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MediaWorks New Zealand 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 n ...
brand, composed of personalities Guy Williams, Sharyn Casey and Clint Roberts. The trio hosted
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 ...
drive show ''The Edge Afternoons with Guy, Sharyn & Clint'', Saturday show ''The Edge Fat 40 with Guy, Sharyn & Clint'', and
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television programme ''The Xtra Factor'', a follow-up programme of the second New Zealand series of ''
The X Factor ''The X Factor'' is a television music competition franchise created by British producer Simon Cowell and his company Syco Entertainment. It originated in the United Kingdom, where it was devised as a replacement for ''Pop Idol'' (2001–2003 ...
''. The brand was discontinued at the end of 2016, when Guy Williams and Clint Roberts left The Edge. Their former drive slot was filled by ''The Edge Afternoons with Jono, Ben & Sharyn''.


Personalities


Guy Williams

Guy Williams is a New Zealand comedian and radio and television personality. His only previous work at The Edge was in December 2013, when he co-hosted the breakfast show with Sharyn Casey (and later, Clint Roberts) to fill in for Jay-Jay, Mike & Dom. He also co-hosts
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satirical show ''
Jono and Ben ''Jono and Ben'', previously titled ''Jono and Ben at Ten'', was a satirical news and entertainment show hosted by Jono Pryor and Ben Boyce in New Zealand. The show aired on Three on Thursday nights at 7:30pm, and was filmed the night before ...
'' and narrated ''
Come Dine with Me New Zealand ''Come Dine with Me New Zealand'' was a New Zealand television reality programme based on the UK's '' Come Dine with Me''. Narrated by comedian Guy Williams, it premiered on TV3 on 15 June 2015, with the final episode airing on 7 August 2015. Orig ...
''.


Sharyn Casey

Sharyn Casey is a radio and television personality. After working in retail since dropping out of high school the age of 15, she started working in radio in 2004. She has worked for The Edge since 2006, when she won the "Quit Your Day Job" promotion. Previously, she has co-hosted other radio shows on The Edge, as well as television shows '' Four Live'' on
Four 4 (four) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 3 and preceding 5. It is the smallest semiprime and composite number, and is considered unlucky in many East Asian cultures. In mathematics Four is the smallest c ...
, the New Zealand version of ''Dancing with the Stars'' on
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, and ''The Music Lab'' on The Edge TV.


Clint Roberts

Clinton Paul "Clint" Roberts (born 1 February 1987 in Rotorua, New Zealand) is a New Zealand radio host. He currently cohosts ZM's drive show, '' Bree & Clint'', with Bree Tomasel. He worked at
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 ...
from 2006 through 2016, and at
George FM George FM is a New Zealand dance music radio station, owned and operated by MediaWorks from its Hargreaves Street headquarters and relayed on Freeview and radio frequencies around New Zealand. Its seventy-five regular presenters and additional ...
from 2017 through March 2018.


Early life

Roberts grew up in
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. He attended the New Zealand Broadcasting School in Christchurch, but dropped out before completing his degree.


