He attended Newington College (1981–1986)[1] and after completing the Higher School Certificate obtained a Bachelor of Economics degree from Macquarie University.
When he moved north to Coast Rock FM in Gosford, New South Wales he started presenting music and news.
In his early career at 2UE he was the executive producer for John Laws in the 9AM – 12noon shift, with an on-air role as well, first as a character called PG (Proto-Genii) where his voice was phased through a synthesizer giving it a robotic sound.
When John Laws retired from 2UE at the end of 2007, Bocking was briefly considered as a replacement in the shift but lost out to Steve Price who was transferred from Southern Cross Broadcasting's network station 3AW in Melbourne in 2002 (initially to replace Alan Jones after his move to 2GB) where he was top rating and had his own column in the Herald Sun.
After Steve Price left 2UE at the end of 2009 to join MTR – the new talk station in Melbourne half owned by the owners of 2GB – Bocking was brought in to do the 9AM – 12noon shift on 2UE.