Paul Murray (radio presenter)

Paul Murray is a presenter on the Triple M radio network in Australia. He is also a regular on Channel 7 television shows such as Sunday Sunrise and the short-lived chat show The Night Cap on 7 HD.

He sometimes has a beard, and never has more than nine toes. [ [http://nightcap.7hd.com.au/?ondemand=20080212] The NightCap episode 1, channel 7 HD, 12 February 2008]

Career

In 2002, Murray won the Brian White Award for radio reporter of the year for his journalistic work on Sydney's Bushfires, the federal election and the collapse of Ansett.

In 2004, Murray started hosting a wide-reaching weekly talk show on Nova 96.9. At the end of that year, he was nominated for current affairs commentator of the year at the annual radio industry awards. He was nominated alongside Alan Jones and Ray Hadley. His show, titled "The Paul Murray Show", was then extended to air from 10pm to midnight Sunday to Thursday. Late in 2005, Murray left Nova 96.9 to commence his television career. In November, he began reporting and hosting segments for Channel 7's morning current affairs & variety program "Sunrise". In 2008, Murray joined The Shebang with Marty Sheargold and Fifi Box on Triple M's Sydney breakfast shift.

how formats

In March 2006, he commenced as the new Triple M network presenter from 6-7pm Monday to Thursday, with an hour long current affairs radio show titled "The Paul Murray Hour". In July, the Triple M network replaced Murray's show with an 80s music hour, but in August Murray returned hosting a similar program, "The Paul Murray Show", but in the 7-9pm timeslot. In 2007, Lisa Millard (Millie, Millhouse) joined the show as co-host. The show broadcast out of Sydney to multiple cities throughout Australia. Murray often announced the frequency as 104.9 MHz, the relevant frequency in Sydney. The show ended at the end of 2007.

The 2006-2007 show almost always ended with the song "Watermelon Man" and included:
* interviews with media personalities
* fictitious advertisements eg for "La De Da Magazine"
* sketches satirising current events
* characters parodying other well-known voices
* Pauly's Pub Trivia
* The ever so lovely Milly

Interviews and Guests

These included:
* Anna Coren
* Dan Ginnane and Mathew Thompson on Mondays summarising the weekend's sport
* "the Nerds": science fiction enthusiasts who would attempt to answer any question on any topic
* Chas Licciardello and Dominic Knight from the ChaserOn Tuesdays, there was a guest "expert" who would answer questions about their trade.

Pauly's Pub Trivia

This climactic competition every evening followed the common radio-quiz format in which callers call in and the first contestant answers as many questions as they can before the compere passes to the next caller. There were five questions so the winner was the person who answered the fifth question correctly.

When an inadequate number of callers rang in, Mashup (music) of The Doors' "Riders on the Storm" and Blondie (band)'s "Rapture" was played as punishment music until enough contestants called.

The quiz was normally run in the last 5 minutes of the show. Hints were given to ensure that the quiz finished on time. These got as simple as "just say ".

Initially, the prize was "absolutely nothing" but eventually it became the chance to hear the song "Watermelon Man", which was often the answer to the fifth and last question.

Characters

Murray's parodies of Sydney personalities include:
* Ian Waley (not Jim Waley)
* the Love Muscle (not Richard ("the Love God") Mercer of Mix 1065)
* Alan Jones
* Bob Carr
* Richard Aspen (more John-Michael Howson than any regular guest or presenter on a TV morning show).
* most of his colleagues

References

External links

* [http://www.mmmelb.com.au/shows/paulmurray/index.php Triple M: Paul Murray Show]