Brigitte Duclos
Brigitte Duclos (born 13 December 1964, Melbourne) is an Australian television and radio presenter.
Currently she is a co-host of the breakfast radio program on Gold 104.3 in Melbourne alongside Anthony 'Lehmo' Lehmann.
Early life
Duclos, one of three sisters, was educated at Shelford Girls' Grammar.
Media 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 Morning News.
In April 1992, Duclos took on the role of morning news reader for Melbourne's Triple M radio breakfast show, The Richard Stubbs Breakfast Show, and with her fun sense of humour and natural "chatty" personality she became part of the Breakfast Show team within four months.
Duclos returned to Network Ten in 1996 as host of 'Monday To Friday', fondly known as "No Wuckers it's Duccers" a national day time show featuring interviews, information and entertainment.[citation needed]
After four years of breakfast radio on Triple M, Duclos in 1997 joined drive show, The Grill Team, sharing the microphone with Dermott Brereton and her former Network Ten colleague Eddie McGuire. She quickly established herself as a strong, quick witted, lovable "lady" of the trio, not afraid to give her opinion and equally not afraid to joust with the boys.
Duclos also reviewed movies on Network Ten's national Saturday morning show "Video Hits", and has established a successful career as a host and guest speaker at many business and entertainment functions and has been a regular columnist with the Herald Sun's Sunday Magazine.
The Cage was a long-running breakfast radio show which aired in Australia (in Melbourne) on Triple M, part of the Austereo Radio Network. Each host (Peter Berner, Brigitte Duclos, James Brayshaw, Matt Parkinson and Mike Fitzpatrick, ) had a nickname which they use as their on-air moniker, although they also use their real names. Brigitte is sometimes known as 'Bridge' or 'Top Flight' by her co-hosts.
She is also famous for pulling yellow cards or red cards on her co-hosts or guests when they say anything that could be construed as bad language (especially around school drop off times).
In 2006, Duclos was one of the contestants on the Network Ten special Australia's Brainiest Radio Star.
In 2008, Duclos joined Mix 1011 breakfast show titled Mix Mornings alongside Tom 'Gleeso' Gleeson.
In early 2010 Gleeson left the morning breakfast show and was replaced by Anthony 'Lehmo' Lehmann.
In December 2011, it was announced that Duclos and Lehmann would move to Gold 104.3.
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