Dent, Ray, Jax Leave WUSN: CBS Radio WUSN/Chicago morning duo Lisa Dent and "Ramblin'" Ray Stevens have exited after 14 and 26 years with the station, respectively, and 10 as a team. Concurrently, evening host Joel "Jax" Lisinski has exited after three years. No word on future plans for Dent, who was inducuted into the Country Radio Hall Of Fame in June (CAT 6/23). Reach her here. Lisinski is looking for his next opportunity and can be reached here. Co-host "Ramblin'" Ray Stevens has joined Cumulus' crosstown News/Talk WLS-AM in the same capacity alongside "Big" John Howell, his morning show parther on WUSN from 2002-06. He starts Monday (8/8).
"US99.5 wishes Ramblin' Ray Stevens and Lisa Dent all the best," reads a statement from the station. "There are exciting plans in the works that will keep Chicago waking up every day with the most popular Country music station in the market. US99.5 looks forward to sharing its plans with all of Chicagoland in the coming weeks."