Amanda Orlando

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And someone you would want as your best girlfriend. </div> <bR> <div> Born in Ft Walton Beach, Florida at Eglin AFB with her father the Air Force, Amanda lived in Florida, Dayton, Arizona, California and Massachusetts, before graduating from the University of Kentucky with honors in 1991.</div> <bR> <div> Her radio career began when she was a senior at UK doing an internship in the promotions department at a local radio station. She was offered a weekend overnight shift until she got a "real job" and jumped at the chance. She never did get a "real" job and her radio career was off and running.</div> <bR> <div> As with many in the entertainment industry she moved through several positions and stations with increasing exposure and audiences over the years, until she landed in the choice morning “Wake Up” role with B105 where we all know her today. With her face plastered on more billboards than those Chic fil-A cows, you would think this gal has everything. But just like all of us, Amanda's life is full of ups and downs. </div> <bR> <div> This Mother's Day cover story was planned months in advance, but when I caught up with her she was taking a short break to catch up on calls while spending time with her mother in a hospital in Boston. Amanda's mom was diagnosed with Pancreatic Cancer only about a month before but at the time we talked was already confined to the hospital. Like a true professional, Amanda had her chin up and worthy thoughts to share on motherhood and balance-made all the more poignant by her current role of holding her mother's hand into the next step in life's journey. </div> <bR> <div> Amanda and her husband David, who works at 5/3 Bank, have made Cincinnati their home. They rehabbed a house in Norwood for eight years and recently sold it to move to the West Side. With their five-year-old daughter Athena, Amanda's demanding early morning work hours would seem impossible. However Amanda says that teamwork with her husband has made all the difference in finding balance. “If I didn't have a husband who was fully taking on equal responsibility there would be no balance. Perhaps he should be on the cover,” said Amanda with a laugh. “He gets our daughter up and dressed and off to school. And he's becoming quite a master at hair braiding too. I do the bedtime routine. We share everything.”</div> <bR> <div> After having Athena, Amanda was back at work in five weeks which she does not recommend: “It was around the time in radio when everyone was taking vacation. In the industry you can only take vacations when it is not ratings time. A person, who is no longer my manager, said they needed me back. Not realizing the effects that a baby truly has on you both physically and hormonally, I accepted. But it was rough. You think you can do it all. But there is a time and rhythm it was really too soon for me.” </div> <bR> <div> As one of three siblings with her parents married 41 years, Amanda says it was her mother who instilled in her the philosophy of family first. “One time when I was home from college on break my mom hid my car keys. I was mostly spending time with friends and she said I could not go back to school until I spent some time with my family. She forced the issue and I'm so grateful for those values she gave me. Family is so important. She is a nurturer and taught me that it is important to be good to people.”</div> <bR> <div> Amanda's mother's illness puts motherhood in perspective. “I had a GREAT childhood,” Amanda continued. “And I told my mom that the other day, as I have all these memories coming forward now. She said, `Oh no! I made so many mistakes.' So I think about all of us, out there beating ourselves up. Like when my daughter gets in trouble at preschool. Or I think I'm not working on this or that. But the most important thing is to love your child and your family and to let them know that. She did a wonderful job raising us yet she thinks about the mistakes. My childhood was truly great and I want her to know that above all else. I hope she is still around to read this from me when it comes out.”</div> <bR> <div> So behind the bright smile we see daily on the highway billboards, there is the introspection of a woman doing her best job to love her family. And this month I wish her and all mothers out there a day of seeing the love and not the mistakes at least for a day this Mother's Day.  </div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>