And now his experience has been recognised with a major award.

2GN news reader Michael Prevedello recently took out the award for Best News Presenter in the Country category of the ACRAs (Australian Commercial Radio Awards) on October 19.

Mr Prevedello has had a few stints at 2GN, starting with a radio news cadetship from 1973 to 1977.

"I then switched to radio announcing for about three years. Then I got the news job at 2GN after Ray Williams left, from 1981 to 1986," he said.

"In June, 1986 I accepted a job at 2CA in Canberra, when the Macquarie Network got the 24-hour news satellite going, a service that involved shift work to cover the 24 hours.

Mr Prevedello returned to Goulburn about two years later and ran the Mulwaree Private Hotel (now Mandelsons) for 12 years.

"I then worked at Magnet Mart, managing it for 14 years.

"I came back to news after my son Joseph did some work for 2GN. He came home one day and said 'you can do this job', and I thought about it. It was not as if I was a stranger to it, so I gave the 2GN manager a call. I got the job and I have been here again nearly three years.

"Social media has changed the whole landscape. If people want to get something out quickly they put it on social media, whether it be Twitter or Facebook or Instagram.

"But I think radio broadcasting, TV and the print media have the chance to develop a story and I think the listening and the viewing and the reading public appreciates that, because they don't have to do any of the work behind it. That's why these traditional mediums are still hugely popular."

Mr Prevedello compared social media to having an informal chat with someone down the street.

"If you see something on social media you can't take it as gospel," he said.

"It's the same as having a conversation with someone down the main street.

"It has the same considerations. I mean, as a journalist you would check it out to see if it is true."

He said he was honoured to be recognised with the award.

"It is great to be honoured by your peers like this," he said.

"It is consideration of the fact that you enjoy the job so much.

"But it is also recognition of the dedication that you show to the job and the passion that you have for what you do.

"I have a passion for the job and this is recognition for all those areas.

"If you enjoy something you never work a day in your life."

He said getting up in the early hours to prepare for news broadcasts was "just a part of the gig."

"Sometimes it gets tough, but I still love it."