Douglas John Mulray (born 1 December 1951) is an Australian comedian, radio and television presenter. He grew up in the

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suburb of

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Radio career

Mulray began his career at

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, after doing a broadcasting course at the Digamae (Rod Muir's) Radio School. From there he grafted his way south, securing a spot with Central Coast station

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. During the mid 1970s he worked on

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with a program called "Mulray & The Man". In the late 1970s, he started a permanent job in

with

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station 2JJ (later

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), where he built up a sizeable following. In 1982 he was poached by a new station,

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. After a break from Triple M, he worked for a brief time in the PM drive time slot on 2SM with

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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. In 2014, industry analyst ''Radio Today'' rated his breakfast show as the third best Australian metro FM breakfast show of all time.

Television career

Outside of radio, Mulray has also featured on Australian TV shows such as ''

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'', and in 1992 hosted the infamous ''

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'', with the show's only episode pulled from broadcast by

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owner

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after 34 minutes. Mulray was fired and banned from the Nine Network as a result, although he would later return to Nine in 2002 to be a part of the special “ Brian Henderson Toasted and Roasted” (even adding a subtle joke about his ban while Packer was in the audience), and judge on the 2005 series '' StarStruck'' (shortly after Packer's death in December that year). On '' Full Frontal'', this was parodied with a skit of Mulray hosting a lottery draw, making sexual remarks as the balls drop. He was also the host of the eponymously titled program ''Mulray'', which ran briefly in the early 1990s on the

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. He also hosted ''

'' on

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for a brief stint in 2002. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, Doug was part of the Channel Seven

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and

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commentary team headed up by Mike Raymond and

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until Seven lost the rights in 1997. In August 2008, ''

'' was re-aired on the

. Mulray reportedly refused requests from Nine management to reappear as the host. One commentator wrote that "it may be that Mulray, a very smart man, knew he would have been open to a few cruel comparisons between the relatively youthful Mulray of 1992 and the solitary Mulray of 2008. The years have not been particularly kind."

Discography

Studio albums

Singles

Filmography

As producer / director: * 2004 ''Kurt Elling: Live at the Basement'' (TV Movie documentary) (executive producer) * 2003 ''Steve Poltz: Live at the Basement'' (Video documentary) (executive producer) * 2000 ''The Basement'' (TV Series) (director, also executive producer of one episode) * 2000 ''The Breakfast Show'' (executive producer) As actor: * 1980 ''Making Weekend of Summer Last'' - Narrator As himself: * 1989 ''60 Minutes'' Episode dated 29 April 1989 (TV Series) * 1992 ''Australia's Funniest Home Videos'' (TV Series) * 1992 ''Australia's Naughtiest Home Videos'' (TV Series) * 1994 ''Mulray'' (TV Series) * 1996 ''Beauty and the Beast'' (TV Series) * 2000 ''The Basement'' (TV Series) * 2002 ''The Fat'' Episode #5.2 (TV Series) * 2005 ''Starstruck'' (TV Series) * 2007 ''Getaway'' 15th Birthday Special (TV Series)

Awards and nominations

ARIA Music Awards

The

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are a set of annual ceremonies presented by

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(ARIA), which recognise excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of the music of Australia. They commenced in 1987. ! , - , rowspan="2",

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References

External links

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