City Brooksville, Florida Frequency 1450 kHz | Branding Newsradio 1450 First air date October 11, 1958 | |
Broadcast area Hernando County, Florida Slogan "The Voice of Hernando County" | ||
WWJB (1450 AM, "Newsradio 1450") is an American radio station licensed to serve the community of Brooksville, Florida. The station, established in 1958, is currently owned and operated by Hernando Broadcasting Company, Inc. WWJB is also repeated on W222CI 92.3 FM Brooksville, Florida and W280DK 103.9 FM Brooksville, Florida.
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Programming
WWJB broadcasts a full service news/talk radio format to the greater Hernando County, Florida, area. As of June 1, 2012, weekday programming on the station includes syndicated talk shows hosted by Jim Bohannon, Phil Hendrie, Neal Boortz, Sean Hannity, Clark Howard, and Michael Savage. Local weekday programming includes The Nature Coast Morning News, The Haywire Talk Show with Bob Haa, and The Bob Penrod Show. Weekend programming includes syndicated shows hosted by Larry Kudlow, Jerry Doyle, and Kim Komando. Local weekend programming includes a tradio program called Trading Post, a three-hour block of classic country music on Saturday, plus religious talk shows and local church services on Sunday morning.
Station alumni
One of the station's notable alumni included George Lowe, who later became well known for his role as Space Ghost in Space Ghost Coast to Coast on Adult Swim. While living in Brooksville in the early-1970s, he began learning radio skills at WWJB. Mitch English from national television show The Daily Buzz started his broadcast career at the station in the early 1990s.