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Johnson Hindin Genealogy
Suggestions for using this site: Click “Johnson-Hindin Genealogy,” above, to go to the Home Page. Click the “Ancestors” tab below to see a pedigree chart. (If no ancestors appear in the chart, see if the person has a spouse by clicking the blue down arrow, and then click the “Ancestors” tab.) In the pedigree chart, click the blue down arrow to see a person’s family and click the gold right arrow to see more ancestors. Click the “Descendants” tab, below, then the “Register Format” option for a good descendancy report.
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- Cris is an on-air personality on WSHH (WISH) 99.7 in Pittsburgh (soft rock) from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. in 2009. The following profile was taken from www.wshh.com in 2009:
PROFILE:
Born and raised in Pittsburgh...I bleed black and gold
Graduate of Baldwin High School and California University of PA
I have been in Pittsburgh radio for 24 years….
I am a huge animal lover…I own 2 dogs and an Umbrella Cockatoo
If I wasn’t in radio…I would have been a veterinarian (couldn’t you tell?)
Favorite Movie: “Fast Times At Ridgemont High”
Favorite Actor: Sean Penn
What you might not know: For 6 years, I was the voice of cartoon character “Thundergirl” …on Nickelodeon’s “Action League Now”…no, I really can’t fly
Favorite vacation spot: anywhere there is a beach
Dream Vacation: Bora Bora in the South Pacific (keep dreaming!)
Dream Car: a 1968 Mustang Fastback just like the one Steve McQueen drove in the movie “Bullitt”…any color will do!
Hobbies: volunteering at Animal Friends, shopping, traveling, furniture shopping, interior decorating, golfing, attending concerts, Steelers, Pirates and Penguins games and NASCAR races…and did I mention shopping?
My secret vice: shoes and boots, I own at least 140 pairs
One thing I would love to learn how to do: to surf!
I currently sit on the advisory board for Animal Friends, a companion animal resource center in Ohio Township.
Cris was an original disc jockey on WXXP in Pittsburgh, which moved to an alternative rock format in 1986 and developed a cult-like following. The following are Cris' memories of WXXP and her career in Pittsburgh radio (taken from http://www.ear.fm/cris_winter.htm in 2009):
What a long strange trip it has been ...I was on a family vacation when Double X went off the air. I remember going to the INXS show at the Civic Arena as soon as I got back into town and seeing the banners saying "Bring Double X Back" and the bummed out faces on our many listeners. It was then that I realized that we were all a part of something very special and unique. The last 20 years have been very good to me as far as a radio career. I have truly been blessed. The day I was fired from Double X, I got a call from the rock station in town WDVE. I was out of a job for all of 6 hours. Low and behold, I called DVE home for 15 years! While at DVE I did a part-time fill in. I was also DVE's Music Director for 12 years.
In 1995, I was asked to be the Program Director of a new alternative station "The X". It was a blast to be instrumental in the beginnings of a station that I am proud to say is still on the air. In 1996, I was asked to join the "Paulsen & Krenn Morning Show", one of the most successful rock radio morning shows in the country. I handled the news duties. I would be on that show for nearly 6 years.
In 2002, I was asked to join the oldies station's morning show ("3WS - Greatest Hits of the 60's and 70's"), once again handling the news duties. I became the co-host of the morning show (The Merkel & Cris Morning Show). Who would have thunk it?! I was also the NASCAR correspondent for Clear Channel - Pittsburgh. It is nice to have a hobby that I have loved for 18 years turn into a radio gig.
Animals have always been my passion and I do a lot of volunteer work with various animal organizations and I am proud to say that I sit on the advisory board for Animal Friends, a no-kill animal shelter in Pittsburgh.
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