{"id":628719,"date":"2026-10-12T22:24:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-12T22:24:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/628719\/"},"modified":"2026-10-12T22:24:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-12T22:24:08","slug":"after-15-years-at-wlav-michelle-mckormick-joins-iheartmedia-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/628719\/","title":{"rendered":"After 15 Years At WLAV, Michelle McKormick Joins iHeartMedia. | Story"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Michigan radio veteran Michelle McKormick is joining iHeartMedia to host mornings on classic hits \u201cBig 101.3\u201d WBFX Grand Rapids and classic rock \u201cRock 101.7\u201d WMRR Muskegon Heights, returning to the airwaves in her hometown less than two months after departing Cumulus Media\u2019s WLAV Grand Rapids.<\/p>\n<p>A Grand Rapids native McKormick will debut on both stations Monday, Oct. 19, following a 15-year run on mornings at WLAV <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insideradio.com\/free\/after-four-decades-wlav-s-michelle-mckormick-signs-off\/article_355172df-4f50-49dc-b150-d98cd8fe4db3.html\" target=\"_Blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">that ended in August<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>McKormick got her first on-air job, at Grand Rapids\u2019 WGRD-FM, while still attending Central Michigan University. Over the years she also worked locally at news\/talk WOOD-AM and WJRW-AM, with time spent outside the market at then-talk station \u201cFM Talk 97.1\u201d WKRK-FM Detroit and \u201cNew Jersey 101.5\u201d WKXW Trenton, NJ.<\/p>\n<p>iHeartMedia Regional President Tim Feagan called McKormick one of the most recognizable and beloved voices in West Michigan radio.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHer authenticity, passion for the community, and ability to connect with listeners every morning made her a natural fit for Big 101.3 and WMRR,\u201d Feagan said. \u201cWe\u2019re thrilled to welcome her to the team.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m so excited to be back on the air in my hometown and to join the iHeartMedia team,\u201d McKormick said. \u201cWest Michigan listeners have been incredible to me for decades, and I can\u2019t wait to wake them up again every morning on Big 101.3 and WMRR. This feels like the right next chapter.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Michigan radio veteran Michelle McKormick is joining iHeartMedia to host mornings on classic hits \u201cBig 101.3\u201d WBFX Grand&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":628720,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[156,4975,157,111,43,139,69],"class_list":["post-628719","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\/628719","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=628719"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/628719\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/628720"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=628719"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=628719"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=628719"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}