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Wednesday, August 20, 202508/20/2025

Rep. Laurel Libby

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Rep. Laurel Libby joins host Josh Filler to talk more about transgender athletes, as well as the upcoming 2026 gubernatorial election. Will she run?

Wednesday, August 20, 202508/20/2025

Joe Lundberg

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It’s chilly for this time of year- is our summer already over? Josh Filler welcomes AccuWeather meteorologist Joe Lundberg onto the show to talk about what we should expect for weather as we approach the end of August and move into September

Wednesday, August 20, 202508/20/2025

Opening segment- music, sharks and more

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Great bands people have seen, the lack of headlining bands in Portland, and sharks are all covered on the opening segment of the WGAN Morning News with guest host Josh Filler.

Tuesday, August 19, 202508/19/2025

Phil Harriman

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Phil Harriman has served in Augusta, and is the founder of WGAN’s Saturday show “Inside Maine.” Every week he joins the WGAN Morning News in-studio to discuss his latest take on the current state of politics in the state, the country, and around the world.

Tuesday, August 19, 202508/19/2025

Tuesday’s With Howie Carr

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Tuesday, August 19, 202508/19/2025

Kristofor Healey

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Kristofor Healey, Homeland Security Analyst joins the program discussing all matters related to Homeland Security.

Tuesday, August 19, 202508/19/2025

Cold August Weather and Daylight Savings Time

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Josh Filler is in for the vacationing Matt Gagnon. Jeremy Mixer is producing in place for the vacationing Danny Martignetti. Joined by Jason Taylor in the newsbooth, today’s show opens with discussion about this rather chilly August weather, and moves on to the ongoing debate about the need for Daylight Savings Time.

Monday, August 18, 202508/18/2025

Getting To Know The Hosts

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Josh Filler, in for Matt, discusses the new Superman movie, expressing nostalgia for the original films with Christopher Reeve and…

Monday, August 18, 202508/18/2025

Josh Filler In For Matt

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Josh Filler discusses the emotional experience of taking a child to college, sharing his own experience of dropping off his…

Friday, August 15, 202508/15/2025

Coffee & Politics

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Local Headlines

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Yarmouth apartment building considered total loss after fire

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All tenants have been displaced after an apartment fire Monday night in Yarmouth.

39 minutes ago in Local

Propane tank explosion leaves 1 with serious burns in Ellsworth

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Investigators say a fire in Ellsworth was caused by an exploding propane tank on an old school bus that had been converted into an RV.

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Maine Congressional Delegation Calls for Investigation into Biddeford ICE Shooting

The lawmakers are asking a detailed sequence of events that led to the shooting.

National Headlines

1 day ago in National

An experimental Alzheimer’s drug shows some promise as researchers hunt new approaches

An experimental drug might help slow early Alzheimer's disease in a markedly different way than today's treatments — by lowering levels of a brain protein called tau, researchers reported Tuesday.

1 day ago in National

Darline Graham Nordone, sister of Lindsey Graham, chosen to fulfill remainder of his US Senate term

Lindsey Graham's sister, Darline Graham Nordone, has been named as his temporary replacement in the U.S. Senate after his unexpected death over the weekend.

6 days ago in National

El Nino powers up as forecasters predict historic strength and a rainier winter for the US South

An intensifying El Nino, nature's heat-releasing thermostat that spikes global temperatures, is heading to historically strong levels, the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Thursday.

7 days ago in National

Judge orders E. Jean Carroll be paid $5.8M in Trump sex abuse and defamation case; Trump appeals

The writer E. Jean Carroll can collect $5.8 million held in escrow since a jury found that President Donald Trump sexually abused and defamed her, a federal judge ruled Wednesday. Trump's lawyers immediately appealed to stop the payment.