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For years and years, Jim Bohannon has been the lead-in to our morning show on WROK. Hosting America In the Morning, Jim helped Riley & I get up and going at 4 a.m. and informed everyone else up at that early hour. However, a change has come to the show. Bo...

Are you ready for some football? The college football season is kicking off this week, and the Fighting Illini start their schedule tonight against Kent State. And for the 15th straight year, you can catch every game of Fighting Illini football right here on 1440 WROK...

If you are having difficulties receiving the WROK signal, there's a good reason why. At some point Tuesday night, a part in our main transmitter went kablooey (a real radio engineering term) and must be replaced. The consequence of the broken part is that the WROK signal is operating on reduced power at the moment...

We're going back into the archives for this one. Jack Woods is a National Radio Hall of Famer who started his career on WROK back in the early 1960s. He later would form the "Charlie & Harrigan" duo in 1962 at KLIF in Dallas. According to the HOF's website, the station owner teamed up Woods, using the name “Charlie Brown,” and Ron Chapman, a.k.a...

As we turn our attention toward our servicemen and women, WROK is putting a spotlight on one the military's best kept secrets: Fisher House. Fisher House Foundation helps families stay together during a medical crisis with no-cost comfort homes on VA and military medical center grounds...

In its very first week on WROK, The Hugh Hewitt Show landed another big interview. His guest Thursday was former Pennsylvania U.S. Senator and likely 2016 presidential candidate Rick Santorum. Santorum, a strong social conservative told Hugh that Indiana Governor Mike Pence has 'backpedaled' on the RFRA law in the Hoosier State: You can find the full audio and transcript of the interview at Hugh's

In case you have not heard, tonight will be the final broadcast of The Roger Hedgecock Show. After nearly 30 years in the business, Roger has decided to retire from the daily radio grind. His show has been heard on WROK for most of the past six years from 8 p...

In case you have not heard the news, Roger Hedgecock is retiring from his daily radio show at the end of March. His final program will be March 27. Roger’s program has been an huge part of station since he began airing in 2009 and we wish him the best as he leaves the airwaves...

By: AJ Swenson, Afternoon WROK News Anchor I traveled to Southern California for a five-day trip last week after winning tickets to two tapings of "The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson." Craig Ferguson is leaving the show in December so I immediately took this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see the show live...

First in an occasional series... In the course of planning for WROK's 90th Anniversary celebration, I found a box full of old, unlabeled, VHS tapes. Turns out there was some very interesting video on them, including this commercial from 1987 for the WROK Afternoon Show...