Bruno Bouchet

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name = Bruno Bouchet


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birthname = Bruno Bernard Bouchet
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birthplace = Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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show = Mix Mornings with Sonia Kruger & Todd McKenney
station = Mix 106.5FM
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show2 = Body & Soul
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Bruno Bouchet (born February 19, 1986 in Sydney, Australia) is a radio and television producer currently working for the Australian Radio Network. Bouchet is a producer with the Sonia Kruger and Todd McKenney breakfast show on Mix 106.5 as well as the producer of Body & Soul on the Australian "Mix" network.

Early career

When Bouchet was 15 [ [http://extraonline.com.au/stories/story/8900.html Brisbane - Extra - Channel 9 - Talkback Kid - extraonline.com.au ] ] when he started his radio career on community station Switch AM, [ [http://www.abc.net.au/brisbane/stories/s957845.htm Future of Brisbane Talk Radio in Safe Hands :: ABC Brisbane ] ] hosting a three-hour weekend youth talk programme called “Speak-Up.” [ [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4BI] ]

Bouchet’s distinctively controversial style of broadcasting would often land him in hot water. In September 2004 Bouchet appeared on the SBS television program Insight where he got into a slanging match with the then ALP candidate for Moreton Graham Perrett over the issue of government funding to private schools [ [http://www.sbs.com.au/insight/trans.php3?transid=675 Insight - FIRST TIMERS ] ] . Later in the show he was howled down by the panel of guests for stating that: “(Iraq) at the moment, it's the reconstruction period, it's all positive from there.”

In February 2004 Bouchet hosted Switch AM’s broadcast of the Queensland State Election from the official tally room at the Brisbane Entertainment Centre.

Commercial Media

In 2004 Bouchet became the producer of News/Talk station 4BC’s weekend morning’s show – hosted by Madonna King and Tony Johnston. During his time on the weekend morning show Bouchet was also working casually as a researcher for the Seven Network’s Today Tonight program as well as occasionally writing stories for Quest Community Newspapers. Later that year he moved onto the newly-formatted weekday breakfast show hosted by Peter Dick and Ross Davie [http://www.abc.net.au/mediawatch/img/2005/ep18/4bc.pdf] . Bouchet was nominated for two Australian Commercial Radio Awards and one Queensland “Goldies” Radio award for his work as producer on the 4BC breakfast show [ [http://www.radioqueensland.com.au/finalists.aspx Radio Queensland, Australia ] ] .

At 4BC Bouchet produced for such radio personalities as Claire Blake, Chris Adams. Dean Miller, Rupert McCall, Rod Tiley and John Miller.

In 2006 Bouchet moved to the Brisbane bureau of the Nine Network’s A Current Affair program [ [http://www.brettdebritz.net/debritznet/backup/www.debritz.net/node73e2.html?page=15&%24Version=1&%24Path=%2F debritz.net | Brett Debritz, Brisbane, Australia ] ] where he worked as an associate-producer for Brisbane-based reporters including David Margan, Amanda Patterson and Chris Allen.

In January 2007 Bouchet moved back into radio for the Australian Radio Network [ [http://www.themusic.com.au/im_m/display.php?s=christie&id=76 THEMUSIC.COM.AU - In Music & Media - Archive ] ] where he produced the Classic Hits 4KQ breakfast program (hosted by Laurel Edwards, Gary Clare and Mark Hine as well as associate-producing the 97.3FM (hosted by Robin Bailey, Terry Hansen and Bob Gallagher.

In February 2008 Bouchet took on the role of Assistant Producer with the Sonia Kruger and Todd McKenney breakfast show on Mix 106.5 as well as producing the Body & Soul program hosted by Marnie T on the Australian "Mix" network. [http://radiorumours.com/?p=929] In October of 2008 Bouchet receieved this third nomination for an Australian Commercial Radio Award, this time in the category of "Best Multimedia Execution" [http://www.commercialradio.com.au/files/uploaded/file/Radio_Fest/2008/2008%20ACRA%20Finalists_3.pdf]

Notes

External links

* [http://www.mix1065.com.au/misc/unfiledarticles.asp?articleid=7390 Mix Mornings]
* [http://www.mix1065.com.au/misc/unfiledarticles.asp?articleid=7356 Body & Soul]

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DATE OF BIRTH=February 19, 1986
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