Mieke Buchan

Mieke Buchan (pronounced me-ka) is an Australian television and radio presenter, writer and producer, born in Brisbane (Australia). She has covered major events including: The Olympics, the US Open Tennis, 5 Super Bowls, Formula One, the Red Bull Air Race World Championship and the Oscars.

Career 1999 Buchan became widely known in Australia for hosting the weekend edition of SBS One's Toyota World Sport, During this time, Buchan also hosted Australian road-trip travel series, Making Tracks. The series aired nationally on Channel 10, on Saturday afternoons. During this period, she was a weekly segment contributor on Channel 10 morning show Dave and Kim, in which she debated and discussed the topical news stories of the day.

2012–2015 Buchan co-hosted BigPond's sports panel chat show SportsFan Clubhouse, with Bill Woods, Matt Bourke, Brad Fittler and special guests from the world of international and Australian sports. This aired live Monday – Thursday, 8pm. She also became a weekly contributor to the Channel Seven's Morning "Show Buzz" segment, in which she again shared views and opinions on the topical news stories of the day.

In August 2012 Buchan opened the doors of TV and online content production company, Randomonium Pictures (www.randomonium.com.au). This collective of media professionals produced and directed TV and online projects for a range of travel, banking, technology and sports clients. The doors closed in 2017 when Buchan's talk back radio commitments took over.

2013 Big Pond Movies appointed Buchan as the host of their movie preview and interview programming. Her first interview was with Thor's Tom Hiddleston (Loki) for the release of Thor: The Dark World. Other interviewees include; Chris Hemsworth, Dwayne Johnson, and Kit Harington from Game of Thrones.

Mieke also joined the cast of ABC Grandstand's quirky podcast series, "The Left Field".

2016 From 2016 she began contributing to Bill Wood's 2UE radio Drive program in a sports segment called "Buchan the Trend"

2017 Mieke joined Macquarie Radio on a more regular basis, contributing to 2UE'/Talking Lifestyle and filling as a co-host on Drive. In the summer of 2017-2018 she co-hosted 5 weeks of Breakfast radio on the network with Rob Duckworth.

2018 2UE/Talking Lifestyle became Macquarie Sports Radio and Buchan was offered the Monday to Friday Afternoon show hosting role. She co-hosted midday-4pm for the following 9 months and then moved to midday-2pm Monday to Friday + Saturday Mornings 7am – 1pm. These programs were loosely based around sports news and events but also highlighted Mieke's trademark humour and off-the-cuff style. She also co-hosted several weeks of Summer Breakfast and Drive throughout the year. In August 2018 she did an outside broadcast while running the Sydney City to Surf fun run.

2019

She also appeared as a guest contributor on programs including Channel Ten's "The Project" and 3AW Drive with Tom Elliot.

Macquarie Sports Radio was taken over by Nine Radio in December 2019 at which time Mieke left the network.

2020 Buchan founded community-focussed media advisory and content creation collective "The Get Good" www.thegetgood.com – while working on her Psychology degree at the University of Tasmania. She is regularly called up to ghost-write speeches for prominent community and sporting figures.

Throughout her career, Mieke has continued her work as a contract brand and media consultant, an area she specialised in prior to TV and radio broadcasting. She has produced major national and international branded content projects and has assisted numerous community and charity groups (including The Murdoch Children's Research Institute and the McGrath Foundation) with their communication and campaign needs.

Awards and nominations

In 2003, she was nominated for a Logie Award in the Most Popular New Talent (Female) category.