# 2004 Antenna Awards

The 2004 Antenna Awards ceremony honoured the best in Australian community television in 2003, and took place on February 28, 2004, at Storey Hall, RMIT City Campus, Melbourne, beginning at 7:00 p.m. AEST. The ceremony, the first of its kind in Australia, was announced on December 29, 2003. Produced by Kristy Fuller and directed by Craig Young, the ceremony was hosted by Esther Makris and Gary Mitchell.
Antennas were presented in 31 categories. Radio Karate won four awards, including Best Comedy Program and Best Editing, the most for the evening. Other winners include Dawn's Creek and Pluck with two awards, including Program of the Year for Pluck.
The ceremony was televised live by Channel 31 Melbourne, Channel 31 Sydney, Briz 31 Brisbane, C31 Adelaide, and LINC TV Lismore, and on a one-week delay to Access 31 Perth. On 19 March 2015, the ceremony was made available to stream on YouTube.

## Awards

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.
| Best Comedy Program Radio Karate – Tim Bartley, Andy Lee, Hamish Blake, Ryan Shelton & Duncan Campbell Blokesworld Champagne Comedy Rant Raucous The Rumpus Room | Best Drama Program Yartz – "Filthy Pervert Seeks Same" – Ralph Mclean & Peter Hanrahan Yartz – "Coffee" Yartz – "Ripe" Yartz – "White Bred" |
| Best Arts Program Short Film Distillery – Adam Clarkson Public Hangings – Andrew Mckenzie Gallery Watch Romanian Mosaic Yartz Young Originals 2003 | Best Music Program Music Pot – Richard Micallef Chartbusting 80s Asylum Nu Country TV SYN TV Warp Factory |
| Best Variety Program Living It Loud – Steve Williams Dawn's Crack G'Day Maltaussies Raucous S+M The Wine Show Socialite | Best News/Current Affairs Program Woomera 2002 – Anthony Snowden Freeway – Desmond Mouti C News Newsline Not In Our Name Perth Talks To CTV |
| Best Interview Program Fashion Police – Leila Koren Books WA Living It Loud Nat Chat Robina Courtin About Stat | Best Sports Program MXTV – Brendan Bell End to End: Lawn Bowls in WA Hold Ya Horses Jack and the Greentalk Let's Go Fishing Skipper Trucks Baseball |
| Best Panel Program Sweet And Sour – Lena Andel Hold Ya Horses Jack and the Greentalk No Limits The Reviewers The Stayers | Best Live/Outside Broadcast Program Geelong Carols In The Park – Peter Wood & Dean Gray (Videoworks) Benefit Concert Dawn's Crack Frontiers at the Forum Hungarian Community Song Festival Southern Footy Show |
| Best Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Program At Home with the Baccalas – Joe DeMartino Aaj Kal Pinoy TV Qua e La with Tom Padula Sound of the Perfume River TV Sri Lanka | Best Faith Program Robina Courtin About – Peter Lane Breaking Barriers Romanian Mosaic The Young Buddhist |
| Best Sound S+M The Wine Show – Michael Buckland Briefcase Dig & Dine with Denise Fashionations Warp Factory Youth Scope | Best Camerawork Radio Karate – Tim Bartley Breakaway Dig & Dine with Denise Fashionations S+M The Wine Show St Kilda Baths - Sponsorship Announcement |
| Best Editing Extreme WA – Jeffrey Williams Cinema Cooking Cleverly with Beverly Radio Karate S+M The Wine Show Shoot! | Best Indigenous Program Songlines In The City – "Christmas" – Peter Johnson NAIDOC Day 2003 Gallery Watch "Coming Home" Frontiers at the Forum |
| Best Children's Program Playgroup In A Box – Yvonne Healy Scouts Australia Campwest SYN TV | Best Youth Program Youth Scope – Anita Krsnik, Michael Zampogna & Simon Hydzik Dawn's Crack Pluck SYN TV Teenwire The Vibe |
| Best Program for Senior Living Viewers Time Of Your Life – Peter Haydock Dig & Dine with Denise End to End: Lawn Bowls in WA Friday Night Live Theatre Royal The Garden Tap | Best Music Composition Dawn's Crack – "Half Hour Shower" – Simon Barlow, Nick Barlow, Tim Beveridge & Matt Mckenzie C31 Melbourne Station IDs Playgroup In A Box Raucous Short Film Distillery Who Wants to Survive Being a Popstar with the Weakest Mole? |
| Best Station ID C31 Melbourne – Rob Nairn & Mat Govoni Channel 31 Sydney | Best Program ID / Main Title / Promo Radio Karate – Tim Bartley Army Reserves Cooking Cleverly with Beverly Love on the Box Short Film Distillery Summer SYN TV Treasure Hunt |
| Best Sponsorship Announcement Manny's Music – Andrew Coyle & Rob Nairn Boat Search Jackie O Merchandise Message Renmark Homes Sirens Restaurant | Best Program That Supports Local Metropolitan Communities Eye on Perth – Andrew Round Briefcase C News Copp This Deaf TV Le Chaim - To Life: Jewish Vision |
| Best Program That Supports Local Rural And Regional Communities Balls N All Mandurah Christmas Special Playgroup In A Box QSMARTZ Western Stars Spectacular | Special Awards for Programs That Have Made Significant Contributions to the Diversity of Community Television No Limits – Sarah Barton Theories of Everything – David Tow Vasili's Garden – Peter Deskes Classical Catapult Frontiers at the Forum Melbourne Musos My World Nusantara TV |
| Best New Producer Tim Bartley – Radio Karate Alana Kornfeld – This Town Brisbane Claire Butler & Josephine Sicilano – Raucous Naomi Davis – Pluck Ricki-Jane McArthur – Breakaway Simon Hydzick – Teenwire | Best Female Presenter Cheryle Wilson – Harvest Festival Dewani Shebubaker – SYN TV Denise Drysdale – Dig & Dine with Denise Emma Race – Dawn's Crack Karen Gruner – Weekend Gardener Sophia Hlinovsky – This Town Brisbane Stella Young – No Limits |
| Best Male Presenter Jack Post & Alex Ford – SYN TV Andy Lee – Radio Karate Jeff Jenkins – Chartbusting 80s John Lewis – Gallery Watch John McKenna – No Limits Hamish Blake – Radio Karate Scott McAnally – S+M The Wine Show | Producer of the Year Shona Devlin – Dawn's Crack & Pluck Andrew McKenzie – Public Hangings Anneliese Morgan & Andrea Williams – The Rumpus Room Steve Williams – Living It Loud Tibor Meszaros – CTV Perth Zoe Dennstein – S+M The Wine Show |
| Program of the Year Pluck – Shona Devlin & Kristy Fuller Living it Loud Radio Karate Raucous Teenwire The Rumpus Room This Town Brisbane Yartz |

