Christina Filiaggi
| Christina Filiaggi | |
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| Born |
November 27, 1968 Glen Ellyn, Illinois, U.S. |
| Show | The Roe Conn Show |
| Station(s) | WLS-AM 890, Chicago, Illinois |
| Time slot | Monday - Friday, 2:00 PM - 6:00 PM Central |
| Style | Talk Show |
| Country | United States |
| Website | WLS-AM Biography |
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Christina Filiaggi (born November 27, 1968) is a personality on The Roe Conn Show on WLS (AM) 890 in Chicago, Illinois, where she is a traffic reporter and participates in the on-air repartee with the other on-air personalities. During her previous work as a reporter for Shadow Traffic, she also used the pseudonyms Angela Adams and Alex Jordan.[1]
Personal Life and Education
Filiaggi grew up in Glen Ellyn, Illinois where, in 1986, she graduated from Glenbard West High School. In 1990, she graduated from Illinois Wesleyan University where she majored in English and received her Bachelor of Arts degree and graduated with honors.[2]
Filiaggi is famous for having a picture of her taken in a sailor suit for a fundraiser featuring "Chicago Traffic Divas". Filiaggi in the Sailor Suit
Filiaggi married Scott White in St. Lucia in June 2013. She had previously announced her engagement via the Roe Conn Show, though she never mentioned White's name on air.
Career
Filiaggi began her professional broadcasting career in 1993, working at The Steve Dahl & Garry Meier Show as an office manager. She was offered this job after attending a remote broadcast of the show at Hooters.[3] She later became a producer for Steve Dahl.[2][4]
She was laid off from WLS on February 29, 2008 due to corporate restructuring. On June 16, 2008, following a subsequent management change at the station and amid continued expressions of support from the show's fans, Filiaggi was reinstated. However, her reinstatement was short lived.[5] On May 8, 2009 it was announced on the Roe Conn Show that she had once more been laid off by station management. She was replaced by former NBC 5 reporter and fill-in traffic reporter at WLS-AM, Amy Jacobsen.[6][7] Starting June 7, 2009, Filiaggi was the sidekick on a week-to-week basis on the "Living Large with Geoff Pinkus" show, Sundays from 5-7 PM on WIND (AM) 560.[5]
On March 26, 2010, Roe Conn announced that Filiaggi was returning to The Roe Conn Show once again, while she would continue to work part-time as a bartender at O'Brien's Restaurant in Chicago.[8] She was also hired to do traffic reports on WLS-FM.[5]
External links
References
- ↑ On air discussion, The Roe Conn Show, August 14, 2007
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Christina Filiaggi". Retrieved December 21, 2010.
- ↑ "Christina Filiaggi". Retrieved December 21, 2010.
- ↑ On air discussion, The Roe Conn Show, January 23, 2008
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 "Christina Filiaggi In; Jill Urchak Out At WLS". Chicago Radio and Media. March 26, 2010. Retrieved December 21, 2010.
- ↑ "Jacobsen to Join Roe Conn Show". March 12, 2009. Retrieved December 21, 2010.
- ↑ Eric Zorn (May 29, 2009). "WLS AM ousts Bill Leff, Roe Conn's sidekick". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved December 21, 2010.
- ↑ On air discussion, The Roe Conn Show, March 29, 2010