Irma Blanco is an American radio personality from Los Angeles, California. Born and raised of Cuban heritage in Monterey Park, California, she has worked all over the United States, including Miami, San Francisco, Chicago, Los Angeles and Redlands, California.
Formerly of WRCX-FM 103.5 she was the portrayed "voice of reason" for the nationally syndicated morning radio show, Mancow's Morning Madhouse in Chicago, Illinois, hosted by Erich "Mancow" Muller. [1] Blanco was with Mancow from 1994, when the show began in the early 1990s in California and ran until July 1998. [2] WRCX, as well as the parent company, and both Mancow and Irma were sued by Keith Van Horne, a former NFL player, but the lawsuit was settled before she decided to leave the Chicago station. [3]
Blanco previously worked at KBIG 104.3 MYfm in Los Angeles as a news and entertainment co-host on the KBIG morning show, Valentine in the Morning, weekday mornings 5-9 am Pacific Time. [4] Blanco previously co-hosted the morning show with Charlie Tuna. [5]
Blanco has most recently worked at KOLA 99.9 from March 2013 [6] – January 12, 2018, her last day, [7] [8] weekday mornings 5-9 am Pacific Time as a co-host sidekick on "Jesse Duran (and Irma Blanco) in the Morning" to Jesse Duran, previously of 99.1 KGGI.
Matthew Erich "Mancow" Muller is an American radio and television personality, actor, and former child actor. Considered a shock jock, his career has been well known for controversy and clashes with the Federal Communications Commission. He is best known for Mancow's Morning Madhouse, a Chicago-based syndicated radio show, and The Mancow Radio Experience, which have been nationally distributed by Talk Radio Network. Muller also co-starred with his brother, Mark, in the reality TV series God, Guns & Automobiles, which aired on History Channel. He was the host of the morning show on WLUP-FM/97.9, before he was let go on March 6, 2018, upon WLUP-FM/97.9 being sold.
KBIG is a commercial radio station that is licensed to Los Angeles, California, and serves the Greater Los Angeles area. The station is owned by iHeartMedia and broadcasts a hot adult contemporary format heavy on music from the 1990s to the present day. KBIG has studios located in Burbank, California and its primary transmitter is based on Mount Wilson.
After his first year on WXDX, Cox was hired by Pittsburgh's PBS affiliate WQED to provide a young, liberal face and voice for a new weekly panel segment on a newsmagazine show called On Q. The segment, which placed Cox onstage with local conservative host Fred Honsberger, radio host Lynn Cullen, and think-tank advisor Jerry Bowyer became so popular that it was spun off into a separate show called Off Q. The show provided the perfect complement to Cox's radio show and his visibility in the market grew dramatically, as it introduced his intelligence and humor to an older audience unfamiliar with his work on WXDX.
KOST is a commercial radio station in Los Angeles, California, United States. Owned by iHeartMedia, it broadcasts an adult contemporary radio format, switching to Christmas music in early November and ending on Christmas Day. Its studios are co-located with its sister stations on West Olive Avenue in Burbank. KOST is the home of Ellen K, segments of whose morning show are syndicated to other iHeart AC stations on Saturday mornings.
WKTU is a rhythmic adult contemporary formatted radio station licensed to Lake Success, New York, a suburb of New York City. WKTU is owned by iHeartMedia and broadcasts from studios at 125 West 55th Street in Midtown Manhattan; its transmitter is located at the Empire State Building.
KYSR is a commercial radio station licensed to Los Angeles, California, and owned by iHeartMedia. KYSR broadcasts an alternative rock format and is the flagship station of The Woody Show. KYSR's studios are located in Burbank, while the transmitter resides in the Santa Monica Mountains on Briarcrest Peak in Beverly Hills. KYSR broadcasts using HD Radio technology; its HD-2 digital subchannel airs the sports radio programming of KLAC. KYSR is also heard in the Antelope Valley on KSRY in Tehachapi.
