iHeartMedia Jacksonville has added longtime company veteran Chumley to the cast of \u201cThe Big Show\u201d on \u201cCountry 99.1\u201d WQIK, effective immediately. He joins existing hosts John, Megan and Froggy on the weekday morning program, which airs from 5-10am.<\/p>\n
The appointment expands the lineup of one of the market\u2019s established morning shows, known for its mix of local news, community information, country artist interviews, contests and listener interaction. The program also serves as the flagship for WQIK\u2019s annual partnership with St. Jude Children\u2019s Research Hospital through the \u201cCountry Cares Radiothon.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAdding Chumley to \u2018The Big Show\u2019 was a no-brainer,\u201d WQIK Program Director Casey Carter said in the announcement. \u201cHe’s an expert on all things Jacksonville, a music and radio lover in general, and an overall great human being. Chumley\u2019s strong rapport with John, Megan and Froggy is going to translate into a can’t-miss show.\u201d<\/p>\n
Rick Everett, Senior Vice President of Programming for iHeartMedia Jacksonville, said Chumley\u2019s experience and personality will complement the existing team and strengthen the station\u2019s morning offering.<\/p>\n
Chumley has been with iHeartMedia since 1998 and brings nearly three decades of radio experience to his expanded role. In addition to joining WQIK mornings, he will continue serving as Program Director and afternoon host at co-owned rocker, \u201c107.3 Planet Radio\u201d WPLA-FM in Jacksonville, host afternoons on rock WJRR in Orlando (101.1) and remain an on-air personality on iHeart Classic Rock.<\/p>\n
\u201cWQIK has been the soundtrack of North Florida for generations,\u201d Chumley said. \u201cTo wake the city up on one of the nation\u2019s oldest running country stations is an absolute privilege. John, Megan and Froggy are legends for a reason, and I\u2019m honored to add my voice to a team Jacksonville already loves.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"iHeartMedia Jacksonville has added longtime company veteran Chumley to the cast of \u201cThe Big Show\u201d on \u201cCountry 99.1\u201d…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":470871,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[156,4975,157,111,43,139,69],"class_list":["post-470870","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-free","tag-music","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/470870","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=470870"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/470870\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/470871"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=470870"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=470870"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=470870"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}