Christina Filiaggi
Encyclopedia
Christina Filiaggi 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.
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.
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
of the show at Hooters
. She later became a producer for Steve Dahl
.
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. 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. 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.
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. She was also hired to do traffic reports on WLS-FM.
The Roe Conn Show
The Roe Conn Show, also known as The Roe Conn Show with Richard Roeper and Roe and Roeper, is a talk radio show hosted by Roe Conn and Richard Roeper on WLS-AM. The program is broadcast live every weekday, 2 pm to 6 pm CDT, from the studios of WLS in Chicago and aired online by Citadel Radio...
on WLS (AM)
WLS (AM)
WLS is a Chicago clear-channel AM station on 890 kHz. It uses C-QUAM AM stereo and transmits with 50,000 watts from transmitter and towers on the south edge of Tinley Park, Illinois....
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
Shadow Traffic
Shadow Broadcast Services is a broadcasting outsourcing company based in Rutherford, New Jersey. It is a subsidiary of Clear Channel...
, she also used the pseudonyms Angela Adams and Alex Jordan.
Personal Life and Education
Filiaggi grew up in Glen Ellyn, IllinoisGlen Ellyn, Illinois
Glen Ellyn is an affluent village in DuPage County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2000 Census, the village population was 26,999.-Geography:...
where, in 1986, she graduated from Glenbard West High School
Glenbard West High School
Glenbard West High School, or GWHS , and locally referred to as "West," is a public four-year high school located at the corner of Ellyn Avenue and Crescent Boulevard in Glen Ellyn, Illinois, a western suburb of Chicago, Illinois, in the United States. It is part of Glenbard Township High School...
. In 1990, she graduated from Illinois Wesleyan University
Illinois Wesleyan University
Illinois Wesleyan University is an independent undergraduate university located in Bloomington, Illinois. Founded in 1850, the central portion of the present campus was acquired in 1854 with the first building erected in 1856...
where she majored in English and received her Bachelor of Arts degree and graduated with honors.
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
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 broadcastRemote broadcast
In broadcast engineering, a remote broadcast is broadcasting done from a location away from a formal television studio and is considered an electronic field production . A remote pickup unit is usually used to transmit the audio and/or video back to the television station, where it joins the...
of the show at Hooters
Hooters
Hooters is the trade name of two privately held American restaurant chains: Hooters of America, Incorporated, based in Atlanta, Georgia, and Hooters, Incorporated, based in Clearwater, Florida...
. She later became a producer for Steve Dahl
Steve Dahl
Steven Robert Dahl has been an American radio personality and humorist for more than thirty years. He is currently podcasting, and releases the podcasts for download daily from his own website as well as the iTunes store...
.
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. 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
WMAQ-TV
WMAQ-TV, channel 5, is an owned-and-operated television station of the NBC Television Network, located in Chicago, Illinois. WMAQ-TV's main studios and offices are located within the NBC Tower in the Streeterville neighborhood, with an auxiliary street-level studio on the Magnificent Mile at 401...
reporter and fill-in traffic reporter at WLS-AM, Amy Jacobsen. 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)
WIND (AM)
WIND "AM 560" is a radio station based in Chicago, Illinois, broadcasting its talk radio format on 560 kHz.Its current owner is Salem Media, a company specializing primarily in Christian radio...
560.
On March 26, 2010, Roe Conn announced that Filiaggi was returning to The Roe Conn Show
The Roe Conn Show
The Roe Conn Show, also known as The Roe Conn Show with Richard Roeper and Roe and Roeper, is a talk radio show hosted by Roe Conn and Richard Roeper on WLS-AM. The program is broadcast live every weekday, 2 pm to 6 pm CDT, from the studios of WLS in Chicago and aired online by Citadel Radio...
once again, while she would continue to work part-time as a bartender at O'Brien's Restaurant in Chicago. She was also hired to do traffic reports on WLS-FM.