This is Joanne Vogelpohl, Richard Hudson, Kevin Alfultis, Wendy Hilt. We all started in rural, small-market radio and made the jump to large-market radio in St. Louis.
Joanne became the most significant account executive in all of St. Louis, spending time working for KEZK and a brief stint with KTRS to sell baseball broadcasts. Wendy and Joanne have known each other since the way back in Southern Illinois. Wendy refers to Joanne as her “Big Sister in radio.”
Richard Hudson began his marketing career with Wendy in 1993 at Z100, moved to television and ultimately became a manager at Autotrader.com and other internet automotive sites.
Kevin Alfultis began in Southeast Missouri, and worked in St. Louis with Wendy at KSLZ. Kevin worked as a top-biller at KEZK before leaving radio to also work for Autotrader.com. Kevin became a National Account Manager for ATC and other automotive sites.
Wendy began her marketing career working for New Country Z100 in Southern Illinois. In 1992. In 1998, she moved to St. Louis and did stints in Country Radio, Top 40, and KMOX as a baseball Cardinal seller in 2004. Wendy left radio after that and went to work as a National Account Executive for Autotrader.com, handling six new car brands with Tier 2 advertising in the US. She retired in 2011.
Growing Up Hilt 
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