Alison Cuddy

Alison Cuddy is a former host of Chicago Public Radio’s (WBEZ 91.5 FM) "Eight Forty-Eight" weekday news magazine show.

On Chicago Public Radio (WBEZ 91.5 FM),[2] Cuddy became solo host of "Eight Forty-Eight" on August 1, 2010,[3] and was replaced by Tony Sarabia in January 2012.

[5] Before becoming solo host for "Eight Forty-Eight", Cuddy was co-host with Richard Steele for two years.

Before radio, Cuddy worked in the immigration department for an IT firm (ThoughtWorks, Inc.) in Chicago.

She stated “I’m sensitive about revealing everything to the audience...I want the way people relate to me to be on the basis of the job, which is not necessarily about who I am.”[12] She may be in an exclusive relationship, but does not clearly say so.