Mesa Kincaid was a talk radio

Talk radio

Talk radio is a radio format containing discussion about topical issues. Most shows are regularly hosted by a single individual, and often feature interviews with a number of different guests. Talk radio typically includes an element of listener participation, usually by broadcasting live...

 host in the Minneapolis-St. Paul broadcast area.

Personal

Kincaid was raised in Minneapolis and attended Minneapolis Edison High School, where classmates voted her the one with "Wild Wit". She lived with her husband, Donald Hoeft, and their son in Pine City, Minnesota

Pine City, Minnesota

Pine City is a city in Pine County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 3,123 at the 2010 census. Pine City is the county seat of, and the largest city in, Pine County...

, until her death on September 6, 2009 from an apparent heart attack at the age of 52. She had a daughter.

Career

Kincaid worked in the 1970s and early 1980s at numerous stations including KQRS-FM, WCCO-FM (now WLTE

WLTE

WLTE is a radio station in Minneapolis-St. Paul that carries a "Lite rock" adult contemporary format and has done so for more than two decades. WLTE is owned by CBS Corporation, which also owns WCCO radio today...

) and KSTP-FM

KSTP-FM

KSTP-FM is a radio station serving the Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota area. It is one of the flagship stations of Hubbard Broadcasting, which also owns several other TV and radio stations across the United States, along with other properties...

 but is best remembered as "Cheetah" or "The Fox that Rocks" on U100, which later became KDWB-FM.

External links

• KQRS Morning Show (official site)
• Radiotapes.com Aircheck samples of Mesa Kincaid's and Tom Barnard's radio careers including KQRS "Cat and Kincaid".