Jane Pratt, the founder and former editor-in-chief of Jane magazine, has finally landed her own radio show on the Sirius Satellite Radio Network.
Sirius is expected to announce today that she will be chatting it up once a week in a live, three-hour show called Jane Radio that will feature music, rants, and plenty of call-ins.
The Post reported last year that Pratt was in talks with Sirius.
One of the segments will be called “Jane Needs Help,” in which the ex-mag diva solicits listener advice to deal with one of her own personal problems.
“I want the show to be all about how young woman talk to each other when their boyfriends or husbands aren’t listening,” Pratt said.
A start date has yet to be announced; Sirius officials confirmed only it will start “in the fall.”
Throughout her career, Pratt has managed to shake things up with her irreverent, nonconformist take on matters of sex, romance and life.
In her late 20s, Pratt was the founding editor-in-chief of Sassy, a hit with teen readers. Many of those readers became Jane devotees, which she launched in 1997. She was the top editor for 16 years – eight years at each.
“I like to get into a little trouble, push the boundaries a little, but all in good fun,” she told The Post from Hollywood, where she was visiting at the home of actors Courtney Cox and David Arquette.
Pratt eased out of her namesake mag at Fairchild/Condé Nast in July 2005, but stuck around for a short while to hand the reins to her successor, Brandon Holley.
Shortly before Pratt left, she had also suffered a miscarriage. She has a three-year-old daughter, Charlotte Jane, but has expressed the desire to have more children. Her longtime boyfriend is filmmaker Andrew Shaifer.
“I’ve had a rough couple of years, but it will all help at the end, helping other woman to deal with their problems,” said Pratt.
Radio traditionally skews to male listeners – whether it is news, sports or talk radio – but Sirius is making a decided effort to bring women into the mix.
“We’re getting more women listeners and more women’s advertising,” said Scott Greenstein, the president of entertainment and sports at Sirius.
Sirius is betting that the legions of fans who’ve given Pratt an almost cult-like following in print will migrate with her to the new medium.
Pratt will join a lineup that includes writer Candace Bushnell’s “Sex Success and Sensibility,” which debuts next month, Martha Stewart Radio and Cosmo Radio. There are also two shows featuring journalist Barbara Walters and a Saturday morning program with Regan Media editrix Judith Regan.
Jane Radio will be on Sirius Channel 102.
Pratt and Sirius declined to say exactly how long her contract runs, but Greenstein said, “We’re looking to have a long run with Jane.”
New York-based Sirius hopes to boost its subscriber base from 4.7 million to 6.3 million by the end of the year, when it expects to be cash-flow positive for the first time.
Pratt file
Jane mag founder Jane Pratt (pictured here with her signature nametag) is off to the stars – a show of her own on Sirius Satellite Radio, the subject of a Post exclusive last year.
Age: 43
Hometown: Charlotte, N.C.
Experience: 8 years each at Jane and Sassy
Cool detail: Plays electric violin
Internship: Rolling Stone