American General Media Albuquerque Operations Manager Michelle Matthews died on Thanksgiving Day after a brief health battle.
She joined the company earlier this year after previously serving as Program Director of 96.3 WDVD in Detroit. She exited that position as part of a round of corporate layoffs last year.
Other stops in her career include nearly a decade as Operations Manager at Saga Communications in Columbus, where she led Sunny 95 and Mix 107.9, as well as serving as the Program Director of KLOU in St. Louis for iHeartMedia. She also served as a Regional Programming Manager for iHeart, overseeing the company’s clusters in Omaha, Wichita, and Sioux City.
Many former and current colleagues, friends, and co-workers shared remembrances of Matthews — whose real name was Michelle Weber Rigden — on social media.
She is survived by her husband, Jonathan, and sons Kiefer and Ryan.
Michelle Matthews was 54 years old.
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