“We’ve been married for 17 years, so I have no reason to suck up to her when I say this: If I had to define someone who is kind and long-suffering, that’s Shawnee.” “She’s the kindest, most loving human being I’ve ever known,” states Gregg when naming some of Shawnee’s best characteristics.
The ‘HammerTime’ crew is made up of Gregg and Shawnee Hammer, and Wayne Maria.īut Shawnee, who mostly plays it straight when delivering the program’s news and commentary, has learned a thing or two from her husband, and is always willing to serve up her own zingers. And his manifold of on-air characters, most notably the overly effeminate kumu Bubbles and the gossipy Hollywood reporter LaFonda Jenkins, always leaves listeners in stitches. After all, he is the captain of comebacks, the master of quips, the boss of improvisation. Much of the show is geared toward the considerable comedic talents of Gregg. “People have been with us through our ups and downs, and I think our personal on-air moments are our favorites because they’ve allowed us to bring people into our lives.” “It’s been one of the greatest joys to share our lives with audiences,” says Shawnee, who tied the knot with Gregg in 2002. In fact, for the past six and a half years, the duo’s “HammerTime” program on Krater 96 (KRTR-FM) has been one of the hottest acts around simply because they (along with the third member of the team, operations manager and program director Wayne Maria) make morning radio so much fun for scores of listeners. That moment happened nearly two decades ago, and the amazing thing is that today, people are still cheering, crying, laughing and high-fiving one another whenever it involves Hawai‘i’s first couple of radio, Gregg and Shawnee Hammer. Naturally, Shawnee didn’t disappoint her audience, and when she emphatically said “Yes!” to the proposal, program listeners cheered, cried, laughed and high-fived one another. PHOTO COURTESY SHAWNEE HAMMERĪs the unexpected news was sent out over the airwaves, Gregg immediately burst into the studio, got down on bended knee and presented her with a ring. The couple began dating while working at I-94 radio.
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