Heide started out as a disc jockey on Emerson College station WERS in Boston, Massachusetts in 1977.
Heide worked at WBCN in Boston from 1984 to 1991, when she segued to KROQ-FM in Los Angeles, California.
In 2005, she moved to KCBS-FM (Jack FM) in Los Angeles, where she was responsible for writing much of the dialogue for the on-air voice.
[5] In June 2017, she joined the Soul of Southern California, 94.7 the WAVE KTWV for weekends and fill-in-work.
[6] She is also the host and executive producer of Open Line, the public affairs program that airs weekends on the 4 Audacy FM stations in SoCal.