Virginia Lang - HERLIFE Magazine

Up Close and Personal with Virginia Lang“When you talk aboutthe good, you gottatalk about the badtoo. Everybody hasbreak-ups and thingsin life that don’t goas they planned. It’spainful and hard to talkabout, but it’s all partof being open.”Virginia Lang is the vibrant personalitybehind the Wild 95.5 morning radio show.Along with Kevin Rolston and JasonPennington, Virginia and the morningteam have been waking up West PalmBeach for the past 12 years.Virginia joined the Wild 95.5 morning showin May of 1999 and has, as she says, “grown up inSouth Florida.” Together, the Wild 95.5 morningteam has shared their ups and downs…marriages,divorces, kids, etc. “We accidentally turned intoreal grown-ups here,” says Virginia.The path to turning into a real grown-uphasn’t always been easy for Virginia, but shehasn’t held back on the air with the Wild 95.5listeners at all. From her painful divorce, to life asa single mom, Virginia shares it all on the radio.“We have always talked about the personal detailsin our lives. I’ve cried on air several times overbreak-ups (and I’m not a composed crier). I’vereally gotten sloppy, snotty and messy when I’veshared things.”It may not come out on air right away, butVirginia believes in being honest and open withthe Wild 95.5 listeners. She explains, “When youtalk about the good, you gotta talk about the badtoo. Everybody has breakups and things in life thatdon’t go as they planned. It’s painful and hard totalk about, but it’s all part of being open.”Speaking of the good, one can’t truly get toknow Virginia without talking about one of thebest things in her life, Magnolia…her spunky,five-year-old daughter. “Magnolia is just as crazyas me,” beams Virginia. “She is the coolest kid andwe really have a blast! Her personality is the best.She is upbeat and willing to try anything and isalways silly. I love it!”Virginia has moved past her divorce fromHERLIFEmagazine.com 15