Radio station to accept controversial award

by NIGEL HUNT
The Advertiser, Sunday Mail

SOUTH Australia's largest community radio station will
accept two Catholic Church awards despite controversy

The awards are for two programs that highlight the problems confronting ageing gay people and women with HIV.

The Sunday Mail last week revealed Radio Adelaide entered the programs in the Catholic Archbishop of Adelaide Annual Media Citations, but despite being judged as winner and runner-up in the radio category by respected journalist Murray Nicoll, both were rejected by a church official.

The decision, made without consulting senior members of the Adelaide Archdiocese, was reversed last week following inquiries by the Sunday Mail.

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