Justin Hardcastle was born and raised in Wheeler Texas, he enlisted in the Marine Corps after high school and served for 4 years in the infantry with second battalion fifth marines. After being discharged Justin attended Sam Houston State University where he studied Mass Communication, he also worked as an editor at The Houstonian, the student newspaper. Justin worked at a news reporter at KTRE in Lufkin Texas before coming to KSAM, where he is on the evening show from 7 to midnight, he also runs the KSAM website and the KSAM Sports Youtube channel and Youtube Broadcasts.