Jay-Jay Feeney

Jay-Jay Feeney (previously Jay-Jay Harvey) is a radio host on More FM's drive show, Jase, Jay-Jay & Flynny Driving You Home, with Jason Gunn and Paul Flynn. She has spent the majority of her career at The Edge, mostly on its breakfast show, until she left in December 2017.[4]

Jay-Jay Feeney
Born
Jacqulyn-Joanne Barbara Feeney[1]

(1974-03-28) March 28, 1974[1][2]
Spouse(s)Dominic Harvey
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(
m. 2004)
[3]
Career
ShowJay-Jay, Flynny & Jase Driving You Home
Station(s)More FM
NetworkMediaWorks Radio
Time slot3 pm – 7 pm
CountryNew Zealand

Early life

Feeney was born Jacqulyn-Joanne Barbara Feeney on 28 March 1974,[1][2] to Robynne Andersen.[5]

Career

Feeney began her radio career doing six weeks of work experience at Energy FM in New Plymouth at the age of 15. Over the next two years, she helped out with station promotions. At one point, she donated $50 to charity to go on air with Heemi Hill on Radio Taranaki for half an hour, and ended up staying on air for four hours. She left school at the end of sixth form and studied towards a certificate in Media Studies at Taranaki Polytechnic, while continuing to work at Energy FM; she had her first on-air break in February 1991, when the usual 1 am - 7 am weekend host didn't show up. She was later given the Monday-Friday midnight - 6 am shift, then a couple of weeks later, promoted to 7 pm - midnight.[1]

In 1994, she moved to The Breeze in Hamilton, where she hosted the drive show. She then left four months later, to host the drive show (2 pm - 7 pm) on eight-week-old station The Edge, where she started on air on 26 September 1994. In May 1995, she moved to host breakfast (6 am - 10 am) with Malcolm Paul, and drive (10 am - 2 pm) by herself. Feeney won her first two radio awards, for Best Individual Air Personality, in 1995 and 1996. In 1996, Malcolm Paul was replaced by Brian "Butt Ugly Bob" Reid. In 1998, Reid took his own life, and Jason Reeves took over as his temporary replacement, and eventually became permanent. From 1998-2001, several co-hosts appeared, including Clarke Gayford and Jesse Mulligan. In 2001, Dominic Harvey, Feeney's boyfriend, joined the show, moving from the breakfast show on 2XS FM in Palmerston North.[1]

In 2004, Mike Puru, the night show host at the time, took over from Jason Reeves. The trio of Jay-Jay, Mike & Dom lasted for 11 years, before Puru was replaced by Clint Randell (called Randell on air to avoid confusion with Clint Roberts, who worked on the drive show at the time).[1] In 2015, she appeared in the sixth series of Dancing with the Stars, where she placed fourth.[6] In 2017, Jay-Jay left The Edge, with her last day on air being 22 December 2017.[4]

In April 2018, she began on More FM, hosting the drive show, Jase & Jay-Jay Driving You Home, with Jason Gunn.[7] Paul "Flynny" Flynn joined the show in May 2019,[8] which became Jay-Jay, Flynny & Jase Driving You Home.

Personal life

Feeney married co-host Dominic Harvey on 20 June 2004.[3] They adopted Feeney's nephew, Seven, in 2007;[9] ten years later, he went to live with another family member.[10] As a result of surgery, Harvey has retrograde ejaculate; this means that in vitro fertilisation was necessary to have children, they did five rounds without success.[5][11] In 2010, she changed her name to Jay-Jay Harvey.[1] The pair announced they had split in August 2017,[12] and she reverted to her surname of Feeney.

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References
  1. Harvey, Jay-Jay (October 2016). Life on the Edge: radio star reveals all - a memoir (EasyRead large ed.). Strawberry Hills, N.S.W. ISBN 9781525231346. OCLC 963734552.
  2. Jay-Jay Feeney [@JJFeeneyNZ] (28 March 2013). "It's my birthday! Going to @langhamauckland tonight with @domharvey . I can't wait! Woke up this morning to a kitchen full of balloons. Cute" (Tweet). Retrieved 15 May 2019 – via Twitter.
  3. "Romantic Recollections: Jay-Jay Feeney". New Zealand Weddings. February 2014. Retrieved 14 May 2019.
  4. McConnell, Glenn (22 December 2017). "Jay-Jay Harvey leaves The Edge - after 13 years thinking she was about to be fired". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 14 May 2019.
  5. Feeney, Jay-Jay (2014). Misconception: a true story of life, love and infertility (Large print ed.). [Sydney]. ISBN 9781459671751. OCLC 875354114.
  6. "Joking Jay-Jay Harvey leaves Dancing With the Stars". 13 July 2015. ISSN 1170-0777. Retrieved 14 May 2019.
  7. "Jay-Jay Feeney to take 5000 selfies on New Zealand road trip before starting at More FM". 14 March 2018. Retrieved 14 May 2019.
  8. "More FM's Jase, Jay-Jay & Flynny". www.facebook.com. 27 May 2019. Retrieved 12 June 2019. We've got a new addition to our show! Meet Flynny (Paul Flynn)
  9. Zwan, Sebastian van der (2 February 2018). "Jay-Jay Harvey heartbroken over leaving her husband and her job". Woman's Day. Retrieved 14 May 2019.
  10. "post by Jay-Jay Feeney". facebook.com. 24 December 2018. Retrieved 14 May 2019. My nephew Sev, who Dom and I fostered for ten years, is almost 16 now! He’s as tall as I am. He lives with another family member now but it was good to see him yesterday for Christmas ❤️
  11. Land, Emma (1 March 2018). "Jay-Jay Harvey's tears as she recounts her heartbreaking IVF battle". nowtolove.co.nz.
  12. "Jay-Jay and Dom Harvey separate after 18 years". 4 August 2017. Retrieved 14 May 2019.
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