2008 Radio Awards Finalists
Here are the FINALISTS at the 30th annual New Zealand Radio Awards.
The winners were announced at the 2008 NZ Radio Awards on May 3rd at Sky City in Auckland.
This courtesy of The Radio Industry Awards Committee and the Radio Broadcasters Association.
Category 1 - Air Personality Of The Year
1(a) Best Music Breakfast Host or Hosts - Metropolitan
- Roger Farrelly, Simon Doull, Leah Panapa & Paul Ego, The Morning Rumble, The Rock
- Simon Barnett & Gary McCormick, Si & Gary, More FM Canterbury
- Polly Gillespie & Grant Kereama, The ZM Morning Crew, ZM Network
1(b) Best Music Breakfast Host or Hosts - Regional
- Mark Bunting, Bunting in the Morning, Classic Hits Waikato
- Mark McCarron, Mark McCarron in the Morning, Hawkes Bay More FM
- Mike West, Mike West in the Morning, More FM Manawatu
- Brian Kelly, BK and the Morning Team, Classic Hits Tauranga
1(c) Best Non-Breakfast Host or Hosts - Metropolitan
- Robert Taylor & Jono Pryor, Robert & Jono, The Rock
- Mike Hosking, Saturday Morning with Mike Hosking, Newstalk ZB
- Bryce Casey, The Bryce Casey Radio Show, The Rock
- Paul Henry, Paul Henry Live, Radio Live Network
1(d) Best Non-Breakfast Host or Hosts - Regional
- Katrina Smith, Katrina Smith 10 – 2, More FM Nelson
- Sam Robson, Sam Robsons Drive Show, More FM Taranaki
- Tania Burgess, Tania Burgess 10 – 3, More FM Manawatu
- Glen Stuart, Glen Stuart Drive, More FM Dunedin
1(e) Best On-Air Team or Individual Air Personality - Provincial
- Richard Dryden, Richard Dryden for Breakfast, Classic Hits Gisborne
- Craig “Bundy” Hanford, Bundy for Breakfast, Kapiti’s More FM
- Andrew Leiataua , Andrew Leiataua Breakfast Show, Taupo’s More FM
1(f) Best Talk or Current Affairs Host or Hosts – All Markets
- Paul Holmes, Paul Holmes Breakfast, Newstalk ZB
- Jim Mora, Afternoons with Jim Mora, Radio New Zealand National
- Paul Henry, Paul Henry Live, Radio Live Network
Category 2 - Best News
2(a) Best Newsreader
- Hewitt Humphrey, Radio New Zealand National
- Hilary Barry, More FM
- Nicola Wright, Radio New Zealand National
2(b) Best News Story - Team Coverage
- RNZ Team, Police Raids, Radio New Zealand National
- RNZ Team, Folole Muliaga Death, Radio New Zealand
- Lesley Deverall, Gisborne Earthquake, Newstalk ZB
2(c) Individual Radio Journalist Of The Year
- Matthew Farrell, Radio New Zealand National
- Monique Devereux, Radio New Zealand National
- Andrea Blackshaw, Newstalk ZB Wellington
Category 3 - Best Sports Presenter
3(a) Best Presenter or Talk Show
- Murray Deaker, Scoreboard/Sportstalk with Murray Deaker, Newstalk ZB
- D’Arcy Waldegrave, Afternoon Sport with D’Arcy Waldegrave, Radio Sport
- Lesley Murdoch, The All Sports Breakfast, Newstalk ZB Christchurch
3(b) Best Commentator
- Allen McLaughlin, Radio Sport
- Matt Gunn, Radio Sport
- Bryan Waddle, Radio Sport
3(c) Best Story/Event – Team Coverage
- Chris Forster, Calamity in Cardiff – The All Blacks World Cup Demise, Radio Live
- Malcolm Jordan, Netball World Champs, Radio Sport
- Brian Ashby & Tim Dyer, 25th Anniversary Speights Coast to Coast, Newstalk ZB Christchurch
Category 4
4 Best New Broadcaster
- Nadine Chalmers-Ross, Radio New Zealand National
- Peter Marsden, Flava, TRN
- Estelle Clifford, More FM Northland
Category 5 - Best Spoken Programmes
5(a) Best Documentary or Feature Programme
- John Joyce, Top 70 Jazz Hits, Coast Access
