Australia’s youth broadcasters emerged as the current as well as future strength of Australia’s broadcasting last month with Hobart and Melbourne’s youth stations picking up major awards in radio as well as being major contributors to the television award winners at the Community Broadcasting Association of Australia National Awards!

Apart from the major awards, youth stations such as Brisbane’s 4ZZZ, Sydney’s FBi Radio and Melbourne’s 3RRR also collected trophies on the night.

Other notable winners led the way in highlighting social and political issues with station 3CR (Melbourne) winning for an outside broadcast from the Baxter Detention Centre and 8KIN (Alice Springs) who raised the important issue of the availability of public telephone services in remote indigenous areas.

The awards were presented as part of the CBAA’ s Annual National Conference held at the Gold Coast International Hotel which attracted over 300 delegates and almost 100 community stations!

Excellence in Spoken Word Programming Stations over $150,000.
Station: 4ZZZ ‘Curious Kids’.
Producer: Heather Anderson and Gary Pfeiffer.

Excellence in Spoken Word Programming Stations between $50,000 and $150,000

Station: 3GCR ‘Rally for Peace: The People’s Perspective’.
Producer: Shane Elson.

Excellence in Spoken Word Programming Stations under $50,000.
Station: Edge Radio ‘Journalists on the Edge’.
Producer: Carol Raahus.


Best Innovative New Program / Segment Idea.
Station: Triple R ‘Whodunnit Radio Plays’.
Producer: Laura Milke

Television Station of the Year.
Stations: Access 31 Perth and Channel 31 Melbourne (pictured left)


Radio Station of the Year.
Station: Edge Radio


Can’t Get Out of The Car Award
Station: Bay FM ‘Tall Hairy Guy P.I’.
Producers: Oliver McElligott, Al Crombie & Colin Delane.

Contribution to Local Music Stations over $150,000.
Station: FBi Radio ‘Sydney Music Retrospective’.
Producer: Danielle Buhagiar


Contribution to Local Music Stations between $50,000 and $150,000
Station: Tune FM ‘Air Time’.
Producer: Andrew Devenish-Meares.

Contribution to Local Music Stations under $50,000.
Station: Edge FM ‘Edge Radio’.
Producer: Chris Johnson and Mel Page.


Contribution to Ethnic Broadcasting.
Station: 3CR ‘Outworker Voice’.
Producer: Hong Nguyen.


Contribution to Indigenous Broadcasting.
Station: 8KIN ‘Our Place- Telephones in Remote Communities Part 2’.
Producer: Adrian Show.


Innovative place /subject for an Outside Broadcast.
Station: Winner: 3CR ‘Baxter Detention Centre’.
Producer: 3CR.


Television Producer of the Year.
Station: CTV Perth
Producer: Tibor Meszaros.


Best/Innovative Idea in Fundraising.
Station: Edge Radio ‘Roboedge’.
Producer: Chris Johnson.


Best/Innovative Announcement, Sponsorship or Promotion.
Station: Sonshine FM‘ Pizza with Attitude’.
Producer: Darren Reynolds.

Television Program of the Year.
Station: Channel 31 Melbourne ‘No Limits’.
Producer: Sarah Barton.


Innovative Station /Program Promotion Idea.
Station: Syn FM ‘Syn TV’.
Producer: Bryce Ives & Susan Reddrop.


New Voices.
Station: Radio Adelaide ‘The NEO Project’.

Value For Money.
Station: Monaro Radio ‘New Cooma Studio’.


Tony Staley Award.
Station: SYN FM.


Michael Law Award.
Winner: Ms Nicola Joseph.