Matthew Pledger
Phone: 021 158 9887
Email: matthewpledger129@gmail.com
I am currently the Station Manager of The Garage. What makes me unique is my broad understanding of how a radio station operates with skills in On-Air, Sales, Creative, Production, Podcasting and Producing with the leadership ability to help create, pitch and now run a commercial radio station.
From various roles of responsibility be they Head Boarder at Rathkeale College and now a Residential Assistant at Otautahi House through to working in retail and job experience at NZME Wellington have made me confident working with people of all ages.
In the future I would love the opportunity to further develop in a plethora of areas in radio.
Current First Aid Cert? Yes
Driver Licence? Full
More Than a Cancer Survivor - The Jake Bailey Story
"[In interviews] you always get asked the same stuff. This is stuff I've never been asked before" - Jake Bailey
More Than a Footballer - The Bobby Almond Story
In the interview Bobby talks of getting into mischief at school, working at a petrol station and reflects on his close friend Steve Sumner.
More Than a Cricketer - Shane Bond's Story
From growing up terrorising his parents, to getting expelled from kindergarten, to becoming a policeman and now a father of 3 kids.
More Than a Musician - The Martin Phillipps Story
Martin Phillipps, lead singer of The Chills is an iconic figure in New Zealand music. This is his story!
More Than a Blind Man - The Kelven Scott Story!
Kelven Scott is a blind man, but doesn't let that stop him from doing what he loves!
Radio Without Picture : Epsiode 2
This episode takes you "Around The World in 80s" on a world tour of music, exploring different music scenes in different countries!
More than a Mayor - The Lianne Dalziel Story
Lianne reveals that she is writing a book about Christchurch after the earthquakes, giving insight into the politics of disaster.
Compiletely Bats - The kiwi band at the heart of Flying Nun.
Compiletely Bats is a documentary on one of the greatest kiwi bands of all time!
Gap Filler
Changing Christchurch from the garden city, to a city where anything is possible.
Curious Cases of Change Podcast
I created, interviewed, narrated and produced this Podcast.
Matthew Pledger skite tape
I was an on-air announcer on The Garage 96.1 for 7 weeks, doing the morning show from 10-1. This is a mixture of on-air and voicing ads.
Selling, co-writing and voicing ads for Portacom
I sold radio advertising to Portacom, co-wrote the ads and then voiced the ads.
Selling, Co-Writing and Voicing Ads for Mcdonalds
I sold, co-wrote and then voiced ads for McDonald's. Within 24 hours of our first meeting with McDonald's, we had created an ad campaign.
Selling, co-writing and producing ads Frobisher Interiors
I along with another sales rep was responsible for creating, selling and writing this advertising campaign. I produced the ads by myself.