- Adrienne Baron, Winnaretta Singer; La Princesse de Polignac, Radio New Zealand Concert
- Phillipa Tolley, Tokelau; Insight, Radio New Zealand National
5(b)(i) Best Daily or Weekly Series of under an hour’s duration
- Michael Parsons, Composer of the Week: Kurtag, Radio New Zealand Concert
- Deborah Nation, Spectrum; Breaksea Girl, Radio New Zealand National
- Don Wiseman, Tagata o Te Moana, Radio New Zealand International
5(b)(ii) Best Daily or Weekly Series of under an hour’s duration
- Martin Gibson, Morning Report, Radio New Zealand National
- Kim Hill, Saturday Morning with Kim Hill, Radio New Zealand National
- Simon Morton, This Way Up, Radio New Zealand National
- Jim Sullivan, Sounds Historical, Radio New Zealand National
5(c) Best Dramatic Production
- Prue Langbein, King and Country, Radio New Zealand National
- Ross Jolly, Potiki’s Memory of Stone, Radio New Zealand National
- Adam Macaulay, Straight Man, Radio New Zealand National
Category 6 - Best New Zealand Produced Musical Programme
6(a) Best Music Feature
- Tim Roxborogh & Roanld Laprend, All About Soul, Easy Mix, TRN
- Tim Dodd, Doctor Big Man, Radio New Zealand Concert
- Irene Crawford, Te Puutake Youth Radio Show – Episode 41, Stretchmark Productions
6(b) Best Recorded Live Music Event
- David McCaw, NZSO 60th Anniversary Concert, Radio New Zealand Concert
- Andre Upston, Dudley Benson Live at St Matthews, Radio New Zealand Concert
- Andre Upston, Don McGlashan & Seven Sisters Live at Womad, Radio New Zealand Concert
Category 7 - Best Ethnic And Access Programme
7(a) Best Non-English or Non-Maori Language Programme
- Luis Urzua & Mauricio Castro, Candela, Community Radio Hamilton
- Gina & Mark Culpan, Voices of Brazil, Community Radio Hamilton
- Armritpal Singh & Richa Srinivasan, Radio India, Plains FM
7(b) Best Spoken Programme
- Joanna Cobley, The Museum Detective, Plains FM
- Greenmeadows School, Schools Out, Radio Kidnappers
- Paul Featherstone, Out of the Glow, Plains FM
7(c) Best Music Programme
- Leopold Bloom, Sounds of the Planet; Womad NZ 2007, Fresh FM Nelson
- Terry Shore, Terry’s Songwriters Show; Hinemoana Baker, Wellington Access Radio
- Nate Taiapa, The Blues Room, Community Radio Hamilton
Category 8 - Best Radio Commercial
8(a) Best Single Commercial – Creative
- Darin To’o, “Rocky” – Embassy Theatre, TRN Wellington
- Dezley Davidson, “I Smoke”- Quit Line, Something Radio, Radioworks
- Dezley Davidson, “I Love The Beach” – SPCA, Something Radio, Radioworks
8(b) Best Client Jingle or Jingle Package
- Gareth Curtis & Kelvin Crickett, A Women’s Touch, Stooges Studio
- Tom Davidson, Jacqui, Something Radio
- Gareth Curtis & Neil Jenkins, The Mad Butcher, Stooges Studio
8(c) Best Single Commercial – Effectiveness
- Alastair Barran, Keeps the Pricks on the Outside-Cactus Security, Radioworks Rotorua
- Dezley Davidson, Nana – Traffic Systems, Something Radio, Radioworks
- Schroeder Evans, Rangitikei 24/7 – McDonalds, Radioworks Manawatu
8(d) Best Commercial Campaign
- Miranda Gregg, The Girls, TRN Wellington
- Dezley Davidson, Traffic Systems, Something Radio, Radioworks
- Darin To’o, It’s Bigger At The Embassy, TRN Wellington
Category 9 - Best Promotion
9(a) Best Promotion of a Radio Station - Networks
- Stacy Taylor, Three Strangers & A Wedding, The Edge
- Kristy Craig, 7:20 Sin Bin, The Rock
- Bridget Hastie, The Christina Cancellation Party, ZM
