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According to awards organisers, Mr Baker's ability to entertain listeners and interact genuinely with them were some of the reasons why he took out the country region entertainment presenter accolade last Friday.

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Mr Baker, who present a breakfast show on Hit93.5, did not attend the awards ceremony because he was overseas working on a television series.

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"I'm blown away," he wrote on Twitter.

Organised by Commercial Radio Australia, the peer judged national awards covered 39 categories. Winners were announced in each category across four areas: metropolitan, provincial, country and syndication or production company.