Career

Roberts started working at The Edge in 2006. His roles have included cohosting shows and being the assistant programme director. After filling in on the breakfast show at the end of 2013 with Guy Williams and
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 panel ...
, they started hosting ''
The Edge Afternoons with Guy, Sharyn & Clint Guy, Sharyn & Clint was a MediaWorks New Zealand brand, composed of personalities Guy Williams, Sharyn Casey and Clint Roberts. The trio hosted The Edge drive show ''The Edge Afternoons with Guy, Sharyn & Clint'', Saturday show ''The Edge Fat 40 ...
'' and ''
The Edge Fat 40 with Guy, Sharyn & Clint Guy, Sharyn & Clint was a MediaWorks New Zealand brand, composed of personalities Guy Williams, Sharyn Casey and Clint Roberts. The trio hosted The Edge drive show ''The Edge Afternoons with Guy, Sharyn & Clint'', Saturday show ''The Edge Fat 40 ...
'' from 2014. In 2015, he hosted ''Hot Right Now'' on The Edge TV and cohosted '' The Xtra Factor'' with Williams and Casey. He began cohosting the breakfast show on
George FM George FM is a New Zealand dance music radio station, owned and operated by MediaWorks from its Hargreaves Street headquarters and relayed on Freeview and radio frequencies around New Zealand. Its seventy-five regular presenters and additional ...
in 2017 with Kara Rickard and Pax Assadi; he then cohosted with Rickard and
Tammy Davis Tammy Davis is a New Zealand actor, best known for his role as Munter on the hit New Zealand comedy-drama '' Outrageous Fortune''. He grew up in Raetihi, New Zealand. In August 2021, it was announced that he would feature in the 2021 Season of C ...
, until he left in March 2018. In July 2018, he began cohosting '' Bree & Clint'' with Bree Tomasel. He has been MC for, among others, music festivals The Future Music Festival and
Rhythm & Vines Rhythm and Vines (commonly known as R&V, RnV or Rhythm) is an annual music festival held at Waiohika Estate vineyard, northwest of Gisborne, New Zealand. The festival began in 2003 and was held for the one day of New Year's Eve until 2008 wh ...
.


Personal life

Roberts married magazine editor Lucy Slight in March 2018. They have two daughters, Tui Grace Aroha Roberts, born on 11 July 2019, and Maggie, born 27 March 2021. They also have two
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cats, Ziggy and Bowie (after singer
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).


''The Edge Afternoons with Guy, Sharyn & Clint''

''The Edge Afternoons with Guy, Sharyn & Clint'' was broadcast on
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 ...
from 3 pm through 7 pm on weekdays. Debuting on 20 January 2014, it was formed after the hosts of The Edge's previous afternoon show, Carl Fletcher and Vaughan Smith, quit to work at rival station ZM's breakfast show ''Fletch, Vaughan & Megan''. The last show was broadcast on 23 December 2016. It was replaced in 2017 by ''The Edge Afternoons with Jono, Ben & Sharyn'', hosted by Sharyn Casey and
Jono and Ben ''Jono and Ben'', previously titled ''Jono and Ben at Ten'', was a satirical news and entertainment show hosted by Jono Pryor and Ben Boyce in New Zealand. The show aired on Three on Thursday nights at 7:30pm, and was filmed the night before ...
's
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 Afte ...
and
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 CP ...
. Chang Hung produced the show from its inception until March 2016, when he was replaced by Oscar Jackson. Jackson continued to produce the show until its ending in December 2016. Hourly news headlines were read live by
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 Broadc ...
, host of ''The Edge Workday of Awesome'' and ''Takeaways'', from the show's inception until March 2016, when she was replaced by pre-recorded headlines read by
Newshub ''Newshub'' (stylised as ''Newshub.'') is a New Zealand news service that airs on the television channels Three and Eden, as well as on digital platforms. It formerly operated across radio stations run by MediaWorks Radio until December 202 ...
's Glen. The radio show was rated the top radio drive show in New Zealand by a 2014 market survey and received approximately 227,300 listeners every week as of 2014. It was The Edge's most successful drive show. As well as being broadcast on The Edge's FM frequencies throughout New Zealand, the show was streamed live via the internet on The Edge's website and its Android and iOS apps. The show, without the music, news or advertisements, is published as a podcast.


''The Edge Fat 40 with Guy, Sharyn & Clint''

''The Edge Fat 40 with Guy, Sharyn & Clint'' was broadcast on
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 ...
from 2 pm through 5 pm on Saturdays. It featured a countdown of the 40 biggest songs, as calculated by a mixture of online music rating website musiclab.net.nz and votes for that week's '' Smash! 20''. Unlike their weekday show, ''The Edge Fat 40'' is not available as a podcast, as voice breaks were mostly filled with discussion about just played or upcoming songs, or current promotions.


''The Xtra Factor''


References


External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Guy, Sharyn and Clint The Edge (radio station)