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MEDIA RELEASE
Sunday October 19, 2014
ARN CELEBRATES AS JONESY & AMANDA
WIN BEST ON AIR TEAM AT
2014 ACRA AWARDS
ARN congratulates WS FM101.7’s Brendan “Jonesy” Jones and Amanda Keller on
being named Metropolitan Best On-Air Team (FM), at the 26th annual Australian
Commercial Radio Awards (ACRA) announced last night at a gala black tie event in
Melbourne.
But the celebrations didn’t stop there for the WSFM
team with Jonesy & Amanda’s Executive Producer,
Laura Viglino, winning the Best Show Producer
(Entertainment/Music) award and Jonesy & Amanda
taking home Best Syndicated Program for their
national weekly show My Generation produced by
Authentic Entertainment.
Of the huge win, Amanda said: "This tops off an
amazing year for our station and show as we
celebrate our best year ever.”
"Thank you to our team at ARN, and our wonderful
WSFM listeners, we can't wait to go into our tenth
year together, there's plenty more to come!" added
Jonesy.
This is the second time Jonesy & Amanda have been awarded Best On Air Team (Metro
FM) in their nine years on air together. They first won the award in 2012. Last night’s
win caps off a fantastic year for the breakfast duo who have been in the top spot for
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four out of the six 2014 ratings surveys, and named outright #1 FM Breakfast team in
Sydney three times. WS FM101.7 has taken out the #1 FM station four times, and #2 spot
twice.
Last night ARN celebrated wins across a range of categories showing the depth of talent
across the company in production, marketing, campaigns, sales, and digital.
KIIS 1065’s Derek Bargwanna took home Best Program Director, WS FM101.7’s Susie
Michaels was named Best Direct Salesperson, the KIIS 1065 and Mix101.1 team (Phillippa
Bridge, Tim Ross, Matthew Baseley, Madeline Joannou, Tim Lee and Annette George)
claimed Best Multimedia Execution – Sales for their Rosso in Alice Springs campaign
while Nick Condon awarded Best Digital Radio Format – Short Term for Elf Radio.
Also on the winner’s podium for ARN was 104.7’s Scotty & Nige were named Country &
Provincial Best On-Air Team (joint venture with SCA) and 104.7’s Scott Masters, Nigel
Johnson & Zak Davies won the Best Marketing Campaign for Skyfire 2014 (JV with SCA).
ARN’s National Content Director Duncan Campbell said he was thrilled to see Jonesy &
Amanda recognised by the industry for their achievements this year.
“It has been an outstanding year for Jonesy & Amanda, and their whole breakfast show
team. I’m thrilled to see the industry recognise both their talent and their focus on
consistently developing and delivering great content that their audiences love. I
congratulate them, and all ARN winners,” he said.
ARN CEO Ciaran Davis said he was pleased to see wins in a range of departments across
the company, recognising the depth of talent at ARN.
“Congratulations to all ARN winners, this has been yet another highlight in a year of
great achievements across the network. Investing in talent across the entire company
has been key to ARN’s exceptional success and growth across the network, reflected in
these wins from on-air and production talent through to digital and sales.
"The momentum from this exceptional year is only going to build as we continue to grow
our offering across the network.”
The full list of ARN winners
Best On-Air Team – Metro FM
Jonesy & Amanda; Brendan Jones & Amanda Keller, WS FM101.7
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Best Show Producer – Entertainment/Music
Laura Viglino; Jonesy & Amanda, WS FM101.7
Best Program Director
Derek Bargwanna; KIIS 1065
Best Digital Radio Format – Short Term
Elf Radio; Nick Condon
Best Direct Salesperson
Susie Michaels; WS FM101.7
Best Multimedia Execution – Sales
Rosso in Alice Springs; Phillippa Bridge, Tim Ross, Matthew Baseley, Madeline Joannou,
Tim Lee & Annette George, KIIS 1065 & Mix 101.1
Best On-Air Team Country & Provincial
Scotty & Nige; Scott Masters & Nigel Johnson, 104.7 (JV with SCA)
Best Marketing Campaign
Skyfire 2014; Scott Masters, Nigel Johnson & Zak Davies, 104.7 (JV with SCA)
Red carpet & winners photos available here
Broadcast vision of the ACRAs Red Carpet arrivals can be viewed and downloaded here
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In Australia, ARN’s brand strategy of KIIS 1065, MixFM and Classic Hits reaches Sydney,
Melbourne, Adelaide and Brisbane. Entertaining and influencing over 4 million listeners, ARN is
one of the leading broadcasters in the commercially important 25-54 demographics in Australia.
ARN is an APN News & Media company.
For further information please contact:
Bec Brown Communications
E: [email protected]
Ph: 0403 052 256
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