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			{{short description\|American radio personality (born 1971)}}
	'''Liz Wilde''' (born Anne Whittemore on ], ]) is an ] ] known for her ] radio show.
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			'''Liz Wilde''' (born '''Anne Whittemore''') was an American ] best known for her ] radio program Liz Wilde. After much success at WSHE as the evening air personality, Liz moved her show to the Northeast, taking over the night shift of rock station WAAF in the Boston, Massachusetts radio market. After having great success in the evening slot for 18 months, The Liz Wilde Show was moved to afternoon drive-time setting record ratings for WAAF and making them competitive with rival rock station WBCN (FM) in that daypart for the first time. With her ratings success in Boston, Wilde moved to WLUP in Chicago, Illinois in March 1995. Her show aired in the morning drive-time slot from 6am-10am on WPLL in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. She moved on to rock-and-roll pioneering station WMMS 100.7 FM in Cleveland, Ohio. Her show also aired on KLLI in the Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas market, and most recently on WRXK in Ft. Myers, Florida from November 2004 until March 2006.
	==History==
	'''Liz Wilde''', American radio personality, began her career interning for WYSO and WDAO in Dayton, Ohio area, first doing call-in voices and requests, sweeping floors, and getting coffee for the Jocks she interned for at around the age of 14. Liz helped to cohost and produce a progressive jazz show at WYSO/Antioch College, and played many a Miles Davis album while the host disappeared for long periods of time, leaving the show to her. She claims "Rhapsody In Blue" is one of her favorite albums because it's associated with large amounts of adrenaline surges due to the host just leaving her there alone in the studio. Then Liz went on to graduate high school early with honors, and do some extensive cross country traveling with her mother, Rachel, to show Liz that Yellow Springs, Ohio was a fairly unique, artistic, hippie, intellectual utopia that most of America did not reflect.

			At the pinnacle of the Liz Wilde Show's popularity, the show was nationally syndicated on over 34 radio stations in 2001 by radio company Fisher Entertainment. The company dropped the show after selling its Portland, Oregon stations KOTK and KWJJ to Entercom Communications, and merging the Fisher Entertainment division and other Fisher subsidiaries into the main company Fisher Communications.

			==Biography==
	Liz decided to attend college in Key West, Florida, much to her scholarly father's disapproval ( Paul wanted her to attend an Ivy League school), where a co-member of the Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society suggested that she go to a radio station and read some commercial copy. Within a week, Liz had her own afternoon drive show on WIIS, Key West, Florida. The technology allowed her to play reel to reel tapes of pre-programmed music, so Liz regularly had the more colorful people of Key West into her studio which helped to define her signature style of "anything goes" broadcasting today. Liz also received fan mail from Cuba which she regularly read on the air, detailing its resident's life under the Castro regime, and family stories of the madness and courage of the Mariel Boat Lift era. A relativley unknown treasure hunting dive team had also been assembled around this time in history, headed by businessman Mel Fisher. Work began on the "Atocha" dive, and several crew members including Mel, would bring by artifacts they found that day to discuss on the air and let steam off from long days in the sun under dangerous conditions. Gold and silver bars, broken clay vessels, priceless jewels, and salty sailors passed through the Liz's studios at WIIS and WAIL95.
			Wilde started her career at ] in ] as "Anne with a Plan". After moving to ] rock station ] Anne was suggested to pick a new name by the program director. From that point forward in her career she was known as Liz Wilde. After much success at WSHE as the evening air personality, Liz moved her show to the ], taking over the night shift of rock station ] in the ] radio market. After having great success in the evening slot for 18 months, The Liz Wilde Show was moved to afternoon drive-time setting record ratings for WAAF and making them competitive with rival rock station ] in that daypart for the first time.<ref name="globe">{{cite news\|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=BG&p_theme=bg&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EADDFC3E002A64B&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM\|title=ROCK RADIO GOES RAUNCHY\|last= Bickelhaupt\|first=Susan \|date=March 16, 1992\|work=Boston Globe}}</ref> With her ratings success in Boston, Wilde moved to ] in ] in March 1995.<ref name="suntimes">{{cite news\|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=CSTB&p_theme=cstb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB42212E389F1AF&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM\|title=Female Shock Jock To Join Loop Lineup\|last=Feder\|first=Robert \|date=February 23, 1995 \|work=Chicago Sun-Times }}</ref><ref name="suntimes2">{{cite web\|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-4308635.html\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140512030934/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-4308635.html\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=May 12, 2014\|title=Liz Wilde Departs As Loop Night Host\|last=Feder\|first=Robert\|date=November 8, 1995\|work=Chicago Sun Times}}</ref> Her show aired in the morning drive-time slot on ] in ].<ref>{{cite news\|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=MH&s_site=miami&p_multi=MH&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB4D65AD39F6A00&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM\|title=PLANET RADIO'S A.M. PERSONALITY BLASTS OFF TO NEW JOB IN CLEVELAND\|date=January 24, 1997\|work=Miami Herald\|pages=3B\|accessdate=2008-05-30}}</ref> She moved on to rock-and-roll pioneering station ] 100.7 FM in ]. Her show also aired on ] in the ]/], ] market, and most recently on ] in ] from November 2004 until March 2006.{{Citation needed\|date=May 2008}}

