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| timeslot = 6–10am Monday - Saturday on [[More FM]], 6–9am Weekdays on [[rova (app)|rova]]
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'''Pauline "Polly" Gillespie''' is a [[New Zealand]] radio host, formerly on [[More FM]]. She co-hosted on ''[[The Polly and Grant Show]]'' Saturday mornings from 6-10am and the All-Day Breakfast show on [[rova (app)|rova]] with her ex-husband, [[Grant Kereama]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newshub.co.nz/home/entertainment/2017/06/polly-and-grant-reveal-new-all-day-breakfast-radio-show.html |title=Polly and Grant reveal new all-day breakfast radio show|work=[[MediaWorks New Zealand|Mediaworks]]|date=25 June 2017|accessdate=1 July 2017}}</ref>
'''Pauline "Polly" Gillespie''' is a [[New Zealand]] radio presenter. She co-hosted on ''[[The Polly and Grant Show]]'' Saturday mornings from 6-10am and the All-Day Breakfast show on [[rova (app)|Rova]] with her ex-husband, [[Grant Kereama]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/entertainment/2017/06/polly-and-grant-reveal-new-all-day-breakfast-radio-show.html |title=Polly and Grant reveal new all-day breakfast radio show|work=[[Newshub]] |date=25 June 2017|accessdate=1 July 2017}}</ref>


Gillespie and Kereama hosted the [[ZM (New Zealand)|ZM]] breakfast show from 1991 to 2014, making them the longest serving breakfast duo in New Zealand. The show rated well in [[Wellington]], and enjoyed success across New Zealand.
Gillespie and Kereama hosted the [[ZM (New Zealand)|ZM]] breakfast show from 1991 to 2014, making them the longest-serving breakfast duo in New Zealand. The show rated well in [[Wellington]], and enjoyed success across New Zealand after it was launched nationwide in 2001.


On 28 April 2014, Gillespie and her ex-husband launched a new show on [[The Hits (radio station)|The Hits]],<ref>{{cite news |title=Twelve Questions: Polly Gillespie |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/twelve-questions-polly-gillespie/VWGY3QPKABXCWRXU5KHTPW6IPI/ |access-date=30 May 2021 |work=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |date=30 April 2014}}</ref> owned by NZME.<ref name="NZ Herald 2020">{{cite news |title=More FM's Polly Gillespie and Grant Kereama among MediaWorks cost-cut proposals |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/more-fms-polly-gillespie-and-grant-kereama-among-mediaworks-cost-cut-proposals/SIRBQFNDUXEYBLI37J5UQTLZRE/ |access-date=30 May 2021 |work=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |date=28 May 2020}}</ref> They left The Hits in 2017,<ref>{{cite news |title=Polly Gillespie and Grant Kereama announce definitive departure from The Hits |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/polly-gillespie-and-grant-kereama-announce-definitive-departure-from-the-hits/V5QCNFTO7SLOVL7XKHOMERTWK4/ |access-date=30 May 2021 |work=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |date=24 March 2017}}</ref> and moved to a Wellington weekday breakfast show on More FM that ended in June 2020.<ref name="NZ Herald 2020"/><ref>{{cite news |title=MediaWorks redundancies: More FM's Polly Gillespie, Grant Kereama confirm job losses |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/mediaworks-redundancies-more-fms-polly-gillespie-grant-kereama-confirm-job-losses/NHUBHO6ZIK26OKN6DREPOMBDWI/ |access-date=30 May 2021 |work=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |date=7 June 2020}}</ref>
On 28 April 2014, Gillespie and her ex-husband launched a new radio station called [[The Hits (radio station)|The Hits]], which replaced the Classic Hits station.<ref>{{cite press release|url=http://www.classichits.co.nz/whatshot/the-hits-media-release-classic-hits|title=The Hits Official Media Release|publisher=TheRadioNetwork|date=15 April 2014|accessdate=15 April 2014|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20140415032213/http://www.classichits.co.nz/whatshot/the-hits-media-release-classic-hits|archivedate=15 April 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> Traditionally Classic Hits had locally produced breakfast programming, but moved to a nationwide breakfast broadcast in the rebrand.


Gillespie also wrote an [[advice column|agony aunt]] column for ''Woman's Day New Zealand'' until the magazine closed in April 2020.<ref name="Molyneux 2020">{{cite news |last1=Molyneux |first1=Vita |title='It's not the end': Polly Gillespie opens up after More FM job cut |url=https://www.msn.com/en-nz/news/national/its-not-the-end-polly-gillespie-opens-up-after-more-fm-job-cut/ar-BB15bxPz |access-date=30 May 2021 |work=MSN |agency=[[Newshub]] |date=6 August 2020}}</ref> She has written an autobiography,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lee |first1=Julian |title=Radio host Polly Gillespie's autobiography journey an emotional rollercoaster of self-reflection |url=https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/radio-host-polly-gillespie-s-autobiography-journey-emotional-rollercoaster-self-reflection |access-date=30 May 2021 |work=1 News |agency=[[Seven Sharp]] |date=6 April 2021}}</ref> titled ''The Misadventures of Polly Gillespie''.<ref name="Kidd 2021">{{cite news |last1=Kidd |first1=Rob |title=The Misadventures of Polly Gillespie |url=https://www.odt.co.nz/entertainment/books/misadventures-polly-gillespie |access-date=30 May 2021 |work=[[Otago Daily Times]] |date=12 May 2021}}</ref> She had previously outlined her family history in an opinion article published in ''[[The New Zealand Herald]]'' in 2016.<ref name="Gillespie 2016">{{cite news |last1=Gillespie |first1=Polly |title=Polly Gillespie: New Zealand no longer land of opportunity |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/polly-gillespie-new-zealand-no-longer-land-of-opportunity/6L4FWUY6UUBTEFK6SJE7O7SUIE/ |access-date=30 May 2021 |work=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |date=10 July 2016}}</ref>
Gillespie also writes an [[advice column|agony aunt]] column for ''[[Woman's Day New Zealand]]''.


