{"id":696205,"date":"2026-06-10T19:21:13","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T19:21:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/696205\/"},"modified":"2026-06-10T19:21:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T19:21:13","slug":"chumley-joins-wqiks-big-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/696205\/","title":{"rendered":"Chumley Joins WQIK\u2019s Big Show"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/chumley-133x200-jpeg.webp\" alt=\"Chad Chumley Kerch 99.1 WQIK Jacksonville 107.3 Planet Radio WPLA\" width=\"133\" height=\"200\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-357406\"  \/>iHeartMedia Country <a href=\"https:\/\/991wqik.iheart.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">99.1 WQIK<\/a> Jacksonville is adding a fourth member to its \u201cBig Show\u201d as Chad \u2018Chumley\u2019 Kerch joins John Scott, Megan Terry, and Scot \u2018Froggy\u2019 Langley for the recoined \u201cThe Big Show! With Chumley, John, Megan &amp; Froggy\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Chumley will continue as Program Director and afternoon host at sister Rock \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/1073planetradio.iheart.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">107.3 Planet Radio<\/a>\u201d WPLA-FM. He has been with the company since 1998 and is also heard in afternoons on Rock <a href=\"https:\/\/wjrr.iheart.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">101.1 WJRR<\/a> Orlando and multiple iHeartMedia Classic Rock stations across the country. He stated, \u201cWQIK has been the soundtrack of North Florida for generations. To 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. The Big Show just got bigger!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Program Director Casey Carter commented, \u201cAdding Chumley to \u2018The Big Show\u2019 was a no-brainer. He\u2019s 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\u2019t-miss show. We\u2019re all very excited for this next chapter in WQIK and Jacksonville radio.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>SVP\/Programming Rick Everett followed, \u201cWe\u2019re thrilled to have Chumley join the WQIK team. He brings a great mix of fresh ideas and energy that will complement \u2018The Big Show\u2019 and add even more fun, chemistry and connection for our listeners each morning.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"iHeartMedia Country 99.1 WQIK Jacksonville is adding a fourth member to its \u201cBig Show\u201d as Chad \u2018Chumley\u2019 Kerch&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":696206,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[88,216],"class_list":["post-696205","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/696205","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=696205"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/696205\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/696206"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=696205"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=696205"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=696205"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}