			''The Liz Wilde Show'' aired on numerous stations, including:

		⚫	*WLUP 97.9FM The Loop in Chicago, Illinois
	After 3 years at WIIS (FM107), she moved to WAIL95/99, Key West to do her first own morning show where she performed until August 1988. She sent her demo tapes out all over the country and got many responses, but decided that WSHE 103.5/Miami/Ft. Lauderdale, "She's Only Rock and Roll", was a safe bet, being just 200 miles to the north, which Liz could sometimes hear the signal to.
			*WINZ SuperTalk 940AM, WSHE 103.5FM later rebranded WPLL 103.5 Planet Radio (now WMIB 103.5 the Beat) all serving the Miami/Fort Lauderdale market in Florida
			*WMMS 100.7 FM "The Buzzard" in Cleveland, Ohio
			*KOTK Hot Talk 1080AM (now KFXX 1080 The Fan) in Portland, Oregon
			*KYNG 105.3FM The Talk...That Rocks, later rebranded KLLI Live 105.3 serving the Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas radio market.

			Wilde died of cancer in October 2024.<ref>{{cite web \| url=https://radioinsight.com/headlines/284148/radio-remembers-liz-wilde/ \| title=Radio Remembers Liz Wilde \| date=13 October 2024 }}</ref>

	In 1989, Program director David Grossman renamed her "Liz Wilde", and she broadcast an evening show directly following Rhandi Rhodes. Around this time, a local club favorite, Marilyn Manson and the Spooky Kids played clubs that Liz did weekly Friday broadcasts from (The Button South, City Limits). A freelance journalist who wrote for local rock magazines took a liking to Liz's outrageous on air antics and wrote about her show and the abrasive language and themes that she used. The journalist's name was Brian Warner, a.k.a., Marilyn Manson. Both were masters of "shock-rock" in their own right.


	With the addition of the "Cream Cheese Bitch" moniker and very edgy talk schtick, Liz's ratings soared through the roof and she found that she could write her ticket anywhere in the genre. Liz chose Boston, Massachusetts, WAAF to perfect her craft of theater of the mind, rock/talk radio, where General Manager Bruce Mittman and Program Director Ron Valeri allowed her to experiment.


