After graduating from the Illinois Center for Broadcasting in 1994, she began working for 92.7 WCBR “The Bear” broadcasting from Arlington Heights.

Career
When the station was taken over by Big City Radio in 1998, she was retained to work at the new station by then program director Judy McNutt.

In 1999 Big City Radio brought Robert Murphy to Chicago sister station 103.5 FM, where JoAnn landed the Co-Host spot. The station was formatted as “Chicago’s Heart and Soul” and played a format for Motown hits and blue eyed soul. It later became “The Eighties Channel” playing eighties hits and rotation of early MTV favorites.

In September 2001 she moved to WLIT 93.9 FM as Co-Host of the Morning Drive shift with Paul Peterson until 2002, when she moved to the newly formatted Clear Channel WKCS 103.5 KISS-FM.

She was originally added to bring localization to “Valentine in the Morning”, a morning show streamed in from Los Angles and broadcast in Chicago.

In 2003 KISS-FM decided to end the simulcasted Sean Valentine morning show. San Antonio host Kevin “Drex” Buchar became the morning drive host. JoAnn became the News and Traffic personality for the show. She also served as the News and Current Affairs Director for the station. Her work in Public Affairs for the station earned her the title of Honorary Board Member of the Sudden Death Infant Syndrome Services of Illinois She left the station in late 2008.

She has also made appearances on Tony Losanno’s “The Nude Hippo Show”.

JoAnn is currently the Host of the “Big Morning Wake Up” at WBIG 1280 AM.