MEDIA RELEASE Sunday August 23, 2015 ARN LANDS A HUGE 42 NOMINATIONS AS 2015 ACRA FINALISTS ANNOUNCED Finalists for the 27th annual Australian Commercial Radio Awards have been announced, with ARN earning a huge haul of 42 nominations across 25 prestigious categories. Two of ARN’s top on-air talent teams are again set to battle it out for honours in the prestigious Metropolitan Best On–Air category. Can Jonesy & Amanda at WS FM101.7 follow up last year’s victory and make it back to back wins in the coveted Metropolitan Best On-Air Team FM? Or will four-time winners and stablemates Kyle & Jackie O on KIIS 1065 take out the top honour? ARN received three nominations in the Best Producer category, with last year’s winner Laura Viglino again a finalist for her work on WS FM101.7’s Jonesy & Amanda show, along with Nic McClure for The Kyle & Jackie O Show, KIIS 1065 and Joe Gleeson for Scotty & Nige on 104.7 FM, Canberra (JV with SCA). ARN also has three nominations across two Best Newcomer categories with Mark ‘Soda’ Soderstrom on Adelaide’s Mix 102.3 nominated for Metro, and Adam Price on The Edge96.ONE and Katarina Slavich on Mix 106.3 Canberra (JV with SCA) nominated for the provincial category. ARN landed a company record of 42 finalist nominations, across a range of categories showing the depth of talent across the company in marketing, campaigns, sales, digital and, of course, on-air talent. AUSTRALIAN RADIO NETWORK WWW.ARN.COM.AU Entries for the awards were received from 260 metropolitan and regional radio stations across Australia. Winners will be announced at a gala black tie event at the Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre on Saturday,10 October. The full list of ARN finalists are: Best On-Air Team – Metro FM Jonesy & Amanda; Brendan Jones & Amanda Keller, WS FM101.7 The Kyle & Jackie O Show; Kyle Sandilands & Jackie Henderson, KIIS 1065 Best Networked Program Jonesy & Amanda's Afternoon Delight; Brendan Jones & Amanda Keller Kyle & Jackie O’s Hour Of Power; Kyle Sandilands & Jackie Henderson Best Show Producer – Entertainment/Music Laura Viglino; Jonesy & Amanda, WS FM101.7 Nic McClure; The Kyle & Jackie O Show, KIIS 1065 Sean Ticehurst; Mike E & Emma, The Edge 96.ONE Joe Gleeson; Scotty & Nige, 104.7 (JV with SCA) Best On-Air Team Country & Provincial Scotty & Nige; Scott Masters, Nigel Johnson & Kate Rice, 104.7 (JV with SCA) Best Entertainment/Music Presenter Nikolina Koevska; The Edge 96.ONE Best Newcomer On-Air Mark Soderstrom; Mix 102.3, Adelaide Adam Price; The Edge 96.ONE Katarina Slavich; Mix 106.3 Canberra (JV SCA) Best Digital Radio Format Elf Radio; Nick Condon Best music special Beatles In Brisbane 50th Anniversary; Brent James, David Kestles & Dave D Whitcomb, 4KQ Best News Presenter – Country & Provincial AUSTRALIAN RADIO NETWORK WWW.ARN.COM.AU Stefanie Waclawik; Mix 106.3 (JV SCA) Best News Presenter – Metro Alison Crew; WS FM101.7 Monique Dews; 97.3 Best newcomer off-air Rhiannon Johns; Mix 102.3 Best Music Director Brad McNicol; KIIS 1065 Best Program Director Charlie Fox; WS FM101.7 Best Station Produced Comedy Segment Jodie & Soda's Dodgy Name of the Week; Jodie Oddy & Mark Soderstrom, Mix 102.3 Best Station Promotion Jonesy & Amanda's Rolling Stones Ticket Giveaway; WSFM 101.7 Kyle & Jack Give Back Wedding; KIIS 1065 Best Promotions Director Charlene Khawam; The Edge 96.ONE Sarah Allan; KIIS 1065 Annette George; WSFM 101.7 Best Community Service Project I Stand For Zero Bullying; Jodie Oddy, Mark Soderstrom, Kathryn Jensen, Martin Kubitzky, Rodney Magazinovic & Veronica Howson, Mix 102.3 Best Station Produced Commercial - Single Queensland Vasectomy Clinic; Karen Trembath-Russell & Carl Hitchmough, 97.3 Best Station produced Commercial – Campaign Walkers Arms Boofet; Geoff Bickerton, Darren Russell & Thom Phillips, Mix 102.3 Best Multimedia Execution – Sales AUSTRALIAN RADIO NETWORK WWW.ARN.COM.AU IKEA; ARN Network Best Multimedia Execution – Station 104.7 Skyfire; Zak Davies, Ashleigh Hudson & Craig Ebeling, 104.7 (JV SCA) #BarbAndNiko; Sacha French, Dave Hughes, Kate Langbroek, Tom Stevens & Talitha Conway, KIIS Network Surprise Giveback; Oscar Gordon, Jackie Henderson, Alisson Longhurst, Kyle Sandilands & Nic McClure, KIIS 1065 Best Sales Promotion Lion King FM; 97.3 Hughesy & Kate's Holiday with The Mob; KIIS Network Best Sales Station Achievement ARN Brisbane Sales Team; KIIS Network KIIS1065 Direct Sales; KIIS 1065 MIX 106.3 Sales Team; Mix 106.3 (JV SCA) 104.7 Sales Team; 104.7 (JV SCA) Best Agency Salesperson Linda Smith; ARN Brisbane Best Marketing Campaign WSFM Pure Gold Campaign; ARN Marketing Team *** ARN is one of the leading broadcasters in the country with ownership or investments in 12 radio stations nationwide. It has a very strong position in the commercially lucrative 25-54 demographic. Its brands KIIS, Pure Gold, iHeartRadio, and The Edge96.ONE entertain and influence over four million listeners across Australia. In 2014 KIIS 1065 was launched with Kyle & Jackie O in Sydney and immediately went to #1FM. In 2015 the KIIS network launched nationally with KIIS 101.1 in Melbourne with Matt Tilley & Jane Hall in Breakfast and Dave ‘Hughesy’ Hughes & Kate Langbroek in national Drive. The KIIS network now incorporates the Sydney and Melbourne stations, Adelaide’s #1FM Mix102.3, and Brisbane’s 97.3FM. ARN also launched iHeartRadio, the world’s fastest growing digital service, to the Australian market in 2013 and the platform has had over 500,000 downloads. iHeartRadio is a free, all-in-one digital radio service and live events platform that lets audiences listen to their favourite live stations across Australia, AUSTRALIAN RADIO NETWORK WWW.ARN.COM.AU New Zealand and the USA. Listeners can also create commercial-free custom stations, and find the best audio casts to create personalised daily custom talk stations. ARN is an APN News & Media company. For further information please contact: Bec Brown Communications E: [email protected] Ph: 0403 052 256 AUSTRALIAN RADIO NETWORK WWW.ARN.COM.AU .