	Liz Wilde started her New England career in rock/talk radio with a highly rated evening show, quickly moving to afternoon drive-time on ] in ] from 1990-1995. Under the guidance of program Director Ron Valeri, Liz was the first female to pioneer what is now known today as the "FM talk format". <ref name="globe">{{cite news\|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=BG&p_theme=bg&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EADDFC3E002A64B&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM\|title=ROCK RADIO GOES RAUNCHY\|last= Bickelhaupt\|first=Susan \|date=March 16, 1992\|work=Boston Globe}}</ref>


⚫	~~Wilde~~ ~~moved~~ to ] in ].
	She followed Joanathan Brandmier and Danny Bonaduce on the LUP, where Operations Manager and broadcast visionary, Jimmy DiCastro, put together a legendary line-up, again touting and defining the genre of FM talk, before Infinity Broadcasting went national with it some years later with their stable of syndicated personalities. When Liz's one year deal was up, she decided that an opportunity in morning drive was better suited for what she wanted to accomplish, and she accepted an offer for her own morning show in Miami, Florida, at WPLL, Planet radio, for Paxson Broadcasting, where she could again spread her wings.
	<ref name="suntimes">{{cite news\|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=CSTB&p_theme=cstb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB42212E389F1AF&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM\|title=Female Shock Jock To Join Loop Lineup\|last=Feder \|first=Robert \|date=February 23, 1995 \|work=Chicago Sun-Times }}</ref><ref name="suntimes">{{cite web\|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-4308635.html\|title=See more articles from Chicago Sun-Times\|date=November 8, 1995\|work=Chicago Sun Times}}</ref>



	<ref>{{cite news\|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=MH&s_site=miami&p_multi=MH&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB4D65AD39F6A00&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM\|title=PLANET RADIO'S A.M. PERSONALITY BLASTS OFF TO NEW JOB IN CLEVELAND\|date=January 24, 1997\|work=Miami Herald\|pages=3B\|accessdate=2008-05-30}}</ref> She signed a million dollar deal with Nationwide Communications to join rock-and-roll powerhouse station ] 100.7FM in ]to compete against Howard Stern in mornings, where she tied and/or beat him in most dayparts, seldom ever accomplished, especially by a female driven show.


	Upon the sale of WMMS, Liz moved back to Miami, to broadcast a racy afternoon drive show on 940 WINZ, Supertalk 940 for Dave Ross and Clear Channel Communications. The Miami market enjoyed many extreme, comedic live broadcasts, including one of "radio legend" with comedian Dave Chapelle at a local beach resort shortly before his meteoric rise to fame with Comedy Central, who also reigns from Yellow Springs, Ohio. Some more notorious guests at this time included comedian Jim Bruer from Saturday Night Live, Fred Durst of Limp Biscuit, Ron Jeremy, Teri Weigel, Leslie Nielson, and many other classic signature broadcasting moments. It was from this platform of "controlled chaos" that The Liz Wilde Show became poised for '''national syndication''' with Fisher Entertainment.

	Her show also aired on ] in the ]/],] market, and most recently on ] in ] from November 2004 till March 2006.{{fact\|date=May 2008}}

	In 2001, Wilde's show was nationally syndicated by ] from their studios in ] debuting on eventually over 30 stations including ] in Portland. Liz also broadcast on a multi platform basis, with daily simulcasts on the web as the show was live on the air nationwide, a fledgling technology at the time. <ref name="nbgsynd">{{cite news\|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-68745193.html\|title=NBG Radio Network Signs Agreement With Fisher Entertainment For The Liz Wilde Show.\|work=Business Wire\|accessdate=2008-05-30}}</ref>

	Liz Wilde is currently writing her autobiography detailing her many colorful stories about rock and roll and acting celebrities, her dark journey of physical, emotional, and sexual abuse and relationship co-dependency, and her journey of recovery through Christianity and pastoral studies that to lead her back "INTO THE LIGHT-Stories of an American Shock Jock" (book title). Liz will begin her multi-media tour of the united states in Fall 2009.{{fact\|date=May 2008}}

	==References==		==References==
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	==External links==		==External links==
	*{{~~MySpace~~\|~~lizwilde~~}}		*{{facebook user\|liz.wilde}}
			*{{Twitter}}
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Latest revision as of 23:12, 23 December 2024

American radio personality (born 1971)

Liz Wilde
Born	Anne Whittemore (1963-10-27) October 27, 1963 (age 61) Dayton, Ohio
Died	October 2024
Career
Show	The Liz Wilde Show
Station	Various
Style	Talk Show Host
Country	United States

