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The Edge FM
The Edge is a youth-oriented New Zealand entertainment brand consisting of a national radio network, a music television channel - The Edge TV, and an entertainment website. It is owned and operated by MediaWorks New Zealand. The station was founded in Hamilton in 1994 and is now based in Auckland; it broadcasts nationwide over multiple channels. Research International audience surveys suggest The Edge has approximately 581,200 listeners across all markets that are surveyed and the station makes up 7.0% of the New Zealand radio market. The network is most successful in Waikato, Rotorua and Nelson surveys and in the 15–19 and 10–14 female demographics, whereas rival station ZM is most popular with listeners aged between 20 and 34. The station's breakfast programme is number two in the ratings for nationwide commercial breakfast radio; its 240,000 listeners compare with 325,600 listeners for the top-rating Newstalk ZB. This compares with the non-commercial RNZ National wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Contemporary Hit Radio
Contemporary hit radio (also known as CHR, contemporary hits, hit list, current hits, hit music, top 40, or pop radio) is a radio format that is common in many countries that focuses on playing current and recurrent popular music as determined by the Top 40 music charts. There are several subcategories, dominantly focusing on rock, pop, or urban music. Used alone, ''CHR'' most often refers to the CHR-pop format. The term ''contemporary hit radio'' was coined in the early 1980s by ''Radio & Records'' magazine to designate Top 40 stations which continued to play hits from all musical genres as pop music splintered into Adult contemporary, Urban contemporary, Contemporary Christian and other formats. The term "top 40" is also used to refer to the actual list of hit songs, and, by extension, to refer to pop music in general. The term has also been modified to describe top 50; top 30; top 20; top 10; hot 100 (each with its number of songs) and hot hits radio formats, but carrying more ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ThreeLife
Three ( mi, Toru), stylized as +HR=E, is a New Zealand nationwide television channel. Launched on 26 November 1989 as TV3, it was New Zealand's first privately owned television channel. The channel currently broadcasts nationally (with regional advertising targeting four markets) in digital free-to-air form via the state-owned Kordia on terrestrial and satellite. Vodafone also carries the channel for their cable subscribers in Wellington and Christchurch. It previously broadcast nationally on analogue television until that was switched off on 1 December 2013. Three is a general entertainment channel owned by Warner Bros. Discovery, with a significant news and current affairs element under the banner of Newshub. Three carries a significant amount of local content, most of which airs at prime-time. History Establishment Applications to apply for a warrant to operate New Zealand's third national television network opened in 1985. The Broadcasting Tribunal announced in 1987 tha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guy Williams (comedian)
Guy Malachi Jones Williams (born 19 September 1987) is a New Zealand comedian and television personality. Williams was a co-host on satirical news and entertainment television programme ''Jono and Ben'', until the show's end in 2018. In 2019, he began hosting '' New Zealand Today,'' a show detailing the lives and events of New Zealand towns and the people who live in them. Early life Williams was born in Christchurch to Gary and Roseanne Williams, and moved to Nelson when he was twelve months old. He attended primary school at St Joseph's School, and was educated at Nelson College from 2001 to 2005; in 2005 he travelled to Gallipoli with Prime Minister Helen Clark after winning a student essay competition. He was a member of the school's 'A' basketball team from 2003 to 2005.''Nelson College Old Boys' Register, 1856–2006'', 6th edition He attended Victoria University of Wellington, and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree majoring in political science in 2011. While at Vi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ben Boyce