Keith Van Horne is an American former professional football player who was an offensive tackle in the National Football League (NFL) for 13 seasons during the 1980s and 1990s. He played college football for the USC Trojans and earned consensus All-American honors. Van Horne was selected in the first round of the 1981 NFL draft, and played professionally for the NFL's Chicago Bears. He is also the former son-in-law of former Vice President of the United States Walter Mondale.
Nic Harcourt is an English-born American radio and television presenter, producer, and journalist best known as the former Music Director and on-air presenter for the Santa Monica, California-based radio station KCRW. Harcourt hosts the weekday 88.5 FM Morning Music Mix at KCSN in Northridge, California.
Mancow's Morning Madhouse was an American radio show hosted by Erich "Mancow" Muller.
WXDX-FM is a commercial radio station that is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Known as 105.9 The X, it airs an alternative rock radio format and is owned by iHeartMedia. Its studios and offices are located on Abele Road in Bridgeville next to I-79. WXDX is the flagship radio station of the Pittsburgh Penguins hockey team.
KLLI is an FM radio station in Los Angeles, California. Owned by the Meruelo Group, it broadcasts a bilingual Latin pop/rhythmic contemporary format. The station has studios located in Burbank, while its transmitter is based on Mount Wilson, and broadcasts in the HD Radio format.
WKSC-FM – branded "103.5 Kiss FM" – is a commercial Top 40/CHR radio station licensed to Chicago, Illinois. Owned by iHeartMedia, its studios are located at the Illinois Center complex on Michigan Avenue in Downtown Chicago, and its transmitter is located at Willis Tower. WKSC is the flagship station of the syndicated morning show The Fred Show.
WKQX is a commercial radio station licensed to Chicago, Illinois, featuring an alternative rock format known as "Q101". Owned by Cumulus Media, the station serves the Chicago metropolitan area. WKQX's studios are located in the NBC Tower, while the station transmits from atop the John Hancock Center. In addition to a standard analog transmission, WKQX broadcasts over two HD Radio channels.
Arthur W. Ferguson, known professionally as Charlie Tuna, was a radio personality and television host based in Los Angeles, California.
Andy Chanley is an American voice-over artist, actor, and radio personality. He is a native of Greenwood, Indiana and until 2024 resided in Los Angeles, California.
WKZP is a radio station serving Salisbury and Ocean City, Maryland, as well as Sussex County, Delaware. The station, known as "KISS 95-9," is licensed to West Ocean City, Maryland. The station is owned by iHeartMedia, Inc.
WZIM is a commercial radio station licensed to Lexington, Illinois, and serving the Bloomington-Normal radio market. The station is owned and operated by Pilot Media, and calls itself "Magic 99.5." It broadcasts an adult contemporary radio format, but for much of November and December, it switches to Christmas music.
KKLI, also known as Sunny 106.3, is a commercial radio station licensed to Widefield, Colorado, and serving the Colorado Springs-Pueblo metropolitan area. The station is owned by iHeartMedia and broadcasts an adult contemporary radio format, switching to Christmas music for much of November and December.
WMXW is a commercial radio station licensed to Vestal, New York, United States, serving the Binghamton metropolitan area. The station airs an adult contemporary radio format, switching to Christmas music for much of November and December. It is owned by iHeartMedia, with studios on North Jensen Road in Vestal. The syndicated Valentine in the Morning show from co-owned KBIG Los Angeles is heard in morning drive time, with Delilah airing on weeknights and Ellen K on Saturday mornings.
KGBN is a Korean Christian brokered time AM radio station licensed to Anaheim, California. It serves Orange County and Greater Los Angeles. Rev. Young Sun Lee serves as the president of the Korean Gospel Broadcasting Network, which owns the station. KGBN is one of four radio stations in the Los Angeles area that broadcast entirely in Korean. The others are 1230 KYPA, 1540 KMPC and 1650 KFOX in Torrance, although they have mostly secular formats.
