ZM Morning Crew
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The ZM Morning Crew is the name of the team who present the morning show on the ZM
network. The show is presented by Pauline Gillespie
(Polly) and Grant Kereama
, and produced by Marc Peard who is more commonly known to the listeners as New Hot Guy. Polly and Grant are married.
In 2007 the Morning Crew won the Best Metropolitan Music Breakfast Hosts award at the New Zealand Radio Awards.
The Wellington based breakfast show hosted by Polly, Nick and Grant was networked into Palmerston North in 1997 when ZM launched in Palmerston North. The Palmerston North show was the same as the Wellington show with live voice breaks mostly tailored to the Wellington audience. In 2000 Polly, Nick and Grant went off the air in Palmerston North when all shows on ZM in Palmerston North were replaced with Auckland based shows.
In 2001 the Wellington based ZM breakfast show went nationwide, previously other regions had the Auckland based morning show hosted by Marcus Lush
this show did not rate that well so as a result the Wellington based show became the nationwide breakfast show. Originally ZM ran their breakfast show between 6AM and 9AM for all regions and then after 9AM the ZM Morning Crew would continue their show exclusively for Wellington only with other regions starting the workday show at 9AM, ZM chose to do this so that one hour of the show could still be treated as a local show for the Wellington audience.
At the start of 2004 ZM decided not to renew Nick's contract and the show was now presented by just Polly and Grant, Nick worked on the breakfast show on Wellington's More FM
between 2005 and 2008. Later in 2004 ZM ran a competition to find an extra for their show who would be known as their apprentice. The winner was Cam Bisley who was known as the 19 Year old virgin from the Hawkes Bay. Cam now takes on the role as the 'Out and About Guy' a role previously done by Nick although more recently Cam has less involvement with the ZM Morning Crew and spends more time as one of the ZM Wellington Black Thunder Drivers.
and Phil Gifford
. The show rated well in the Christchurch market and was networked into Dunedin when ZM launched in Dunedin as 96ZM in 1996. Si and Phil left ZM in April 1997 after being offered a large amount of money to work on local station 92 More FM at the same time More FM was started in Dunedin as 98 More FM and Si and Phils show was networked onto the station but shows on More FM in Dunedin during the daytime were local. Today Simon Barnett still presents the same show on More FM but his co-host is Gary McCormick, the show is no longer networked into Dunedin but was recently networked into Nelson.
(now More FM). Rik and Katrina were originally joined by Chuckie Shearer in 1997 until the middle of 1998 when Chuckie left to go to Christchurch's Classic Hits 97.7. After Chuckie left the 91ZM Christchurch drive host Jason Royal joined the show for a year as the third member of the crew. However Jason made a return to the drive show in 1999. Rik and Katrina's show was axed at the start of 2001 when ZM made a decision to close their Christchurch studio and network the Wellington breakfast show into Christchurch with other shows being based from Auckland. Rik accepted a job hosting the breakfast show on Classic Hits 97.7 in Christchurch and Katrina was also offered this position but instead took a job with Fifeshire FM
(now More FM) instead. Rik is now the programme director for The Breeze
in Christchurch and Katrina remains with More FM in Nelson.
was the host of the 91ZM Auckland breakfast show after ZM made a return to the Auckland region around 1996. The show was later networked to northern regions such as Rotorua and Hawkes Bay after ZM began expanding to these regions and in 2000 the show went nationwide replacing network shows in all regions except Wellington and Christchurch where these regions kept their local shows. The show rated poorly and as a result was axed at the start of 2001 when the Wellington Crew took place as the new nationwide breakfast show.
ZM (New Zealand)
ZM is a New Zealand contemporary hit radio network owned by The Radio Network. It broadcasts 19 markets throughout mainland New Zealand via terrestrial FM, and worldwide via the Internet. The network targets the 15–39 demographic specialises in a chart-music playlist of pop, rock, hip hop and dance...
network. The show is presented by Pauline Gillespie
Pauline Gillespie
Pauline "Polly" Gillespie is a radio host on the ZM Morning Crew on the ZM network. She co-hosts her morning show with her husband, Grant Kereama....
(Polly) and Grant Kereama
Grant Kereama
Grant Kereama is a radio host on the ZM Morning Crew on the ZM network. Kereama co-hosts his morning show with his wife Pauline Gillespie.During the early 1990s Kereama was a lottery host...
, and produced by Marc Peard who is more commonly known to the listeners as New Hot Guy. Polly and Grant are married.
In 2007 the Morning Crew won the Best Metropolitan Music Breakfast Hosts award at the New Zealand Radio Awards.
Show history
Polly and Grant first teamed up together in the early nineties along with Nick Tansley presenting their show exclusively on ZMFM in Wellington this was at a time when ZM in Wellington was live and local 24 hours and day and not networked to any other region. The show has always been a top rating show in the Wellington market and Polly and Grant have won awards at the New Zealand Radio Awards.The Wellington based breakfast show hosted by Polly, Nick and Grant was networked into Palmerston North in 1997 when ZM launched in Palmerston North. The Palmerston North show was the same as the Wellington show with live voice breaks mostly tailored to the Wellington audience. In 2000 Polly, Nick and Grant went off the air in Palmerston North when all shows on ZM in Palmerston North were replaced with Auckland based shows.
