Logie Awards of 1970

The 12th Annual TV Week Logie Awards were presented on Friday 20 March 1970 at Southern Cross Hotel in Melbourne and broadcast on the Nine Network. Bert Newton from the Nine Network was the Master of Ceremonies. Miss World 1968 winner Penny Plumber, British television actor Peter Wyngarde and American actors Peter Graves and Robert Young appeared as guests. Peggy Lipton, star of the US series The Mod Squad, was also originally scheduled to appear but cancelled at the last minute due to a severe middle-ear infection. This article lists the winners of Logie Awards (Australian television) for 1970:

Awards

Gold Logie

Awards presented by Robert Young

Most Popular Male Personality on Australian Television
Winner:
Barry Crocker, Sound Of Music, Nine Network
Most Popular Female Personality on Australian Television
Winner:
Maggie Tabberer, Maggie, Seven Network

Special Gold Logie

Special Gold Logie For Providing TV's Greatest Moment In Their Moon Telecast
Winner:
Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin

Logie

National

Best Australian Drama Series
Winner:
Division 4, Nine Network
Best Teenage Personality
Winner:
Johnny Farnham
Best Australian Musical/Variety Show
Winner:
Sound Of Music, Nine Network
Best Australian Documentary
Winner:
Chequerboard, ABC
Best Overseas Show
Winner:
The Mod Squad
Best Australian Commercial
Winner:
Coca-Cola
For Pioneering Australia's First World Championship Boxing Telecast
Winner:
Sir Reginald Ansett
Outstanding Contribution To Australian Television
Winner:
Hector Crawford
Best Children's Show
Winner:
Here's Humphrey, Nine Network
Outstanding Work As Compere
Winner:
Bert Newton, In Melbourne Tonight, Nine Network
Outstanding Documentary
Winner:
Dig A Million, Make A Million, ABC
Best News Reporting
Winner:
Steve Raymond, for stories on Marianne Faithfull and a mass teenage funeral at Warren in NSW, Network Ten

Victoria

Best Male Personality
Winner:
Mike Preston
Best Female Personality
Winner:
Rosemary Margan
Best Local Show
Winner:
In Melbourne Tonight, Nine Network

New South Wales

Best Male Personality
Winner:
Don Lane
Best Female Personality
Winner:
Rosemary Eather
Best Local Show
Winner:
Tonight Show With Don Lane, Nine Network

South Australia

Best Male Personality
Winner:
Ernie Sigley
Best Female Personality
Winner:
Anne Wills
Best Local Show
Winner:
Adelaide Tonight, Nine Network

Queensland

Best Male Personality
Winner:
Ron Cadee
Best Female Personality
Winner:
Joy Chambers
Best Local Show
Winner:
Dick McCann Show, Network Ten

Tasmania

Best Male Personality
Winner:
Lindsay Edwards
Best Female Personality
Winner:
Caroline Schmit
Best Local Show
Winner:
It's Just For Us

Western Australia

Best Male Personality
Winner:
Garry Meadows
Best Female Personality
Winner:
Trina Brown
Best Local Show
Winner:
Today Tonight, ABC

Special Achievement Award

George Wallace Memorial Logie For Best New Talent
Winner:
Jeff Phillips

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