The Daily Telegraph, 11 September 1997 The host of this year's ARIA Awards, which will be broadcast live across the nation from the capitol theatre on Sept 22, will be that much loved Aging American entertainer Paul McDermott The multi-award winning McDermott will ... Hey wait a sec, the Triple J breakfast show host and former Doug Anthony Allstar isn't American. He's not even a Pom. What's going on here? Could it be that the Australian music industry's night of nights is finally intending to highlight - wait for it - Australian performers? We hear that virtually all the talent in this year's program will be homegrown. Well done folks.