Wendell P

Wendell P. Haywood

I am one of the newest voices to WJBC. Although I joined the broadcast crew in April 2018, radio has been a jump back to a dream come true.

Born and raised in Washington, D.C., I worked in several jobs including as a technician/park ranger with the White House tour program. I found my way into radio during my college days at Norfolk State University in Virginia in the late 70’s. The broadcasting bug bit again in the early 80’s leading to a grave yard shift on a radio program in Maryland while starting a career in insurance operations. Time flies when you’re having fun. After nearly 37 years in insurance and living in Ohio, Maryland, Virginia, Colorado, and twice in Bloomington, Illinois, I retired and started my radio career again with WJBC on Sunday mornings.

I have five boys all with college degrees and six grandchildren.

Blogs

WJBC Voices: The safe, legal and rare fraud

At one time, Hillary Clinton’s mantra about abortion was that abortion should be “safe, legal, and rare.” I suspected then that she really meant only the “legal” part, and time has borne out that suspicion.

WJBC Voices: Rauner’s Toyota claim a misleading, false promise

On September 27, Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner told the Pantagraph that Bloomington-Normal was in serious contention for a Mazda-Toyota auto plant, but the existence of unions and Illinois laws lost the potential jobs to Alabama.

WJBC Voices: “Progressive” has nothing to do with progress

One of the gubernatorial candidates is advocating a progressive income tax as the solution to the state’s economic problems.

WJBC Voices: Celebrating local workers

By Mike Matejka Labor Day is perhaps the most mis-understood holiday in the nation’s calendar. Traditionally viewed as a summer’s end celebration, its real roots are in worker protest, trying to claim and celebrate their role in society. In Bloomington, local unions organize and march together, along with community groups and aspiring politicians, in Monday’s…