Lori Rigato
I SWORE THAT I WAS RETIRING FROM RADIO IN 2016 AND THAT WAS THAT! HA,” JUST WHEN I THOUGHT I WAS OUT, THEY PULL ME BACK IN! “ MICHAEL CORLEONE- THE GODFATHER lll.
OK, IT WAS NEVER THAT BAD!
I WAS WORKING IN THE BEAUTY BUSINESS AND ONE OF MY COWORKERS SAID, YOU HAVE A GREAT VOICE, YOU SHOULD GO TO SPECS HOWARD SCHOOL OF BROADCAST ARTS. SO I DID. IT WAS NEVER ON MY RADAR BUT IT SOUNDED LIKE A GOOD IDEA.
I HAD A 5 YR OLD SON AND WITH A LOT OF FAVORS FROM FAMILY , I GRADUATED IN 1994. I WAS THRILLED WHEN I GOT AN INTERNSHIP WITH WYCD AND THEN HIRED FULL TIME AS AFTERNOON CO-HOST AS A RESULT OF THAT. I STARTED AT WYCD DURING SCHOOL, OVERNIGHTS AND WEEKENDS.
FROM WYCD, WENT TO WMUZ, FILLED IN AT THE FOX IN SAGINAW, DID MORNINGS AND MIDDAYS AT WJIM IN LANSING, WENT BACK TO WYCD AS MORNING TRAFFIC AND ENTERTAINMENT NEWS AND THEN WRAPPED MY CAREER AT WWWW AS MORNING CO-HOST AND FILL IN NEWSCASTER IN ANN ARBOR FOR 6 YEARS. I ACTUALLY DID SALES FOR WHMI IN THE LATE 90’S. SO THIS IS MY THIRD TRIP AROUND THE WHMI UNIVERSE.
I AM A MILITARY MOM. MY SON IS MARRIED AND A VETERAN, STILL IN THE AIRFORCE AND WORKS FOR THE COUNTER DRUG TASK FORCE IN SAVANNAH GEORGIA. I HAVE 3 INCREDIBLE GRANDKIDS AND I GO VISIT THEM EVERY COUPLE MONTHS. BORN AND RAISED HOWELL GIRL, AND MAN DO I HAVE STORIES OF RUNNING AROUND THIS TOWN AND DRIVING IN CIRCLES IN THE KROGER PARKING LOT.
I’M THRILLED TO BE HERE AND LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU ALL OUT IN OUR GREAT COMMUNITY!