Michael Tunn

Michael Tunn (born January 18, 1974) is an Australian radio announcer and television presenter. He was youngest on air radio presenter in Australia at the time of his appointment to the national youth station, Triple J in the early 1990s. He is best known for hosting Triple J's now defunct evening request program RequestFest between 1992 and 1997, and was also the host of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's TV program The Afternoon Show during the early to mid 1990s.

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January 18 - 1974 - Australia - Triple J - 1990s - 1992 - 1997 - Australian Broadcasting Corporation's - TV

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He was also a big supporter of local music, credited with discovering Silverchair in their early days, playing the song against station policy, which did not allow the playing of demos without distrubution deals. He was also credited with the discovery of Grinspoon who were the first winners of Triple J Unearthed.

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Silverchair - Grinspoon - Triple J - Unearthed

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After spending a year at the Brisbane offices of Triple J he moved on to join the team of bigfatradio.com, an online radio station that used proprietory web spage streaming technology so that the end user was able to view pages sent from the studio. The station featured many big named djs including Angela Catterns and Helen Razer.

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Triple J - Bigfatradio.com - Angela Catterns - Helen Razer

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After the collaspse of the venture in the Dot Com Bubble burst, he joined the Austereo network and is now the Assistant Program Director and Afternoon Presenter of Triple M Adelaide.

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Austereo - Triple M

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