After 33 years in the radio industry, Jay-Jay Feeney will hang up her headphones when she hosts her final show on More FM this afternoon.
Her final link is before 6pm.
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Ahh yes, being a kid in the 90s hearing it on the way home from the town pool on a Sunday afternoon 
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Good news re Sarah Gandy, sheâs quite talented and I thought it was a waste when she left radio.
Saw Heather Keats saying her farewell on Newshubâs last bulletin tonight, I wonder if she wishes sheâd stayed at The Sound now? Sheâd probably still be there. I hope that the ex-Newshub staff get snapped up, some real good people there who no longer have a job 
As to Jay Jay leaving, canât say Iâm surprised, she probably is a bit burnt out - sheâs been doing radio a while (a lot longer than me!) and her creativity is possibly starting to reach the end of its tether. Maybe sheâll end up filling in somewhere, like Patrick Gower did on National Radio recently.
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JJ onair sounded like she checked out long ago imo.
Caught a bit of her last break on facebook where they were live-streaming it.
she pulled up her top and flashed her boobs at the end lol
In her defence she said she was very drunk
She also said she cares deeply about the audience. I donât think sharing is caring in this instance
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Heather is one of the lucky ones and has a job at Stuff to continue the weather role on weeknights.
I would have taken the opportunity to replace Flynny as well.
Paulâs okay, isnât he? Admittedly most of my exposure to him was while he was on ZM (a while ago now). I donât really listen to More FM anymore so no idea how good (or bad) he might be now.
I think most of the shows sound much the same these days on all the stations and i dont think it matters which 1 you listen to they all seem to be competing for the same audience
I think most of the shows sound much the same these days on all the stations and i dont think it matters which 1 you listen to they all seem to be competing for the same audience
Thatâs not quite right, is it Rod? The Rock wonât be competing for listeners of The Breeze. would they? Plus the content would be different as well.
Of the more middle-of the-road stations (Classic Hits and More FM) then yes I think your comment would probably be more accurate.
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Not right at all, not many similarities between a voice-tracked solo drive show with John Dunstan on Coast to a live Jay and Dunc show on the Rock for example
Sorry i meant the likes of zm more hits and the edgeâŚthe others certainly not so i should have been specific
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I just didnt narrow it down whoops
Have to say I do tune into The edge sometimes and youâd think it was More. Edge could do with a new content director I reckon
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The Edge actually needs to make way for George FM. I find myself listening to George over Edge most days; better shows, and I actually enjoy the music library more on George even though I donât listen to a lot of dance music usually.
MW has made some very inconsistent decisions with Edge - especially with host rotations. It lost its way when FVM left, then when JJMD was split up. Has never recovered since.
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I dunno, I think youâll find The Edge rates a lot higher than George does, and I imagine Mediaworks would be hesitant to move a high-rating station just to try something different.
Having said that, I think the station started going downhill after Jason Reeves was forced out - but thatâs just my 2c. I always thought he was quite good as the straight guy, keeping things on the level. After he left, Dominic didnât really have anyone to keep him in line, and he just went totally off the rails. I lost interest in the breakfast show after Jason left anyway.
The Edge has consistently been declining in survey ratings (not even in the top 5 stations for share in NZ, Auckland, Wellington or Christchurch as of last survey) as George has slowly been increasing its share in recent years. Theyâve got the formula right on George.
I do agree with you though⌠it would be very bold of MW to go all in on George FM.
Jason does a great job on coast breakfast
Starts 5am tomorrow.
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Oh I think Jason does a great job anywhere. He was really good on The Edge and just as good on Classic Hits. I would listen to him on Coast but I canât stand Toni Street.
Still pains me the way he was pushed out from The Edge all those years ago - maybe the other two should have left instead?
As a refresher:
Ridiculous how he was the one who got pranked and left/was forced, yet the other two got to keep their jobs at The Edge.
Unfortunately for JJ and Dominic, their behaviour (and the poor way the incident was handled) forever changed my opinion of them, and not in a good way, either.
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Totally agree it was a classic case of workplace bullying and its often the wrong person who gets forced to move on and no lessons get learnt i doubt that would be acceptable now
Another senior MediaWorks boss is leaving.
The Breeze content director Will Maisey is joining NZME as Head of Talk and will lead Newstalk ZB and GOLD Sport.
I guess one of his first jobs will be to figure out what to do about the 12pm-4pm slot.
(As reported in Media Insider, which is quite interesting today)
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