Over 300 entries across more than 20 categories, have been received for the 2024 Community Broadcasting Awards. They will be held at the 2024 CBAA conference from 17-19 October on the Gold Coast.

See the full list of finalists below. Winners will be announced at the conference Gala Dinner on Satuday 19 October at the CBAA Conference, along with the recipients of the Community Broadcasting Honour Roll, Michael Law and Tony Staley Awards.

2024 Community Broadcasting Awards Finalists

Best Program: Music (Sponsored by APRA AMCOS)

• 2NVR Nambucca Valley Radio – Studio 3 Live
• RTRFM – Difficult Listening
• 3BBR FM – Continental Drift
• Koori Radio – Tangata Whenua
• Fresh 92.7 – Fresh Off The Block – Hosted by MATIAH

Best Program: New (Sponsored by AFTRS)

• 8CCC – 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 – Hong Kongology

Best Program: News & Current Affairs (Sponsored by AVC)

• 3BBR FM – West Gippsland Week
• 2DRY FM – Water Watch
• ​Ngaarda Media – Ngaarda Statewide News WA
• Vision Australia Radio – Studio 1
• 3CR – Global Intifada: Operation Inglenook Episode

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 – 30 Years Fighting for Forests
• Vision Australia Radio – Happy Pants

Excellence in Australian Music (Sponsored by APRA AMCOS)

• 107.3 HFM – Beats Rhymes and Life
• 3BBR FM – Gippsland Live, 3BBR Concert Hall
• Koori Radio – Indigenous Hip Hop Show
• 2SER – 2SER Australian Music Programming & Events
• Radio 4EB – TUNOGLOKAL QLD Project

Excellence in Community Engagement

• Sonshine (98.5FM) – Sonshine’s Heart For The Homeless
• 89.9 TheLight – Connecting with the Community
• Bay FM 99.9 – Young Legends
• Vision Australia Radio
• Fresh 92.7

Excellence in Disability Content & Engagement

• Phoenix FM
• RTRFM – Breaking Sound Barriers – Season 2
• Wangki Yupurnanupurru Radio – Wangki Radio Celebrates Difference
• Vision Australia Radio
• 3CR – Disability Day

Excellence in Fundraising & Sponsorship

• RTRFM – RTRFM’s Fundraising and Sponsorship Team
• VOX FM – Judy Clare, Billy Harvey Carmel Collins, & Kevin Barron
• Alive 90.5 FM
• 89.9 TheLight – PositiveMedia Donor Engagement & Business Development Teams
• Fresh 92.7

Excellence in Indigenous Content & Engagement (Sponsored by McNair Yellowsquares)

• RTRFM – Sovereign
• PBA-FM – Feel Good Nunga Radio
• Koori Radio – Two Men In Your Head and The Dhinawanyan Healers
• Ngaarda Media – Federal Court Native Title Hearing: YIindjibarndi and FMG
• PAW & 8CCC – The Heat

Excellence in Multicultural Content & Engagement (Sponsored by McNair Yellowsquares)

• 2MFM
• PBA-FM – Siempre Lunes
• Alive 90.5FM – Alive with Cultural Diversity
• 88.9 WynFM
• Radio 4EB – TUNOGLOKAL QLD Project

Excellence in Production

• 3ZZZ
• 96five – The Rad-Vent Calendar
• Casey Radio 97.7FM – Storytellers @ The Station
• Vision Australia Radio
• Bay FM 99.9 – Bay FM Community Disaster Recovery and Emergency Preparedness Campaign

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 – Camp Sovereignty

Excellence in Station Resilience & Development (Sponsored by the CMTO)

• 3ZZZ – Building an Eth(n)ical Business Model for 3ZZZ
• 5THE FM – Rising Out of the Ashes of its Former Self
• 2MIA FM 95.1 – Station Leadership Committee
• 88.9 WynFM – Trudy Burkes
• Collie Community Radio – Transition to New Studio

Outstanding Fundraising & Sponsorship Contribution

• 96five – 96five’s Building Hope Appeal
• Fresh 92.7 – Fresh 92.7 Sales Team
• Vision Australia Radio – Jason Gipps
• 4RFM – Brianna Baggow

Outstanding Presenter

• Radio Adelaide – Jarad McLoughlin: De-Stigmatised (Audio Ability Revisited segment)
• todayscountry94one – Alan Gilmour
• 3CR – Sasja Sÿdek: Queering the Air
• RTRFM – Jeff Bullen
• JOY 94.9 – Demetra Giannakopoulos

Outstanding Presenter News & Current Affairs (Sponsored by Deutsche Welle)

• 3BBR – Paul Strickland and West Gippsland Week Team
• 4ZZZ – Alexis Pink
• Lofty 88.9 – Johnny Emanuele
• Vision Australia Radio – Peter Greco for Vision Australia Radio
• Bay FM 99.9 – Mia Armitage

Outstanding Production Contribution

• RTRFM – Eddie Curtis
• JOY 94.9 – Elliot Attard
• Bay FM 99.9 – Bay FM Community Disaster Recovery and Emergency Preparedness Campaign
• 2DRY FM – Water Watch Production Team
• 88.9 WynFM – Stephen Kernohan

Outstanding Station Leadership

• 3ZZZ – Jon King
• Alive 90.5 FM – Andsley Dennis
• 88.9 WynFM – Peter White
• Casey Radio 97.7FM – Nia McMartin
• 2DRY FM – Megan Williams

Outstanding Technical Contribution

• Phoenix FM – Peter Williams
• TripleT 103.9 – Warren Ray
• Alive 90.5 FM – Alive 90.5FM Tech Team
• Three D Radio
• SWR 99.9 FM – Alex Agaciak and Matt Reid

Outstanding Volunteer Contribution (Sponsored by The Centre for Volunteering)

• 3WAY-FM – Ann Morris
• Eastside Radio 89.7FM – Elliott Wallace
• Alive 90.5 FM – Rosh Vee
• CMS Radio FM 91.1 – Santhosh Nagaiah
• Fresh 92.7 – Cassandra Johns

Outstanding Youth Contribution (Sponsored by The Centre for Volunteering)

• RTRFM – Sharlene Baloch and IJ McKenna
• 2MIA FM 95.1 – Brodie Legge – Youth YAP & Midweek Madness
• 2NURFM – Olivia Dillon
• Switch Brisbane – School Yard Sounds
• CAAMA Radio – Briana Alexander

Troy Garner Award – Best Program: Sports

• Lofty 88.9 – The Huddle Reformed
• 3ZZZ – 3ZZZ Sports
• Triple H 100.1 FM – Triple H Sports – Coverage of NSW Men’s and Women’s Premier Cricket
• HOT FM Mildura – 2024 SFNL Football Broadcast
• 2NVR Nambucca Valley Radio – That’s a Wrap