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The TV Week Logie Awards are the annual Australian television industry awards, which have been presented since 1959. Renamed by Graham Kennedy in 1960 after he won the first Star of the Year award, the name Logie awards honours John Logie Baird, a Scotsman who invented television as a practical medium. Awards are given in many categories, but the most widely publicized award is the Gold Logie, which is awarded to the most popular personality on Australian television. The most recent ceremony, the 57th Logie Awards, was held on 3 May 2015. ''Home and Away'' is the most successful program in Logies history, having won 45 awards since it premiered in 1988, followed by ''Neighbours'' with 30 awards since it began in 1985, ''A Country Practice'' with 29 awards, and ''Blue Heelers'' with 25 awards. ''Four Corners'', ''Neighbours'', ''Play School'' and ''Home and Away'' are the only programs that have been inducted collectively into the Logie Hall of Fame. ==History== The first awards, known as the ''TV Week Awards'', were instigated by ''TV Week'' magazine after the first voting coupons were released in the magazine in late 1958, two years after the introduction of television in Australia. The first awards saw no formal ceremony; they were presented on 15 January 1959 on an episode of ''In Melbourne Tonight''. Only Melbourne television personalities were nominated and awards were given in eight categories, including two for American programs. The following year, Kennedy coined the name 'Logie Awards'. In the same year, the first Gold Logie, considered by some to be equivalent to the 'Star of the Year Award' presented in 1959, was presented. The Logie statuette was designed by Alec De Lacy, chief designer for Melbourne-based trophy makers KG Luke Ltd. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Logie Awards」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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