Jesse Mulligan is due to take over Afternoons on July 27. Photo / Richard Robinson.
Jesse Mulligan is due to take over Afternoons on July 27. Photo / Richard Robinson.
Radio New Zealand has confirmed that columnist and comedian Jesse Mulligan will be taking over from Simon Mercep on Radio New Zealand's Afternoons show.
In a statement released this afternoon by RNZ's head of radio John Howson said the appointment would bring "a new and exciting flavour" to Afternoons.
"We'rethrilled that Jesse is joining us. He has done a great job filling in on Afternoons in the past," Howson said.
The RNZ statement said he started out in student radio while completing his law degree at Waikato University, he then spent ten years as a commercial radio breakfast host in Wellington and Auckland.
In the statement he said he was "looking forward to bringing a new perspective to the Afternoons slot".
Mulligan is set to take over as the permanent Afternoons host on Monday July 27.
