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

Host: Amy Browne
Engineer: Joel Mann
Issue: Open-mic style call-in show
Key Discussion Points: LPG tank, Searsport, Emergency Management Meeting, Climate Change, E-W Highway, E-W Corridor, Fukushima Reactor 4, Obama, Romney, 3rd party candidates, Citizens United, Move to Amend, Thanks But No Tank
Guests by name and affiliation: n/a
Call In Program: yes

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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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Issue: Open mic style call-in show

Broadcast Time: 4pm

Program Topic: Various
Key Discussion Points:
School consolidation
Legalizing cannabis
LPG proposal/Searsport
Universal Health Care
Sovereign Citizens
Book recommendation
TUC Radio

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: Alternative Local News
Broadcast Time: 4pm

Program Topic: DCP Midstream’s Liquefied Propane Gas (LPG) Terminal Proposal

Key Discussion Points:
a) What DCP says about the proposal
b) Questions/concerns of local residents
c) Audio from DCP’s presentation last week in Searsport

Guests by name and affiliation: n/a (audio recorded from public meeting and WERU SoapBox)

Call In Program: no
Political Broadcast: no

Host: Amy Browne
Engineer: Amy Browne

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Broadcast Time: 4pm

Program Topic: An update on the Liquified Propane Gas tank facility proposal for Mack Point (Searsport)

Key Discussion Points:
What questions and concerns are being raised about the project by local people?
Why are people organizing in opposition?
Where is the project in the approval process and what steps are being taken to slow things down?

Guests by name and affiliation: Astrig Tanguay, local business owner and organizer with “Thanks But No Tank”

FMI: www.thanksbutnotank.org http://www.facebook.com/pages/Searsport-LPG-Tank-Protest/177114419044869

Host: Amy Browne
Engineer: Amy Browne

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Broadcast Time: 4pm

Program Topic: Massive Liquified Propane Tank Proposed for Searsport, Part 2 of 2

Key Discussion Points:
What questions do area residents have regarding this project?
What is LPG?
What are the risks and benefits?
How far along in the approval process is this project?

Guests:
Various area residents recorded at public meeting sponsored by “Thanks But No Tank”

FMI: www.thanksbutnotank.org

Call In Program: No

Host: Amy Browne
Engineer: Amy Browne

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Broadcast Time: 4pm

Program Topic: Massive Liquified Propane Tank Proposed for Searsport, Part 1 of 2

Key Discussion Points:
a) What is LPG?
b) What are the risks and benefits?
c) How far along in the approval process is this project?

Guests:
(Recorded at public meeting) Astrig Tanguay, Searsport resident and business owner, and member of “Thanks But No Tanks”

FMI: www.thanksbutnotank.org

Call In Program: No
Political Broadcast: No

Host: Amy Browne
Engineer: Amy Browne

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Producer/Host: Amy Browne
Contributing Producer: Meredith DeFrancesco

Program Topic: Occupy Bangor Kick-Off Rally (Part 2 of 3) and LPG Proposal in Searsport

Key Discussion Points (list at least 3):
What participants at Saturdays’ kick off rally for Occupy Bangor had to say about why they were there
LPG facility proposed for Searsport What are the potential risks/dangers?

Guest:
Tom Gocze, Searsport resident and small business owner, and long time host of “Hot and Cold” TV and radio shows, and newspaper columns

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