{"id":387258,"date":"2026-01-02T17:22:18","date_gmt":"2026-01-02T17:22:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/387258\/"},"modified":"2026-01-02T17:22:18","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T17:22:18","slug":"jeremy-loper-joins-wskz-for-mornings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/387258\/","title":{"rendered":"Jeremy Loper Joins WSKZ For Mornings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" data-od-removed-loading=\"lazy\" data-od-replaced- data-od-xpath=\"\/HTML\/BODY\/DIV[@class='jeg_viewport']\/*[5][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[5][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[2][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[2][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::P]\/*[1][self::IMG]\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/lopershow.jpg\" alt=\"The Loper Show Jeremy Tim Battle 105.9 The Rock WNRQ Nashville\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-262412\"  \/>With the end of John Boy &amp; Billy\u2019s syndicated morning show, Cumulus Media Classic Rock \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wskz.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">KZ 106<\/a>\u201d WSKZ Chattanooga is launching a local morning show with Jeremey Loper.<\/p>\n<p>Loper most recently hosted mornings at iHeartMedia Classic Rock \u201c105.9 The Rock\u201d WNRQ Nashville for a few months <a href=\"https:\/\/radioinsight.com\/headlines\/262411\/wnrq-to-launch-the-loper-show\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">in 2024<\/a>. That was preceded by a decade in mornings at NABCO Rock \u201c99.7 The Blitz\u201d WRKZ Columbus OH from 2012 to 2022 and four years at Alternative \u201c103.1 The Buzz\u201d WPBZ West Palm Beach. He has also worked on-air at WZTA Miami, WAMX\/WBKS Huntington WV, KHTB Salt Lake City, WZBH Salisbury MD, and WFLY Albany NY.<\/p>\n<p>Loper commented, \u201cChattanooga is rock \u2019n\u2019 roll, and KZ106 is one of the most respected rock stations in the country. This brand has history, attitude, and loyalty \u2014 everything that makes great radio matter. I\u2019m fired up to wake this city up and be part of something legendary.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cumulus Chattanooga Operations Manager and WSKZ Program Director Scott Chase said, \u201cThe last time we changed the morning show was twenty-nine years ago. We wish John Boy and Billy a very happy retirement and can\u2019t wait for Chattanooga to meet Jeremy. He\u2019s talented, driven, and simply the right guy for this next chapter.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With the end of John Boy &amp; Billy\u2019s syndicated morning show, Cumulus Media Classic Rock \u201cKZ 106\u201d WSKZ&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":387259,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[64,63,134,136],"class_list":{"0":"post-387258","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-music"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/387258","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=387258"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/387258\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/387259"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=387258"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=387258"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=387258"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}