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CBAA Awards Finalists

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 to be held 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

The full list of finalists, and schedule, can be found at this link:

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