Cris Winter is an American radio personality on

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radio station. For six years she provided the voice of "Thundergirl" on the

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animated series '' Action League Now!''. Winter was one of two original

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s at WXXP 100.7, Pittsburgh's first alternative radio station from 1986 to 1988. She was the host of the local music show on WXXP, being the first to play bands like The Clarks, Affordable Floors, Sponges, Eleventh Hour, Spuds, and other local musicians. In August 1988 WXXP changed formats and Winter was fired. In 2020, after 14 years in the 5:30-10am shift, she was dismissed from

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, moving to previous employer WDVE in 2022.

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* Living people Radio personalities from Pittsburgh Year of birth missing (living people) {{Pittsburgh-stub