Pop legend, Olivia Newton John will join a host of stars presenting at this year’s Australian Commercial Radio Awards, being held next week in Melbourne.
The awards night will also feature performances from an exciting range of Australian music talent, including performances from Australian acts such as George, Motor Ace, Disco Montego, David Franj, Selwyn and Shakaya. Brooke McClymont will also perform on the night.
Comic and MMM Sydney breakfast presenter, Peter Berner will MC the Awards night. 2GB’s breakfast host, Alan Jones together with the Minister for Communications and the Arts, Hon Richard Alston, will launch the Radio Hall of Fame and present the inaugural Radio Hall of Fame winners.
Well-known radio hosts presenting Awards include Triple M Sydney’s Amanda Keller and Mikey Robbins, 2Day’s Wendy Harmer and Peter Moon, Melbourne Fox Morning Crew and Kyle Sandilands and Jackie O, Triple M Melbourne’s breakfast team, The Cage, Gold 104.3’s breakfast announcers Grubby and Dee Dee, Nova’s Dave O’Neill, Kate Langbroek and Dave Hughes, Perth’s 92.9 breakfast announcers Zara Gross and Troy Swindells and industry stalwarts Derryn Hinch (3AK), Bob Rogers (2CH), John Stanley (2UE), Stan Zemanek (3AW), Steve Price (2UE), Neil Mitchell (3AW) and John Burgess (2CH).
This year is the fourteenth Australian Commercial Radio Awards, which celebrate the best of commercial radio. There are 25 categories covering all aspects of commercial radio including news, talkback, sport and music including Best Talk Personality, Best Music Director, Best News Presenter, Best Newcomer and Best Current Affairs Presenter. The national Awards cover all metropolitan, regional and provincial commercial radio stations with winners announced for each of these three areas in all relevant categories.
The Awards, organised by Commercial Radio Australia (CRA), will be held at the Melbourne Exhibition and Convention Centre on October 19. To book a ticket visit the CRA website at www.commercialradio.com.au or contact CRA on 02 9281 6577