Alison Cuddy is a former host of Chicago Public Radio’s (WBEZ 91.5 FM) "Eight Forty-Eight" weekday news magazine show. She served as the artistic director for the Chicago Humanities Festival.
Life and career
On Chicago Public Radio (WBEZ 91.5 FM),
Cuddy became solo host of "Eight Forty-Eight" on August 1, 2010, and was replaced by Tony Sarabia in January 2012.
She has been named among “the most powerful women in Chicago journalism” by local media journalist Robert Feder of ''Timeout Chicago'' magazine.
Before becoming solo host for "Eight Forty-Eight", Cuddy was co-host with Richard Steele for two years.
Jason Marck directs "Eight Forty-Eight". Cuddy secured her first radio position in 2001 as assistant producer of "Odyssey", also a Chicago Public Radio program. She eventually produced "Odyssey" and "Chicago Matters", another WBEZ production.
Before radio, Cuddy worked in the immigration department for an IT firm (
ThoughtWorks, Inc.) in Chicago. Cuddy also taught at
DePaul University
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in
Chicago
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and the
University of Pittsburgh
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in
Pittsburgh
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.
Since 2017, Cuddy was the artistic director of the
Chicago Humanities Festival
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. She no longer works at the festival as of December 2021.
Personal life
Her age is undisclosed. She stated “I’m sensitive about revealing everything to the audience...I want the way people relate to me to be on the basis of the job, which is not necessarily about who I am.”
Education
Cuddy holds a B.F.A. in cinema studies from
Concordia University
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in
Montreal, Quebec
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, Canada. She has also earned an M.A. in English from the University of Pittsburgh.
Residence
Cuddy hails from
Winnipeg, Manitoba
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, Canada. She is a current resident of Chicago, Illinois, living in the
Lake View neighborhood.
Criticism
Criticism of her vocal quality started when she became the solo host of "Eight Forty-Eight".
References
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Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Radio personalities from Chicago