After nearly 45 years in the industry, longtime Wisconsin radio host Jane Matenaer has announced that she is retiring.
Matenaer previously worked for 620 WTMJ as a news anchor/reporter and in morning drive as co-anchor of Wisconsin’s Morning News. She joined the station 2015 after a 25-year run at 99.1 The Mix and five years at B93.3. She joined Civic Media three years ago, where she had worked alongside Greg Bach for Matenaer On Air.
Matenaer announced that she will step away from the medium at the end of the calendar year.
“When I started my radio career, my goal was to be a ‘cool, nighttime rock chick.’ Tragically, I was none of those things,” she said in a statement. “Fortunately, I had the support of those who believed I had potential and encouraged me to follow a slightly different path — to morning radio. And while I never envisioned eventually moving from music to talk radio, the transition has been the most rewarding experience of my life, and these last three years at Civic Media have been the proudest of my 40-plus-year career.”
Civic Media has not announced plans for replacing Jane Matenaer in the 9-11 AM timeslot.
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