Who am I?

 

I'm Jay-Jay Feeney and I host a radio breakfast show on a top 40 radio station in New Zealand called THE EDGE. My co-hosts are Mike Puru and Dominic Harvey. The show is called The Morning Madhouse and airs weekdays from 6 till 10am. The Edge is NZ's largest music station with over 400 000 listeners. We broadcast to nearly every major city in the country via FM frequencies.
For more information about The Edge including frequencies, click HERE

VITAL STATS
5 foot 3. Blonde hair, blue eyes. Fair Skin (translucent). Non Smoker, don't do drugs, sometimes drink. (Actually, I'm a cheap drunk!)

BIRTHDAY
28th March

STATUS
My husband is also my co-host, Dominic Harvey. (He's an Aquarius!) He used to live in Palmerston North, but the distance was torture so he applied for a job on our show and since he's so clever, he got it!
We've been together since 1999, and working together since 2001

CHILDREN
Dom and I are the legal guardians to my 6yr old nephew Seven. He has lived with us since January 2008 when his dad (my brother) went to prison. (He is out now but Seven wil continue to live with us)
Dom and I have had no children of our own due to infertility issues. We have had three unsuccessful rounds of IVF and will try a fourth round this year.

ANNIVERSARY
20th June (married 2004)

STAR SIGN
Aries. The leader! Headstrong! Spontaneous! Compatible with Leo, Gemini, Saggittarius and Aquarius! (Read The Profile Of An Arian HERE)

SCHOOL
Went to Otamatea High School (Maungaturoto) for a term in fourth form but spent most of my high school years at New Plymouth Girls High. Then I went on to study a year of Media at the Taranaki Polytechnic.

FAVE FOOD
RICE! Teriyaki chicken on rice, Potatoes, cheese, bananas, fresh white bread, potato fritters...oh I'm sooooooo hungry!

FOOD I HATE
Mushrooms, mince, steak, sausages, chops, lamb, any red meat, weetbix, marmite, pumpkin, brussel sprouts, kumara, asparagus, shellfish, cream, ...I'm very fussy!

HOW I GOT THE COOLEST JOB IN THE WORLD
I started in radio when I was in the 6th form at New Plymouth Girls High. I got six weeks work experience at Energy FM (now More FM) and after that I hung around like a bad smell and a desperate groupie for awhile.

Eventually they gave in and gave me easy jobs to do (like faxing, licking stamps, handing out bumper stickers and cooking sausages at promotions). One job led to another and another until they were desperate enough to put me on the radio in the middle of the night when no one could hear me! I got a full time job doing nights (7pm-midnight) when I was 17. When I was 20 I moved to Hamilton to do Drive (2pm-7pm) on The Breeze and four months later the bosses at Energy FM started THE EDGE and they poached me. I began on Drive and was promoted to breakfast soon after.

I now host the Morning Madhouse with Mike Puru and Dominic Harvey. The Edge started as a small station in Hamilton and now broadcasts to more than 20 markets around New Zealand. It's been so exciting to be part of it as it has grown.

HOW U CAN GET INTO RADIO
If you're keen on radio I would suggest you apply to do the Bachelor of Broadcasting Communications at the NZ Broadcasting School in Christchurch (www.cpit.ac.nz) if you can't get any training locally. I believe the Christchurch course is THE BEST course in NZ.

There are other great courses in Wellington and Auckland now too though. Bachelor of Communication Studies at Auckland University of Technology (www.aut.ac.nz) and Diploma of Commercial Broadcasting/National Diploma of Radio Journalism at the NZ Radio Training School, Wellington (www.broadcasting.co.nz)

NZ RADIO AWARDS
These are held every year, and here's what I have achieved in my time in radio...

