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Brigitte Duclos
Brigitte Duclos (born 13 December 1964) is an Australian television and radio presenter. Personal life Duclos, one of three sisters, was educated at Shelford Girls' Grammar. In December 2007, Duclos announced that she had split with husband Michael Thomson. They have two children together. Most recently her partner was Sam Westaway, a renowned Melbourne media power broker. TV career Duclos began her media career in television in 1986 when she joined ATV-10 after finishing an Applied Science degree at the Footscray Institute of Technology. Her major in Physical Education led to her immediate appointment as sports reporter, establishing herself as among the first female sports journalists in Australia. Specialising in tennis and golf, she covered all major tournaments, including the Australian Open in both sports. Duclos spent two years as an on-the-road reporter for ''Ten Eyewitness News''. She also presented weather, national news updates and, occasionally, '' Ten's Morn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shelford Girls' Grammar
Shelford Girls' Grammar (previously known as Shelford Girls' School, Shelford Church of England Girls' Grammar School, and sometimes SCEGGS) was an independent Anglican day school for girls. It was located in Caulfield, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The school was established in 1898, and was a member of Girls Sport Victoria (GSV),St Margaret's but for the present the school will meet in the existing school buildings at St. Mary's, Caulfield. — ''The Argus'', 23 February 1922. The following year, Archdeacon Langley moved the school to "Helenslea" in Hood Crescent, Caulfield North. The school was officially opened at its new location by Archbishop Lees on 22 February 1923 adjacent to St Mary's Church as the Shelford Girls' Grammar School. Ada Mary Thomas served as Shelford's headmistress from 1922 to 1945. The school will merge with Caulfield Grammar School with a formal transition of Shelford students into CGS beginning in 2025. Notable alumnae * Brigit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mix 1011
KIIS 1011 (official callsign: 3TTT) is a commercial FM radio station broadcasting in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, on a frequency of 101.1 MHz and is the Melbourne affiliate of ARN's KIIS Network. The station was formerly known as 3DB and 3TT, broadcasting on 1026 kHz AM, before converting to FM in 1990. History 3DB 3DB was awarded its broadcast licence in 1925 but did not immediately come on air due to debates in Federal Parliament as to whether or not Australia should proceed with the then-unique system of A Class (later ABC) and B Class (later commercial) stations. Griffen-Foley, Bridget, ''Changing Stations: The Story of Australian Commercial Radio'', University of New South Wales Press, 2009, Sydney The station was originally owned by Druleigh Business and Technical College Pty Ltd,McLaughlin, Bill, ''From Wireless to Radio: The 3DB Story'', Herald & Weekly Times Melbourne, 1985 hence the callsign DB. 3DB eventually made its on-air debut on 21 February 1927 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Women Television Presenters
Australian(s) may refer to: Australia * Australia, a country * Australians, citizens of the Commonwealth of Australia ** European Australians ** Anglo-Celtic Australians, Australians descended principally from British colonists ** Aboriginal Australians, indigenous peoples of Australia as identified and defined within Australian law * Australia (continent) ** Indigenous Australians * Australian English, the dialect of the English language spoken in Australia * Australian Aboriginal languages * ''The Australian'', a newspaper * Australiana, things of Australian origins Other uses * Australian (horse), a racehorse * Australian, British Columbia, an unincorporated community in Canada See also * The Australian (other) * Australia (other) * * * Austrian (other) Austrian may refer to: * Austrians, someone from Austria or of Austrian descent ** Someone who is considered an Austrian citizen * Austrian German dialect * Something associated with the coun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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1964 Births
Events January * January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved. * January 5 – In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century, Pope Paul VI and Patriarch Athenagoras I of Constantinople meet in Jerusalem. * January 6 – A British firm, the Leyland Motors, Leyland Motor Corp., announces the sale of 450 buses to the Cuban government, challenging the United States blockade of Cuba. * January 9 – ''Martyrs' Day (Panama), Martyrs' Day'': Armed clashes between United States troops and Panamanian civilians in the Panama Canal Zone precipitate a major international crisis, resulting in the deaths of 21 Panamanians and 4 U.S. soldiers. * January 11 – United States Surgeon General Luther Terry reports that smoking may be hazardous to one's health (the first such statement from the U.S. government). * January 22 – Kenneth Kaunda is inaugurated as the first Prime Minister of Northern Rhodesi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trevor Chappell (radio Presenter)
