Cumulus Media is making on-air lineup adjustments at Classic Hits 94.7 WLS-FM and Alternative 101.1 WKQX Chicago starting Monday, May 24.

Greg Brown will retire from middays at WLS-FM after fourteen years at the station. His career in Chicago dates back to 1970 including stints at 96.3 WBBM-FM, 95.5 WMET, 13 years in middays at 101.1 WKQX from 1979 to 1992, afternoons at 101.9 WTMX and 107.9 WYSY, and eleven years in middays at Oldies 104.3 WJMK from 1995 to 2006.

To fill Brown’s slot, Erin Carman will move from afternoons to middays. Tim Virgin will then slide from afternoons on WKQX to the same slot on WLS-FM.

At WKQX, Jon Manley will shift from nights to middays and Lauren O’Neil from middays to afternoons. The station will add the syndicated Greg Beharrell Show for nights.

CUMULUS MEDIA announces that it will debut a new weekday on-air line-up at 94.7 WLS-FM, Chicago’s Classic Hits, and Alternative Rock station 101.1 WKQX-FM, effective May 21st. On-air host Erin Carman will move from PM Drive to Middays on WLS-FM, replacing Greg Brown, who is retiring. Tim Virgin moves from PM Drive on sister station WKQX-FM to PM Drive on WLS-FM, while Lauren O’Neil moves from Middays on WKQX-FM to PM Drive on WKQX-FM. Concurrently, Jon Manley moves from Nights on WKQX-FM to Middays on WKQX-FM, and The Greg Beharrell Show will debut in Nights on WKQX, airing Monday through Friday at 7:00pm. This marks a return to WKQX-FM for The Greg Beharrell Show, which was previously heard on the station on Saturday Nights.
 
Wade Linder, VP/Program Director, WLS-FM, commented: “Congratulations to the legendary Greg Brown on a fantastic career. While I’m sad to see him leave us, I’m excited about what will happen next on 94.7 WLS when the famous Tim Virgin hits the air in the afternoon. Erin Carman slides into Middays with a great lead-in from Dave Fogel and Kim Berk in Mornings.”

Troy Hanson, VP/Program Director, WKQX-FM, noted: “The line-up adjustments made today reflect the strong bench we have not just at WKQX, but at Cumulus Chicago as a whole. We thank Greg for his years of outstanding service and commitment to excellence. We replace one legend with another in the great Tim Virgin. In doing so, we are delighted to move internally with both Lauren and Jon, while welcoming Greg Beharrell back to WKQX. With these great talents, everybody wins – especially the audience.”