Kathryn Adkins aka Kathy Dugan Biography
WTRS
WMOP WOGK WFKS
WOMX WXXL WJHM
WJRR WDBO MetroNetworks Total Traffic Networks
Kathryn's career began as
Kathy Dugan, holding down the weekend slot, at
WTRS-FM
102.3, "102 Country" in Ocala and her show was #1 in the nighttime after only 11 months! Chris Rhoads of
WHTQ-FM 96.5 trained Kathryn to take his place when he left
WTRS. Kathryn would leave WTRS to work at WMOP-AM
900, which was Florida's oldest country station, (now doing Sports Talk) and then returned to
WTRS to do nights. Kathryn moved on to do overnights at WOGK-FM
93.7,
"K-Country" in Ocala for a brief period of time and then took the midday position at
WFKS-FM 99.9 "Kiss FM" in Daytona (now
WGNE licensed to Ocala). Kathryn became Music
Director there. She left
WFKS to do airborne traffic at MetroNetworks for
WDBO-AM 580. She went by Rebecca Adkins there.
After a year, she was "grounded" and did traffic reports for several stations including
WXXL-FM
106.7 (as Kathy Adkins), WTKS-FM
104.1 (first as Bailey Quarters and then as
Kathryn Adkins), WSHE-FM
100.3 (as Jenny
Piccolo), WSHE when it became "Cool 100" (as Jenny Take A Ride), WJHM-FM
101.9, "102 Jamz" (as La Queesha) and more. Kathryn was the regular "fill-in" for Erika Lee at
WOMX-FM 105.1. Kathryn, as Marianne Marosan at WXXL-FM
106.7 and as Brandi Shannon at WJHM-FM
101.9. Kathryn left MetroNetworks in 2001 to take a midday position in Evansville, Indiana at 104
WIKY-the Arbitron-rated #1 AC station in the country. She spent 3 1/2 years doing
mid-days and assisting in programming before returning home to
Orlando. Currently Kathryn works for Clear Channel's Total Traffic Network.
Stations you'll hear her on are "XL106.7", WXXL-FM 106.7
in Orlando,
95.1 "The Beat" WBVD-FM 95.1
in Melbourne, WFKS-FM 97.9 "Kiss FM" and WQIK in Jacksonville. Kathryn also does "Psychic News" with
Buckethead on WJRR-FM
101.9 as Carrie N. Crabs. |
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