{"id":3098,"date":"2014-04-17T20:00:45","date_gmt":"2014-04-18T01:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.robertfeder.com\/?p=3098"},"modified":"2014-04-17T20:17:16","modified_gmt":"2014-04-18T01:17:16","slug":"loop-rock-girl-takes-cover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/2014\/04\/17\/loop-rock-girl-takes-cover\/","title":{"rendered":"Loop Rock Girl takes cover"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Maxim.png\"><a href=\"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/2014\/04\/17\/loop-rock-girl-takes-cover\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3099\" alt=\"Maxim\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Maxim.png\" width=\"670\" height=\"347\" \/><\/a><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.maxim.com\" target=\"_blank\">Maxim<\/a> is not normally on my reading list (<em>no, really<\/em>), but the magazine\u2019s latest cover model merits a special salute.<\/p>\n<p>She\u2019s Shannon Ihrke, better known to Chicago radio listeners of a younger demographic as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wlup.com\/Shannon\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Loop Rock Girl.<\/a> Now in her second year as spokesmodel for classic rock <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wlup.com\" target=\"_blank\">WLUP FM 97.9,<\/a> she\u2019s gracing the cover of Maxim\u2019s May issue in its annual \u201ctribute to the troops.\u201d<!--more--><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3100\" style=\"width: 233px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Shannon.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3100\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3100\" alt=\"Shannon Ihrke\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Shannon-223x300.jpg\" width=\"223\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3100\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shannon Ihrke<\/p><\/div>\n<p>After majoring in marketing for two years at Saint Cloud University in her native Minnesota, Ihrke joined the Marine Corps, where she specialized in legal administration and accounting and earned the rank of sergeant. She left after four years to move to Chicago and pursue a modeling career. First named The Loop Rock Girl (and winning a $75,000 contract) in October 2012, she was renewed by the station for another year at the end of 2013.<\/p>\n<p>Ihrke\u2019s previous appearances in Maxim included being named a a 2011 Hometown Hottie Finalist and appearing in an earlier military issue.<\/p>\n<p>\"I'M FREAKING OUT MAN!\u201d she told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TheLoopRockGirl\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a> fans Wednesday. \u201cMy friend just sent this to me this morning . . . I'm on the COVER of\u00a0MAXIM Magazine!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I really can't thank you all enough for all your support. It's official \u2014 I'm a Maxim Cover Model\u00a0AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!\"<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maxim is not normally on my reading list (no, really), but the magazine\u2019s latest cover model merits a special salute. She\u2019s Shannon Ihrke, better known to Chicago radio listeners of a younger demographic as The Loop Rock Girl. Now in her second year as spokesmodel for classic rock WLUP FM 97.9, she\u2019s gracing the cover... <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/2014\/04\/17\/loop-rock-girl-takes-cover\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&#8594;<\/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\/3098"}],"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=3098"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3098\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3107,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3098\/revisions\/3107"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3098"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3098"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3098"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}