Mangione Family Enterprises Conservative Talk 680 WCBM Baltimore is revising its morning lineup starting Monday, November 4.
Morning co-host/news anchor Frank Luber is retiring on Thursday, October 31 after 31 years with the station and 27 in mornings alongside Sean Casey. Replacing Luber starting on November 4 will be current 9am-12pm host Bruce Elliott. Elliot has hosted the late morning show since 2016 and previously served as PD/morning host at WILM Wilmington DE and weekend host at WBAL Baltimore.
Former WBAL host Derek Hunter will succeed Elliot in the 9am-1145am slot. Hunter hosted late nights and later early afternoon at WBAL from 2011 to 2017. He also hosts the Daily Daily Caller Podcast and a writer for DailyCaller.com and Townhall.com. WCBM will also add Bill O’Reilly’s daily commentary in the 1145am-12pm slot.
The remainder of WCBM’s weekday schedule including Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity remains as-is.
Talk Radio 680 WCBM, Stimulating Talk Breaking News, has announced major programming changes to its daily line-up. The station is moving in a different direction and is making significant changes to the morning show.
Long-time newsman and co-host Frank Luber is exiting the show. Frank and Nicholas Mangione were instrumental in establishing WCBM Radio as a major news-talk presence in Baltimore. For the past 31 years, Frank has been an integral part of the station’s success. For the last 27 years, Frank Luber and Sean Casey have been waking up listeners with the daily news and discussion of current events making the Sean & Frank,” Maryland’s Wake-Up Call”, the longest running news-talk morning show in Baltimore radio history. The duo has broadcast nearly 7,000 shows in that time. Frank will stay on at WCBM to help with special projects and to continue to serve as a spokesman for some of the station’s major advertisers. His last appearance on the morning show will be Thursday October 31, 2019.
Starting Monday, November 4th, the following weekday programming changes take effect:
The Fox News Rundown, featuring top newsmakers and Fox reporters and guests plus a daily commentary and significant issues of the day, will air from 5-6am.The Morning Drive with Casey & Elliott premieres at 6am and continues through 9am. Current mid-day air personality Bruce Elliott will join Sean Casey as the co-host for real news and informed opinion. Chuck Whitaker and the Weather Channel offer Traffic & Weather on the 3’s. The show will also feature daily commentaries from nationally-syndicated radio hosts, Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity as well as local and national newsmakers.
Elliott comes to the show after hosting his own successful three hour daily talk show when he took over for Tom Marr after his untimely death. Bruce’s resume includes years of broadcast experience in radio and television. Casey continues to serve as the Program Director for both WCBM and sister station Music radio Q1370 (WQLL) as well as hosting the morning show for the past 27 years.
Derek Hunter returns to Baltimore after a two year hiatus to host the mid-day slot (nine to noon). The veteran talker is a rising new star in the industry and has worked at the Heritage Foundation, Americans for Tax Reform and as managing editor at The Daily Caller.
Bill O’Reilly joins the most powerful names in talk with his daily O’Reilly Update weekday mornings from 11:45 to 12:00PM. Bill is still looking out for listeners with his unique brand of real news and no spin.

















Ironically, WBAL was one of the charter affiliates of Mr. O’Reilly’s current commentaries–and had been airing them (at least initially) during middays.