{"id":643730,"date":"2026-05-15T01:14:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T01:14:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/643730\/"},"modified":"2026-05-15T01:14:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T01:14:08","slug":"big-jim-exits-wcsx-mornings-after-decade-plus-run-waking-up-detroit-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/643730\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Big Jim\u2019 Exits WCSX Mornings After Decade-Plus Run Waking Up Detroit. | Story"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Change is in the air at Beasley Media Group\u2019s classic rock WCSX Detroit (94.7) where \u201cBig Jim\u201d O\u2019Brien exits his morning drive timeslot after more than a decade. He had been with the station since 2002 and has hosted the \u201cBig Jim\u2019s House\u201d morning show since 2014.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter an incredible run at WCSX, my time with the station has come to an end,\u201d O\u2019Brien writes <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/jimobriendet\/status\/2054949822281457762\" target=\"_Blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">on social media<\/a>, adding, \u201cI\u2019m grateful to the listeners, teammates, clients, veterans, and Detroit community who allowed me to be part of their mornings for so many years.\u201d He also tells fans that he has no plans to retire.<\/p>\n<p>Beasley confirmed it has split with O\u2019Brien, but the company has not announced a successor for Motor City wake-up duties at the station.<\/p>\n<p>Nielsen says WCSX ranked No. 10 the March ratings with a 4.0 share (6+).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Change is in the air at Beasley Media Group\u2019s classic rock WCSX Detroit (94.7) where \u201cBig Jim\u201d O\u2019Brien&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":643731,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[88,7056,216,3],"class_list":["post-643730","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-free","tag-music","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/643730","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=643730"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/643730\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/643731"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=643730"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=643730"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=643730"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}