Shannon Ryan is a New Zealand

New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...

 television and radio presenter.
In 2010 she had her "dream job", presenting The Official NZ Top 40

The Official NZ Top 40

The Official NZ Top 40 is a NZ made music countdown show which is a countdown of the New Zealand Singles Chart music. It uses the official chart produced by the Recording Industry Association of New Zealand...

, a show which lists the weekly RIANZ

Recording Industry Association of New Zealand

The Recording Industry Association of New Zealand is a non-profit trade association of record producers, distributors and recording artists who sell music in New Zealand...

Singles Chart. She now co-hosts Drew and Shannon Live on FOUR.
Shannon also reads the news on an independent radio station GeorgeFM, which has since been acquired by Mediaworks. She has been a host of Saturday nights, and up until her departure in 2011, host of the 6-7am weekday show.
In 2010 she was a presenter for The Jono Project, a comedy variety show on C4.