RMSA Life Membership Awarded to Dale Manson (Dec 2011)

Rural Media South Australia recently awarded Life Membership to long time committee person, Dale Manson in recognition of his contribution to the Association.

He joins Jim McCarter, Bruce Mitchell, Ian Doyle and Bob Snewin as only the fifth person to be awarded life membership of RMSA in its forty-two year history.

Dale Manson receiving his Life Membership parchment from RMSA President, Ian Doyle

Rural Media South Australia recently awarded Life Membership to long time committee person, Dale Manson in recognition of his contribution to the Association.

He joins Jim McCarter, Bruce Mitchell, Ian Doyle and Bob Snewin as only the fifth person to be awarded life membership of RMSA in its forty-two year history.

Dale has produced the RMSA Meeting Notices since 1998 and for the past eight years has chaired the judging panel of the Telstra Rural Journalist of the Year Awards. These awards recognise excellence in rural journalism in the mediums of radio, print, television and on-line.

He also produced and presented the “Agrow” rural affairs program for twenty eight years on radio 5MU, until his retirement from PIRSA in early 2011. With an overall broadcast history of thirty years, “Agrow” held the record as the longest running daily rural affairs program on commercial radio in Australia. As an extension of “Agrow”, he also presented the “Rural Solutions” radio program across the State through the Fairfax radio and Flow FM networks.