Off The Block – Hosted by MATIAH
Best Program: Talks:
2MFM – Beyond the ATAR – Youth Series
2DRY FM – Out in the Outback: Hidden Histories Series
Fresh 92.7 – Wavelength: Navigating the Israel & Palestine Conflict
3CR Community Radio – 30 Years Fighting for Forests
Vision Australia Radio – Happy Pants
Excellence in Special Events & Outside Broadcasting:
3ZZZ – FIFA Women’s World Cup Broadcast
MainFM – MAIN Game
Ngaarda Media – Tamworth Country Music Program 2024
2DRY FM – 2024 Broken Hill Christmas Pageant
3CR Community Radio – Camp Sovereignty
Outstanding Fundraising & Sponsorship Contribution:
96five – 96five’s Building Hope Appeal
Fresh 92.7 – Fresh 92.7 Sales Team
Vision Australia Radio – Jason Gipps
4RFM Moranbah Community Radio 96.9 – Brianna Baggow
Excellence in Station Resilience & Development, sponsored by the CMTO:
3ZZZ – Building an Eth(n)ical Business Model for 3ZZZ
5THE FM Millicent – Rising out of the ashes of its former self
2MIA FM 95.1 Griffith – Station Leadership Committee
88.9 Wynfm Community Radio Station – Trudy Burkes
Collie Community Radio – Just transition to new studio
Excellence in Production:
3ZZZ – Radio 3ZZZ
96five – The Rad-Vent Calendar
Casey Radio – 97.7FM – Storytellers @ The Station
Vision Australia Radio – Vision Australia Radio Audio Production
Bay FM 99.9 – Byron Bay Australia – Bay FM Community Disaster Recovery and Emergency Preparedness Campaign
The full list of finalists, and schedule, can be found here.