On-Air Categories
- Best Breakfast Show (Regional)
For a breakfast show that demonstrates exceptional content, localism, team chemistry, and community connection.
- Best Breakfast Show (Metro)
For a breakfast show that demonstrates exceptional content, localism, team chemistry, and community connection.
- Best Music Presenter (Regional)
Recognises a presenter who showcases excellent music knowledge, engaging talk breaks, and listener connection.
- Best Music Presenter (Metro)
Recognises a presenter who showcases excellent music knowledge, engaging talk breaks, and listener connection.
- Best New Talent On-Air (Regional)
Open to announcers or presenters with under two years’ experience, showing strong potential, personality, and on-air polish.
- Best On-Air Team including Footy/Sport Shows (Regional)
Awarded to a team (two or more) whose chemistry, content, and delivery make them stand out, particularly in sport.
- Best Newsreader or Journalist AM/FM (Regional)
Recognises clarity, accuracy, local relevance, and strong delivery in either AM or FM formats.
- Best Sports Coverage (Regional)
Awarded for excellence in sports broadcasting, including live calls, reporting, or wrap-up content.
- Best Contribution to Country Today Network Program
Recognises an individual who elevates the quality, localism, or creativity of the Country Today program through story content, delivery, or field reports.
Creative Categories
- Best Client Campaign – Scripted & Produced In-House (Regional/Metro)
Recognises a client campaign with original creative, precise message delivery, and measurable results.
- Best Community Campaign (Regional)
Celebrates initiatives that delivered genuine benefit, support, or engagement with local communities.
- Best Digital Content Execution (Regional/Metro)
For a standout video, reel, podcast, or post demonstrating creativity, engagement, and audience growth.
Sales Categories
- Best Direct Sales Execution (Regional/Metro)
Awarded for an effective campaign developed and closed locally, with strong creative and client outcomes.
- Salesperson of the Year (Regional)
Awarded to top-performing sales executives based on revenue, relationships, and professionalism.
- Salesperson of the Year (Metro)
Awarded to top-performing sales executives based on revenue, relationships, and professionalism.
Engineering Category
- Technical Innovation Award (Regional/Metro)
Recognising ingenuity, problem-solving, and forward-thinking in broadcast engineering and IT across the ACE Radio network.
Operational & Digital Categories
- Excellence in Scheduling Award (Regional/Metro)
Awarded to a team member who supports sales, content, and management through highly accurate and proactive scheduling.
- Excellence in Digital Media Award (Regional/Metro)
Open to contributors who demonstrate measurable growth and content creativity across digital platforms.
Leadership & Culture Awards
- Best Content Director (Regional)
Awarded to a Content Director who demonstrates strong leadership, content vision, team development, and results. You’ll need a 2-minute audio demonstration of the station(s).
- Rising Star (Any Department) (Regional/Metro)
Recognises a staff member showing outstanding growth, initiative, and promise in any role.
- Staff Member of the Year (Any Department) (Regional/Metro)
This award recognises an outstanding team member whose passion, dedication, and contributions have made a lasting impact on a station/network. Whether on-air or behind the scenes, this person consistently goes above and beyond to support their colleagues, engage our audience and our clients and embody the values of ACE Radio. They bring creativity, professionalism, and a team-first attitude to everything they do — helping make ACE Radio stronger, more connected, and more successful.