After a record number of entries, the winners of the 2015 CBAA Awards have been announced tonight at the CBAA Conference in Terrigal.
The winners are:
National Features and Documentaries Series
Suzanne Reece, Radio Adelaide
Excellence in Community Participation (tied)
SYN Nation, national collaboration by SYN Media (Melbourne, VIC)
2WAR FM Gilgandra Community Radio (Gilgandra, NSW)
Outstanding Volunteer Contribution
Susan “Del” Gordon, 2WAR FM Gilgandra Community Radio (Gilgandra, NSW)
Outstanding Youth Contribution
Lachlan James Hickey, Goldfields FM 99.1 (Maryborough, VIC)
Excellence in Digital Media
Represent, Federal Budget Night 2015, SYN Media (Melbourne, VIC)
Excellence in Training
Collaborative Radio Project, PBS 106.7 (Melbourne, VIC)
Best New Radio Program – Talks
Pinarra Aku, 8CCC Community Radio 102.1FM (Alice Springs, NT)
Best New Radio Program – Music
Babble POP!, JOY 94.9 (Melbourne, VIC)
Contribution to Australian Music
National Contemporary Landscapes, 3MBS Fine Music Melbourne (Melbourne, VIC)
Excellence in Indigenous Broadcasting
6WR Waringarri Media Aboriginal Corporation (Kununurra, WA)
Excellence in Ethnic and Multicultural Broadcasting
4EB FM 98.1 (Brisbane, QLD)
Excellence in Music Programming
Babylon Burning, PBS 106.7 FM (Melbourne, VIC)
Excellence in Spoken Word, News & Current Affairs Programming
Wavelength, Fresh 92.7 (Adelaide, NSW)
Best Station Promotion, Sponsorship or Fundraising Campaign
Watts Up! Fundraising Campaign, Bay FM 99.9 (Byron Bay, NSW)
Best Station Production
JOY 94.9 (Melbourne , VIC)
Troy Garner Excellence in Sports Programming
The CAAMA Sports Show, CAAMA Radio (Alice Springs, NT)
Most Innovative Outside Broadcast or Special Event Broadcast
Rebuild Nepal : Live Concert with Toni Childs and Friends, Bay FM 99.9 (Byron Bay, NSW)
Outstanding Small Station Award
Lower Clarence Community Radio Inc., TLC FM 100.3 (Yamba, NSW)
Excellence in Technical Services
Station Technical Services, 6SEN Capital Community Radio (Fremantle, WA)
Tony Staley Award
4ZZZ Ability Radio Project
Michael Law Award
Adrian Basso
See photos from the awards on our Twitter feed.