Mediaworks Scores Top Honours at 2012 NZ Radio Awards

Mediaworks Scores Top Honours at 2012 NZ Radio Awards
 
MediaWorks Radio (MWR) scooped 21 of the total 52 awards up for grabs at yesterday’s 2012 NZ Radio Awards. With 67 finalists, MWR staff took top awards across on-air talent, news and programming, production, promotions, creativity, sales and community involvement.
 
Chief executive officer MWR Belinda Mulgrew says:  “I am absolutely delighted at the success achieved by our talent and our teams at these prestigious awards.   
 
“MediaWorks prides itself on creating world class radio, and last night’s wins, as well as the outstanding number of finalists – more than double that of any other radio operator – is great recognition of the hard work, creativity and talent of our people.”
 
MWR had a clean sweep of the coveted Station of the Year categories, with More FM taking out all three awards.   Regional Station of the Year went to 92.2 More FM Manawatu, and Provincial Station of the Year was won by 93.6 More FM Taupo. 
 
More FM Canterbury, an important focal point for the Christchurch community in the wake of the 2010 Earthquake, was named Metropolitan Station of the Year, with MWR stablemates The Rock and The Edge the other finalists in this category.
 
More FM continued its winning streak with awards for Outstanding Community Campaigns for More FM Canterbury and Dunedin, and Best Individual Radio Promotion for More FM Dunedin.
 
The most sought after national awards for on-air talent were picked up by The Rock and The Edge.  The Edge breakfast show team of Jay-Jay Feeny, Mike Puru and Dom Harvey were awarded Best Music Breakfast Metropolitan, while The Rock’s Robert Taylor and Jono Pryor took out Best Music Non-Breakfast Metropolitan for the fifth year running.
 
The Rock also picked up the award for Best Website and Best Network Radio Promotion for the popular and controversial ‘Win a Wife’ competition. 
 
Hilary Barry took the top honour in the news category, winning Best Newsreader, for her work on RadioLIVE.  The prestigious award, means Barry has achieved a rare triple crown – she was named Best Presenter, News and Current Affairs at the 2011 Aotearoa Film and Television Awards, and TV Guide readers voted her Best News Reader in the 2012 Best on the Box people’s choice awards.
 
RadioLIVE’s long serving overnight host, Ewing Stevens, was recognised for his services to broadcasting. Stevens, who is 85 years old, is celebrating his 56th year in broadcasting. He joined Radio Pacific as a Talk Back host at the foundation of the station in 1979, and has been with RadioLIVE since it launched in 2005 – but shows no signs of retiring, stating ‘I’m planning on remaining in broadcasting until I’m the oldest broadcaster in the world’.

MediaWorks NZ Limited (website: www.mediaworks.co.nz) is New Zealand’s leading private sector broadcast and online media company.  Through its specialist divisions – MediaWorks TV, MediaWorks Radio and MediaWorks Interactive, it owns and operates the TV3 and FOUR television networks, national radio brands The Edge, The Rock, More FM, Kiwi FM, RadioLIVE, LiveSPORT, The Sound, The Breeze, George FM and Mai FM, plus several local radio stations, and a family of websites.
 
NZ RADIO AWARD WINNERS FOR 2012 - MEDIAWORKS
 
OUTSTANDING COMMUNITY CAMPAIGNS
Campaign or Contribution
MORE FM Cindy Davies, General Manager
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Extended Campaign or Contributionf Community Campaign
Heat Ya Street Margaret White, Promotions Manager MORE FM Canterbury
 
BEST PROMOTION
Best Network Radio Promotion
Win A Wife Kristy Craig & Brad King The Rock Network
 
Best Individual Radio Station Promotion
Damian's World Cup Tattoo Damian Newell & Nicky Rennie MORE FM, Dunedin
Best Promotional Trailer

BEST NEW BROADCASTER
Best New Broadcaster - Air Personality
Mike Garvey The Rock Network
 
Best New Broadcaster - Promotions
Stacey Wouters The Edge & More FM, Waikato
 
BEST RADIO COMMERCIAL
Best Single Commercial - Creative
Instant Kiwi Alastair Barran The Edge Auckland
 
Best Jingle or Jingle Package
Car Body Removals Steve Keats & Malcolm Smith The Rock Auckland Smith & Keats Music
 
Best Single Commercial - Effectiveness
Calendar Girls 'Opening' James Dashfield The Rock/The Edge/Radio Live/Solid
Gold, Auckland
 
BEST TECHNICAL PRODUCTION
Station Imaging
Grant Brodie & Richie Culph The Edge Network
 
Commercial Production
Nelson Alcohol & Drug Service. Chris Hurring, Production Engineer More FM, Nelson
 
BEST RADIO WEBSITE
www.therock.net.nz
The Rock Network, MediaWorks Radio Interactive
 
SALES TEAM OF THE YEAR
Regional or Provincial Sales Team of the Year
MediaWorks Radio Waikato Kerrin Single, Sales Manager
 
BEST NEWS
Best Newsreader
Hilary Barry Radio Live Network
 
AIR PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR
Best Music Host or Hosts - Provincial
Andrew Leiataua The Andrew Leiataua Breakfast Show 93.6 More FM, Taupo
 
Best Music Non-Breakfast Host or Hosts - Regional
Neil Collins Daytime Host Radio Dunedin
 
Best Music Non-Breakfast Host or Hosts - Metropolitan
Jono Pryor & Robert Taylor Robert and Jono, The Rock Network
 
Best Music Breakfast Show - Metropolitan
Jay-Jay Feeney, Mike Puru & Dom Harvey, The Edge National
 
STATION OF THE YEAR

Regional Station of the Year
92.2 More FM Manawatu Willie Furnell, Station Manager
 
Provincial Station of the Year
93.6 More FM Taupo Penny Lyons & Christian Shearer
 
Metropolitan Station of the Year
MORE FM Canterbury Ben Harris, General Manager
 
SERVICES TO BROADCASTING
Ewing Stevens 
 
ENDS

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