Ara & Pasbara: Most Popular Peoples Choice Radio Program of the Year at GBE Awards 2026

Ara & Pasbara has received Most Popular Peoples Choice Radio Program of the Year at the Global Business Excellence Awards 2026. Organised by London Business Consultancy, London, UK, the awards recognise businesses, professionals and creative work across a broad range of fields. For Ara & Pasbara, the 2026 recognition places the spotlight on radio entertainment programming.

A programme listeners can return to

Ara & Pasbara is presented in Hiru FM's public programme archive as DJ Ara Pasbara. The station makes programme clips available online, giving the show a presence beyond the moment of its original broadcast. The 2026 GBE award recognises the programme itself, separately from Hiru FM's channel-level honour.

A radio programme can develop a recognisable character through recurring voices, timing and the style of its conversations. Listeners may come to know how a segment feels before they know what the next topic will be. That continuity gives a programme identity a different kind of relationship with an audience from a one-off broadcast.

The people’s-choice dimension

Most Popular Peoples Choice Radio Program of the Year places that audience-facing character at the centre of the recognition. It brings attention to a named show within the broader station schedule, where a familiar programme can become part of the way listeners organise a morning, a journey or a break in the day.

At the Global Business Excellence Awards 2026, Ara & Pasbara receives a milestone in radio entertainment. The accolade celebrates the programme as a creative work and gives its identity a distinct place among the year's media recipients. It highlights a format in which personality, recurring features and the simple act of listening can turn a broadcast slot into something an audience recognises by name.