{"id":2793,"date":"2026-08-25T16:40:26","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T06:40:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/?p=2793"},"modified":"2026-08-25T16:40:26","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T06:40:26","slug":"finalist-announcement-schedule-for-2026-cbaa-community-broadcasting-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/2026\/08\/25\/finalist-announcement-schedule-for-2026-cbaa-community-broadcasting-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Finalist Announcement Schedule for 2026 CBAA Community Broadcasting Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With 2026 comes another&nbsp;round of finalist announcements for the&nbsp;CBAA&nbsp;Community Broadcasting Awards, this year taking place at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/conference.cbaa.org.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the CBAA Conference<\/a>&nbsp;awards gala in Geelong on Saturday 24 October.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We&#8217;ll&nbsp;be posting finalist announcements on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CommunityBroadcasting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the CBAA Facebook page<\/a>&nbsp;throughout next week according to the schedule below, and&nbsp;we&#8217;ll&nbsp;post a full list of finalists on our website on Friday&nbsp;4&nbsp;September, noting that the following three categories will be announced on the night:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Community Broadcasting Honour Roll\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Tony Staley Award\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Michael Law Award\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you&#8217;re attending the conference make sure you&#8217;re registered for the Gala Dinner to see the awards in person, it&#8217;s a separate registration and cost so check in with ICMS at&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:cbaaconf@icms.com.au\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cbaaconf@icms.com.au<\/a>&nbsp;if you didn&#8217;t opt in during registration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And whether you&#8217;re among the finalists or not we&#8217;d like to thank you for your entry and wish you all the best for future awards seasons!&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Day&nbsp;<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Category&nbsp;<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Time (AEDT)&nbsp;<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Monday&nbsp;31\/08\/26&nbsp;<\/td><td>Best Program: Music&nbsp;<\/td><td>10am&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/td><td>Best Program:&nbsp; New&nbsp;<\/td><td>12pm&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/td><td>Best Program: News &amp; Current Affairs&nbsp;<\/td><td>2pm&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/td><td>Best Program:&nbsp;Talks&nbsp;<\/td><td>4pm&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Tuesday&nbsp;1\/09\/26&nbsp;<\/td><td>Excellence in Special Events &amp; Outside Broadcasting&nbsp;<\/td><td>10am&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/td><td>Excellence in Fundraising&nbsp;<\/td><td>12pm&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/td><td>Small Station of the Year&nbsp;<\/td><td>2pm&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/td><td>Excellence in Production&nbsp;<\/td><td>4pm&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Wednesday&nbsp;2\/09\/26&nbsp;<\/td><td>Excellence in Australian Music&nbsp;<\/td><td>10am&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/td><td>Excellence in Community Engagement&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/td><td>12pm&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/td><td>Excellence in Disability Content &amp; Engagement&nbsp;<\/td><td>2pm&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/td><td>Excellence in&nbsp;Sponsorship&nbsp;<\/td><td>4pm&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Thursday&nbsp;3\/09\/26&nbsp;<\/td><td>Excellence in Indigenous Content &amp; Engagement&nbsp;<\/td><td>10am&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/td><td>Excellence in Multicultural Content &amp; Engagement&nbsp;<\/td><td>12pm&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/td><td>Outstanding Presenter&nbsp;<\/td><td>2pm&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/td><td>Outstanding Presenter News &amp; Current Affairs&nbsp;<\/td><td>4pm&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/td><td>The Troy Garner Award &#8211; Best Program: Sports&nbsp;<\/td><td>6pm&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;Friday 04\/09\/26&nbsp;<\/td><td>Outstanding Technical Contribution&nbsp;<\/td><td>10am&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/td><td>The Jane Brownrigg Award &#8211; Outstanding Volunteer Contribution&nbsp;<\/td><td>12pm&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/td><td>Outstanding Youth Contribution&nbsp;<\/td><td>2pm&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/td><td>Outstanding Station Leadership&nbsp;<\/td><td>4pm&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With 2026 comes another&nbsp;round of finalist announcements for the&nbsp;CBAA&nbsp;Community Broadcasting Awards, this year taking place at&nbsp;the CBAA Conference&nbsp;awards gala in Geelong on Saturday 24 October. We&#8217;ll&nbsp;be posting finalist announcements on&nbsp;the CBAA Facebook page&nbsp;throughout next week according to the schedule below, and&nbsp;we&#8217;ll&nbsp;post a full list of finalists on our website on Friday&nbsp;4&nbsp;September, noting that the following &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/2026\/08\/25\/finalist-announcement-schedule-for-2026-cbaa-community-broadcasting-awards\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Finalist Announcement Schedule for 2026 CBAA Community Broadcasting Awards&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2793","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-australian"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2793","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2793"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2793\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2794,"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2793\/revisions\/2794"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2793"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2793"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/radioindustrynews.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2793"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}