The commercial radio course at Charles Sturt University (CSU) has propelled two recent graduates and a current student into the ranks of finalists of the 2009 Australian Commercial Radio Awards (ACRA). Mr Brett Van Heekeren, lecturer and course coordinator of the commercial radio course in the School of Communication at CSU at Bathurst says graduates of the commercial radio course have won at least one of these industry awards every year for the last four years. “One of this year’s finalists, Mr Nicholas Day, is a full-time first-year student in the course, and is nominated in the Best Music Director category for his work at B ROCK FM in Bathurst. For Nicholas to reach the finals is a wonderful effort,” Mr Van Heekeren said. The recent CSU graduate finalists are Mr Brendan Beale, now working at 2DAY FM in Sydney and nominated in the Best New Talent Off-Air category, and Mr Cameron Williams, who is nominated in the Best Program Director category for his work at SNOW FM in Cooma.