took charge<\/a> of WXRT last month, praised Ransford. \u201cI have been at this racket quite a while, and I can honestly say Kelly is one of the premier programmers I\u2019ve ever been around,\u201d he said. \u201cHer exhaustive work ethic is just one of the many qualities I will miss about partnering with her.\u201d<\/p>\nSince Solk joined WXRT, the station has adjusted its music playlist significantly, restoring hundreds of titles that had not been aired for many years.<\/p>\n
Here is the text of Ransford\u2019s note to staff:<\/strong><\/p>\nIt\u2019s with mixed emotions, but also a lot of excitement, to let you all know that I\u2019ve accepted an incredible opportunity to take on the position of Director of Event Marketing for iHeart-Denver.<\/em><\/p>\nI value the XRT family and everything we accomplished as a team over the past two years. It\u2019s been a crazy two years that were filled with a lot of hard work, tons of heart and many laughs.<\/em><\/p>\nI\u2019m also extremely grateful to have had time working with Greg Solk, who is not only a fantastic programmer but a stand out human. Every department excels above the bar and shares the goal of success. I could list off everyone individually but then I\u2019d literally be listing off every person, in every department.<\/em><\/p>\nI will always cheer on the XRT\u2019s successes and growth. YOU are Chicago\u2019s Finest Rock.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"John Farneda, who signed off after more than 30 years at WXRT FM 93.1 at the end of 2014, is returning to the CBS Radio adult album alternative station to reclaim his former position as music director \u2014 at least for a while. Greg Solk, operations manager and program director of WXRT, announced Thursday that... Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13798"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13798"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13798\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13818,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13798\/revisions\/13818"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13798"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13798"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13798"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}