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Description: Radio host
Known For: His quick thinking and outlandish coments. True Blue.
Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Date Born: 1st December 1951
Location Born: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Doug Mulray
An Australian comedian, radio and television presenter.
Mulary was a former host of the breakfast time slot on Sydney FM radio station 2MMM (Triple M) in the 1980s.
After a break from Triple M, he worked for a brief time in the PM drive time slot on 2SM with Peter Fitzsimmons before moving to Sydney radio station 2WS eventually leaving that station in July 1999. He never regained the ratings he enjoyed at his former station Triple M.
Like many in radio, he began his career at a small country station. His first gig on radio was for 2AD in Armidale.
In the late 1970s, Doug landed his first permanent Sydney radio gig with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s alternative rock station 2JJ later Triple J, where he built up a sizeable following and perfected the format that led to him being to the newly established Triple M in 1982.
He was the first in a long line of Double Jay / Triple J presenters to gain popularity with the Jays before making the lucrative move to commercial radio.
One of the distinctive features of his Triple J / Triple M shows was its cast of fictional characters and comedy skits.
One of his best known was Jack Africa, a permanently paranoid chap who was constantly convinced that the chooks (Australian slang for chickens) were out to get him.
Doug had his share of infamous moments outside the broadcast studio. He released a record called “You Are Soul” which reached number 34 on the ARIA singles chart in 1986 but was banned from the air.
The B side was the equally notorious “Smoke Two Joints” (described by Mulray as ‘The Butcher’s Song’).
Outside of radio, Doug Mulray has also featured on Australian TV shows such as Beauty and the Beast and the infamous Australia’s Naughtiest Home Videos where the show’s only episode was famously pulled from broadcast by Nine Network boss Kerry Packer, with Mulray being fired from the Nine Network as a result.
In August, 2008 Australia’s Naughtiest Home Videos was re-aired on the Nine Network. Mulray reportedly refused requests from Nine management to reappear as the host.
Albums include.
1982 – What A Rude Album
1984 – Too Rude (aka 2 Rude)
1993 – Nice Legs, Shame About the Fez
Singles include.
1982 – I’m A Punk / Doug’s Dub [as The Rude Band]
1986 – You Are Soul / Smoke Two Joints
1993 – Werewolf
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