“We are in the business of trying to explain radio’s agenda to the artist, and also the artist’s agenda to radio, and act as a conduit between the two!”

“Women in Rock have had to prove that we weren’t just there to be a pretty face and part of the wallpaper. Women are now a big part of the fabric of Rock!”

"I'm from New Jersey and went by the name "Jersey" on the air for years, but when I got the morning job at WRXQ here in Chicago, I changed it to "Elwood", in honor of the Blues Brothers who shot the prison scenes in that movie at Joliet Prison, which is not too far from ...

“I was a shy kid and had a hard time making friends and communicating, but when I played guitar, people listened. It was a way for me to be social and find my tribe of people. Music connects us in ways that we would not normally be connected!”

“It’s exciting to be working an artist like Austin Meade right now because I think he’s on the cusp of a scene that’s breaking at the Active Rock format!”

“We all tend to live our lives on auto-pilot and we don’t do things very mindfully. We do things very mindlessly, and even if we make small changes in our life, they can have big effects…like a ripple effect!”

“If we’re going to try to brand ourselves as THEE Rock station in town, if a song is worth playing at 5p, it should also be worth playing at 9:30am!”

“We kind of lucked out in the sense that the currents that started coming out on Active Rock were from these bands like Ozzy Osbourne, Bush, Metallica, Foo Fighters, Red Hot Chili Peppers and even Linkin Park…so I was like...Yes, Yes, Yes!”

“Most people think that the name Shadow is a radio name, but no, it’s my actual real name!”