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Monday, August 30, 202108/30/2021

Dan Brennan| MaineHousing

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Dan Brennan , Director MaineHousing  speaks to The WGAN Morning news,  about What are the implications for Maine renters and…

Monday, August 30, 202108/30/2021

Grace Curley

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Grace Curley host of  the “Grace Curley Show” weekdays from 12-3 here on WGAN, speaks with Matt about every Monday…

Monday, August 30, 202108/30/2021

Commissioner Pender Makin

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Commissioner Pender Makin speaks to us about what we can expect in Maine Schools.

Friday, August 27, 202108/27/2021

WGAN Morning News- Segment 6

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More talk about Afghanistan and a couple of other topics as well in this final segment of today’s show.

Friday, August 27, 202108/27/2021

Col. David Hunt

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Fox News contributor Col. David Hunt joins Matt to discuss his take on what is going on overseas

Friday, August 27, 202108/27/2021

WGAN Morning News- Segment 4

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The phones are back open for this segment- the talk focuses on what is going on in Afghanistan

Friday, August 27, 202108/27/2021

Jake Posik

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Jake Posik from the Maine Policy Institute joins Matt for the weekly segment

Friday, August 27, 202108/27/2021

Phil Briggs

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Navy Veteran and host of WGAN’s “Eye on Politics” Phil Briggs joins Matt to discuss his take on what’s going on

Friday, August 27, 202108/27/2021

WGAN Morning News- Segment 1

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Matt Gagnon starts off the day with the only topic on everyone’s mind- the situation in Afghanistan. The phones are open.

Thursday, August 26, 202108/26/2021

Capital Insights With Governor John Baldacci

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Former Governor & Congressman of Maine, John Baldacci gives us his Capital Insights on Local and National Politics.

Local Headlines

18 minutes ago in Local

Vance touts work of his anti-fraud task force in visit to Maine ahead of primary election

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Vice President JD Vance highlighted the Trump administration’s efforts to combat fraud in a visit to Maine on Thursday ahead of the state’s primary elections for several high-profile races.

20 hours ago in Local

U.S. Marshals Arrest Maine Man Who Failed to Appear in Court for Manslaughter

Albert Deschaine of Peru was convicted in 2024 for a fatal crash in Auburn that killed another man.

21 hours ago in Local

Portland Man Sentenced to 7 Years in Prison for Child Pornography

Derren Wood-Peterson also received 10 years of supervised release.

National Headlines

24 hours ago in National, Trending

Prosecutors to retry Alex Murdaugh in deaths of wife and son after high court overturned convictions

Alex Murdaugh's murder convictions and life sentence for the deaths of his wife and son were overturned Wednesday by the South Carolina Supreme Court because the court clerk at his trial suggested he was guilty. But the disgraced lawyer won't be leaving prison anytime soon.

2 days ago in National

Denver airport security missed trespasser who was killed by plane on runway

Workers at Denver airport initially missed a security breach by man who scaled an 8-foot perimeter fence and crossed a runway where he was hit and killed in a fiery collision by a plane with 231 people on board, authorities said Tuesday.

2 days ago in National

US consumer prices jump as Iran war sends energy prices rapidly higher

The Labor Department's consumer price index rose 3.8% from April 2025, according to data released Tuesday. On a month-to-month basis, April prices rose 0.6% from March as gasoline prices rose 5.4% during the month; the month-over-month gain was down from 0.9% increase from February to March.

2 days ago in National

Hegseth is facing a new round of questioning from Congress on the Iran war and more

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth faced tough questions from Republican and Democratic lawmakers in Congress on Tuesday about the Trump administration's end game for the Iran war, the conflict's costs and its impact on diminishing weapons stockpiles.