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Kristie McIntrye

Voice. Most everything that Kristie McIntyre has been drawn to since childhood has connected to VOICE. Born and raised on Cape Cod in Massachusetts she loved the reaction she got, as far back as two-years-old, reciting the Pledge of Allegiance that she'd learned on Romper Room. School plays, involvement in chorus and band and community theater led to her next great love: RADIO. She didn't realize it was unusual, at the time, that her high school had a radio station and a friend encouraged her to give it a try. At 15 she started a music show with her younger sister and realized she was the only one talking. Her sister, decided to go in other directions but Kristie was hooked

She became part of the nationally broadcast "Cape Cod Radio Mystery Theater" and went onto college at DePauw University as a Vocal Music major and Communications minor. Her first summer home from college she was hired to do weekend overnight shifts at her favorite Top-40 station on Cape Cod. A college internship at WNBC in New York City convinced her that radio was her true calling. Between her college radio experience and her summer radio job she had already made connections and gained experience that led her to her first fulltime radio job right out of college: another Top 40 station in New Bedford, MA. She also worked part-time at a station in Boston. After that it was onto Baltimore, MD to help program a Hip Hop station and soon after she landed her "big break" at WPLJ in New York City where she handled the midday shift full-time for 5years. As an introvert and someone who suffers from social anxiety, this was a huge leap of faith for her but one that made her stronger and more confident. While there, she also hosted a syndicated Top-40 show called the "Overnight Café" heard across the country.

New York was also where Kristie began experimenting with voice-over work. Taking voice-acting classes at night and eventually making a demo put her on a path to begin her own voice-over b u s i n e s s , KVoices.com. Again, loving all projects that need a voice, she began doing commercials and imaging for radio and television, narrations, web voices and even onhold messages.

After WPLJ, Kristie moved back to Baltimore and has worked for several stations in that market as well as in Washington, DC. Including B102.7, Mix 106.5, WQSR (where she co-hosted mornings with the legendary Steve Rouse and Company), Mix 107.3, 94.7 FRESH FM and WASH-F FM. In addition to music radio, Kristie learned to be a traffic reporter and then a radio news reporter and anchor at WBAL in Baltimore. Vocal music has also continued to be a passion for her and she was selected to sing the National Anthem at both Oriole Park at Camden Yards and at Nationals Stadium.

After remarrying in 2020, Kristie and her husband, Brent, decided to move to Fredericksburg to be closer to his daughter's family. Kristie has two children in their early 20's. Her son, Alex, lives in Chicago and her daughter, Sarah, goes back and forth between Virginia and Baltimore.

You can currently hear Kristie on weekends (and sometimes filling in during the week) on B101.5 here in Fredericksburg. In addition, she continues to run KVoices.com from her home where she broadcasts on other radio stations either doing news or music shows across the country.

And remember: "The only way to find your voice is to use it" -Austin Kleon

By Mandy Smith

Mandy Smith is the Promotions & Marketing Director for B101.5. AKA "AJ" Weekend Air Personality