Douglas John Mulray was an Australian comedian, radio, and television presenter.
11 Facts About Doug Mulray
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Doug Mulray was well-known for his bawdy humor and charismatic larrikinism, with his style of free quips, parodies, and "unbridled naughtiness".
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Doug Mulray started his early years as a salesman traveling in Europe before his father, a lawyer, suggested a career in broadcasting.
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Doug Mulray began his radio career at 2AD in Armidale in September 1975, after taking a broadcasting course at the Digamae Radio School.
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In 1982 he was poached by a new station, Triple M Mulray served as breakfast host, which lifted the ratings share from 2.6 percent to a staggering 18 percent.
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Doug Mulray 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.
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Doug Mulray was fired and banned for life from the Nine Network as a result.
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Doug Mulray was the host of the eponymously titled program Mulray, which ran briefly in the early 1990s on the Seven Network.
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Doug Mulray reportedly refused requests from Nine management to reappear as the host.
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In 2019, Doug Mulray was inducted into the Commercial Radio Hall of Fame.
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Doug Mulray died from liver cancer in Sydney on 30 March 2023, at age 71.