They’re finalists in the Most Innovative Outside Broadcast or Special Event Broadcast category. Triple R is up for The Architects Live From The Venice Biennale, PBS for its Fathers Day Broadcast from Port Phillip Prison and MBS for its Beethoven Marathon.
In the Troy Garner Excellence in Sports Programming section, 3CR’s What’s The Score $port? is against JOY 94.9’s The Locker Room and SYN Media’s The Sports Desk.
Other Melbourne/Victorian finalists are:
Contribution to Australian Music
3MDR – Mountain District Radio – A Mountain of Sound
Outstanding Volunteer Contribution
PBS’s Acid Country David Heard
3WBC 94.1FM’s Viarnne Mischon
Outstanding Youth Contribution
3CR – Areej Nur
Contribution to Indigenous Broadcasting
3CR – Beyond the Bars
The Best New Radio Program – Music
3WBC – Music Matters
Phoenix FM – The War Movie
3MBS (on behalf of Fine Music Network) – Countdown to the Ring
Excellence in Community Participation
3NOW’s Jump Start
Excellence in Training
SYN Media’s Schools on Air
Best New Radio Program – Talks
JOY 94.9 – The Vixen Hour
Best Digital Media Initiative
MBS’s Pauline Oliveros at 80
Excellence in Ethnic and Multicultural Broadcasting
3ZZZ – Student Xpress-Housing
Triple R FM 102.7 Melbourne – Kinky Afro
Excellence in Spoken Word, News and Current Affairs Programming
JOY 94.9 – Word for Word – Mothers Day Special
Triple R FM 102.7 – Spoke
Best Station Promotion, Sponsorship or Fundraising Campaign
SYN Media – Pay For Your SYNs
3MBS Fine Music Melbourne – 3MBS Beethoven Marathon