Mel's return to radio - 'I'M EMBRACING CHANGE!'

The queen of the airwaves is juggling three new shows and surgery

- Catherine Milford

Mel Homer is quite the reinvention queen. The former Today FM host, TV morning show The Café presenter and Celebrity Treasure Island contestant, writer, Married at First Sight NZ voiceover artist, sailor and emcee has learned to embrace change.

It's a skill that's come in handy again as she becomes the face of three new radio shows, six days a week, across two different stations. “Every time something happens, like when Today FM closed, you think you'll never get an opportunity you'll love like that again,” she explains. “But I've learned that while I'm not a big fan of change, I am good at learning to pivot if something isn't working out. Someone recently called me a hustler and I think that's fair!”

So when Mel was asked last year to return to the airwaves, on Magic Radio and The Breeze, she didn't think twice.

“It's so exciting,” she enthuses. “I'm incredibly grateful to be getting really good radio roles at a time when so many people are struggling in our industry. In media these days, you never quite know what's going to happen next, so for me, this is the best of all worlds.”