Date 15 January 1959 | Other ceremonies 1960 | |
The 1st Annual TV Week Logie Awards (as they would come to be known) were the first awards ever to be awarded for work within the Australian television industry. Television had begun production in Australia only three years earlier, in 1956.
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Although other cities had television (Sydney since its inception in 1956), the awards were for Melbourne television only. international star Googie Withers appeared as a guest hostess.
In 1959, no official ceremony took place, and awards were given in only eight categories, two of which were for American programmes.
TV Star of the Year
The most presigious award was the TV Star of the Year Award, which the following year in 1960 would become renamed as the Gold Logie,.The star of the year was awarded to Graham Kennedy and Panda Lisner for there program In Melbourne Tonight, for the Nine Network (GTV-9).