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.
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.
Paul Lazarovich
Paul “Laz” Lazarovich is the host of the area’s longest-running, popular cable television show “Cranberry County Journal,” which has become a mainstay of the WVBF broadcast team and programming. Paul, a former Dean and long-time professor with Wentworth Institute of Technology and Massasoit Community College, holds advanced degrees from Suffolk University and Lasell College, as well as a graduate certificate from Emerson College. He describes his show as light, lively and interesting, as a: “a slice of life of the people, places, events and activities that make the Cranberry Country area – and beyond – a special place to call home.”
Joey Driscoll
Joey Driscoll is a recent graduate of Middleboro High School and is studying communications at Massasoit Community College. Joey hosts the “Middleboro in Review” program Sunday mornings at 7:00 AM. His program concentrates on all things Middleboro, including news, sports, community events, and other items of interest. Joey also hosts Middleboro matters on Mondays at 11am talking about the important and fun events happening in Middleborough he also hosts hometown talk on Fridays from 9am to 11am Joey has been with WVBF since July 2017 and has worked for middleborough community access media in the past.
Ed Sutka
Ed Sutka worked in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts human service system for 32 years until his recent retirement from his position as a Quality Enhancement Specialist. During that time, Ed developed a series of seminars on the topic of servant leadership, which he still presents. Ed created the weekly series of Musical Odyssey radio broadcasts in 2003, and these broadcasts, which focus on the world of classical music, can be heard each Sunday morning from 11:00-noon. Ed has also authored various literary works, including poetry and social commentaries.
Ed Miller
Ed Miller hosts “Stand Up Strong” with his partner Tony Branch on Sundays at 2:00. It is a fact-based, current events politically charged show that concentrates on what is happening in Brockton, Plymouth County, and the country. He graduated from Canton High School and Bridgewater State College. He has lived in Brockton since 1995. He is the former first vice-president of the Brockton Democratic City Committee and the former chair of the Plymouth County Democratic League. He has 28 years of experience in the auto retail business and is currently an aide to state senator Mike Brady.
Bishop Tony Branch
Tony is a lifelong community activist and serves as Executive Director of Haitian Community Partners Foundation, Inc., a nonprofit providing wrap-around social services and community activism across Plymouth County. Tony is presently a commissioner and chair of the Commission on Diversity for Brockton; he serves on the Cape Verdean Association of Brockton and the Massachusetts Alliance Against Predatory Lending (MAAPL) boards. He is the First Vice President of Brockton Area NAACP.
Tony is a retired pastor and Pentecostal Bishop. He serves as the National Apostolic Leader of Revival Nation Chapels of America, Inc., a church-planting and pastoral training organization.
Tony’s seminary education is from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. He resides in Brockton, Massachusetts