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Mesa Kincaid (born Cheryl Holm; 23 September 1956 - 6 September 2009) was a talk radio host in the Minneapolis-St. Paul broadcast area.
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Personal
Kincaid was raised in Minneapolis and attended Minneapolis Edison High School, where classmates voted her the one with "Wild Wit". She lived with her husband, Donald Hoeft, and their son in Pine City, Minnesota, until her death on September 6, 2009 from an apparent heart attack at the age of 52.[1] She had a daughter.
Career
Kincaid worked in the 1970s and early 1980s at numerous stations including KQRS-FM, WCCO-FM (now WLTE) and KSTP-FM but is best remembered as "Cheetah" or "The Fox that Rocks" on U100, which later became KDWB-FM.[2]
References
- ^ David Brauer, "Mesa Kincaid, U100's 'Fox that Rocks,' passes away at 52", MinnPost.com, 10 September 2009,
- ^ Tim Harlow, "'The Fox that Rocks,' Mesa Kincaid was a radio pioneer", The Star Tribune, 15 September 2009
External links
- KQRS Morning Show (official site)
- Radiotapes.com Aircheck samples of Mesa Kincaid's and Tom Barnard's radio careers including KQRS "Cat and Kincaid".
Categories:- American talk radio hosts
- Radio personalities from Minneapolis, Minnesota
- 1956 births
- Living people
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