Ben Boyce is a New Zealand television and radio personality and comedian best known as the host of TV shows ''Pulp Sport'', '' WANNA-BEn'' and ''Jono and Ben'' on TV3. Biography Boyce is a graduate of the New Zealand Broadcasting School at CPIT (now Ara Institute of Canterbury). He was also the co-founder of New Zealand political party the Bill and Ben Party, which ran for government in the 2008 New Zealand general election and received over 13,000 votes, making it New Zealand's ninth most popular political party (out of 19). Boyce started out writing radio commercials, such as the popular Novus Windscreens "Show Us Your Crack" jingle. He then moved on to radio announcing, creating ''Pulp Sport'' on Radio Sport and later doing the night show on The Rock FM. Boyce created and starred in seven series of ''Pulp Sport''. The show began as a small cult show made in a garden shed to become one of New Zealand's most successful comedy shows. The show ran for seven series on TV3, C4 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jono Pryor
Jonathan Richard "Jono" Pryor is a New Zealand radio and television personality best known as the cohost of ''Jono and Ben''. Pryor worked for The Rock radio station for over 15 years, before moving to The Edge in 2017 to cohost ''The Edge Afternoons with Jono, Ben & Sharyn'' with Ben Boyce and Sharyn Casey. Pryor starred in ''Amped'' and ''The Jono Project'' on C4, before he began co-hosting ''Jono and Ben at Ten'' on Three alongside Boyce in 2012. In 2015, the show moved to prime time at 7:30pm, re-branded as ''Jono and Ben''. The show was cancelled at the end of 2018. Pryor and Boyce now host the breakfast show on The Hits, and soon a TV show on TVNZ. Personal life Jono Pryor is married to Jennifer with whom he has two children, son Oscar John Pryor (born roughly 21 February 2010) and daughter Poppy Pryor (born 3 November 2012). See also * List of New Zealand television personalities This is a list of New Zealand television personalities, including presenters and journal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Cotton
Joanne Monique "Joe" Cotton, is a Canadian-born New Zealand pop singer who gained recognition as a member of the girl group TrueBliss, formed in 1999 on ''Popstars''. Cotton has since joined a cover band, The Mermaids Danceband. She has also worked as a radio presenter, for More FM and The Edge. Biography Cotton was born in Vancouver, Canada. She relocated with her family to Wellington, New Zealand in 1985. She has one brother, Paul Cotton, who was a member of popular kiwi Christian rock group, the Lads. Her niece, Hope Cotton, is also a prominent advocate within the Disability and LGBTQ+ spaces. She studied music throughout her time at Wellington Girls' College leaving at the start of her seventh form year to do a three-year diploma in Rock and Commercial music at Whitireia Community Polytechnic. Joe enjoyed performing from an early age and during fifth form her school choir attended the Australasian Choral Championships which they were the joint winners of. In late 1998 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sharyn Casey
Sharyn Mary-Ellen Casey ('' née'' Wakefield; born 24 December 1985) is a radio host on The Edge's drive show, '' The Edge Afternoons with Sharyn & Jayden'', a host on the New Zealand version of ''Dancing with the Stars'', and a celebrity panelist on ''The Masked Singer NZ''. She was previously one of Guy, Sharyn & Clint. Early life Casey was born on 24 December 1985 in Porirua, before moving to Waimate, where she attended Waimate Main School, and later Timaru, where she spent most of her childhood and attended Gleniti School. At 13, she moved to Christchurch, where she attended Avonside Girls' High School; she later moved to Wellington and attended Tawa College. From an early age, she was interested in radio and pop culture and music. She left school at the age of 15 and worked at Smiths City, and later at Woolworths supermarket for 6 months. While working in the signing tent for record store Sounds at Edgefest, she was inspired by Sounds marketing manager Shaun Joyce to pur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jason Reeves (radio Broadcaster)
Jason Reeves (born May 1976, Hastings) is a radio broadcaster and television presenter from New Zealand. He currently co-hosts the breakfast show on Coast. He has previously worked for other stations such as Auckland's Classic Hits 97.4, The Edge and for ZM . Career Reeves began his radio career in 1994 at the age of 18 after leaving Karamu High School, and worked on Hot 93FM in Hawkes Bay. He remained there until 1996, when he moved to another Hawkes Bay Station, Xtreme 100. In 1997, he moved to Hamilton to work on the then local station, The Edge, originally on the drive time show, but moved to the breakfast show with Jay-Jay Feeney in 1998. Reeves worked at The Edge as it progressed from a local Hamilton station to a nationwide network station based in Auckland, which happened in late 2001. At the end of 2004, Reeves left The Edge, reportedly as a result of a prank carried out by his breakfast co-hosts Jay-Jay Feeney and Dominic Harvey. Jay Jay and Dom started sending J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Puru