Website	www.lizwilde.com

Liz Wilde (born Anne Whittemore) was an American radio personality best known for her shock jock radio program Liz Wilde. After much success at WSHE as the evening air personality, Liz moved her show to the Northeast, taking over the night shift of rock station WAAF in the Boston, Massachusetts radio market. After having great success in the evening slot for 18 months, The Liz Wilde Show was moved to afternoon drive-time setting record ratings for WAAF and making them competitive with rival rock station WBCN (FM) in that daypart for the first time. With her ratings success in Boston, Wilde moved to WLUP in Chicago, Illinois in March 1995. Her show aired in the morning drive-time slot from 6am-10am on WPLL in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. She moved on to rock-and-roll pioneering station WMMS 100.7 FM in Cleveland, Ohio. Her show also aired on KLLI in the Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas market, and most recently on WRXK in Ft. Myers, Florida from November 2004 until March 2006.

At the pinnacle of the Liz Wilde Show's popularity, the show was nationally syndicated on over 34 radio stations in 2001 by radio company Fisher Entertainment. The company dropped the show after selling its Portland, Oregon stations KOTK and KWJJ to Entercom Communications, and merging the Fisher Entertainment division and other Fisher subsidiaries into the main company Fisher Communications.

Biography

Wilde started her career at WAIL in Key West, Florida as "Anne with a Plan". After moving to Miami, Florida rock station WSHE Anne was suggested to pick a new name by the program director. From that point forward in her career she was known as Liz Wilde. After much success at WSHE as the evening air personality, Liz moved her show to the Northeast, taking over the night shift of rock station WAAF in the Boston, Massachusetts radio market. After having great success in the evening slot for 18 months, The Liz Wilde Show was moved to afternoon drive-time setting record ratings for WAAF and making them competitive with rival rock station WBCN (FM) in that daypart for the first time. With her ratings success in Boston, Wilde moved to WLUP-FM in Chicago, Illinois in March 1995. Her show aired in the morning drive-time slot on WPLL in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. She moved on to rock-and-roll pioneering station WMMS 100.7 FM in Cleveland, Ohio. Her show also aired on KLLI in the Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas market, and most recently on WRXK in Ft. Myers, Florida from November 2004 until March 2006.

The Liz Wilde Show aired on numerous stations, including:

WLUP 97.9FM The Loop in Chicago, Illinois
WINZ SuperTalk 940AM, WSHE 103.5FM later rebranded WPLL 103.5 Planet Radio (now WMIB 103.5 the Beat) all serving the Miami/Fort Lauderdale market in Florida
WMMS 100.7 FM "The Buzzard" in Cleveland, Ohio
KOTK Hot Talk 1080AM (now KFXX 1080 The Fan) in Portland, Oregon
KYNG 105.3FM The Talk...That Rocks, later rebranded KLLI Live 105.3 serving the Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas radio market.

Wilde died of cancer in October 2024.

References

^ Ewinger, James (September 30, 1997). "War of Dirty Words: Fired Broadcasters Seek $1.5 Million from WMMS-FM". The Plain Dealer. The Plain Dealer Publishing Co. p. 1B - Metro. Anne Whittemore, whose on-air name is Liz Wilde... 'Growing up in Ohio, I was certainly aware of .'
Bickelhaupt, Susan (March 16, 1992). "ROCK RADIO GOES RAUNCHY". Boston Globe.
Feder, Robert (February 23, 1995). "Female Shock Jock To Join Loop Lineup". Chicago Sun-Times.
Feder, Robert (November 8, 1995). "Liz Wilde Departs As Loop Night Host". Chicago Sun Times. Archived from the original on May 12, 2014.
"PLANET RADIO'S A.M. PERSONALITY BLASTS OFF TO NEW JOB IN CLEVELAND". Miami Herald. January 24, 1997. pp. 3B. Retrieved 2008-05-30.
"Radio Remembers Liz Wilde". 13 October 2024.

External links

Liz Wilde on Facebook
Liz Wilde on Twitter

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