Polly Gillespie

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Polly Gillespie
Born
Pauline Gillespie
Spouse
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

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

  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