{"id":4922,"date":"2014-09-15T00:00:25","date_gmt":"2014-09-15T05:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.robertfeder.com\/?p=4922"},"modified":"2014-09-15T00:17:53","modified_gmt":"2014-09-15T05:17:53","slug":"tim-virgin-returns-to-new-loop-lineup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/2014\/09\/15\/tim-virgin-returns-to-new-loop-lineup\/","title":{"rendered":"Tim Virgin returns to new Loop lineup"},"content":{"rendered":"
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It\u2019s a whole new day at WLUP FM 97.9<\/a> as the Cumulus Media classic rock station unveils a revamped weekday talent lineup Monday.<\/p>\n

Returning as afternoon personality is Tim Virgin, who previously worked at The Loop in the mid-\u201990s before two stints at alternative rock WKQX FM 101.1. He most recently hosted afternoons at KEGY in San Diego.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve come full circle back to The Loop and Chicago \u2014 my home,\u201d Virgin said in a statement. \u201cTo say that I am excited to be back at the legend that is The Loop is a huge understatement.\"<\/p>\n

Virgin replaces nine-year Loop veteran Patrick Capone, whose last day was Friday. \u201cThe new owners have wisely chosen to move the station in a new direction, and even though I will not be a part of that future I certainly wish them the best of success,\u201d he wrote on\u00a0Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"Loop\"<\/a>Also joining the new Loop lineup are midday personality Lyndsey Marie (Lyndsey Marie Cook), just in from WNNX in Atlanta, and evening personality Pyke (Jeremy Peterson), a veteran of the former Q101 and WKSC FM 103.5. Mornings will remain open while The Loop conducts a nationwide search to replace Maxwell (Benjamin Bornstein), whose last day also was Friday.<\/p>\n

\u201cChicago has a high expectation for the personalities on The Loop, so we\u2019re thrilled to have Tim, Lyndsey and Pyke join us,\u201d said Wade Linder, who was named <\/a>program director and operations manager of The Loop last June.\u00a0\u201cNow we start our search for The Loop\u2019s next amazing morning team.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cumulus Media has been operating<\/a>\u00a0The Loop and WKQX since last January, when it signed a local marketing agreement with Merlin Media for both stations with an option to buy them. In Chicago, the company already owns news\/talk WLS AM 890 and classic hits WLS FM 94.7.<\/p>\n

\"This is a part of the continuing evolution of WLUP,\u201d John Dickey, executive vice president of programming and content for Cumulus Media, said of the talent changes. \u201cChicago is a city known for great personalities and this new lineup continues that tradition.\u201d<\/p>\n

In the latest Nielsen Audio survey, The Loop tied for 16th place overall with a 2.3 percent share and a cumulative weekly audience of 1,240,200. Among men between 25 and 54, it ranked seventh with a 3.8 share and a weekly cume of 424,000.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s a whole new day at WLUP FM 97.9 as the Cumulus Media classic rock station unveils a revamped weekday talent lineup Monday. Returning as afternoon personality is Tim Virgin, who previously worked at The Loop in the mid-\u201990s before two stints at alternative rock WKQX FM 101.1. He most recently hosted afternoons at KEGY... 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\/4922"}],"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=4922"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4922\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4930,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4922\/revisions\/4930"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4922"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4922"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4922"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}