JOY 94.9 wins two CBAA Community Radio Awards
Image: The JOY team at the CBAA Community Radio Awards. Photo: supplied.
Australia鈥檚 LGBTI radio station JOY 94.9 was shortlisted for seven categories in this year鈥檚 Radio Awards for the Community Broadcasting Association of Australia, winning two.
Hundreds of community broadcasters from across Australia gathered in for the annual聽CBAA Community Radio Awards聽to recognise excellence in community broadcasting.
Along with Sydney’s2SER, JOY had the largest number of finalists of any station.
JOY were awarded 鈥楤est Special Event Broadcast鈥� for their coverage of the 2019 Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade. Airing a week after the parade on the community broadcast airwaves, the broadcast included four hours of interviews, fun,聽floats, dancing and more.
Twelve JOY volunteers were in Sydney as part of the broadcast, working tirelessly before the parade began, interviewing participants from the 200 parade entrants.
You can relive their Mardi Gras Parade coverage over three podcasts via the .
The 鈥楨xcellence in Innovative Programming and Content 鈥� was awarded to Checkpoint, JOYs weekly program for video game news, reviews, interviews and more.
鈥淲hen I joined JOY almost 6 years ago I noticed there wasn鈥檛 any focus on one of the biggest industries in the entire world, the video game industry,鈥� Creator of Checkpoint Luke Mitchell told the Star Observer.
鈥淚 set out to make a show that dove deep into everything gaming. Not just talking about it, but actually shining a light on issues within that space; lack of diversity, the need for stronger female protagonists, along with LGBT+ issues being periphery鈥攁t best.
“We set out to make a show that is entertaining and engaging but also important and topical.
鈥淎fter five years since we started, we now run a two-hour show, from varied backgrounds, additional podcasts and we鈥檝e also represented JOY on industry panels at major gaming events like PAX Australia,鈥� Michell told us.
鈥淚鈥檓 incredibly proud of the team I have and it feels wonderful to be recognised by the CBAA – we can鈥檛 wait to see where the future takes us!鈥�
You can catch Checkpoint on the at 2pm every Saturday.
Congratulations to all involved in the winning broadcasts, and to everyone who was nominated.
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