Irma Blanco is an American

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from

Los Angeles, California Los Angeles, often referred to by its initials L.A., is the List of municipalities in California, most populous city in the U.S. state of California, and the commercial, Financial District, Los Angeles, financial, and Culture of Los Angeles, ...

. Born and raised of Cuban heritage in

Monterey Park, California Monterey Park is a city in the western San Gabriel Valley region of Los Angeles County, California, United States, approximately east of the Downtown Los Angeles civic center. It is bordered by Alhambra, California, Alhambra, East Los Angeles, ...

, she has worked all over the

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, including

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and

Redlands, California Redlands ( ) is a city in San Bernardino County, California, United States. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the city had a population of 73,168, up from 68,747 at the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census. The city is located a ...

. Formerly of WRCX-FM 103.5 she was the portrayed "voice of reason" for the nationally syndicated morning radio show, '' Mancow's Morning Madhouse'' in

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, hosted by Erich " Mancow" Muller. Blanco was with Mancow from 1994, when the show began in the early 1990s in

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and ran until July 1998. WRCX, as well as the parent company, and both Mancow and Irma were sued by Keith Van Horne, a former NFL player, but the lawsuit was settled before she decided to leave the Chicago station. Blanco previously worked at KBIG 104.3 MYfm in Los Angeles as a news and entertainment co-host on the KBIG morning show, ''Valentine in the Morning'', weekday mornings 5-9am

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. Blanco previously co-hosted the morning show with Charlie Tuna. Blanco has most recently worked at KOLA 99.9 from March 2013 – January 12, 2018, her last day, weekday mornings 5-9am

as a co-host sidekick on "Jesse Duran (and Irma Blanco) in the Morning" to Jesse Duran, previously of 99.1 KGGI.

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KBIG-FM Website

{{DEFAULTSORT:Blanco, Irma Year of birth missing (living people) Living people People from Monterey Park, California Radio personalities from Los Angeles

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