In November 2021, Gillespie was announced as part of the lineup for MediaWorks' brand new talk radio network, [[Today FM (New Zealand)|Today FM]] which launched in March 2022 but ceased broadcasting a year later.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-11-10|title=Mark Richardson, Polly Gillespie join MediaWorks' unnamed talk radio station|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/tv-radio/126956965/mark-richardson-polly-gillespie-join-mediaworks-unnamed-talk-radio-station|access-date=2021-11-11|website=Stuff|language=en}}</ref> Gillespie was retained by station owners Mediaworks to present a series of short-form podcasts, under the brand name ''The Polly Podcast Network'', which launched in June 2023 and ended in early 2024.<ref>[https://www.rova.nz/home/podcasts/the-polly-podcast-network.html The Polly Podcast Network], rovz.nz, 1 June 2023</ref>
[[David Hartnell]] described Gillespie's [[fashion|dress style]] as "like a working man's [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]],"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/22117|title=What the Kiwi gossip mags say|work=[[Stuff.co.nz]]|date=5 November 2007|archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/5q8KtmHlX?url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/22117|archivedate=31 May 2010|accessdate=31 May 2010|url-status=live}}</ref> and in 2008, Gillespie was listed as one of the worst-dressed New Zealanders.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/fashion/558286|title=Clark and Key lose in style clash|work=[[New Zealand Press Association]]|publisher=[[Stuff.co.nz]]|date=31 July 2008|archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/5q8LDZtH1?url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/fashion/558286|archivedate=31 May 2010|accessdate=31 May 2010|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite press release|url=http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU0807/S00571.htm|title=Clark too constrained, Key's pretty conservative|publisher=Flair Image|date=31 July 2008|accessdate=31 May 2010}}</ref>

Kereama and Gillespie left The Hits in 2017, and later moved to More FM, before being made redundant in 2020.


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Latest revision as of 06:20, 18 November 2024

Polly Gillespie
Born
Pauline Gillespie
SpouseGrant Kereama 1989–2016
Career
ShowThe Polly and Grant Show
Station(s)More FM, rova, Today FM
NetworkMediaWorks New Zealand
Time slot6–10am Monday – Saturday on More FM, 6–9am Weekdays on rova
StyleDisc jockey, comedian
CountryNew Zealand
Websitewww.morefm.co.nz/home/shows/polly---grant-on-more-fm.html [dead link‍]

Pauline "Polly" Gillespie is a New Zealand radio presenter. She co-hosted on The Polly and Grant Show Saturday mornings from 6-10am and the All-Day Breakfast show on Rova with her ex-husband, Grant Kereama.[1]

Gillespie and Kereama hosted the ZM breakfast show from 1991 to 2014, making them the longest-serving breakfast duo in New Zealand. The show rated well in Wellington, and enjoyed success across New Zealand after it was launched nationwide in 2001.

On 28 April 2014, Gillespie and her ex-husband launched a new show on The Hits,[2] owned by NZME.[3] They left The Hits in 2017,[4] and moved to a Wellington weekday breakfast show on More FM that ended in June 2020.[3][5]

Gillespie also wrote an agony aunt column for Woman's Day New Zealand until the magazine closed in April 2020.[6] She has written an autobiography,[7] titled The Misadventures of Polly Gillespie.[8] She had previously outlined her family history in an opinion article published in The New Zealand Herald in 2016.[9]

In November 2021, Gillespie was announced as part of the lineup for MediaWorks' brand new talk radio network, Today FM which launched in March 2022 but ceased broadcasting a year later.[10] Gillespie was retained by station owners Mediaworks to present a series of short-form podcasts, under the brand name The Polly Podcast Network, which launched in June 2023 and ended in early 2024.[11]

References

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  1. ^ "Polly and Grant reveal new all-day breakfast radio show". Newshub. 25 June 2017. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
  2. ^ "Twelve Questions: Polly Gillespie". The New Zealand Herald. 30 April 2014. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
  3. ^ a b "More FM's Polly Gillespie and Grant Kereama among MediaWorks cost-cut proposals". The New Zealand Herald. 28 May 2020. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
  4. ^ "Polly Gillespie and Grant Kereama announce definitive departure from The Hits". The New Zealand Herald. 24 March 2017. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
  5. ^ "MediaWorks redundancies: More FM's Polly Gillespie, Grant Kereama confirm job losses". The New Zealand Herald. 7 June 2020. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
  6. ^ Molyneux, Vita (6 August 2020). "'It's not the end': Polly Gillespie opens up after More FM job cut". MSN. Newshub. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
  7. ^ Lee, Julian (6 April 2021). "Radio host Polly Gillespie's autobiography journey an emotional rollercoaster of self-reflection". 1 News. Seven Sharp. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
  8. ^ Kidd, Rob (12 May 2021). "The Misadventures of Polly Gillespie". Otago Daily Times. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
  9. ^ Gillespie, Polly (10 July 2016). "Polly Gillespie: New Zealand no longer land of opportunity". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
  10. ^ "Mark Richardson, Polly Gillespie join MediaWorks' unnamed talk radio station". Stuff. 10 November 2021. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  11. ^ The Polly Podcast Network, rovz.nz, 1 June 2023


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