Jase & PJ

Jase & PJ is an Australian breakfast radio show hosted by Jason Hawkins and Polly 'PJ' Harding on KIIS 1011 in Melbourne. The show is syndicated in the night-time slot on the KIIS Network following The Kyle and Jackie O Show.[1]

Jase & PJ
Other namesJase & PJ in the Morning
GenreRadio show
Running time180 minutes
Country of originNew Zealand
Language(s)English
Home stationKIIS 101.1 Melbourne
Hosted byJason 'Jase' Hawkins
Polly 'PJ' Harding
Executive producer(s)Alex Perigo
Original release8 January 2015 – present
Audio formatStereo
WebsiteJase & PJ

History

In October 2017, Australian Radio Network announced that Matt Tilley and Meshel Laurie will leave the station at the end of the year and will be replaced by Jason Hawkins and Polly 'PJ' Harding from ZM in New Zealand.

Jason Hawkins and Polly 'PJ' Harding moved to Melbourne from New Zealand where they have hosted drive on ZM since 2015.[2][3] PJ was called PJ rather than Polly on air because there was already a presenter called Polly on ZM's breakfast show (Polly Gillespie). Previously, Hawkins has hosted Labby, Stav & Abby on B105 in Brisbane, worked with Kyle and Jackie O at 2DAY FM and hosted the Hot30 Countdown.[4]

During 2019, Jase & PJ hosted a weekend breakfast show on New Zealand's, ZM which was packaged content from their Melbourne breakfast show, having previously hosted a drive show on the network throughout 2018.[5]

In February 2020, Australian Radio Network announced that they had extended Jason Hawkins and Polly 'PJ' Harding's contract until 2022.[6]

In March 2020, Jase & PJ extended until 10am due to the COVID-19 pandemic for 2 months whilst the country was in lockdown. The show returned to 6am - 9am in May.[7]

Marathon Broadcasts

Jase & PJ have completed a number of on-air marathons, including:

  • a 51-hour on-air marathon in April 2015 on ZM
  • a 52-hour on-air marathon in August 2016 on ZM[8]
  • a 53-hour on-air marathon in May 2017 on ZM
  • a 56-hour on-air marathon in June 2019 on KIIS 101.1

The rules are simple No stopping, no sleeping

A team of people are hand at all times to help Jase and PJ and find fun new ways to keep them awake. And a medical professional monitor their wellbeing onsite during the duration of the broadcast.

Team members

Current team members

Jase and PJ have two content producers, two audio producers and a digital producer.

Name Nickname Role Years Notes
Jason Hawkins"Jase"Co-Host2015 -Anchor, panel operator of the show
Polly Harding"PJ"Co-Host2015 -
Alex Perigo"Producer Alex"Executive Producer2015 -
Sacha Barbour"Sassy Sach"Newsreader2018 -Fiancé to Shane
Jane Mackinlay"The Narc"Creative Producer2019 -Talent Booker
Jaxson McLennan"Veggie Boy"Audio Producer2018 -
Toni Lodge"Tonarotti"Audio Producer2018 -[9]
Cameron D'Antone"Franco"Video Producer2018 -

Past team members
Name Nickname Role Years Notes
Paris Humphrey"Lil' P"Producer2019 - 2020
Rami Mustafa"Producer Salami"Senior Producer2018 - 2019Guest and Talent Booker
David Rooney"Deviant Davo"Junior Producer2018 - 2019
Jenna Benson"Je-Neigh"Digital Producer2018 - 2019
Aleah Espanta"The Mute"Digital Producer2018 - 2018
Clare TodhunterNewsreader2018 - 2018[10]
Mike SantosAudio Producer2018 - 2018[11]
gollark: I seem to have accidentally missed one of my experiments. Oops.
gollark: Two Discords? This is kind of annoying.
gollark: I can breed you a bunch of red eggs if it helps?
gollark: You can get around this by having too many reds like I do.
gollark: 14 days.

References
  1. "Jase & PJ to go national on the KIIS Network from tonight". Radio Today. 22 January 2018. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
  2. "NZ duo Jase Hawkins and PJ Harding heading to Australia, but not to HIT | radioinfo". www.radioinfo.com.au. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
  3. "Jase & PJ". KIIS 101.1 - A New Station For Melbourne. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
  4. "Labby leaving B105 Breakfast". Radio Today. 3 December 2014. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
  5. Friday; January 2019, 18; NZME, 10:36 am Press Release. "Jase and PJ Move to Weekends on ZM | Scoop News". www.scoop.co.nz. Retrieved 28 January 2019.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  6. "Jase & PJ ink extended deal at KIIS 101.1 Breakfast". Radio Today. 16 February 2020. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
  7. "ARN confirms Easter schedule, launches House of Hits on KIIS". Radio Today. 5 April 2020. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
  8. "ZM's Jase and PJ's 52 Hour Marathon". Radio Today. 23 August 2016. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
  9. "Jase and PJ's new recruit". RadioToday. 22 July 2018.
  10. "ARN newsreaders swap places". RadioInfo.
  11. "KIIS 101.1's Mike Santos on the move". RadioToday. 2 July 2018.
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