{"id":26901,"date":"2020-09-14T09:30:19","date_gmt":"2020-09-14T14:30:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertfeder.com\/?p=26901"},"modified":"2020-09-14T09:30:20","modified_gmt":"2020-09-14T14:30:20","slug":"kiss-fms-angi-taylor-host-mornings-new-rock-95-five","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/2020\/09\/14\/kiss-fms-angi-taylor-host-mornings-new-rock-95-five\/","title":{"rendered":"Kiss FM\u2019s Angi Taylor to host mornings on new \u2018Rock 95 Five\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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<\/a> Angi Taylor<\/p><\/div>\n

Angi Taylor, who\u2019s been a mainstay of mornings on Top 40 WKSC 103.5-FM<\/a> since 2008, is about to move up to solo morning host at iHeartMedia Chicago\u2019s brand-new rock station.<\/p>\n

Sometime in the coming weeks Taylor will sign off as Christopher \u201cFred\u201d Frederick\u2019s morning show partner on Kiss FM and shift to WCHI 95.5-FM,<\/a> which flipped<\/a> from country music to a rock format September 3.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Angi Taylor Show\u201d will air from 5 to 10 a.m. weekdays.<\/p>\n

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Rock 95.5 Chicago<\/p><\/div>\n

The new station, branded as \u201cRock 95 Five,\u201d is in the process of assembling an air staff for middays, afternoons, evenings and weekends \u2014 all expected to debut simultaneously with Taylor.<\/p>\n

\"I\u2019ve been working 22 years for the moment that I could host my very own morning show,\u201d Taylor said in a statement. \u201cI can\u2019t express how much it means to me that my dream is coming true on Chicago\u2019s \u2018Rock 95 Five!\u2019 Thank you, iHeartMedia, 103.5 Kiss FM, and all the listeners for letting me into your lives every day.\u201d<\/p>\n

Taylor contributed to morning shows on KDWB in Minneapolis and WIOQ in Philadelphia before she joined Kiss FM in 2008 under morning host Kevin \u201cDreX\u201d Buchar. She was held over after Frederick replaced Buchar in 2011, and the show was retitled \u201cFred and Angi in the Morning.\u201d<\/p>\n

In the latest Nielsen Audio survey, Kiss FM ranked 11th in mornings among all listeners. It's No. 1 among adults between 18 and 34.<\/p>\n

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Christopher \u201cFred\u201d Frederick and Angi Taylor<\/p><\/div>\n

Breaking up a successful team is never without risk. But iHeartMedia Chicago bosses are counting on Frederick to continue without missing a beat, relying on an ensemble cast that includes Kevin \"Rufio\" Santiago, Kaelin Roberts and Paulina Roe.<\/p>\n

In trading Taylor to their new rocker, iHeartMedia opens with an established name in Chicago whose reputation as edgy and rebellious fits with the format.<\/p>\n

Insiders say they're hoping to steal morning listeners from other male-based morning shows, including Erich Mancow Muller on Cumulus Media news\/talk WLS 890-AM, Brian Sherman and Steve Tingle on Hubbard Radio classic rock WDRV 97.1-FM, and Chicago's two sports\/talk stations \u2014 Entercom WSCR 670-AM and Good Karma Brands WMVP 1000-AM.<\/p>\n

James Howard, regional senior vice president of programming for iHeartMedia Chicago and program director of \"Rock 95 Five,\" said: \u201cTaylor\u2019s love of music and life in Chicago makes her the ideal host to help kickstart any rock fan's day. She is unfiltered, undeniable and her lust for life is contagious, I can\u2019t wait to listen.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Angi Taylor, who\u2019s been a mainstay of mornings on Top 40 WKSC 103.5-FM since 2008, is about to move up to solo morning host at iHeartMedia Chicago\u2019s brand-new rock station. Sometime in the coming weeks Taylor will sign off as Christopher \u201cFred\u201d Frederick\u2019s morning show partner on Kiss FM and shift to WCHI 95.5-FM, which... 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\/26901"}],"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=26901"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26901\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26908,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26901\/revisions\/26908"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26901"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26901"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26901"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}