Scott Kim
News Director
Scott Kim joined 89.9 FM WJCT in 2006, bringing 15 years of public radio experience. He began his career at Hawaii Public Radio in Honolulu, where he served as news director, host, and reporter. A Hawaiian native, he left to experience life on the mainland and joined WMFE, the NPR affiliate in Orlando, as reporter and Morning Edition host.
Scott is a graduate of the University of Hawaii with a degree in Broadcast Journalism. In his spare time, Scott likes to meditate, watch movies, and indulge his passion for golf.
Kevin Meerschaert
Senior Staff Reporter
Senior Staff Reporter Kevin Meerschaert joined WJCT in February 2001. He previously worked at public radio stations in Salisbury, Maryland; Evansville, Indiana; and Ypsilanti, Michigan.
Kevin is a graduate of Eastern Michigan University with a degree in Political Science and Communications. He has hosted 89.9’s newsmagazine In Context since it went on the air in October 2005. Kevin has received several Florida Associated Press awards for his reporting at 89.9, and was similarly honored at his previous stations. If you don’t catch him at a City Council meeting or covering a story around town, you can sometimes spot him walking on the beach or enjoying an old movie or TV Show.
Melissa Ross
First Coast Connect Producer/Host
Melissa joins WJCT with 20 years of experience in broadcasting. She began her career in her hometown of Dayton, Ohio at WHIO-TV, working as an intern and part-time reporter. Stops at WKYT-TV in Lexington, Kentucky, WLWT-TV in Cincinnati, CLTV in Chicago, WOFL-TV in Orlando, and finally First Coast News in Jacksonville followed. During her career as a television news anchor and reporter, Melissa won three regional Emmys for news and feature reporting. She also spent three years at Jacksonville’s Dalton Agency, working in the public relations and corporate communications field. During her stint at Dalton, she was cast in the HBO film Recount, playing – what else – a reporter!
Married with two children, Melissa has called Jacksonville home for the past six years. She is a graduate of Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism/Communications program.
Melissa’s hobbies include spending time with her family, and working on independent film and video productions.
David Luckin
Electro Lounge Producer/Host
David Luckin joined WJCT as development producer in 2000, bringing 19 years’ experience as a Jacksonville news photographer and a lifelong passion for music. The New York native hosted his first local music program at Gainesville’s NPR affiliate while earning his degree at the University of Florida.
Shortly after joining WJCT, his drive to deejay resurfaced, and he conceived and developed NightFlight, a weekly, one-hour program that showcased the laid-back sounds of “downtempo” and “chillout.” Luckin’s program immediately developed an audience of loyal listeners. Within three years, he was on the air two hours a night, five nights a week with Electro Lounge, a popular program of “music without walls” that attracts listeners round the world. Married with two children, Luckin also enjoys films, vintage cars, and the beach.
Bob Bednar
This is Jazz Producer/Host
Bob Bednar has been loving and listening to jazz his entire life, both as performer and as radio host. Bednar hosted his first jazz program at Philadelphia’s WRTI while a journalism and broadcast major at Temple University, and served as a first call drummer in Philadelphia during the late 1950s and early ‘60s. He joined Du Pont in 1963, producing and directing more than 80 industrial shows and films worldwide as special events coordinator for the company’s Textile Division, but his passion for jazz never waned.
Bednar began hosting This Is Jazz in 1993, after he and his wife retired to Florida. During his career, Bednar has had the opportunity to play with jazz greats Zoot Sims, Charlie Ventura, Stephane Grappelli, and more. Today, Bednar educates and entertains a new generation of jazz lovers on his popular radio program, and continues to pursue his other passion, tennis.
Erin Lee
Indie Endeavor Producer/Host
Erin Lee hosts Indie Endeavor, WJCT’s radio music program for independent thinkers.
Bob Lewe Jr.
Route 66 Producer/Host
A Philadelphia native, Bob Lewe Jr. (a.k.a. “Bobalu”) graduated from Ashland College and gained commercial radio experience in Cleveland, Columbus, and Cincinnati, Ohio. He then moved south, including a stint in South Carolina where he continued to work in radio part-time. Bobalu currently serves as host of 89.9 FM’s Route 66, and brings great enthusiasm for the music, jingles and commercials of the ‘50s and ‘60s. He enjoys sharing memories with listeners who grew up then, and introducing new listeners to the era.
Andrew Wiechman
Blues Horizon Producer/Host
A WJCT staff member since 1996, Andrew Wiechman is part of the station’s corporate communications team. Born in Virginia, he grew up in Jacksonville and is active in the local arts scene. He has experience in musical performance, acting and filmmaking. Andrew is passionate about music, and was inspired to create “Blues Horizon” by the desire to share the music he has loved his whole life.
John Maycumber
String Theory/ Host
Host, John Maycumber is a twenty year veteran and historian of Jacksonville radio, having grown up here. He worked previously at several local AM stations, coming to WJCT in 2007 to help launch String Theory as the first locally-produced program on WJCT’s HD channel. He’s also a published author, journalist, CD collector and self-described music nut.
