Logie Awards of 1992

The 34th Annual TV Week Logie Awards was held on Friday 13 March 1992 at the Radisson President Hotel in Melbourne, and broadcast on the Seven Network.[1] The ceremony was hosted by Steve Vizard and guests included John Stamos, Dennis Waterman, Bob Hawke and Campbell McComas.[1]

34th Logie Awards
Date13 March 1992
SiteRadisson President Hotel, Melbourne, Victoria
Hosted bySteve Vizard
Highlights
Gold LogieJana Wendt
Hall of FameFour Corners
Most awardsBrides of Christ (5)
Television coverage
NetworkSeven Network

Winners

Gold Logie
Most Popular Personality on Australian Television
Winner:
Jana Wendt in A Current Affair (Nine Network)[2]

Acting/Presenting

Most Outstanding Programs

Performers

Hall of Fame

After 40 years on Australian television, Four Corners became the ninth inductee into the TV Week Logies Hall of Fame.[2]

Controversies during Logies night
I’m sorry she’s not here. She’s sorry she’s not here, Jana, as she always does, put the program first. I know she regret’s she’s not here. It’s a shame.

—said Peter Meakin while accepting Wendy’s Gold Logie.

The 1992 Logie Awards ended with a nightmare when A Current Affair host Jana Wendt was not present to accept her Gold Logie. Her absence was explained to be due to her requiring to stay in the Sydney-based studios after the end of A Current Affair for an extended period to be able to cover any late breaking stories for time zones that would normally get ACA on a delay. TV Week claimed that they knew about a week in advance, two weeks after Wendt had happily posed with her fellow Gold Logie nominees for a TV Week photo shoot, that she may be missing from the awards presentation. Nine Network executives were said to be able to work around the challenges of ACA’s production schedule if TV Week could assure them that Wendt was going to win the Gold. TV Week chose not to disclose that information to Nine even in the strictest of confidence. Even the offer of a specially arranged flight to get Wendt from Sydney to Melbourne after ACA in time to witness the announcement of the Gold Logie winner was not enough to sway Nine’s executives. Wendt’s Gold Logie was ultimately accepted by Nine’s head of current affairs at the time, Peter Meakin.

References
  1. "34th TV Week Logie Awards, 1992". Tvweeklogies.com.au. Archived from the original on 20 April 2014.
  2. "1992 Logie Awards". Australiantelevision.net. Archived from the original on 20 April 2014.
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