Polly Gillespie
Polly Gillespie | |
|---|---|
| Born | Pauline Gillespie |
| Spouse | Grant Kereama 1989–2016 |
| Career | |
| Show | The Polly and Grant Show |
| Station(s) | More FM, rova |
| Network | MediaWorks New Zealand |
| Time slot | 6–10am Monday – Saturday on More FM, 6–9am Weekdays on rova |
| Style | Disc jockey, comedian |
| Country | New Zealand |
| Website | www |
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 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.
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]
References
- ^ "Polly and Grant reveal new all-day breakfast radio show". Newshub. 25 June 2017. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
- ^ "Twelve Questions: Polly Gillespie". The New Zealand Herald. 30 April 2014. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Polly Gillespie and Grant Kereama announce definitive departure from The Hits". The New Zealand Herald. 24 March 2017. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
- ^ "MediaWorks redundancies: More FM's Polly Gillespie, Grant Kereama confirm job losses". The New Zealand Herald. 7 June 2020. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Kidd, Rob (12 May 2021). "The Misadventures of Polly Gillespie". Otago Daily Times. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
- ^ Gillespie, Polly (10 July 2016). "Polly Gillespie: New Zealand no longer land of opportunity". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
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