Golden Mic Awards

Award show in Singapore

Not to be confused with Golden Mike Award.

Golden Mic Awards
金唛奖

Current: Golden Mic Awards 2016
Awarded for| Excellence in Chinese Language entertainment in Singapore
Country| Singapore
Presented by| Mediacorp
First awarded| 1998
Television/radio coverage
Network| Y.E.S. 93.3FM
Capital 95.8FM
Love 97.2FM

The Golden Mic Awards (Chinese: 金唛奖; previously known as Singapore Radio Awards) is an accolade by Singapore's MediaCorp[1] to recognize excellence of presenters and producers in MediaCorp Radio. Although the moniker Singapore may suggest a representation of all radio stations in Singapore, the nominations are only open to MediaCorp Radio stations.[2]

## History

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Prior to the Singapore Radio Awards (SRA), the three Chinese radio stations (Y.E.S. 93.3FM, Capital 95.8FM and Love 97.2FM) under MediaCorp held their own Golden Mike Awards (GMA). The last GMA was held in 2004 and the SRA was born a few months later to encompass stations from all four languages that MediaCorp broadcast in: English, Chinese, Malay and Tamil.

The first SRA was held in 2005, and was renamed MediaCorp Radio Awards (MRA) in 2013.

## Ceremony

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The first Singapore Radio Awards ceremony was held in 2004 at Raffles City Convention Centre.[3] It was a trade event, whereby clients of MediaCorp were invited for a formal sit-down dinner. Listeners were not invited to the show.

The second SRA was held in 2005 in Shangri La Hotel's Island Ballroom. The third SRA was held at the same location in 2006. Similarly, only trade clients were invited.[4][5]

The fourth SRA, in 2007, was held at Suntec Convention Centre. For the first time, listeners were invited to purchase tickets to attend.[6] All nominees were involved in the opening sequence.

The SRA was not held in 2008 and 2009.

Singapore Radio Awards 2010 was held in MediaCorp's TV Theatre, with a live webcast on its official site.[7] Florence Lian, former radio DJ and Singapore Idol judge, currently MediaCorp's Managing Director for Radio, opened the show with a monologue. The hosts were Vernon A and Justin Ang from 987FM. Award presenters included Irene Ang, Bobby Tonelli, as well as MediaCorp's senior management.[8] 987FM were the biggest winners for the night, sweeping "Best Radio Show", "Most Creative English Trailer", and "Best Radio Personality Blog".

Singapore Radio Awards 2011 was telecast live on Channel 5.

MediaCorp Radio Awards 2013 was to be held on 15 November. The show was to be telecast live on Channel 5.

## Nomination

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All weekday presenters were automatically nominated for the "Most Popular DJ" Award for the respective stations. The results are based on SMS polling.[7]

Nominees for other awards were selected by a panel of professionals in the industry.[7]

## Awards

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### Best Radio Show

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Year  | Producer  | Radio Show  | Language  | Station

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2005  | Lin Lingzhi  | Music Diary  | Chinese  | Y.E.S. 93.3FM
2006  | Dongfang Billy  | Heart to Heart  | Chinese  | Love 97.2FM
2010  | The Muttons | Muttons to Midnight  | English  | 987FM
2011  | The Muttons | Muttons on the Move  | English  | 987FM

### Radio Personality of the Year (Media's Choice)

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Year  | English Stations  | Chinese Stations  | Malay Stations  | Tamil Stations

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2005  | Glenn Ong | Marcus Chin  |  |
2006  | Glenn Ong | Dongfang Billy  | Suriani  | Mohd Rafi
2007  | Glenn Ong | Dennis Chew | AB Shaik  | Saravanan
2010  | Glenn Ong | Dennis Chew  | AB Shaik  | Vimala

### English Stations Most Popular DJ

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Year  | Gold 90.5FM | Class 95FM | 987FM | 938LIVE

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2004  | Audrey Ying  | Mark Van Cuylenberg  | Carrie Chong  | Eugene Loh
2005  |  | Rod Monteiro  | Jamie Yeo |
2006  | Audrey Ying  | Mark Van Cuylenberg  | Daniel Ong  | Melanie Oliveiro, Eugene Loh
2007  | Brian Richmond  | Vernetta Lopez | Daniel Ong | Keith De Souza
2010  | Brian Richmond  | Jean Danker | Daniel Ong | Stanley Leong
2011  | Tim Oh  |  |  |
2013  | Vernetta Lopez |  |  |

### Chinese Stations Most Popular DJ

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Year  | Y.E.S. 93.3FM醉心频道  | Capital 95.8FM城市频道  | Love 97.2FM最爱频道

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2004  | Dennis Chew | Wang Dicong  | Dongfang Billy
2005  | Cruz Teng | Wang Lizhen  | Chen Hong
2006  | Cruz Teng | Wang Lizhen  | Dongfang Billy
2007  | Cruz Teng | Wang Lizhen  | Dongfang Billy
2010  | Cruz Teng | Wang Dicong  | Jeff
2011  | Dennis Chew  | Wang Dicong  | Wallace Ang
2013  | N/A  | N/A  | N/A

### Lifetime Achievement Award

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Year  | Name  | Current Station

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2005  | Brian Richmond  | Gold 90.5FM
2006  | Bala Supramaniam  | Oli 96.8FM
2010  | Ibrahim Jamil  | Warna 94.2FM
2011  | Liang Peng  | Capital 95.8FM
2013  | Suharti Ali  | Warna 94.2FM

## Award categories

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### Current categories

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* YES 933 FM Most Popular DJ: since 1998
* CAPITAL 95.8FM Most Popular DJ: since 1998
* LOVE 97.2FM Most Popular DJ: since 1998
* Most Creative Advertisement: since 1998
* Top Listenership Radio Station: since 1994
* Most Popular Group: since 2016
* Most Fashionable DJ: since 2016

### Sponsored categories

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* DJ I’d Like to Travel With: since 2016

### Suspended/retired categories

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* Best Radio Host: from 2002 to 2004
* Friendliest Radio Personality: from 1998 to 2007
* Radio Personality of the Year (Media's Choice): from 2010 to 2010
* Best Radio Show: from 2005 to 2011
* Lifetime Achievement Award: from 2005 to 2013
* English Stations Most Popular DJ: from 2004 to 2013

## References

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1. ^ "Mediacorp". Mediacorp.
2. ^ "'Singapore' dropped from Radio Awards". AsiaOne. 13 February 2012. Archived from the original on September 11, 2016. Retrieved 2016-05-29.
3. ^ Today (11 Nov 2004).
4. ^ Today (29 September 2006).
5. ^ Today (1 July 2006).
6. ^ Today (28 Nov 2007).
7. ^ a b c "Congratulations To All Our Winners". Singapore Radio Awards official website. 2010-09-19. Archived from the original on 11 March 2011.
8. ^ Today (20 Mar 2010).