{"id":8027,"date":"2015-06-26T11:15:21","date_gmt":"2015-06-26T16:15:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.robertfeder.com\/?p=8027"},"modified":"2015-06-26T11:40:59","modified_gmt":"2015-06-26T16:40:59","slug":"wkqx-gets-new-program-boss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/2015\/06\/26\/wkqx-gets-new-program-boss\/","title":{"rendered":"WKQX gets new program boss"},"content":{"rendered":"
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<\/a> Troy Hanson<\/p><\/div>\n

Troy Hanson, corporate program director of rock formats for Cumulus Media,<\/a> Friday was named program director of WKQX FM 101.1,<\/a> the company\u2019s alternative rocker in Chicago.<\/p>\n

Hanson replaces P.J.Kling, who has been program director since 2012. A holdover from Merlin Media ownership, Kling previously was interim operations manager of classic rock WLUP FM 97.9<\/a> and director of user insight for Tribune Interactive.<\/p>\n

Moving here from Atlanta, Hanson will continue his corporate duties overseeing rock programming for Cumulus stations.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are very fortunate to have someone like Troy leading the charge at WKQX,\u201d Peter Bowen, vice president and Chicago market manager of Cumulus Media, said in a statement. \u201cHis experience and leadership will only build upon our brand position and ratings success moving forward.\u201d<\/p>\n

In the latest Nielsen Audio survey, WKQX tied for 14th place with a 3.0 percent share and cumulative weekly audience of 1,323,300. Among men between 18 and 34, the station ranked second with a 6.8 share and 263,000 cume.<\/p>\n

Hanson joined Cumulus in 2013 from Cromwell Radio Group in Nashville, Tennessee, where he was operations manager and program director. A native of St. Paul, Minnesota, he previously held on-air and programming jobs in Duluth, Minnesota; Saginaw, Michigan; Milwaukee, Des Moines, Detroit and Miami.<\/p>\n