9(b) Best Promotion of a Radio Station – Individual Station
- Trudy Godwin, More FM’s Carters Crawford House Challenge, Radioworks Hawkes Bay
- Tracy Chambers, The Big OE, Radioworks Otago
- Vaughan Hobbs & Tiffany Montgomery, Maternity Leave, More FM Auckland
9(c) Best Client Promotion
- Leanne Hutchinson, Mark Woods & Linda Smeele, Speights; The Great Beer Delivery, ZM, Radio Hauraki, TRB
- Leanne Hutchinson & Cam Bisley, 0800 New Cops, ZM
- Nichola Maclean, Bathroom Idol, The Radio Network Tauranga
9(d) Best Promotional Trailer
- Chris Nicoll, Live Rent Free, ZM
- Tom Cross, Celebrity Cash Call, More FM
- Aaron Watkinson, Movember National Anthem, The Rock
Category 10
10 Programmer of the Year
- Christian Boston, ZM Network
- Brad King, The Rock Network
- Richard Jones, Radioworks Northland
Category 11 - Salesperson of the Year
11(a) Best Sales Person - Metropolitan
- Murray Hale, RadioWorks Canterbury
- Jac Kluts, The Radio Bureau
- Linda Smeele, The Radio Bureau
11(b) Best Sales Person - Regional/Provincial
- Sarah Derecourt, RadioWorks Nelson
- Chris Beach, RadioWorks Bay of Plenty
- Russell Duncan, The Radio Network Nelson
Category 12 - Best Technical Production
12(a) Station Imaging
- Grant Brodie, The Rock Station Sound, The Rock
- Grant Brodie, The Edge Station Sound, The Edge
- Chris Nicoll, ZM Network Imaging, ZM
12(b) Commercial Production
- Gareth Curtis, Complex Engineering, Stooges Studio
- Gareth Curtis, A Women’s Touch, Stooges Studio
- Alan Larsen, “Ladies Night” – The Frog, The Radio Network Christchurch
12(c) Studio or O.B Recording
- Andre Upston, Dudley Benson Live at St Matthew in the City, Radio New Zealand National
- Graham Kennedy, NZSO 60th Anniversary Concert, Radio New Zealand Concert
- Andre Upston, Don McGlashin & Seven Sisters Live at Womad, Radio New Zealand National
Category 13
13 Associated Craft Award
- Sarah Catran, ZM & Flava Sales
- Phillipa Stiebel, The Radio Bureau
- Melanie Read, The Radio Network
- James Pettigrew, The Radio Network, Engineering
Category 14-- Outstanding Community Campaigns
14(a) One-Off Community Campaign
- Trudy Godwin, More FM’s Carters Cranford House Challenge, Radioworks Hawkes Bay
- Cindy Davies, More FM’s Charity House, More FM Dunedin
- Kristy Craig, Movember, The Rock
14(b) Extended Campaign or Contribution
- Cindy Davies, More FM Dunedin
- Anna McGovern, Times FM 89.9 Radioworks
- Jac Dinnan, Phillipa Pattison, Jos Preston, More FM Nelson
Category 15
Best Maori Language Broadcast
- Aubrey Gibson, Pakiwaitara Series 2007; Te Kotuku, Turanga FM
- Irene Crawford, Te Puutake Youth Radio Show, Stretchmark Productions
Category 17
Outstanding Contribution to Radio
Category 18 - Station of the Year
18(a) Metropolitan
- ZM Auckland, Programme Director, Christian Boston
- The Rock, Programme Director, Brad King
- Radio New Zealand National
18(b) Regional
- More FM Manawatu, General Manager, Willie Furnell
- More FM Northland, General Manager, Mereana Hawthorn
- More FM Nelson, General Manager, Phillipa Pattison
18(c) Provincial
- One Double X, General Manager, Glenn Smith
- 92.5 ZEFM Classic Hits, Station Manager, Kerry Treymane
- More FM Taupo, General Manager, Penny Lyons
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CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL WINNERS AND FINALISTS FROM RADIOSTATIONWORLD.
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