Beasley Media Group has announced that Justin Franiak has been named as the new cohost of Deanna and Justin In The Morning on Mix 99.5 WJBR in Wilmington, Delaware. He officially joined Deanna Marie, who has been co-hosting the WJBR Morning Show, this morning at 5:30am.
Franiak has been serving as a temporary cohost with Deanna Marie in the morning slot since February 3, 2022. In addition to currently filling in as the morning personality on WJBR-FM, the Philly area native has been serving as a parttime on air host on Beasley’s WXTU/Philadelphia.
Franiak previously worked at KBBL-FM (New Country 9.37 The Bull) in Santa Rosa, where he hosted “Justin’s Morning Bull Ride” and was heard doing Afternoon Drive on WHWK (98.1 The Hawk) and Middays on WWYL (Kiss 104.1) in Binghamton. He also hosted nights on WPIG (95.7 The Big Pig) and served as the Assistant Program Director at WHDL-FM.
“Sometimes you just get lucky, and in this case, we have by teaming up Deanna Marie and Justin Franiak,” said station Program Director and On-Air personality Eric Johnson. “We knew from the first listen that we heard something special in Justin and Deanna together. We think our listeners will agree. I look forward to working with and listening to Deanna & Justin In The Morning on Mix 99.5 WJBR!”
“I am super excited to be back home on the East Coast after a few years away,” said Franiak. “I really look forward to working with Deanna, it feels like we’ve known each other forever.”