For Natalie Jansen, radio wasn’t part of the plan. In fact, her entire career began in what she calls “the most unexpected way possible.” By winning the 102.9 The Hog’s Rock Girl competition in 2015. “That experience made me fall in love with how radio worked,” she says.
“I became determined to earn a real spot on air.” And she did. Jansen became the first Rock Girl ever hired after her reign, landing afternoons with Joe, Borna, and Mitch, while simultaneously launching her own night show.
She stayed with The Hog until 2023, when she decided to step away and travel the country, a much-needed reset after years of nonstop work. But the time away didn’t dim her passion for the medium. “I wasn’t done with the radio world,” she says. And radio wasn’t done with her either. In January 2024, she was recruited for her first morning-show role at 101 WIXX in Green Bay. Today, she wakes up Northeast Wisconsin as one-third of the Huggie, Natalie & Corey Morning Show, where she says she’s “loving every minute of it.”…