The Antenna Awards 2004
Author: Anna Italiano | Source: Access 31 | Date: 03-03-04
The red carpet (more of a mauve really) rolled out at the inaugural Community TV Antennas Night held in Melbourne on the 28 February 2004. The 500 seat theatre was filled to capacity while the event went live to air across the east coast and replayed in Perth the following week.
31 Antennas were awarded to producers and stations over the one and a half hour live program.
Channel 31 Melbourne's Kristy Fuller and Station Manager Greg Dee deserve a medal for their tireless efforts in establishing and producing what will now be an annual event.
Vice President Community Broadcasting Association of Australia and President Community Television National Standing Committee, Andrew Brine in his speech on the night said that:
"Tonight is not about television stations, it is about the people within our communities who produce and provide a diverse range of programs to Community Broadcasters around Australia.
It is about recognising the hard work, valuable contributions and positive impact these people have on their local communities.
Community Television in Australia for a decade has struggled under uncertainty of a permanent Licence and has had to operate within a Policy vacuum. It is without doubt a credit to all those people that have been a part of these valuable local services that they have achieved the levels and diversity of local programming."
The list of winners for the inaugural 2004 Antenna Awards:
BEST COMEDY PROGRAM
Radio Karate
Tim Bartley, Andy Lee, Hamish Blake, Ryan Shelton & Duncan Campbell
BEST DRAMA PROGRAM
Yartz: Filthy Pervert Seeks Same
Ralph McLean & Peter Hanrahan
BEST ARTS PROGRAM (Shared)
Short Film Distillery
Adam Clarkson
Public Hangings
Andrew McKenzie
BEST MUSIC PROGRAM
Music Pot
Richard Micallef
BEST VARIETY PROGRAM
Living It Loud
Steve Williams
BEST NEWS / CURRENT AFFAIRS PROGRAM (Shared)
Woomera 2002
Anthony Snowden
Freeway
Desmond Mouti
BEST INTERVIEW PROGRAM
Fashion Police
Leila Koren
BEST SPORTS PROGRAM
MXTV
Brendan Bell
BEST PANEL PROGRAM
Sweet and Sour
Lena Andel
BEST LIVE / OUTSIDE BROADCAST PROGRAM
Geelong Carols in the Park
Videoworks: Peter Wood & Dean Gray
BEST CULTURALLY AND LINGUISTICALLY DIVERSE PROGRAM
At Home With The Baccalas
Joe DeMartino
BEST FAITH PROGRAM
Robina Courtin About
Peter Lane
BEST SOUND
S+M The Wine Show
Michael Buckland
BEST CAMERA
Radio Karate
Tim Bartley
BEST INDIGENOUS PROGRAM
Songlines In The City
Peter Johnson
BEST CHILDRENS PROGRAM
Playgroup In A Box
Yvonne Healy
BEST YOUTH PROGRAM
Youthscope
Anita Krsnik, Michael Zampogna & Simon Hydzik
BEST SENIORS PROGRAM
Time of your Life
Peter Haydock
BEST EDITING
Extreme WA
Jeffrey Williams
BEST MUSIC COMPOSITION
Dawn's Crack "Half Hour Shower"
Simon Barlow, Nick Barlow, Tim Beveridge & Matt McKenzie
BEST STATION ID
Channel 31 Melbourne
Rob Nairn & Mat Govoni
BEST PROGRAM ID / MAIN TITLE / PROMO
Radio Karate
Tim Bartley
BEST SPONSORSHIP ANNOUNCEMENT
Manny's Music
Andrew Coyle and Rob Nairn
BEST PROGRAM THAT SUPPORTS LOCAL METROPOLITAN COMMUNITIES
Eye On Perth
Andrew Round
BEST PROGRAM THAT SUPPORTS LOCAL RURAL AND REGIONAL COMMUNITIES
Balls N All Moose
SPECIAL AWARDS
Theories of Everything - David Tow
Vasilis Garden - Peter Deskes
No Limits - Sarah Barton
BEST NEW PRODUCER
Tim Bartley
Radio Karate
BEST MALE PRESENTER (Shared)
Jack Post and Alex Ford
SYN TV
BEST FEMALE PRESENTER
Cheryle Wilson
Harvest Festival
PRODUCER OF THE YEAR
Shona Devlin
Dawn's Crack / Pluck
PROGRAM OF THE YEAR
Pluck
Shona Devlin & Kristy Fuller