Last night NOVA Entertainment held their annual NOVA Entertainment Awards
It was held in a place which normally hosts more losers than winners – the Grand Ballroom at Sydney’s Royal Randwick Racecourse.
But last night, NovEnt people won every event.
By now you may have guessed that these awards are not like the ACRAs where talent competes with talent from other stations and networks.
The NOVA Entertainment Awards are exclusively for the company’s own employees – and not the on-air talent but the the oft forgotten people who make radio work outside the studio. Over 200 flew in from around the country to attend the national staff event that rewards and recognises employees.
Staff can nominate and recognise their colleagues, or put forward their own individual or team campaigns and initiatives. It also a chance for the NOVA Entertainment Group Executives and CEO Cathy O’Connor to recognise high achievers across the company.
The gathering was treated to a live performance from Conrad Sewell and Thandi.
The list of winners from last night:
- Elio Tedesco Most Outstanding Operational Support – Luke McKew (Brisbane)
- Best Project Execution/Team Collaboration – Nathan, Nat & Shaun’s Kalgoorlie Sausage Roll by Jesters (Perth)
- Cultural Ambassador – Anthony Zibara (GOS)
- Best Client Campaign – Teacher of the Year for Bendigo Bank (ADE)
- Future Leader – Jessica Westgate (SYD)
- Best Innovation or Idea – Best of SA (ADE)
- Best Client Campaign over $100,000 – Sanitarium So Good (SYD)
- Best Content – Genea’s Modern Babies Podcast (SYD)
- Sales High Achiever – Emily Mead (Melb)
- Most Outstanding Leader – Ben Dixon (Melb)
- CEO – Andrew Will (Melb)
- Market of the Year – Melbourne (Melb)
Talent and Executives in attendance:
- Kate Ritchie and Tim Blackwell (Nova’s Kate, Tim & Marty)
- Ryan Fitzgerald and Michael Wipfli (Nova 96.9 Sydney’s Fitzy & Wippa)
- Sam Pang and Jonathan Brown (Nova 100’s Chrissie, Sam & Browny)
- Melissa Doyle (smoothfm)
- Richard Wilkins (smoothfm)
- Cameron Daddo (smoothfm’s Mellow Music Evening Show)
- Bogart Torelli and Glenn Daniel (smooth 95.3’s More Music Breakfast Show)
- Dylan Lewis, Hayley Pearson and Shane Lowe (Nova 919’s Lewis & Lowe and Hayley)
- Nathan Morris, Natalie Locke and Shaun McManus (Nova 93.7’s Nathan, Nat & Shaun)
- Cathy O’Connor (NOVA Entertainment CEO)
- Paul Jackson (NOVA Entertainment’s Group Programme Director)
- Peter Charlton (NOVA Entertainment’s Group Commercial Officer)
- Luke Minto (Nova 969’s Commercial Director and Market Lead)
- Michelle Stephenson (NOVA Entertainment’s Newsroom Manager)
Above, left to right: Sam Pang and Jonathan Brown (Nova 100’s Chrissie, Sam & Browny); Bogart Torelli and Glenn Daniel (smooth 95.3’s More Music Breakfast Show); Cameron Daddo and Melissa Doyle (smoothfm)