Logie Awards of 1962

The 4th Annual TV Week Logie Awards were presented on Saturday 31 March 1962 at the Chevron Hotel on St Kilda Road, Melbourne. The awards presentation was telecast live in a half-hour broadcast on ABV-2, (The ABC's Melbourne station), with delayed transmission on ABC stations in other cities over the following days. Gerald Lyons from the ABC was the Master of Ceremonies. Game show host Bob Dyer was on hand to present awards. Winning the Gold Logie was a joint honour that year with entertainer Tommy Hanlon Jr and variety host Lorrae Desmond, winning the coveted award, in doing so, Desmond was the first woman on Australian television to win the Gold.

Gold Logie

 * Most Popular Personality on Australian Television
 * Winner:
 * Lorrae Desmond and Tommy Hanlon Jr

National

 * Best Variety Show
 * Winner:
 * Revue '61, ATN-7


 * Best Drama Series
 * Winner:
 * Consider Your Verdict, HSV-7


 * Best Youth Entertainment
 * Winner:
 * Bandstand, TCN-9


 * Best Female Singer
 * Winner:
 * Patsy Ann Noble


 * Best Male Singer
 * Winner:
 * Col Joye


 * Best Comedian
 * Winner:
 * Bobby Limb


 * Best Documentary Series
 * Winner:
 * Anzac, Nine Network


 * Best News Feature Program
 * Winner:
 * Four Corners, ABC


 * Best Commercial of the Year
 * Winner:
 * Vacuum Oil Company's Mobil commercial with Bobby Limb

Victoria

 * Most Popular Male
 * Winner:
 * Graham Kennedy


 * Most Popular Female
 * Winner:
 * Toni Lamond


 * Most Popular Program
 * Winner:
 * Sunnyside Up, HSV-7

New South Wales

 * Most Popular Male
 * Winner:
 * Digby Wolfe


 * Most Popular Female
 * Winner:
 * Dawn Lake


 * Most Popular Program
 * Winner:
 * Johnny O'Keefe Show, ATN-7

South Australia

 * Most Popular Male
 * Winner:
 * Kevin Crease


 * Most Popular Female
 * Winner:
 * Joan Disher


 * Most Popular Program
 * Winner:
 * On The Sunnyside, ADS-7

Queensland

 * Most Popular Male
 * Winner:
 * Brian Tait


 * Most Popular Female
 * Winner:
 * Jill McCann


 * Most Popular Program
 * Winner:
 * Theatre Royal, BTQ-7

Tasmania

 * Most Popular Personality
 * Winner:
 * Wendy Ellis

Western Australia

 * Most Popular Personality
 * Winner:
 * Diana Ward