{"id":8368,"date":"2015-07-31T15:00:58","date_gmt":"2015-07-31T20:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.robertfeder.com\/?p=8368"},"modified":"2015-07-31T15:12:53","modified_gmt":"2015-07-31T20:12:53","slug":"jack-diamond-folds-at-wls-fm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/2015\/07\/31\/jack-diamond-folds-at-wls-fm\/","title":{"rendered":"Jack Diamond folds at WLS FM"},"content":{"rendered":"
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<\/a> Jack Diamond<\/p><\/div>\n

Jack Diamond bid farewell to Chicago Friday, closing out an effort as morning personality at WLS FM 94.7<\/a> that never gained traction.<\/p>\n

On vacation from the Cumulus Media classic hits station since July 24, Diamond confirmed he won\u2019t be coming back. Sources said the company chose to sever ties.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s now up to incoming program director<\/a> Brian Thomas to decided whether to replace Diamond or retain Brant Miller as solo morning host. Thomas already has to name a successor to outgoing evening star <\/a>John Records Landecker, whose last show airs Friday.<\/p>\n

\u201cI had an absolute blast!\u201d Diamond wrote of his Chicago experience on Facebook<\/a> Friday. \u201cWhat a great city (I\u2019ll be back : ) And what an amazing radio station and incredible staff. Brian Thomas is a terrific guy and wonderful programmer. I\u2019m only sorry we didn\u2019t have the opportunity to work together.\u201d<\/p>\n

Best known as a radio fixture in Washington, D.C., where he spent 24 years on WRQX, Diamond first turned up<\/a> on WLS FM in July 2014. Between contract issues, an ill-fated move to San Diego, health problems and other absences, few listeners knew whether Diamond was here or not.<\/p>\n

In the latest Nielsen Audio survey, WLS FM tied for 16th place in mornings with a 2.4 percent share and cumulative weekly audience of 350,200.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Jack Diamond bid farewell to Chicago Friday, closing out an effort as morning personality at WLS FM 94.7 that never gained traction. On vacation from the Cumulus Media classic hits station since July 24, Diamond confirmed he won\u2019t be coming back. Sources said the company chose to sever ties.<\/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\/8368"}],"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=8368"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8368\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8369,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8368\/revisions\/8369"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8368"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8368"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8368"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}