In 2001 the Wellington based ZM breakfast show went nationwide, previously other regions had the Auckland based morning show hosted by Marcus Lush
Marcus Lush
Marcus Lush is a television and radio presenter in New Zealand.He made his first forays into television in the 1990s as a reporter co-presenting TV2's Newsnight alongside Simon Dallow and Alison Mau, but it was a 2003 episode of travel show, Intrepid Journeys, that set him on a new broadcasting path...
this show did not rate that well so as a result the Wellington based show became the nationwide breakfast show. Originally ZM ran their breakfast show between 6AM and 9AM for all regions and then after 9AM the ZM Morning Crew would continue their show exclusively for Wellington only with other regions starting the workday show at 9AM, ZM chose to do this so that one hour of the show could still be treated as a local show for the Wellington audience.
At the start of 2004 ZM decided not to renew Nick's contract and the show was now presented by just Polly and Grant, Nick worked on the breakfast show on Wellington's More FM
More FM
MORE FM is a New Zealand radio network playing adult contemporary music or Pop music. It is operated by MediaWorks New Zealand.MORE FM broadcasts in 22 centres throughout New Zealand with local programming in most markets between 6am and 1pm and networked programming the rest of the day...
between 2005 and 2008. Later in 2004 ZM ran a competition to find an extra for their show who would be known as their apprentice. The winner was Cam Bisley who was known as the 19 Year old virgin from the Hawkes Bay. Cam now takes on the role as the 'Out and About Guy' a role previously done by Nick although more recently Cam has less involvement with the ZM Morning Crew and spends more time as one of the ZM Wellington Black Thunder Drivers.
Previous ZM Morning Shows
While Polly and Grant have presented their show to the Wellington audience since the 1990s other region previously had their own local shows or a network show.Si and Phil (Christchurch)
During the 1990s the ZM Morning Crew on 91ZM Christchurch was hosted by Simon BarnettSimon Barnett
Simon Barnett is a radio and television host and presenter in New Zealand.Barnett currently co-hosts the morning show on Christchurch radio station 92 More FM with Gary McCormick, and previously with Phil Gifford...
and Phil Gifford
Phil Gifford
Phil Gifford is a New Zealand sportswriter and broadcaster. He has his own rugby radio show Front Row on Radio Sport from 8 to 10am on Saturdays. He writes a weekly column in the country's highest circulation weekend paper, the Sunday Star Times, and is a contributing editor to North & South magazine...
. The show rated well in the Christchurch market and was networked into Dunedin when ZM launched in Dunedin as 96ZM in 1996. Si and Phil left ZM in April 1997 after being offered a large amount of money to work on local station 92 More FM at the same time More FM was started in Dunedin as 98 More FM and Si and Phils show was networked onto the station but shows on More FM in Dunedin during the daytime were local. Today Simon Barnett still presents the same show on More FM but his co-host is Gary McCormick, the show is no longer networked into Dunedin but was recently networked into Nelson.
Rik and Katrina (Christchurch)
Rik van Dyke and Katrina Smith were the hosts of the ZM Morning Crew on 91ZM Christchurch between 1997 and 2001 after Si and Phil left. Their show was also networked onto 96ZM Dunedin and 96ZM Invercargill. Previously Rik and Katrina had worked together as the morning hosts on Taranaki's Energy FMEnergy FM
Energy FM is the brand name of several radio stations:* Energy FM * Energy FM * Energy FM * Energy FM * Energy FM * Energy FM * Energy FM * NRJ Russia, also known as Energy FM...
(now More FM). Rik and Katrina were originally joined by Chuckie Shearer in 1997 until the middle of 1998 when Chuckie left to go to Christchurch's Classic Hits 97.7. After Chuckie left the 91ZM Christchurch drive host Jason Royal joined the show for a year as the third member of the crew. However Jason made a return to the drive show in 1999. Rik and Katrina's show was axed at the start of 2001 when ZM made a decision to close their Christchurch studio and network the Wellington breakfast show into Christchurch with other shows being based from Auckland. Rik accepted a job hosting the breakfast show on Classic Hits 97.7 in Christchurch and Katrina was also offered this position but instead took a job with Fifeshire FM
Fifeshire FM
Fifeshire FM was a New Zealand radio station owned by RadioWorks. The station broadcast on 93.0FM in Nelson, 92.0FM in Motueka & Takaka and 94.1FM in Murchison....
(now More FM) instead. Rik is now the programme director for The Breeze
The Breeze (New Zealand)
The Breeze is a group of New Zealand easy-listening radio stations owned by RadioWorks, a MediaWorks New Zealand company. The Breeze plays easy-listening music from the 1970s to the present day, aimed at a 35–54 year old female audience...
in Christchurch and Katrina remains with More FM in Nelson.
Jaala and Sandy (Northland and Waikato)
Jaala Dyer and Sandy Antipas were the hosts of the ZM Morning Crew in Northland and Waikato during the late nineties. The show originated on Whangarei's 93ZM as a local breakfast show when ZM started in Northland, the show was moved to Hamilton and networked back to Whangarei in 1998 to 1999 with local 'out and about' content provided by Andrew Hepworth in Waikato and Dave Smart in Northland. Both shows were replaced with the Auckland based breakfast show in 2000.Marcus Lush
Marcus LushMarcus Lush
Marcus Lush is a television and radio presenter in New Zealand.He made his first forays into television in the 1990s as a reporter co-presenting TV2's Newsnight alongside Simon Dallow and Alison Mau, but it was a 2003 episode of travel show, Intrepid Journeys, that set him on a new broadcasting path...
was the host of the 91ZM Auckland breakfast show after ZM made a return to the Auckland region around 1996. The show was later networked to northern regions such as Rotorua and Hawkes Bay after ZM began expanding to these regions and in 2000 the show went nationwide replacing network shows in all regions except Wellington and Christchurch where these regions kept their local shows. The show rated poorly and as a result was axed at the start of 2001 when the Wellington Crew took place as the new nationwide breakfast show.