• 1992 FINALIST IBA Best young Broadcaster
• 1993 FINALIST Best New Broadcaster
• 1995 FINALIST Best Individual Air Personality, Regional
• 1995 WINNER Best Non-Breakfast Personality
• 1996 WINNER Best Individual Air Personality, Regional
• 1999 SPECIAL COMMENDATION - Best Music and Entertainment teams, Regional for The Edge Big Breakfast with myself & the late "Butt Ugly" Bob Reid
• 2000 WINNER Best Promotion of a Radio Station,
  "Two Strangers and a Wedding"
• 2001 WINNER Best Promotion of a Radio Station for 'Inmates'
• 2003 SPECIAL COMMENDATION Outstanding Community Campaign - Jingle Bail
• 2003 FINALIST Best Promotion of a Radio Station - Jingle Bail 2002
• 2003 WINNER Best Music and Entertainment Teams Metropolitan - The Edge Morning Madhouse
• 2004 FINALIST Best Daily or Weekly Series, "Tom Cruise Calling"

2004 WINNER Outstanding Community Campaigns 'Jingle Bail 2003'
2004 WINNER Best Music and Entertainment Teams Metropolitan - The Edge Morning Madhouse
2008 WINNER Best promotion of a Radio Station - Three Strangers & a Wedding

MY WEBSITE
I started RADIOCHICK in 1999, more as an experiment with the internet, and it has grown and grown!
I have won a few awards for my site too.

WINNER NZ's Biggest Personality Website 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 & 2009 at the Hitwise Online Performance Awards
WINNER NZ's Best Youth Site at the 2006 and 2007 NetGuide People's Choice Awards
Finalist NZ's Best Youth Site (2009 NetGuide People's Choice Awards)
Finalist NZ's Best Entertainment site (2006, 2007 & 2009 NetGuide People's Choice Awards)
Finalist NZ's Best Blog (2007 & 2009 NetGuide People's Choice Awards)


MY FAMILY
I am the oldest in my family. I have three sisters and two brothers.
My siblings are Michelle, Mike, Jamie, Jessie and Poull.

INTERESTS
I am fascinated by astrology & fortune telling. I love books on all these subjects. I have been spending alot of time on the net too which is fun but time consuming! I love watching movies, shopping, travelling, dancing, the internet, eating out and sleeping! I like all kinds of music from Kings of Leon, Pink, George Micheal (I LOVE him!), Madonna, Kanye west, Lady Gaga etc. I don't listen to much music outside of work because I like silence when I am alone at home. On Friday and Saturday nights I pump up the stereo really loud to get me in the mood to PARTY!

MY HANDWRITING ANALYSIS
Malcolm McLeod is a Handwriting Analyst from Australia. He can tell the sort
of person you are by your handwriting! Check out his website here
Here's what Malcolm said about my handwriting...

Head rules the heart.
Cautious about revealing your real self to people until you feel comfortable with them. A perfectionist in things that matter to you. You like to play to win, and if you can’t win, you prefer not to play at all.
A great communicator, you like to express yourself clearly so that all of us ignorants can understand your brilliance.
You are keen to get away from the past but not 100% sure on the future.
You over clutter your life with too many options, which may dilute your potency on the areas that really matter.
You need to de-clutter your life of the excessive relationships, clothes and attitudes that are denying your best from being realized. You present yourself as warm, caring and outgoing, but you really don’t give a poo. Can be a bossy bitch who needs to have the final say in things. Slow to open yourself to close intimacy as you have mellowing resentment towards a past relationship &/or situation. Current partner could try harder, as you have not reached your fullest passionate potential.

If there's anything else you'd like to know about me, please feel free to email with your questions and I will endeavour to answer them.
jj@radiochick.co.nz 

FOR INTERVIEWS & PRESS ABOUT ME, click HERE

PHOTOS
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Pics of me as a little girl


      
Me as a baby! ON the see saw
Me as a baby (left) and my cousin Analisa
Me as a baby with my Mum and my auntie Pam (and my toy monkey!)
Me as a three year old
Me in sunnies at the pool with Mum and Poppa
Me on the swing with Mum and Pam


   
My family (Nana and great uncle and cousins). I'm the blondie on the right
Mum holding me, 5 days old
Me as a chubby, bald baby with big ears! (they called me DUMBO - like the elephant!)
Me with my stuffed dog SNOOPY


  
   
HORRIBLE school photos....
1980 - 2nd row from top, first on left in brown and yellow tracksuit
1983 - bottom row, first on left in black dress
1984 - front, middle. Behind sign. Horrible yellow and blue striped top
3rd Form - I'm 2nd from left, bottom row
Fourth form - 2nd from right, bottom row
Fifth form - 2nd row up, 3rd from left
Sixth Form - 1st person, 2nd row down