LISA'S BIO
Not only is Lisa Manning a radio dynamo, she’s an energetic mom that manages a cool career and a family life at home with 2 teenagers and makes it look easy.
Born into “the business” (her father, a former radio DJ, owned an ad agency in Washington DC), Lisa started out cutting commercials at age 6. “My whole family is in the biz in some way,” she laughs. Manning’s mother, a successful actress, headed DC’s American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA) and her sister, Lori Alan, is the voice of Pearl on “SpongeBob Square Pants” and Diane on “Family Guy.”
The multi-talented Lisa, followed down her mother’s path in acting, as well as her dad's in radio, which also led to a board position at AFTRA in Nashville.
Launching her three-decade radio-career in college in N.C., Manning’s on-air personality was shaped by her experience in several markets, including Washington, D.C, Charlotte, Cleveland, Norfolk and finally settling here in Nashville in '93.
Given her showbiz background, Nashville was a comfortable fit for Lisa. She is classically trained in voice and piano and also plays guitar and attempts playing drums as well. (Cue eye rolls from teenagers)
She did her share singing demos for Nashville’s top-tier songwriters, all the while absorbing all she could about the music business.
“I LOVE what I do and I'm extremely blessed to be able to work with incredible people and actually have a job that's this fun...working at 955 NASH ICON (WSM-FM) in Nashville is unreal,” endears Manning.
These days, when Lisa isn’t in the studio, you’ll find her helping her 13 and 16-year olds with homework, carpooling and after school dance and guitar lessons. Doing ANYTHING with family is her idea of what life's all about. The whole family are HUGE fans of The Walking Dead, and Lisa helped organize the first Walker Stalker Con in Atlanta in 2013.
Lisa is engaged to Charlie Daniels, Jr., and they're in the process of planning their wedding, which they plan to be a party!
Lisa can be heard daily on Nash News Now and on Nash Icon stations from coast-to-coast on the Cumulus/Westwood One Network.
Born into “the business” (her father, a former radio DJ, owned an ad agency in Washington DC), Lisa started out cutting commercials at age 6. “My whole family is in the biz in some way,” she laughs. Manning’s mother, a successful actress, headed DC’s American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA) and her sister, Lori Alan, is the voice of Pearl on “SpongeBob Square Pants” and Diane on “Family Guy.”
The multi-talented Lisa, followed down her mother’s path in acting, as well as her dad's in radio, which also led to a board position at AFTRA in Nashville.
Launching her three-decade radio-career in college in N.C., Manning’s on-air personality was shaped by her experience in several markets, including Washington, D.C, Charlotte, Cleveland, Norfolk and finally settling here in Nashville in '93.
Given her showbiz background, Nashville was a comfortable fit for Lisa. She is classically trained in voice and piano and also plays guitar and attempts playing drums as well. (Cue eye rolls from teenagers)
She did her share singing demos for Nashville’s top-tier songwriters, all the while absorbing all she could about the music business.
“I LOVE what I do and I'm extremely blessed to be able to work with incredible people and actually have a job that's this fun...working at 955 NASH ICON (WSM-FM) in Nashville is unreal,” endears Manning.
These days, when Lisa isn’t in the studio, you’ll find her helping her 13 and 16-year olds with homework, carpooling and after school dance and guitar lessons. Doing ANYTHING with family is her idea of what life's all about. The whole family are HUGE fans of The Walking Dead, and Lisa helped organize the first Walker Stalker Con in Atlanta in 2013.
Lisa is engaged to Charlie Daniels, Jr., and they're in the process of planning their wedding, which they plan to be a party!
Lisa can be heard daily on Nash News Now and on Nash Icon stations from coast-to-coast on the Cumulus/Westwood One Network.