Maureen Holloway
| Maureen Holloway | |
|---|---|
| Medium | Television Radio Internet |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Genres | Topical comedy Political satire Observational comedy Wit Word play |
| Spouse | John |
| Notable works and roles | eNow Canada AM The Dish Show Flick The Last Word |
Maureen Holloway is a Canadian radio personality, entertainer and comedian that is best known for her radio segments The Last Word. Prior to September 1, 2014, Holloway used to broadcast live, weekday mornings, in consecutive segments with the hosts of Canadian morning shows in various cities.
As of January 9, 2017, Holloway co-hosts mornings on CHFI-FM in Toronto.
Holloway is the mother of two sons named Aidan and Ronan. She is completing a Master's degree in culture and communication at Ryerson University. She is the sister of political activist and entrepreneur Kate Holloway. As a breast cancer survivor, she frequently speaks openly and positively about her life experiences after being diagnosed with a rare form of breast cancer in 2005. After completing treatments is she is now cancer free.
Holloway has had an over thirty-year career in radio, starting out as a boat and traffic reporter for CKFM-FM in Toronto, and later became the host of the daily spoken word program "Entertainment Toronto", and then an afternoon and then morning co-host on CKFM. In 2000, she left CKFM for Corus Entertainment, and began hosting her well-known nationally broadcast The Last Word radio segments where she would read Hollywood gossip and entertainment news from the Internet over live air. These were broadcast live weekday mornings in consecutive segments from coast-to-coast across Canada. During her segment she was featured with hosts of some of the Canada’s biggest morning shows.
These stations included:
Due to her spending more time as a co-host with Derringer in the Morning, Holloway announced that "The Last Word" would cease syndication and move to a Toronto-only feature in September 2014. After the departure of Kim Mitchell from afternoons on Q107 in Toronto in the Fall of 2015, Holloway left the morning drivetime slot, moved to Mitchell's former timeslot and began hosting "The Mo Show." In November 2016, Holloway announced her departure from the station, and would later announce that she would be replacing Erin Davis on the morning show on CHFI-FM in January 2017.
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