Jason Reeves (radio broadcaster)
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Jason Reeves (born May 1976,
Career
Reeves began his radio career in 1994 at the age of 18 after leaving
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 Jason text messages from a prepay cellphone pretending to be a fan who had somehow managed to obtain Jason's number. Over 100 texts were sent and management of The Edge were aware of the prank. Jason left, filing a personal grievance against The Edge operators,
In February 2005, only three months after leaving The Edge, Reeves was given a job with opposition station
In November 2010 a decision was made by The Radio Network to terminate the contracts of breakfast hosts Andrew Dickens and Jacque Tucker on Auckland's Classic Hits 97.4. Reeves then became the new host of the breakfast show on Auckland's Classic Hits along with Stacey Morrison and Justin Brown. The reason given was that Andrew & Jacque's show was aiming at the 'wrong demographic'. The new line-up with Jason, Stacey and Justin also more directly targeted rival station More FM Auckland's breakfast show with Stu Tolan, Amber Peebles and Marc Ellis.
In 2014 TRN decided to rebrand all the Classic Hits stations as The Hits, targeting a different demographic. As a result, Reeves opted to finish working for the station, and his last show there was on 24 April, ending seven years of working for Classic Hits.
Afterwards, he was occasionally heard on
Television
Reeve's experience on radio led to a short television career in 2004 and 2005, co-hosting his own show on TV1 called Headliners, as well as voiceover work for other TV shows. At the end of 2005, his contract with TVNZ was terminated after Headliners was axed as part of a revamp of the TV1 News Service.[2]
In 2007, Reeves made a return to television, starring in a commercial for the We Want You Motor Group, and in 2008, Jason teamed up once again with Andrew Mulligan (who Jason worked with on ZM), as co-host on
See also
References
- ^ Spratt, Amanda (19 June 2005). "Reeves settles cellphone hoax case with CanWest". The New Zealand Herald. Archived from the original on 24 October 2012.
- ^ Trevett, Claire (25 November 2005). "TVNZ dumps low-rating entertainment show". The New Zealand Herald. Archived from the original on 24 October 2012.
- ^ Huse, Shannon (7 September 2008). "Don't take this lady for granted". The New Zealand Herald. Archived from the original on 24 October 2012.