WOND

WOND (1400 AM) is an American news-talk radio station from Pleasantville, New Jersey, broadcasting to the Atlantic City, New Jersey, radio market. In the 1960s it was a Top 40 radio station, and its morning show was hosted by Bob Weems, one of the area's most well-remembered DJs. The station was home to the long-running Pinky's Corner, hosted by Seymour "Pinky" Kravitz. The show called WOND home for 57 years before his retirement and death in 2015.[1]

WOND
CityPleasantville, New Jersey
Broadcast areaAtlantic City, New Jersey
Frequency1400 kHz
BrandingNews Talk 1400 WOND
SloganRadio YOU can depend on!
Programming
FormatNews/Talk
Ownership
OwnerLongport Media LLC.
(Longport Media LLC.)
WBSS, WTKU-FM, WMGM-FM
History
First air date
July 1950
Technical information
Facility ID61102
ClassC
Power1,000 watts
Transmitter coordinates
39°23′24″N 74°30′45″W
Translator(s)92.5 W223CO
(Atlantic City)
Links
WebcastListen Live
Websitewondradio.com

WOND is the leading news-talk station in southern New Jersey. It is one of the Atlantic City market's legacy radio stations, first going on the air in July 1950 as an affiliate of the ABC Radio Network, now known as Westwood One. As of July 2017, weekday programming on WOND includes The Jim Bohannon Show, Coast to Coast AM with George Noory, America in the Morning, The Don Williams Show, Barbara Altman's Front Porch and The South Jersey Edition with David Spatz. The station features locally produced news, weather and traffic. Weekend programming includes a mix of local programming like Jim MacMillan's Weekend Journal, The Marc Berman Show and Your Neighborhood Garage. Syndicated programming includes Handel on the Law, In The Garden with Ron Wilson, and The Kim Komando Show.[2]

Jessica Savitch began her career as a teen DJ on a show called Teen Talk in 1962.[3] She used "Wild Weekend" as a theme song. She called herself "Wonda" for a short time. The station also launched the career of Tom Lamaine, long-time radio personality at WIP in Philadelphia and then at KYW-TV.

In 1988, John Kobylt and Ken Chiampou were teamed together for the first time as morning show co-hosts. Four years later, they would find themselves in Los Angeles, where they have been working ever since, primarily for KFI.

References
  1. "Longtime broadcaster Pinky Kravitz dead at 88". Press of Atlantic City.
  2. "On Air Schedule". News Talk 1400 AM WOND. Retrieved July 27, 2017.
  3. Wilkinson, Gerry (2006). "Jessica Beth Savitch". Broadcast Pioneers of Philadelphia. Retrieved September 5, 2011.


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