Join us in 2024 for Jennifer and Wendy’s Book Club presented by St. Louis County Library. The Girls will feature books and discussions with authors as a regular part of their show. Book titles will be released as they are selected. Tune in every weekday from 10am – Noon to hear two of St. Louis’s most distinguished female voices!
Jennifer Blome
Jennifer’s broadcasting career spans four decades in news.
She became the first morning news anchor in St. Louis, when KSDK launched Today in St. Louis in the early 1980s. For 22 years, Jennifer co-anchored the morning news with Art Holliday.
After leaving KSDK in 2014, Jennifer worked as Director of Humane Education at the APA of Missouri. She and her group of volunteers visited area schools, teaching children empathy, kindness and responsible pet guardianship. Jennifer started a Prison Art Program where offenders at three Missouri prisons created pet portraits to raise money for homeless animals.
Jennifer earned her Bachelor’s degree in Radio-TV-Film from Bowling Green State University and her Master’s in Social Work from Washington University. Jennifer had a private therapy practice for five years.
She adopted her dog, Pollyanna, from the APA over five years ago and the two live in St. Louis County.
Wendy Wiese
Wendy has been a fixture in St. Louis media for more than 34 years. She began her career at KMOX, then KTRS, and has been a panelist on the popular Donnybrook program on KETC since 2003. Wendy is also a recipient of the Ohio State Radio and Television News Directors and Missouri Broadcasters Association awards. She and her longtime partner, Bill Wilkerson, were honored by the St. Louis Press Club as Media Persons of the Year in 1999.
A graduate of Visitation Academy and Fontbonne College, Wendy has been active with numerous organizations including Catholic Charities and as a board member of the Mathews-Dickey Boys and Girls Club. Wendy and her husband of 32 years, Chris Carter, live in Chesterfield, MO.
Wendy is the resident Football Fan at KTRS with much added advice from Jennifer and Wendy’s producer Connor.
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