{"id":14268,"date":"2017-05-16T14:00:06","date_gmt":"2017-05-16T19:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.robertfeder.com\/?p=14268"},"modified":"2017-05-16T14:44:27","modified_gmt":"2017-05-16T19:44:27","slug":"tom-joyner-ending-chicago-radio-run","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/2017\/05\/16\/tom-joyner-ending-chicago-radio-run\/","title":{"rendered":"Tom Joyner ending Chicago radio run"},"content":{"rendered":"
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<\/a> Tom Joyner<\/p><\/div>\n

After more than four decades as a fixture on Chicago\u2019s airwaves, the superstar who dubbed himself \u201cThe Hardest Working Man in Radio\u201d won\u2019t be working on the air here anymore.<\/p>\n

Tom Joyner, who catapulted to fame and fortune as the legendary \u201cFly Jock\u201d in the 1980s, is being dropped by Crawford Broadcasting urban adult-contemporary WSRB FM 106.3, <\/a>which has aired his syndicated morning show for eight years.<\/p>\n

The decision to go with local programming in morning drive effectively ends Joyner\u2019s remarkable run in Chicago, which began at WVON in the 1970s. He earned national recognition and seven million frequent-flier miles (along with the nickname \u201cFly Jock\u201d) for the eight years he commuted between his morning job at KKDA in Dallas and his afternoon job at urban contemporary\u00a0WGCI FM 107.5<\/a> here.<\/p>\n

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Mike Love<\/p><\/div>\n

Starting June 5, \"106.3 Chicago's R&B\" will move Mike Love from afternoons to mornings, replacing Joyner from 6 to 9 a.m. weekdays.<\/p>\n

Fondly recalled for his partnership with Victor \u201cthe Dizz\u201d Blackful on WGCI\u2019s wildly successful \u201cBad Boy Radio\u201d<\/a> nighttime show from 1997 to 2007, Love joined 106.3 Chicago in 2014.<\/p>\n

The new \u201cMix Mornings with Mike Love\u201d will feature \u201crush hour mini-mixes by some of Chicago\u2019s most popular DJ\u2019s delivering the hottest R&B hits and throwback hip-hop from the 80s, 90s, and today,\u201d according to the station.<\/p>\n

In the Nielsen Audio survey for April released Monday, WSRB ranked 28th in mornings among all listeners with a 1.5 percent audience share.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

After more than four decades as a fixture on Chicago\u2019s airwaves, the superstar who dubbed himself \u201cThe Hardest Working Man in Radio\u201d won\u2019t be working on the air here anymore. Tom Joyner, who catapulted to fame and fortune as the legendary \u201cFly Jock\u201d in the 1980s, is being dropped by Crawford Broadcasting urban adult-contemporary WSRB... 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\/14268"}],"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=14268"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14268\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14275,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14268\/revisions\/14275"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14268"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14268"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14268"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}