[1][2] Radio and TV personality Richard Stubbs hosted the ceremony and was assisted by presenters to distribute 26 awards.
[3] A Special Achievement Award was presented to former Go-Set music journalist and pioneer radio DJ, Stan Rofe.
According to Australian music journalist, Anthony O'Grady, they displayed "a churning rumble of swamp boogie, surf instrumentals and punk iconoclasm, not immediately radio's hottest wish list.
[3] The group's guitarist Dan Rumour finished an acceptance speech with, "The press said we'd clean up at tonight's awards, so you can help us by stacking the chairs and emptying the ashtrays as you leave.
"[3] Newspapers reported the following day that, at an after-party, the band's lead singer Tex Perkins had been injured during a scuffle with a drunken guest and that, separately, two of the group's trophies had been stolen.