# 2019 Antenna Awards

The 2019 Antenna Awards were held on 5 October 2019 at the Deakin Edge at Federation Square in Melbourne. The ceremony was announced on 4 July 2019, and recognised excellence in Australian community television of the eligibility period, running between 1 July 2014 and 30 June 2019.
It was hosted by comedian and former Live on Bowen presenter Dilruk Jayasinha. The ceremony was broadcast live from 8:00pm AEST on C31 Melbourne, Channel 44 Adelaide and WTV Perth, and was streamed live on Facebook. On 9 October, the ceremony was made available to stream on YouTube.
Awards were presented in 24 categories. Program of the Year was awarded to The Leak with Pat McCaffrie, while Personality of the Year was awarded to Emmylou Loves presenter Emmylou McCarthy. A special award, the Stella Young Contribution to Community TV Award, was presented to Nimal Alwis.
This was the 9th Antenna Awards ceremony – the first since 2014 – and marked 25 years since the first broadcast of C31 Melbourne. Nominations were accepted from producers of programs that aired on terrestrial community television – including the now-defunct Television Sydney and 31 Brisbane – as well as satellite and cable channels Aurora and ICTV.

## Performers

| Artist(s) | Song(s) |
| Luis Brown Mitch McTaggart Tony Martin | "Community TV, Get In Me!" |
| Damian Cowell's Disco Machine | "(Here Comes The) Disco Machine" |

## Winners and nominees

| Best Comedy Program | Best Music Program |
| Australia, Get It Up Ya! Live on Bowen Quiz Night Silent Comedy The Leak with Pat McCaffrie | The Songroom 1700 Asylum TV Don't F*ck With Mother Live At Spectrum Pass The Song Along |
| Best Narrative and/or Fictional Program | Best Actor in a Narrative Drama, Comedy or Sketch |
| Dee-Brief Good Afternoon Adelaide Seeing Scarlett Sonnigsburg Under The Milky Way Windscreen Watch | Lee McClenaghan – Under The Milky Way Andy Matthews – Australia, Get It Up Ya! Elizabeth Barratt – Seeing Scarlett Madeleine Culp – Aunty Plop Plop's Useless Shop Mike Gorrie – The Assenders |
| Best Sports Program | Best Outdoor and Recreational Program |
| SA Sports Show All About A-League In Pit Lane Spacequake Sports The Local Footy Show The Rushed Behind | Beyond The Divide Off the Couch with Ethan On The Fly Oz Fish TV Roaming The Outback Top Of Down Under |
| Best Live and/or Outside Broadcast | Best Lifestyle or Special Interest Program |
| 2017 Adelaide Fringe Parade 2019 Melbourne Community Cup Election 2019 presented by The Junction Spacequake Sports Talking Fishing The Aunty Donna Live Spooktacular | Talking Fishing Emmylou Loves New Game Plus Punktured Random Aussies The Cellar Door |
| Outstanding Direction in a Program | Outstanding Camera Work in a Program |
| Australia, Get It Up Ya! – Evan Munro-Smith Dee-Brief – Sarah Hickey Election 2019 presented by The Junction – Ron Frim Good Afternoon Adelaide – Edgar Smith Jr The Songroom – Ryan Gaskett & Kris Schroeder | Beyond The Divide Australia, Get It Up Ya! – Evan Munro-Smith Dee-Brief – Josh Mitchell-Frey Nota Dominante The Cellar Door – Kelly Hildreth, Ben Sengsouvanh & Kyle Horton Top Property – "Oasis in the Dunes" |
| Outstanding Sound in a Program | Outstanding Editing in a Program |
| Good Afternoon Adelaide Live At Spectrum – Brett Tippet Beyond The Divide Live On Bowen – Francis McKenna, Alex Marshall, Edward Hirst, Krissie Karpinski & James Bull The Cellar Door – Kelly Hildreth The Songroom – Sam Okell | Emmylou Loves – John Stokes Beyond The Divide Dee-Brief – Ryan Bird Good Afternoon Adelaide The Raucous Caucus Top Property – "Oasis in the Dunes" |
| Outstanding Theme Song in a Program | Outstanding Creative Achievement in a Program |
| Under The Milky Way Fishcam Good Afternoon Adelaide Nota Dominante The Songroom | Seeing Scarlett Silent Comedy The Cellar Door The Leak Top Property – "Oasis in the Dunes" Under The Milky Way |
| Best Youth Program | Youth Personality of the Year |
| Melbourne Underground Off the Couch with Ethan Seeing Scarlett The Rushed Behind The Struggle | Nicholas D'Urbano – The Rushed Behind Ben Cardwell – The Struggle Dilpreet Kaur – Half Hour Ethan White – Off the Couch with Ethan Nikita Angelina Burling – Undercurrent Tavleen Singh – The Struggle |
| Outstanding Contribution to Community by a Program | Best Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Program |
| Oz African TV Bent TV Broadcast Radio Australia QTV Spacequake Sports Vibe Nation – "Stop the Violence" | Sputnik Meraki TV Regional Italian Cuisine Russian News Time The NEMBC Multicultural AFL Panel Show The Shtick |
| Best Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Personality | Best Factual, Current Affairs or Interview Program |
| Harbir Singh Kang – The NEMBC Multicultural AFL Panel Show Bernd Merkel – All About A-League Gabriel D'Angelo – All About A-League Marina Belkina – Russian News Time Marlene Scicluna – Maltese Down Under Vanessa Gatica – The NEMBC Multicultural AFL Panel Show | Tales of a City Bent TV Half Hour Kicking Goals: A Year in the Life of a SAASTA Student Saving The Sanctuary The Modern Middle East |
| Outstanding Journalism in a Program | The Stella Young Contribution to Community TV Award |
| Half Hour Dr. Pam The Struggle The Local Footy Show Undercurrent – "2019 Night Of Stars Dancesport Championships" Undercurrent – "Roe 8 Construction" | Nimal Alwis – The Sri Lanka Morning Show |
| Personality of the Year | Program of the Year |
| Emmylou McCarthy – Emmylou Loves Ben Cardwell – The Struggle Craig "Whiskas" Veysey – The Shed Show Ethan White – Off the Couch with Ethan George Gayler – The Cellar Door Jess McGuire – The Songroom Simon Taylor – Live on Bowen | The Leak with Pat McCaffrie Australia, Get It Up Ya! Dee-Brief Emmylou Loves Off the Couch with Ethan Sonnigsburg The Modern Middle East The Struggle |