Where you can hear Maegan Lahti: Afternoon drive on WiLD 95.5, midday on WAVE 92.7, and midday on 98.7 The Gator
Maegan Lahti has always loved being the center of attention. “I came out of the womb a ham,” she says. Lahti grew up in Toledo, Ohio, where she spent her childhood dancing, singing, and acting in local theater. After high school, she moved to Fort Pierce to attend the theater arts program at Indian River State College, graduating in 2010. As she tried to make it as an actress and model, she supported herself tending bar at Sailfish Marina Resort. She eventually landed a big contract as a fitness model for VPX Sports, but when the pandemic hit, Lahti lost the modeling contract—and her job at Sailfish, which temporarily shut its doors like many other restaurants.
In 2021, a fellow bartender who was also a radio personality on iHeart’s 92.1 Real Radio—Frannie Umpierre—encouraged Lahti to interview with the station. She was offered a spot on the station’s The Love Doctors show, before moving on to cohost On Call with Dano and Maegan with Daniel Russo. ”I was so nervous because I didn’t have a background in radio and I wanted the audience to like me,” recalls Lahti. “I very quickly fell in love with it.”
A year later, she moved to WiLD 95.5 to cohost the morning show with Carmine Gialanella—and the duo was a hit. “We were very authentic and relatable,” Lahti says of Carmine and Maegan in the Morning. “We were trying to say to the audience, ‘We’re just like you, or maybe just like your hot mess cousin.’” Much of the pair’s on-air banter was gleaned from their own lives, which could get a little sticky. “[My husband] Taylor has been embarrassed a couple of times,” Lahti says.
In January, after Gialenella was let go, Lahti was moved to the pop music station’s 2 to 7 p.m. afternoon drive time slot. She also hosts middays on new country station WAVE 92.7 and middays on rock station 98.7 The Gator. Asked how she handles three very different shows, she says: “I grew up in a very musically inclined family, so my ability to switch genres is fueled by my love of music.”
Looking toward the future, Lahti, who moved to St. Cloud in May, has some lofty goals. “I would like Ryan Seacrest to respectfully retire so I can take over his job,” she says. If that fails, she has a backup plan: “My goal is to have a tortoise sanctuary. People adopt them without realizing they live like 75 years.”
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