Sharyn Casey | |
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Birth name | Sharyn Wakefield |
Show | The Edge Afternoons with Jono, Ben & Sharyn |
Station(s) | The Edge |
Network | MediaWorks Radio |
Time slot | 3 pm – 7 pm |
Country | New Zealand |
Spouse(s) | Bryce Casey (m. 2012) |
Sharyn Casey is a radio host on The Edge's drive show, The Edge Afternoons with Jono, Ben & Sharyn. She was previously one of Guy, Sharyn & Clint with Guy Williams and Clint Roberts.
Casey spend most of childhood in Timaru, where she attended Glentiti School and Waimate Main School. She left school at the age of 15 and started work in retail, before studying broadcasting in Wellington.
Casey began her broadcasting career at More FM Wairarapa. She started working at The Edge in April 2006 after winning the promotion Quit Your Day Job. She cohosted the nightshow with Brad Watson until the end of 2010. In 2011, she started hosting the weekdays show from midday to 3 pm. In 2012, she began appearing on Four Live, before cohosting it in 2013 with Shannon Ryan. After filling in on The Edge's breakfast show at the end of 2013 with Guy Williams and Clint Roberts, they started hosting The Edge Afternoons with Guy, Sharyn & Clint and The Edge Fat 40 with Guy, Sharyn & Clint in 2014; this lasted until the end of 2016, when Williams and Roberts left The Edge, the latter moving to sister station George FM to anchor the breakfast show. In 2015, she hosted The Music Lab on The Edge TV, cohosted The Xtra Factor with Williams and Roberts, and cohosted the sixth series of the New Zealand version of Dancing with the Stars. In 2017, she began cohosting The Edge drive show – now called The Edge Afternoons with Jono, Ben & Sharyn – with Jono and Ben's Jono Pryor and Ben Boyce; she also makes cameo appearances on their TV show.