Derek Guille
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Derek Guille is an Australian radio
presenter. He most recently presented the Evenings program on 774 ABC Melbourne
and ABC Victoria. He announced on air on 23 June 2011 that he would be leaving that program at the end of September 2011. Guille plays guitar
, snare drum
and kazoo
with varying degrees of proficiency and sings with a sort of jug band
called The Ugly Uncles. His passion for music and live performance is often extended with his regular visits, as a performer or compere
, at festivals such as the Port Fairy Folk Festival and the Queenscliff Music Festival.
Guille also enjoys reading (from the widest range of genres but especially comic fiction) and theatre and has an appreciation for fine wine
and food
. His latest passion is riding his motor scooter. Married in 1974, he and his wife Barbara have two children and two grandchildren.
and Batman Records and travelled overseas where he worked as a music journalist, silkscreen printer
and photographer. He fulfilled his childhood ambition when he began his radio career with 3HA in Hamilton
in 1984. In 1987 he joined the ABC
at the Horsham studios of 3WV/WL, presenting the local current affairs morning program before moving to the breakfast shift and regional manager. With the creation of the ABC's Bendigo studios in 1993 he moved to central Victoria to take up the challenge of building an audience for that new station as the breakfast program presenter and station manager.
After spending three years presenting the statewide afternoon program on 774 ABC Melbourne
and ABC Local Radio
throughout Victoria and southern New South Wales, in 2003 Guille took over the reins of the Evenings program for Victoria. While the Evening Program was typical for ABC Local Radio, with a wide range of subjects covered by talkback or interviewed guests, his programs regularly featured live performances by musicians from around Australia as well as some of the best of the international artists on tour. Early in 2011 kd lang and the Siss Boom Bang performed a set live to air with an audience made up of 400 ABC listeners who had won tickets to attend.
In June 2011, Guille announced that he would be leaving the program and the ABC. He presented his final show on 22 September 2011 and is now working as a freelance MC and interviewer.
Radio
Radio is the transmission of signals through free space by modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible light. Electromagnetic radiation travels by means of oscillating electromagnetic fields that pass through the air and the vacuum of space...
presenter. He most recently presented the Evenings program on 774 ABC Melbourne
774 ABC Melbourne
774 ABC Melbourne is an ABC Local Radio station in Melbourne, Australia. Originally known by its callsign 3LO, it began transmission on 13 October 1924 – Melbourne's second radio station after 3AR.-History:...
and ABC Victoria. He announced on air on 23 June 2011 that he would be leaving that program at the end of September 2011. Guille plays guitar
Guitar
The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
, snare drum
Snare drum
The snare drum or side drum is a melodic percussion instrument with strands of snares made of curled metal wire, metal cable, plastic cable, or gut cords stretched across the drumhead, typically the bottom. Pipe and tabor and some military snare drums often have a second set of snares on the bottom...
and kazoo
Kazoo
The kazoo is a wind instrument which adds a "buzzing" timbral quality to a player's voice when the player vocalizes into it. The kazoo is a type of mirliton, which is a membranophone, a device which modifies the sound of a person's voice by way of a vibrating membrane."Kazoo" was the name given by...
with varying degrees of proficiency and sings with a sort of jug band
Jug band
A Jug band is a band employing a jug player and a mix of traditional and home-made instruments. These home-made instruments are ordinary objects adapted to or modified for making of sound, like the washtub bass, washboard, spoons, stovepipe and comb & tissue paper...
called The Ugly Uncles. His passion for music and live performance is often extended with his regular visits, as a performer or compere
Compere
Compère can refer to:* Loyset Compère, a French composer of the Renaissance* Louis Fursy Henri Compere , a French general in the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars...
, at festivals such as the Port Fairy Folk Festival and the Queenscliff Music Festival.
Guille also enjoys reading (from the widest range of genres but especially comic fiction) and theatre and has an appreciation for fine wine
Wine
Wine is an alcoholic beverage, made of fermented fruit juice, usually from grapes. The natural chemical balance of grapes lets them ferment without the addition of sugars, acids, enzymes, or other nutrients. Grape wine is produced by fermenting crushed grapes using various types of yeast. Yeast...
and food
Food
Food is any substance consumed to provide nutritional support for the body. It is usually of plant or animal origin, and contains essential nutrients, such as carbohydrates, fats, proteins, vitamins, or minerals...
. His latest passion is riding his motor scooter. Married in 1974, he and his wife Barbara have two children and two grandchildren.
Career
Before beginning his radio career, Guille worked for Nine NetworkNine Network
The Nine Network , is an Australian television network with headquarters based in Willoughby, a suburb located on the North Shore of Sydney. For 50 years since television's inception in Australia, between 1956 and 2006, it was the most watched television network in Australia...
and Batman Records and travelled overseas where he worked as a music journalist, silkscreen printer
Screen-printing
Screen printing is a printing technique that uses a woven mesh to support an ink-blocking stencil. The attached stencil forms open areas of mesh that transfer ink or other printable materials which can be pressed through the mesh as a sharp-edged image onto a substrate...
and photographer. He fulfilled his childhood ambition when he began his radio career with 3HA in Hamilton
Hamilton, Victoria
Hamilton is a city in western Victoria, Australia. It is located at the intersection of the Glenelg Highway and the Henty Highway...
in 1984. In 1987 he joined the ABC
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation, commonly referred to as "the ABC" , is Australia's national public broadcaster...
at the Horsham studios of 3WV/WL, presenting the local current affairs morning program before moving to the breakfast shift and regional manager. With the creation of the ABC's Bendigo studios in 1993 he moved to central Victoria to take up the challenge of building an audience for that new station as the breakfast program presenter and station manager.
After spending three years presenting the statewide afternoon program on 774 ABC Melbourne
774 ABC Melbourne
774 ABC Melbourne is an ABC Local Radio station in Melbourne, Australia. Originally known by its callsign 3LO, it began transmission on 13 October 1924 – Melbourne's second radio station after 3AR.-History:...
and ABC Local Radio
ABC Local Radio
ABC Local Radio is a network of publicly owned radio stations in Australia, operated by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.ABC Local Radio stations broadcast across the continent using terrestrial transmitters and satellites...
throughout Victoria and southern New South Wales, in 2003 Guille took over the reins of the Evenings program for Victoria. While the Evening Program was typical for ABC Local Radio, with a wide range of subjects covered by talkback or interviewed guests, his programs regularly featured live performances by musicians from around Australia as well as some of the best of the international artists on tour. Early in 2011 kd lang and the Siss Boom Bang performed a set live to air with an audience made up of 400 ABC listeners who had won tickets to attend.
In June 2011, Guille announced that he would be leaving the program and the ABC. He presented his final show on 22 September 2011 and is now working as a freelance MC and interviewer.