WWJB

WWJB

City	Brooksville, Florida
Broadcast area	Hernando County, Florida
Branding	Newsradio 1450
Slogan	"The Voice of Hernando County"
Frequency	1450 kHz
First air date	October 11, 1958
Format	News/Talk
Power	1000 watts
Class	C
Facility ID	27094
Transmitter coordinates	28°33′20″N 82°22′36″W / 28.55556°N 82.37667°W / 28.55556; -82.37667Coordinates: 28°33′20″N 82°22′36″W / 28.55556°N 82.37667°W / 28.55556; -82.37667
Callsign meaning	W. "Woody" Johnson Brooksville (original owner + location)^[1]
Affiliations	Citadel Media
Owner	Hernando Broadcasting Company, Inc.
Sister stations	WXJB
Webcast	Listen live
Website	WWJB.com

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.

Programming

WWJB broadcasts a full service news/talk radio format to the greater Hernando County, Florida, area.^[2]^[3]^[4] 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.^[5]

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.^[1] 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.

References

1 2 "WWJB - A History". Radio Years. Retrieved June 8, 2012.
↑ "Station Information Profile". Arbitron. Retrieved June 8, 2012.
↑ "Hernando news talk now found on the FM dial". Hernando Today. July 15, 2010. Retrieved July 18, 2010.
↑ "WWJB/WXJB has a stronger signal". Hernando Sun. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
↑ "WWJB Weekly Programming Schedule". WWJB NewsTalk 1450. Retrieved June 8, 2012.

External links

WWJB 1450 AM official website

Query the FCC's AM station database for WWJB

Radio-Locator Information on WWJB

Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for WWJB

Query the FCC's FM station database for W222CI

Radio-Locator information on W222CI

Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for W222CI

Query the FCC's FM station database for W280DK

Radio-Locator information on W280DK

Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for W280DK

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