Outside the Loop Radio is a weekly audio magazine featuring fun segments and interviews with local newsmakers, artists, musicians, and others who are doing some cool stuff around the Chicago area. The ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- It's the end of an era for rock fans in Chicago, as 97.9 The Loop has been sold to a Christian broadcaster in California. The Loop studio was empty Tuesday night. Automated rock and ...

CHICAGO (CBS) --Rock and Roll will never die, but legendary Chicago classic rock radio station The Loop soon will be on a very different Highway to Heaven. Possibly within days, the Loop will be ...

E-mail to Jonathon Brandmeier, whose latest run at WLUP-FM 97.9 has come to an end with three months left on his contract, bounced back Monday with what was labeled an “automatic response.” “Hello,” ...

Chicagoans who have their clock radios set to WLUP-FM 97.9 may be in for a rude awakening Saturday as songs like AC/DC’s “Highway to Hell” give way to “Jesus I Believe” by Big Daddy Weave, the top ...

Caitlin O'Kane is a New York City journalist who works on the CBS News social media team as a senior manager of content and production. She writes about a variety of topics and produces "The Uplift," ...

Author Rick Kaempfer joins Wendy Snyder, filling in for Bob Sirott, to talk about his new book, “The Loop Files,” and what stories you can expect to read about. He also shares details about when the ...