{"id":6317,"date":"2015-01-12T14:00:42","date_gmt":"2015-01-12T20:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.robertfeder.com\/?p=6317"},"modified":"2015-01-12T14:44:02","modified_gmt":"2015-01-12T20:44:02","slug":"its-out-with-wnua-in-with-webg-at-new-country-big-95-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/2015\/01\/12\/its-out-with-wnua-in-with-webg-at-new-country-big-95-5\/","title":{"rendered":"It\u2019s out with WNUA, in with WEBG at new country Big 95.5"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Steve<\/a>

<\/a> Steve Stewart<\/p><\/div>\n

Along with its format switch<\/a> to country music and rebranding as Big 95.5, WNUA FM 95.5<\/a> is about to unveil a new station identification bearing the call letters WEBG.<\/p>\n

Replacing the designation the station has carried since 1987 (when \u201cWNUA\u201d signified its nascent New Age music format), iHeartMedia Chicago is expected to flip to WEBG FM 95.5 within the next day or two.<\/p>\n

\"Matt<\/a>

Matt Scarano<\/p><\/div>\n

\"WNUA FM 95.5 has played an integral role in the Chicagoland community for 28 years,\" Matt Scarano, president of iHeartMedia Chicago, said in a statement Monday.\u00a0\u201cThe station's call letters may be changing to WEBG FM to reflect the recent launch of Big 95.5, Chicago's Hit Country, but I can assure you that the\u00a0station's commitment to the community remains unchanged.\"<\/p>\n

For most of the last 28 years on the air, WNUA was synonymous with smooth jazz in Chicago. In 2009 the station switched to Spanish-language pop music and more recently to a regional Mexican El Patr\u00f3n<\/em> format. Neither Spanish format achieved the ratings or revenue success of its predecessor.<\/p>\n

Earlier call letters for the frequency included WDHF, WMET and WRXR.<\/p>\n

\"Big<\/a>Since the surprise move to country music January 5, station bosses have been assembling an air staff for Big 95.5, including the previously announced<\/a> hiring of Mason Schreader and Zach \u201cRemy\u201d Hoesly as morning personalities and Steve Stewart as program director. All three are in from KSD, iHeartMedia\u2019s country station in St. Louis.<\/p>\n

Starting Tuesday, Stewart also will double as the station\u2019s midday personality, hosting from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday through Friday. Afternoon and evening personalities are expected to be announced later this week.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is the job everyone waits for \u2014 launching a BIG station in a huge market,\u201d Stewart said in the statement announcing his appointment Friday. \u201cI can\u2019t be more excited to lead this team in what is a historic station launch of the New Big 95.5!\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Along with its format switch to country music and rebranding as Big 95.5, WNUA FM 95.5 is about to unveil a new station identification bearing the call letters WEBG. Replacing the designation the station has carried since 1987 (when \u201cWNUA\u201d signified its nascent New Age music format), iHeartMedia Chicago is expected to flip to WEBG... 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\/6317"}],"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=6317"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6317\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6326,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6317\/revisions\/6326"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6317"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6317"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6317"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}