WJAG (780 AM, "Newstalk 780") is a radio station broadcasting a News/Talk/Information format. Licensed to Norfolk, Nebraska, United States, the station was initially licensed in 1922 to the Huse Publishing Company, publisher of the Norfolk Daily News, and since 1956 to a subsidiary, WJAG, Inc. Programming WJAG features news and talk radio programming from ABC Radio, Premiere Radio Networks and Westwood One. The station operates during daylight hours only, in order to protect the nighttime signal of WBBM (780 AM) in Chicago. In July 2008, WJAG became one of the first AM stations to operate a co-located FM translator. K290AT at 105.9 FM carries WJAG's programming 24 hours a day, including overnight hours after the AM closes down. The nationally syndicated CBS Sports Radio Network fills much of the overnight airtime. History Information about WJAG's first two decades is somewhat limited, because many early station records were destroyed by a May 12, 1944 flood. Gene Huse, publisher of the Norfolk Daily News, was the key person responsible for establishing WJAG and overseeing technical operations. Huse was described in a 1951 biography as "a mechanic at heart" who had been interested in radio communication since 1912. In 1921, he and Lloyd Delbridge formed the Norfolk Radio Company, which sold radio receivers for the recently developed innovation of radio broadcasting. Huse went on to obtain a Commercial Radio Operator license, which was the qualification needed to act as a radio station engineer. Effective December 1, 1921, the Department of Commerce, which regulated radio at this time, adopted regulations setting aside two wavelengths for use by broadcasting stations: 360 meters (833 kHz) for "entertainment" programs, and 485 meters (619 kHz) for "market and weather" reports. WJAG's first license was issued on July 27, 1922 to "Norfolk Daily News (Huse Publishing Co.)", for operation on 360 meters. The WJAG call sign was randomly assigned from a sequential list of available call letters. Currently most stations west of the Mississippi River have call letters beginning with "K". However, WJAG was licensed before the government changed the dividing line between W and K call signs. Prior to the January 1923 establishment of the Mississippi River as the boundary, call letters beginning with "W" were generally assigned to stations east of an irregular line formed by the western state borders from North Dakota south to Texas, with calls beginning with "K" going only to stations in states