[3][4] One responsibility of her position was anchoring the news and being a sidekick on the nationally syndicated Kevin Matthews Morning Show originating from WLUP studio's in the John Hancock Building.
Within a few months (March 1996) she accepted the simultaneous positions at WIIL of morning show sidekick/news anchor, midday host (via voicetracking) and Promotion Director.
After her daughter was born in 1996 Carriveau left WIIL and chose to continue working only part-time at WRCX, allowing her to dedicate more time to being a mother.
When WRCX changed formats in 1998 and terminated the entire on air staff, she briefly filled in at WTMX hosting evenings and then middays for vacationing radio personalities during the holidays, then began working part-time at 97.9 WLUP "The Loop" in January, 1999.
She remained at WLUP until 2006, when she was let go after writing a letter to Chicago Sun-Times columnist Robert Feder lamenting about legendary radio personalities currently off the air.
[9] Cara began hosting middays nationwide on Local Radio Network's classic rock format on April 9, 2018 [10] and joined the air staff at Chicago's 94.7 WLS-FM in July, 2019.