Mickie de Stoop

Mickie de Stoop is an Australian former radio and television presenter.^[1]

Mickie de Stoop
Born	Michele de Stoop
Occupation(s)	television journalist and radio presenter
Years active	1974 to present
Known for	hosting television shows produced and presented by women for women
Television	No Man's Land, Shoulder to Shoulder

She is credited with helping improve the representation of female journalists on Australian television by hosting daytime current affairs programs in the 1970's that were produced and presented solely by women, including No Man's Land on GTV-9 and Shoulder to Shoulder on ATV-0.^[2]

Television

Starting as a reporter on No Man's Land when it launched in March 1974, de Stoop succeeded the original host Tanya Halesworth.^[3][4] After the program was moved to another timeslot which producer Robyn Miller later described as "unworkable" and was also challenged by censorship, it was axed in 1976.^[2]

In 1976, a photograph of de Stoop appeared on the front cover of the Christmas edition of Melbourne's Sunday Observer TV magazine.^[5]

De Stoop then hosted a program called Shoulder to Shoulder from 1977 to 1978 on ATV-0 but after the show was forced by management to be a light entertainment program rather than a current affairs program, it too was axed.^[2]

In 1988, de Stoop was part of the ambitious national Australia Live - Celebration of a Nation telecast, which was held as part of the Australian Bicentenary.^[6] Her role during the telecast was to do a live cross from the Victorian High Country.^[6]

De Stoop was one of the many former GTV-9 personalities invited back to the original studios in Richmond in 2010 for a special farewell celebration prior to the building being demolished to make way for a new apartment complex.^[7][8]

Radio

De Stoop has had a successful career as a radio presenter.

Throughout her career, de Stoop worked at a variety of radio stations including 2GB, 3DB, 2KY, and 2NC.^{[9][10][11][12][13][14][15]}

Legacy

In 2014, entertainment reporter Peter Ford listed de Stoop as being one of five people in the Australian entertainment industry he personally believed to be a national living treasure.^[16] Despite describing his choice as "radical" and declaring his friendship with de Stoop, Ford said he named her in his list of five due to her pivotal role in hosting television programs that were presented by and for women which covered issues that weren't usually discussed on television at that time.^[16]

References

1. Ellard, Glenn (12 November 2012). "Media high fliers put region in the picture". South Coast Register. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
2. Baker, Jeannine. "The women who made Australian TV (Part 4: Women's and Children's Programs)". National Film and Sound Archive of Australia. Australian Government. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
3. Kusko, Julie (20 March 1974). "The women of No Man's Land". The Australian Women's Weekly. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
4. Musgrove, Nan (27 August 1975). "No man's land". The Australian Women's Weekly. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
5. "Merry Christmas, '76 style". Television.AU. 3 December 2007. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
6. Middleton, Karen (28 December 1987). "No escape from the celebration of a nation". The Canberra Times. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
7. Knox, David (24 November 2010). "Stars come out for Nine farewell". TV Tonight. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
8. Knox, David (29 November 2010). "Gallery: Lights, Cameras, Party!". TV Tonight. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
9. "2GB's The Garden Clinic celebrates 40 years on-air". Mediaweek. 9 April 2020. Retrieved 29 December 2022. "I had been appearing every Wednesday on Mickie De Stoop's afternoon show..."
10. "Guess whose sexy voice is about to come back to 2GB NewsTalk 87 (advertisement)". The Sun-Herald. 23 January 1983. Tomorrow, Mickie de Stoop returns to afternoons on 2GB News Talk 87
11. Newton, Bert (1986). "3DB, The New Beginning television commercial". Melbourne, Victoria. I'd like you to meet the new faces behind the new beginning... and our mid-morning star is Mickie de Stoop
12. "Casey to be sacked from 2KY". The Canberra Times. 7 April 1988. Retrieved 29 December 2022. Micki de Stoop is to take Mr. Casey's place temporarily
13. "Bob Hawke interview with Mickie de Stoop, ABC RADIO NEWCASTLE". PM Transcripts. Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 15 August 1989. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
14. "Bob Hawke interview with Mickie de Stoop, ABC RADIO NEWCASTLE". PM Transcripts. Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 12 February 1990. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
15. Long, Ash (28 October 2015). "Melbourne's own 3DB". Melbourne Observer. p. 2. Retrieved 29 December 2022. The 3DB roll call included... Mickie de Stoop
16. Knox, David (20 August 2014). "Presenting our National Living TV Treasures…". TV Tonight. Retrieved 29 December 2022.