{"id":3637,"date":"2014-06-04T20:00:10","date_gmt":"2014-06-05T01:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.robertfeder.com\/?p=3637"},"modified":"2014-06-04T20:09:27","modified_gmt":"2014-06-05T01:09:27","slug":"minneapolis-programmer-to-run-loop-kqx","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/2014\/06\/04\/minneapolis-programmer-to-run-loop-kqx\/","title":{"rendered":"Minneapolis programmer to run Loop, \u2019KQX"},"content":{"rendered":"
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<\/a> Wade Linder<\/p><\/div>\n

Wade Linder, a longtime Minneapolis rock radio programmer, has been named operations manager of two Cumulus Media stations \u2014 classic rock WLUP FM 97.9<\/a> and alternative rock WKQX FM 101.1<\/a>. He\u2019ll double as program director of the Loop.<\/p>\n

Linder\u2019s appointment, announced Wednesday, fills the vacancy left by Jim Richards, who shifted last month<\/a>\u00a0to operations manager\/program director of Cumulus Media\u2019s KFOG FM and KSAN FM in San Francisco.<\/p>\n

Linder, 48, a graduate of the University of Minnesota, has spent his entire career in Minneapolis, first as music director of KQRS FM and KEGE FM and, for the past 17 years, as program director of KXXR FM.<\/p>\n

\u201cWade\u2019s years of success in Minneapolis make him a logical candidate for this position,\u201d John Dickey, executive vice president\/co-chief operating officer of Cumulus Media, said in a statement. \u201cWe feel privileged to have such bench strength inside of Cumulus.\u201d<\/p>\n

Said Linder: \u201cIt\u2019s bittersweet to leave Minneapolis; I owe a great amount of gratitude to my talented friends at KXXR and KQRS that made my run seem effortless.\u201d<\/p>\n

PJ Kling continues as program director of WKQX.<\/p>\n

In the latest Nielsen Audio survey, WKQX tied for 12th place overall with a 3.1 percent share and a cumulative weekly audience of 1,376,200. The Loop tied for 14th with a 2.9 share and weekly cume of 1,195,100.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Wade Linder, a longtime Minneapolis rock radio programmer, has been named operations manager of two Cumulus Media stations \u2014 classic rock WLUP FM 97.9 and alternative rock WKQX FM 101.1. He\u2019ll double as program director of the Loop. Linder\u2019s appointment, announced Wednesday, fills the vacancy left by Jim Richards, who shifted last month\u00a0to operations manager\/program... 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\/3637"}],"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=3637"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3637\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3641,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3637\/revisions\/3641"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3637"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3637"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3637"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}