Morning Wake Up News with Ron Lancaster & Chris Keech

Morning Wake Up News: Monday – Friday (7:00 AM): Hear everything you need to know for your day with hosts Chris Keach and Ron Lancaster on Morning Wake Up News. They will fill you in on the news, both local and national, weather, sports, community announcements, health and safety tips, celebrity birthdays, information for your pets, and little known facts. Drive to work with Chris or Jim in the morning and you discover all you need to know about Middleboro, Taunton, Southeastern Massachusetts, and the world.

Ron Lancaster
Ron has over 40 years of experience in radio, having worked at several Massachusetts stations, including the former WPEP in Taunton.  He has held several positions during his career including:  news director, talk show host and high school sports play-by-play announcer.  He currently hosts the “WVBF Morning Wake Up News” on Tuesdays and Thursdays, a two-hour program from 7 to 9 am that features news, sports, weather and other information of interest.  He also hosts “Hometown Radio” on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 9 to 11 am.  It’s a two-hour talk show that discusses local, state and national issues and includes guests on a variety of subjects as well as listener phone calls.

Chris Keach
Chris Keach is the longest-tenured WVBF on-air personality, having joined the station in 2011. Before working at WVBF Chris worked at radio stations in Vermont, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts as an announcer, production director, program director, and station manager. He has been on the radio for 40 years, beginning as an undergraduate at Saint Michael’s College in Vermont where he got a BA in Communications. Chris has been a Taunton resident since 2009. He grew up in the shadow of Mount Washington and graduated from Profile High School in Bethlehem New Hampshire. Chris is the WVBF program director, and hosts “Morning Wake Up News” airing from 7:00 AM to 9:00 AM. It has become the go-to spot for Taunton news, community announcements, weather, and sports. This fast-paced morning show also covers legal and health topics, sports updates from USA Radio Network, a daily check on consumer affairs, little known facts, celebrity birthdays and more.