Mike Puru (born 20 August 1975) is a New Zealand TV host and former radio DJ. While previously working at radio station The Edge from 1995 until 2015, Puru then hosted the first two seasons of ''The Bachelor New Zealand'' on Three. Along with Mel Homer, , he co-hosted the morning television show '' The Cafe'' from 2016 until May 2020. Mike also hosts the afternoon show on The Hits radio station with Stacey Morrison and Anika Moa. Early life On 20 August 1975, Mike Puru was born in Gore, New Zealand. His family lived in the small town of Waikoikoi, New Zealand until he was nine years old. Puru attended St Peter's College in Gore from 1987 to 1993. Early career and education Puru started working in radio and television after he finished high school in 1993. Puru set up an hour-long radio show for St Peter's College to present weekly events from Invercargill. Mike also had involvement with the Gore Operatic Society and he played the lead role in West Otago Theatrical Soci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jay-Jay Feeney
Jay-Jay Feeney (previously Jay-Jay Harvey; born 28 March 1974) is a radio host on More FM's drive show, ''Jay-Jay & Flynny Driving You Home'', with Paul Flynn. She has spent the majority of her career at The Edge, mostly on its breakfast show, until she left in December 2017. Early life Feeney was born Jacqulyn-Joanne Barbara Feeney on 28 March 1974, to Robynne Andersen. She was born in Auckland, as the result of a brief fling. Her mother Robynne married Gary Feeney who brought her up as his own daughter. When she was 37 she found her birth father on Facebook. Career Feeney began her radio career doing six weeks of work experience at Energy FM in New Plymouth at the age of 15. Over the next two years, she helped out with station promotions. At one point, she donated $50 to charity to go on air with Heemi Hill on Radio Taranaki for half an hour, and ended up staying on air for four hours. She left school at the end of sixth form and studied towards a certificate in Media Stu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rova (app)
MediaWorks New Zealand is a New Zealand-based company specialising in radio, outdoor advertising and interactive media. It is jointly owned by U.S. company Oaktree Capital Management and out-of-home advertising company QMS. It operates nine national radio brands, twelve websites and one locally operated radio station. On 1 December 2020, MediaWorks sold its entire television division, MediaWorks TV to Discovery, Inc. and the subsidiary company, MediaWorks TV Limited was renamed Discovery NZ Limited (now Warner Bros. Discovery NZ Limited). History Television MediaWorks TV was created in 2004 following the merger of TVWorks and RadioWorks, and owned the nationwide free-to-air television channels TV3 and C4. On 7 September 2020, MediaWorks confirmed that it would be selling its entire television arm including Three, Bravo, The Edge TV, Breeze TV, streaming service ThreeNow, and current affairs service Newshub to Discovery, Inc. The acquisition of MediaWorks TV by Discovery ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Megan Mansell
Megan Mansell (née Annear; born 24 July 1990) is a New Zealand broadcaster. She is a co-host on '' The Edge Breakfast with Nickson, Meg & Eli''. Early life Mansell was born on 24 July 1990 in Lower Hutt. She studied at the New Zealand Broadcasting School at Ara Institute of Canterbury, in Christchurch, New Zealand. Career Mansell started her radio career co-hosting the breakfast show on Classic Hits in Queenstown. In 2013, she began hosting The Edge Workdays of Awesome on radio station The Edge David Howell Evans (born 8 August 1961), better known as the Edge or simply Edge,McCormick (2006), pp. 21, 23–24 is an English-born Irish musician, singer, and songwriter. He is best known as the lead guitarist, keyboardist, and backing voca .... In late 2017, she became a co-host of ''The Edge Breakfast with Dom, Meg & Randell'', with Dom Harvey and Clint Randell. In the 2020 New Zealand Radio Awards her team of breakfast hosts were finalists for Best Breakfast Show – M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
