LaNCE TV Ballarat hosts Lance DeBoyle and Gabriella Labucci are thrilled to announce that they have been invited to host the Channel 31 Antenna Awards from Deakin Edge in Melbourne on May 29th.
OH! And they have also been nominated in these categories:
*Best Factual, Current Affairs or Interview Program
*Best Live and/or Outside Broadcast Program
* Outstanding Technical & Creative Ingenuity During Lockdown
* Personality of the Year – Lance DeBoyle
LaNCE TV Ballarat is now in its fourth year of broadcasting and this was one of their biggest years yet. They have featured a glamorous array of guests including Deni Hines, Monique Brumby. Grace Knight of the Eurogliders, Mark Gable of The Choirboys, Greg Gould, Ethel Chop, Jacqui Walter of Bluehouse, Maria Mercedes, Jacqui Dark and Dr Shellie Morris among many others.
Always true to their mission and purpose LaNCE TV continues to keep their finger on the community pulse and have also hosted the Commissioner of Gender Equality: Ro Allen, the creator of the Transgender flag: Monica Helms in the USA and General Manager of C31 – Shane Dunlop. They presented a moving and heartfelt special episode this year on Transgender Day of Remembrance and continue to tell stories and advocate within and beyond their regional area every week.
The Antenna Awards recognise outstanding achievement in both technical and creative fields. Past Antenna Awards winners include Mitch McTaggart (SBS Viceland), Logie award winner Sarah Barton (Fertile Films), and Oz African TV.
Nominees are elected by a panel of industry experts with judges for the 2021 awards including Laura Imbruglia (Music Victoria), Dave Houchin (Triple R) and Britt Aylen (7 News).
Lance said, “Darlings, Gabriella and I are absolutely frothing over being invited to host this year’s Antenna Awards at Deakin Edge. As Ballarat-based producers on C31 Melbourne, we are truly honoured to be part of community televisions ‘Night of Nights’ in this manner.
“Community television is such an important part of our broader community fabric. The representation of culture, language and overall diversity which comes with community television, is something which will never be seen on mainstream television and remember, we cannot be what we cannot see.”
Always a variety show with a difference, your hosts Lance DeBoyle and Gabriella Labucci will bring their standard jaunty and boisterous flair and an infinite supply of sequins to host this spectacular event!
To watch LaNCE TV every Friday night at 9pm tune in to C31 or log in to Facebook at:
https://www.facebook.com/pg/LanceTVBallarat/videos
C31 ANTENNA AWARDS INFORMATION & URGENT CALL FOR SUPPORT:
C31 has long been recognised as an incubator for some of Australia’s greatest up-and-coming talent and has been a launching pad for artists such as Hamish and Andy, Rove McManus and Waleed Aly as well as countless others, both in front of the camera and behind the scenes. They do it all every year on the smell of an oily rag, producing innovative, entertaining and educational content for their viewers. Despite this success, C31 along with other community stations is due to be shut down later this year.
“The remaining Community TV stations are set to be switched off by the Federal Government on June 30 this year. We have written to the Minister for Communications Paul Fletcher asking for an opportunity to discuss our broadcast licence deadline and our upcoming submissions as part of his Media Reform Green Paper process. The Minister’s Green Paper confirms that the spectrum (part of the bandwidth) currently used by Community TV is not required for several years. The paper also outlines a potential pathway that could exist for Community TV, enabling long-term stability and access to free-to-air spectrum.
We believe Community TV belongs on free-to-air and we will be making our case over the upcoming weeks. In the meantime we look forward to Community TV’s ‘night-of-nights’ and are excited to have Lance and Gabriella hosting, “said Shane Dunlop, C31 Managing Director.
The Antenna Awards recognise outstanding achievement in both technical and creative fields. Past Antenna Awards winners include Mitch McTaggart (SBS Viceland), Logie award winner Sarah Barton (Fertile Films), and Oz African TV. Nominees are elected by a panel of industry experts with judges for the 2021 awards including Laura Imbruglia (Music Victoria), Dave Houchin (Triple R) and Britt Aylen (7 News).
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Photo credit: Randal Smith