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Wednesday, March 16, 202203/16/2022

Craig Peterson

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Craig Peterson – America’s Leading CyberSecurity Coach, Joins The WGAN Morning News every Wednesday at 7:35 for Tech Talk. Catch…

Wednesday, March 16, 202203/16/2022

Daren Hebold: LUXOLO Financial

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We speak with Daren Hebold with Luxolo Financial about Biden signing order on cryptocurrency as its use explodes and some FAQ…

Wednesday, March 16, 202203/16/2022

No Primary Challengers Yet

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No primary challengers for Mills or LePage

Wednesday, March 16, 202203/16/2022

CEI Women’s Business Centers

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Sarah Guerette, Director at CEI to tell our listeners about the newly opened, third Women’s Business Center in Portland, which…

Tuesday, March 15, 202203/15/2022

Poll Question | Racked Calls

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Do you think towns should work to limit growth in the community, or instead encourage more building? This leads into…

Tuesday, March 15, 202203/15/2022

Phil Harriman

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Phil Harriman, joins us every Tuesday Morning to go over the latest in Local & National Politics.

Tuesday, March 15, 202203/15/2022

Howie Carr

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Howie Carr joins Matt to talk about his take on current events. Howie’s show can be heard weekdays from 3PM-7PM

Tuesday, March 15, 202203/15/2022

Covid – 2 Years Later

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WGAN Political analyst Jeremy Fischer joins Matt this morning to reflect the past two years of Covid in Maine. It…

Monday, March 14, 202203/14/2022

Jeremy Fischer

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Jeremy talks to Matt about his talk on Tom Brady coming out of his 40 day retirement, among other things….

Monday, March 14, 202203/14/2022

Liz Caruso

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Liz Caruso is a candidate, for Maine’s Second Congressional District, and joins Matt to discuss why she is running

Local Headlines

11 minutes ago in Local

Mt. Desert Island officials raise alarm over potential impact of government shutdown on local economy

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If Congress can't come to an agreement over the budget by the end of Tuesday, at least a partial shutdown will occur that'll limit operations by federal agencies like the National Park Service, potentially shutting down Acadia National Park.

14 hours ago in Local

Pair of men involved in Saco drive-by shooting plead guilty

Two Massachusetts men are pleading guilty to several charges in a drive-by shooting in Saco last year

14 hours ago in Local

Standoff at Peru home ends with death of suspect

A man accused of causing a standoff with police in the town of Peru was found dead.

National Headlines

16 hours ago in National

Assata Shakur, a fugitive Black militant sought by the US since 1979, dies in Cuba

Assata Shakur, a Black liberation activist who was given political asylum in Cuba after her 1979 escape from a U.S. prison where she had been serving a life sentence for killing a police officer, has died, her daughter and the Cuban government said.

22 hours ago in National

Hegseth abruptly summons top military commanders to a meeting in Virginia next week

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has summoned the military's top officers — hundreds of generals and admirals — to a base in northern Virginia for a sudden meeting next week, according to three people familiar with the matter.

23 hours ago in National

Trump escalates retribution campaign with charges against Comey and threats against liberal groups

President Donald Trump's unprecedented retribution campaign against his perceived political enemies reached new heights as his Justice Department brought criminal charges against a longtime foe and he expanded his efforts to classify certain liberal groups as "domestic terrorist organizations."

3 days ago in National

Camp Mystic plans to reopen in Texas next summer, a year after floods killed 27

The owners of Camp Mystic say they plan to partially reopen next summer the all-girls camp where 27 campers and counselors were killed during catastrophic floods that swept through the Texas Hill Country in July.