The station was recently announced as Coolest Radio Station at the 2023 Sunday Times GenNext Awards and earned a Silver Award in the Rapport Jou Keuse Reader’s Choice Awards, and received 13 nominations at the 2023 Radio Awards. 

According to the radio station, these included nominations for:
  • Best Afternoon Drive Presenter
  • Best Afternoon Drive Show
  • Best Community Project
  • Best Content Producer
  • Best Drama Programme
  • Best Music Show
  • Best Night-Time Show
  • Best Podcast
  • Best Radio Documentary
  • Best Traffic Presenter, and
  • three nominations for Best Radio Innovation.

5FM's acting business manager Michael Bossenger says, "As 5FM continues to see substantial growth, we are hugely humbled by this nomination and Archibald's Bright Star induction."

"Each member of the 5FM team is absolutely committed to creating world-class, benchmark-setting radio that is innovative, unique and engaging — keeping listeners glued to their radios with awesome content, hot news, cool interviews, epic events and life-changing community projects," adds Bossenger. 

"This nomination, along with the other accolades we've been honoured to receive sho,ws that we're on the right track and that, for listeners and clients alike, the Power of 5 has all the right moves," Bossenger concludes. 

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