Byron Bay's Bay FM tops the winners list

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http://www.artshub.com.au/ahau1/news/news.asp?Id=104968

Community radio awards announced

Arts Hub Australia

Byron Bay's Bay FM is Australia's Community Radio Station of the
Year. The station took out the award at the Community Broadcasting
Association of Australia (CBAA) Conference in Glenelg this week.

Bay FM broadcaster Ros Elliot also received the Contribution to
Indigenous Broadcasting award for the "Caring for Country" edition of
the program, Go EarthCare.

In other prizes handed out on the night, Sydney's 2SER received the
APRA-sponsored Contribution to Local Music Content for Radio award for
On The Corner by Peter Nelson and Ross Ogden.

Seth Jordan of Artsound FM took out the other music category,
Excellence in Music Programming for Radio, for The Tiki Lounge.

Best/Innovative Idea in Fundraising went to Larrkardi Radio, from Derby
in Western Australia, for Books in Homes.

The Can't Get Out of the Car award went to Stephen Pickells of 2SER
for Gay Super Guy.

Sydney's Muslim Community Radio were took out the Best/Innovative
Announcement, Sponsorship or Promotion award.

Rob Ball and the team from No Limits of C31 Melbourne were the winners
of Television Program of the Year.

Graham Smith of 5GTR won the award for Innovative Station/Program
Promotion Idea for their Jazz ID.

The Best Innovative New Program/Segment Idea award went to
Melbourne's Syn FM in Melbourne for the program Word War One. Syn FM
also took out the Innovation in Training award, ahead of 8KIN and
Triple B FM.

Melbourne's 3CR received the prestigious Tony Staley Award, for
promoting the values of community radio broadcasting.

Noani Pearce-Rasmussen of Edge Radio in Hobart won the Excellence in
Spoken Word Programming award for the program, Journalists on the Edge.

Access 31's Australian Croats program was honoured for its
contribution to ethnic broadcasting, while Ahmed Hassan of Salam Cafe
was declared the Television Producer of the Year.

The award for New Voices (Radio & TV) went to Chadwick and Jessica
Palmer of the 4MBS program Kids Classics.

Megan Venn-Brown from Noosa Community Radio won the award for
Innovative Place or Subject for an Outside Broadcast for the Peregian
Originals Concert.

The Troy Garner Award for Excellence in Sports Programming went to
5GTR's The Round Ball, hosted by Nathan Butler.

full list of winners:
http://www.cbaa.org.au/content.php/236.html?newsid=961