Karen Putna Boyd

After working at the few Tampa Bay area stations that would even consider hiring her and getting fired from most of them, Karen went back to USF in 1985 and completed her degree in English Literature. She graduated in 1987 and went to work in Public Relations at St. Anthony’s Hospital in St. Petersburg. Since Karen learned fluent swearing from Jack Harris, Tedd Webb and her brother, former Marine Corps Master Sergeant, Michael Putna, going to work at a Catholic hospital was probably not her best career choice.

Guess what... radio stations are not the only employ-ers that fire people. Karen then worked on five editions of the Hooters calendar... (yeah, yeah... you’re the first witty guy to say "Oh, are there jokes in that calendar."). Karen’s work has also appeared in the Washington Post. (O.K. O.K... when Hooters was opening a store in Baltimore, the president of NOW wrote an editorial protesting it in the Washington Post and one of Karen’s jokes was cited as an example of Hooters particularly crude and childish humor.) Beecher Martin then hired Karen for her third stint at WQVK, where she worked until 1997.

Karen married William Boyd in 1996. They lived in New Tampa and traveled extensively... mostly because the places they stay usually don’t want them to come back.

Update 12/2005:
Karen died in her sleep Sunday night Dec 11th, 2005.