Rich Jones is the Host of Jacksonville’s Morning News on News 104.5 WOKV. Rich joined WOKV in October 2006 after ten years as a reporter, anchor and news director at radio stations in Grand Rapids, Benton Harbor, and Niles Michigan.


April Davis is WOKV’s News Director and Morning Co-anchor of Jacksonville’s Morning News on News 104.5. April joined WOKV in 2023 after more than 20 years as a reporter, anchor and manager at TV and radio stations in Alaska, Alabama, the Carolinas, Colorado, and Georgia.


Mike Buresh is chief meteorologist at Action News Jax. He anchors the 5, 6, 6:30 and 11 p.m. newscasts on WJAX and the 6:30 and 10 p.m. newscasts on WFOX and can be heard daily on News 104.5 WOKV.



Brian Middleton handles afternoon traffic and master control duties for WOKV-FM and cohost Action Sports Jax Overtime on ESPN 690.


Chase Bunker is a reporter and evening anchor for WOKV. Chase comes to Jacksonville from sister station WDBO in Orlando where he worked as a producer and a fill-in reporter and host.


Benjamin Fridkis is overnight producer for the Jacksonville Morning News. He is part of Jacksonville’s largest radio news team that updates and presents the latest stories every weekday morning from 5am to 9am.


Sheifalika Bhatnagar is WOKV's morning traffic and news reporter. She is a University of North Florida graduate with a degree in Communication, focused on Multimedia Production and Journalism.


Laura Vaughn is Afternoon News Anchor on 104.5 WOKV. Laura joined Jacksonville’s News and Talk station in 2023 after more than 35 years of varied broadcasting experience in Chicago, New York, Washington DC, west central Florida and now Jacksonville.


Scott wears several hats in the WOKV control room. In addition to being the executive producer for Jacksonville’s Morning News with Rich Jones, you may have heard him hosting some weekend expert shows and updating weekend traffic.


Jay began working for WOKV as a part-time board operator and quickly moved to board operator for the Mark Kaye Show as well as doing traffic for the CMG music channels and Jacksonville Morning News.


Hannah Guile is the Executive Producer for the nationally syndicated Mark Kaye Show. She started working at WOKV in November of 2018, and has quickly risen through the ranks since then. Hannah graduated from the University of North Florida with a major in Multimedia Journalism and Production, and a minor in Political Science


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