WLS-FM’s Legendary Jocks Now Play 'Classic Hits'

WLS-FM (94.7) Chicago unveils a new line-up today and reference to ‘oldies’ is gone.  The station now plays the Classic Hits.

Pictured are Cumulus Media programmer Jan Jeffries (foreground, seated) with new WLS-FM lineup (from left): Greg Brown, middays; Brant Miller, mornings; Dick Biondi, overnights; Fred Winston, afternoons; John Records Landecker, evenings.

“It is clearly a shift of format from oldies to classic hits,” Jan Jeffries, senior vice president of programming for Cumulus Media and program director of WLS-FM, told Robert Feder at timeoutchicago.com in an interview Sunday.

“There will not be any radio station like this one.” He pointed to a playlist spanning ’60s to ’80s rock featuring Bryan Adams, Journey, John Mellencamp, Chicago, Doobie Brothers, Eagles, Supertramp, Styx, Blue Oyster Cult, Fleetwood Mac and Bruce Springsteen. “We still will play a lot of the music that we’ve always played, but it’s no longer oldies. We will not use that word.”

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Above all, the presentation will be unique, Jeffries said. “We will be fresh to the market and will have instant relevance that is unduplicated. And that will be compounded by the fact that we have the most legendary [talent] lineup in Chicago — no question about it. Probably in the whole country.”

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