### Programs with multiple nominations and awards

Programs that received multiple nominations :
| Nominations | Program |
| 8 | Radio Karate |
| 6 | Dawn's Crack |
| 6 | S+M The Wine Show |
| 6 | SYN TV |
| 6 | Yartz |
| 5 | Raucous |
| 4 | Dig & Dine with Denise |
| 4 | Living It Loud |
| 4 | No Limits |
| 4 | Pluck |
| 3 | Frontiers at the Forum |
| 3 | Gallery Watch |
| 3 | Playgroup In A Box |
| 3 | Short Film Distillery |
| 3 | Teenwire |
| 3 | The Rumpus Room |
| 3 | This Town Brisbane |
| 2 | Breakaway |
| 2 | C News |
| 2 | Chartbusting 80s |
| 2 | Cooking Cleverly with Beverly |
| 2 | Fashionations |
| 2 | End to End: Lawn Bowls in WA |
| 2 | Hold Ya Horses |
| 2 | Jack and the Greentalk |
| 2 | Public Hangings |
| 2 | Robina Courtin About |
| 2 | Romanian Mosaic |
| 2 | Warp Factory |
| 2 | Youth Scope |
Programs that received multiple awards :
| Awards | Program |
| 4 | Radio Karate |
| 2 | Dawn's Crack |
| 2 | Pluck |

## Presenters and performers

The following individuals presented awards or performed musical numbers.

### Presenters

| Name(s) | Role |
| Bryce Ives | Master of Ceremonies |
| Joelene Crnogorac | Announcer |
| Amy Parks Carmen Petropulo Tanja Nedel | Presenters of the awards for Best Comedy Program, Best Drama Program and Best Arts Program |
| Lena Andel Kevin Jope | Presenters of the awards for Best Music Program, Best Variety Program and Best News/Current Affairs Program |
| Ryan Shelton Andy Lee | Presenters of the awards for Best Interview Program, Best Sports Program and Best Panel Program |
| Andrew Brine | Keynote speaker |
| Ting Cheng Cher Zhong | Presenters of the awards for Best Live/Outside Broadcast Program, Best Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Program and Best Faith Program |
| Tom Padula Tanveer Ahmed | Presenters of the awards for Best Sound, Best Camerawork and Best Editing |
| Tara Strong Graeme Stephens | Presenters of the awards for Best Indigenous Program and Best Children's Program |
| Joy Hruby John McKenna | Presenters of the awards for Best Youth Program and Best Program for Senior Living Viewers |
| Sudha Saimi Vasili Kanidiadis | Presenters of the awards for Best Music Composition, Best Station ID and Best Program ID / Main Title / Promo |
| Julie Cvitan Daniel Burt | Presenters of the awards for Best Sponsorship Announcement, Best Program That Supports Local Metropolitan Communities and Best Program That Supports Local Rural And Regional Communities |
| Amy Morrison Joe DeMartino | Presenters of the Special Awards for Programs That Have Made Significant Contributions to the Diversity of Community Television and Best New Producer |
| Scott Brennan | Presenter of the awards for Best Female Presenter and Best Male Presenter |
| Wayne Rogers Simon Marshall | Presenter of the awards for Producer of the Year and Presenter of the Year |

### Performers

| Name(s) | Role | Performed |
| Monica Weightman Band | Performers | "Lost Generation" |
| Sabrina Chou Dance Group | Performers | Cultural dance routine |