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Bob Stroud will step down from his midday shift at Hubbard Classic Rock “97.1 The Drive” WDRV Chicago/96.9 WWDV Zion IL on June 30. The 71 year old Stroud has been a staple in Chicago since joining 95.5 WMET in 1979. Stroud will continue to host the “Ten at 10” and “One 45 at 1:45” […] […]

Cumulus Media Conservative Talk 890 WLS Chicago has announced the addition of Steve Cochran as morning host starting Wednesday, June 15. Cochran most recently hosted mornings at Nexstar News/Talk 720 WGN from August 2013 until the end of 2019. He had another stint at WGN from 2000 to 2010 in multiple dayparts including afternoons, mornings, […] […]

Audacy AAA 93.1 WXRT Chicago will round out its lineup revamp with the move of afternoon host Marty Lennartz to mornings starting Monday, June 13. Lennartz has been with WXRT since 1981 in multiple roles including morning show producer, overnight host, Creative Assistant to Programming, and host of both “Live from Studio X” and “The […] […]

If there’s any artist who typifies, for me, the difference between music discovery in my adolescence and how songs are found now, it’s Kate Bush. I first read about Kate Bush’s “Wuthering Heights” in Winter ’78 in Billboard. It was probably first just an anonymous chart listing in “Hits of the World,” but then there […] […]

Chris Sommer will depart his position as afternoon news anchor on Audacy News 1080 KRLD Dallas on Friday, June 17. Sommer has been a staple in the Dallas market since the early 90s when he first joined News/Talk 570 KLIF as a newscaster and then spent two decades as part of the morning show at […] […]

Audacy News/Talk 830 WCCO Minneapolis is launching new shows in two prime weekday dayparts on Monday, June 27. Jason DeRusha, who will be leaving CBS’ WCCO-TV on June 23 after two decades at the television station, will takeover afternoons from 3-6pm. DeRusha joined WCCO-TV as a reporter in 2003 and has served as morning and […] […]