Christina Filiaggi is a former on-air contributor and traffic reporter for The Steve Dahl Show on 890 in Chicago, Illinois. During her previous work as a reporter for Shadow Traffic, she also used the pseudonyms Angela Adams and Alex Jordan. Personal life and education Filiaggi grew up in Glen Ellyn, Illinois where, in 1986, she graduated from Glenbard West High School. In 1990, she graduated from Illinois Wesleyan University where she majored in English and received her Bachelor of Arts degree and graduated with honors. Career Filiaggi began her professional broadcasting career in 1993, working at as an office manager. She was offered this job after attending a remote broadcast of the show at Hooters. She later became a producer for Steve Dahl. She was laid off from WLS on February 29, 2008, due to corporate restructuring. On June 16, 2008, following a subsequent management change at the station and amid continued expressions of support from the show's fans, Filiaggi was reinstated; however, her reinstatement was short-lived. On May 8, 2009 it was announced on The Roe Conn Show that she had once more been laid off by station management. She was replaced by former NBC 5 reporter and fill-in traffic reporter at WLS-AM, Amy Jacobson. Starting June 7, 2009, Filiaggi was the sidekick on a week-to-week basis on the "Living Large with Geoff Pinkus" show, Sundays from 5-7 PM on 560. She was also hired to do traffic reports on WLS-FM. Filiaggi conitnued in this capacity until the end of April 2017 when she was let go as part of job cuts by parent company Cumulus Media.
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