2019 Antenna Awards

2019 Antenna Awards
DateOctober 5, 2019 (2019-10-05)
LocationDeakin Edge, Federation Square, Melbourne
CountryAustralia
Hosted byDilruk Jayasinha
Highlights
Program of the YearThe Leak with Pat McCaffrie
Personality of the YearEmmylou McCarthy
Websitec31.org.au/antennas
Television/radio coverage
Network
Runtime150 minutes (including commercials)
Produced by
  • Shane Dunlop
  • William Henry Ellis
  • Alex Young
  • Karen Dennerley
  • Mitchell Kalika
Directed byShane Dunlop
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The 2019 Antenna Awards were held on 5 October 2019 at the Deakin Edge at Federation Square in Melbourne.[1][2] The ceremony was announced on 4 July 2019, and recognised excellence in Australian community television of the eligibility period, running between 1 July 2014 and 30 June 2019.[3]

It was hosted by comedian and former Live on Bowen presenter Dilruk Jayasinha.[4] The ceremony was broadcast live from 8:00pm AEST on C31 Melbourne, Channel 44 Adelaide and WTV Perth, and was streamed live on Facebook.[5] On 9 October, the ceremony was made available to stream on YouTube.[6]

Awards were presented in 24 categories. Program of the Year was awarded to The Leak with Pat McCaffrie, while Personality of the Year was awarded to Emmylou Loves presenter Emmylou McCarthy. A special award, the Stella Young Contribution to Community TV Award, was presented to Nimal Alwis.[5]

This was the 9th Antenna Awards ceremony – the first since 2014 – and marked 25 years since the first broadcast of C31 Melbourne. Nominations were accepted from producers of programs that aired on terrestrial community television – including the now-defunct Television Sydney and 31 Brisbane – as well as satellite and cable channels Aurora and ICTV.[3]

  1. ^ "Antenna Awards 2019 | Home". AwardsOnline. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
  2. ^ Knox, David (18 July 2019). "C31 revives Antenna Awards". TV Tonight. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
  3. ^ a b "Nominations are now OPEN for the 2019 Antenna Awards!". C31 Melbourne and Geelong. 16 July 2019. Retrieved 18 July 2019.
  4. ^ Knox, David (11 September 2019). "Dilruk Jayasinha to host Antenna Awards for C31". TV Tonight. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
  5. ^ a b "The 2019 Antenna Awards". C31 Melbourne and Geelong on Facebook. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
  6. ^ "2019 Antenna Awards". Antenna Awards. 5 October 2019. C31 Melbourne & Geelong. Retrieved 10 October 2019. Youtube title: The 2019 Antenna Awards // Live from Deakin Edge Melbourne // Oct 5th 2019