Organised by Commercial Radio Australia, the national Awards include 39 categories and cover all areas of radio broadcasting.
Each year judges donate countless hours of their time to select the ACRA finalists and winners.
Judging of the ACRAs is conducted in two ways – peer judged by industry experts or by specialist panels for specific categories. All scoring is anonymous.
The peer judged categories are judged via a tiered process - firstly by state based judging then by a national finalist judging panel. The judging panels are selected by Commercial Radio Australia and are comprised of senior executives from a wide cross-section of the commercial radio industry and from across networks.
The categories judged by specialist panels are individually judged by the panels listed below:
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| Hall of Fame |
CRA Board |
| Best Marketing Campaign |
Media & Creative Agency CEOs |
| Engineering Excellence |
Audio Engineers |
| Brian White Award for Radio Journalism |
Senior News Journalists (who knew Brian White) |
| Best News Presenter |
Senior News Journalists |
| Best Music Director |
Senior executives from the Record Industry |
| Best Music Presenter |
Senior executives from the Record Industry |
| Best Station Sales Achievement |
CRA Auditor |
| Best Agency Salesperson |
CRA Auditor |
| Best Direct Salesperson |
CRA Auditor |
| Best Station Produced Commercial - Single |
Sirens Creative Council |
| Best Station Produced Commercial - Campaign |
Sirens Creative Council |
| Best Multimedia Execution - Station |
Brand Committee |
| Best Multimedia Execution - Sales |
Brand Committee |
| Best Digital Radio Format |
Brand Committee |
| Best Original Podcast - Branded |
Audio & Podcasting Specialists |
| Best Original Podcast - Unbranded |
Audio & Podcasting Specialists |
| Best Radio Show Podcast |
Audio & Podcasting Specialists |
From the judging, a number of entries are shortlisted as finalists for each award category. The overall winner or winners of that category is selected from those finalists.
Each year it is intended to induct at least one new member into the Hall of Fame.
Senior representatives from the following companies generously donated their time to select last year's finalists and winners.
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- Universal Music Australia
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- Commercial Radio Australia
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