Gold FM: Most Popular English Radio Channel of the Year at GBE Awards 2026

Gold FM has received Most Popular English Radio Channel 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 Gold FM, the 2026 recognition places the spotlight on english-language radio.

A station with a musical memory

Gold FM is an English-language radio station within Asia Broadcasting Corporation. Its published music identity includes hits from the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, with online listening extending access beyond a conventional radio set. This gives the channel a particular musical character within the broadcaster's wider station family.

Classic music can carry a strong personal association for a listener. A familiar song may connect with a time, a place or a memory, while a station brings those individual tracks into a continuous listening environment. The channel award recognises that overall identity rather than one programme alone.

English radio in the 2026 programme

Gold FM's category is specifically Most Popular English Radio Channel of the Year. It gives English-language broadcasting its own recognition alongside the Sinhala and Tamil radio honours represented elsewhere in the awards. Each channel identity is distinct, even when the stations share a wider organisational setting.

At the Global Business Excellence Awards 2026, Gold FM receives a milestone within English radio. The accolade celebrates the named station and draws attention to a music-led format in which familiarity and continuity are important parts of the listening experience. It highlights radio's ability to accompany daily life while keeping a particular era of music present for an audience that chooses to return to it.