{"id":709360,"date":"2026-06-17T10:40:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T10:40:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/709360\/"},"modified":"2026-06-17T10:40:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T10:40:08","slug":"chuck-tyler-takes-music-director-role-at-family-life-radio-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/709360\/","title":{"rendered":"Chuck Tyler Takes Music Director Role At Family Life Radio. | Story"},"content":{"rendered":"

Family Life Radio has announced a succession plan following the announced retirement of Bill Ronning, the Christian radio network\u2019s longtime Music Director. Current Program Director Chuck Tyler will transition into the MD role effective immediately and work with Ronning until his Aug. 28 retirement.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want to thank Chuck for his willingness to step into this new role and for his continued commitment to Family Life Radio,\u201d Chief Broadcast Officer Adam Biddell said. \u201cI am also grateful to Bill for his dedication and service as he prepares for retirement.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ronning joined Family Life Radio 21 years ago and played a major role in shaping the network\u2019s music direction and on-air identity during his time.<\/p>\n

\u201cFamily Life Radio has been my dream job,\u201d Ronning said when announcing his retirement<\/a>. \u201cI have been given the opportunity of a lifetime which has allowed me to thrive in what God has called me to do. I am very grateful and honored to have worked alongside so many talented people for the cause of Christ.\u201d<\/p>\n

As the network searches for a new Program Director, Mike Kankelfritz, Director of Broadcast Content, will continue to lead the ministry\u2019s programming vision, content development and on-air strategy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Family Life Radio has announced a succession plan following the announced retirement of Bill Ronning, the Christian radio…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":709361,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[88,7056,216,3],"class_list":["post-709360","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\/709360","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=709360"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/709360\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/709361"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=709360"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=709360"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=709360"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}