Maureen Holloway is a Canadianradio 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.
Personal life
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.
Career
Radio
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.
Television
Holloway has also made forays into television that includes hosting the Gemini-nominated The Dish Show on The Comedy Network. She has also reviewed video releases for Flick on the Life Network and provided gossip segments to the Canada AM and eNow programs.
Internet
In addition to her radio work, she writes a weekday blog that is featured on her radio stations' web sites that is called "More Mo". The blog entries are a whimsical look at events that happen to her in her daily life with an emphasis on humour and exaggeration.
Charity work, awards and honours
Holloway is also known for her charity work. One event that she was honorary chair was "The Longest Lunch", an event to raise money for the Breast Centre at Women's College Hospital. She has also been Master of Ceremonies at the St. Michael's Hospital Foundation's "Urban Angel Golf Classic" that helps raise money for patient, trauma and critical care. She is also involved with "Get Wiggy With It", a program that raises money for the Wig Salon Patient Assistance Fund, at The Princess Margaret Hospital Foundation to help cancer patients cope with hair loss while undergoing treatment. Over a span of several years, Maureen participated in the epic Princess Margaret Ride to Conquer Cancer, a two day, over 200 km bike ride between Toronto and Niagara Falls. Along with her family and friends, Maureen raised the profile of the event and also raised tens of thousands in crucial funds for cancer research. The Ride to Conquer Cancer benefiting Princess Margaret is Canada's single largest athletic fundraiser. In 2006, she won the Canadian Association of Broadcasters Gold Ribbon Award for Humour.
