{"id":10443,"date":"2016-02-15T07:30:13","date_gmt":"2016-02-15T13:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.robertfeder.com\/?p=10443"},"modified":"2016-02-15T07:49:37","modified_gmt":"2016-02-15T13:49:37","slug":"megan-reed-1964-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/2016\/02\/15\/megan-reed-1964-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Megan Reed 1964-2016"},"content":{"rendered":"
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<\/a> Megan Reed<\/p><\/div>\n

As a Chicago radio personality for nearly three decades, Megan Reed exuded the same genuine warmth and optimism with listeners that she shared with friends and colleagues.<\/p>\n

Reed, who was 52, died Sunday after a 17-month battle with cancer. She had been off the air since September 2014 when she went on medical leave<\/a> as midday personality at Hubbard Radio adult contemporary WILV (now WSHE FM 100.3<\/a>).<\/p>\n

\u201cAt the young age of 52, we lost the most wonderful wife, mother, daughter and sister,\u201d her husband, Steve Casey, posted in a\u00a0Facebook tribute <\/a>Monday. \u201cShe fought valiantly and taught us all not only how to live to the fullest, but how to live in the face of death. We thank you for the color you brought into all of our lives. You will be missed.\u201d<\/p>\n

Among her peers Reed was considered a shining star.<\/p>\n

\u201cMegan was an amazing lady in so many ways,\u201d said Mark Edwards, former vice president of programming at WLIT. \u201cSuperbly talented, beautiful on the inside and the outside, and with an amazingly\u00a0sparkling personality. I was blessed to work with her for almost a decade and will cherish those times forever. She bravely fought a long battle and will be terribly missed.\u201d<\/p>\n

Greg Solk, senior vice president of programming and operations for Hubbard Radio, said: \u201cThose of us who worked closely with Meg just felt better being in her presence. In a business often filled with slightly self-absorbed people, Megan was the sweetest and kindest of souls who never saw herself like the \u2018superstar\u2019 we all knew she was.\u201d<\/p>\n

Reed had been undergoing treatment for metastatic breast cancer that later resulted in brain tumors. She had surgery to remove two tumors in November 2014. \u201cIf there\u2019s anything I\u2019ve taken out of this it\u2019s that I want people to take care of themselves and make sure that they\u2019re healthy,\u201d she said at the time.<\/p>\n

A native of west suburban Batavia and graduate of Iowa State University, Reed started as a summer intern at WXRT and worked at the former WAUR and WYSY in Aurora before she began a 12-year run at WLIT in 1989. After a four-year break, she joined WILV in 2005.\u00a0She also taught broadcasting at Columbia College.<\/p>\n

In addition to her husband, survivors include her mother and three children. Funeral arrangement are pending.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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