WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives

Issue: Open-mic style call-in show
Host: Amy Browne
Engineer: Joel Mann

Key Discussion Points:
Carbon pollution standards, Vigilantism, Solar storms, Accuracy in reporting, “Gasland” film, Fracking, LPG, School consolidation

Guests by name and affiliation: n/a

Call In Program: Yes

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Issue: Open-mic style call in show
Program Topic: various
Key Discussion Points:
School consolidation
Super PACs
Mitt Romney
President Obama
Respect for Presidential office vs. questioning authority
Education
Vietnam war draft, military service
LPG
Knox County budget
Upcoming local events
“March Against Fiscal Madness” next week
Foreclosure protest this week
OccupyWaldo
“from here” vs “from away”

Guests by name and affiliation: n/a
Call In Program: Yes

Host: Amy Browne

Engineer: Joel Mann

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Producer/Host: Amy Browne
Studio Engineer: Joel Mann
Issue: Open-mic style call in show
Program Topic: various
Key Discussion Points (list at least 3):
Upcoming events in the area
LPG
Questions from a new Maine resident for fellow listeners
Atlantica trade corridor
Corporate control
CSAs, local food
Gender parity
Guests by name and affiliation: n/a

Call In Program: Yes

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Producer/Host: Amy Browne
Studio Engineer: Joel Mann
Broadcast Time: 4pm
Program Topic: Various

Key Discussion Points:
Waldo-Hancock Bridge
LPG
Women’s Month
E/W Hwy
Mercury in fillings
Iran
Corporate personhood
Planet X
Gender issues

Guests by name and affiliation: n/a
Call In Program: yes

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Issue: Open-mic style call in show
Host: Amy Browne
Engineer: Joel Mann
Broadcast Time: 4pm

Program Topic: Various

Key Discussion Points:
Film “Windfall”
Windpower
Sustainability
Nuclear power
LPG
Hancock-Waldo Bridge
Camden Conference speaker
American Exceptionalism
Big box stores
Boycotts
Alternative currency

Guests by name and affiliation: n/a (no scheduled guests)
Call In Program: Yes

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Issue: Open Mic Style Call-In Show
Broadcast Time: 4pm
Program Topic: Various

Key Discussion Points:
Corporate personhood
Citizens United
LPG
East-West Expressway
Upcoming Events
CSAs
GOP Caucus Controversy
Defending Water for Life in Maine
Resource Extraction

Guests by name and affiliation: n/a
Call In Program: yes
Political Broadcast: no

Host: Amy Browne
Engineer: Joel Mann

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Issue: Open-mic style call in show.
Broadcast Time: 4pm

Program Topic: Various (see below)
Key Discussion Points:
Land Use Regulation Commission (LURC) Reform
The film “Windfall”
Liquid Propane Gas (LPG) proposal in Searsport and moratorium
Bank bailout
Foreclosures
National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA)
Occupy Movement
Rally to save the US Postal Service
3rd party candidates
Local politics

Guests by name and affiliation: n/a
Call In Program: yes
Political Broadcast: no

Host: Amy Browne
Engineer: Joel Mann

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Issue: LPG Facility Proposed for Searsport
Broadcast Time: 6-8pm

Program Topic: DCP Midstream’s proposal to build a massive LPG terminal in Searsport, Maine

Key Discussion Points:
a) Safety
b) Economic Impacts
c) Environmental Impacts
d) Moratorium (and DCP Midstream’s attempts to influence)

Guests by name and affiliation:
A) Almon “Bud” Rivers, Searsport Emergency Management Director
B) Astrig Tanguay, Searsport resident and tourism-based business owner
C) Peter Taber, Searsport resident

Also audio clips featuring DCP Midstream employees, recorded 1/26/12 (DCP declined our invitation to take part in the show)

Call In Program: Yes
Political Broadcast: No

Host: Amy Browne
Engineer: Joel Mann

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