Trevor Chappell (born 6 April 1961) is an Australian local radio presenter for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) based in Melbourne. Chappell is one of the two regular presenters of the '' Overnights'' program broadcast nationally from 2:00 am (AEST) to 6:00 am (or 5:30 am on some stations) on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday mornings, when he was joined by a variety of regular guests each night. Early life Chappell was born on 6 April 1961 in Western Australia. After completing high school, he worked in a range of different jobs - including as a miner, wheat bins in the far north-west, and as a builder's labourer. When he turned 21, Chappell moved to Victoria, where he studied teaching and then moved into youth work. Three years later, he enrolled in an acting course at the National Theatre, Melbourne. After encountering difficulties pursuing a career in acting, he moved back to Western Australia, choosing to study broadcasting at the Western Australian A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ABC Radio Melbourne
ABC Radio Melbourne (official List of radio station callsigns in Victoria, callsign: 3LO) is an ABC Local Radio station in Melbourne, Australia. It began transmission on 13 October 1924 and was Melbourne's second licensed radio station after Radio National, 3AR. The other ABC Local Radio stations in Victoria simulcast ABC Radio Melbourne's programming when not airing local shows for their area. History The station was initially owned by the Broadcasting Company of Australia, owned by J. & N. Tait (theatrical entrepreneurs), Buckley & Nunn (a department store) and the Herald and Weekly Times Ltd (a newspaper company). It was named after 2LO in England, where the ''LO'' probably stood for London. However, many radio historians believe the following alternative reason for the name: the first landline between the studio and transmitter did not work properly and, therefore, a second line was put into use, and someone with a sense of humour named the station 2LO, standing for ''Second ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jo Stanley
Joanne McFarlane (''née'' Bailey), commonly known as Jo Stanley, is an Australian television and radio presenter and comedian. Stanley was a host of ''Jo & Lehmo'' on Gold 104.3 from 2016 to 2017. She previously hosted ''Weekend Breakfast'' on the Hit Network and '' The Matt and Jo Show'' on Fox FM from 2003 until 2013. In 2020, Stanley created the Broad Radio podcast later launching it into a radio broadcasting platform in 2024. Career Stanley has made guest appearances on ''Clever'', ''Temptation'', '' Australia's Brainiest Kid'', '' The Panel'', Melbourne International Comedy Festival, ''Thank God You're Here'', '' The Project'', ''Studio 10'' and '' Hughesy, We Have a Problem''. Stanley started her radio career on Fox FM on Sunday Nights with Jodie J Hill. Jo and Jodie then moved to mornings on Fox FM with a program called ''Jodie & Jo'', which rated highly. During the late 1990s Stanley, with Hill, began hosting ''Boob Tube'', a comedy variety show produced by RMIT ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gold 104
GOLD104.3 (call sign: 3KKZ) is a radio station broadcasting in Melbourne, Australia. It is part of ARN Media's Gold Network and broadcasts on the 104.3 MHz frequency. History 3KZ 3KZ commenced operations on 8 December 1930. The radio station was initiated by the Industrial Printing and Publicity Group as a means of spreading its message, and in the station's early years, it was broadcast from the Victorian Trades Hall. Its original frequency was 1350 kHz, moving to 1180 kHz on 1 September 1935. The frequency changed again on 23 November 1978 to 1179 kHz when all Australian AM radio stations were assigned new frequencies as part of the new 9 kHz spacing plan implemented. In 1989, 3KZ was one of two successful bidders to convert to the FM band. KZFM As a result of winning an FM licence, 3KZ moved to 104.3 MHz on 1 January 1990. The station relaunched as KZFM, despite the station's official call sign of 3KKZ, carrying over its successful "Hits And M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Radio Network
ARN Media Ltd., formerly Here, There & Everywhere and APN News & Media, is an Australian media company. Divisions include broadcast radio and Out-of-home advertising. The company previously had assets in New Zealand, and previously owned Adshel, APN Outdoor and Gfinity eSports in Australia. Its commercial radio stations include the Gold Network, KIIS Network, CADA, ARN Regional and iHeartRadio brands. The company operates the ARN News service in Australia, which uses international correspondents and source news stories from AAP in Australia, CNN from the United States and Sky News and Independent Radio News from the United Kingdom. ARN has newsrooms in Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra, Brisbane and Adelaide. Originally ARN was a joint venture of APN News & Media and Clear Channel (now iHeartMedia). On 19 February 2014, it was reported that APN News & Media had agreed to purchase Clear Channel's 50% stake in the ARN. As a result, ARN is now fully owned by ARN Media. The c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
