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Monday, August 23, 202108/23/2021

What’s It Worth? with Maine Vintage Toys

In Local

Join WGAN Morning News and Maine Vintage Toys every Monday for “What’s It Worth?” where you can call in to find out the value…

Monday, August 23, 202108/23/2021

Commissioner Laura Fortman

In Local, Podcasts

Commissioner Laura Fortman with Maine Department Of Labor gives us an update on Maine’s Unemployment and Workforce Overall, weekly unemployment…

Friday, August 20, 202108/20/2021

Caller of the Week / Joe Lundberg

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The Caller of the Week is revealed! Matt is also joined by Accuweather’s Joe Lundberg to talk about Tropical Storm Henri, which is expected to be a hurricane when it hits New England later in the weekend.

Friday, August 20, 202108/20/2021

Matt Gagnon- Segment 5

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The phones are back open for the fist half of the final hour of today’s WGAN Morning News with Matt Gagnon

Friday, August 20, 202108/20/2021

Laura Boyett

In Local, Podcasts

Federal unemployment programs are ending on the week ending September 4th. Maine Director of the Bureau of Unemployment Compensation Laura Boyett joins Matt to talk about this further. After that, the crew talks about the headlines of Senator King being diagnosed with Covid.

Friday, August 20, 202108/20/2021

Nick Murray

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Nick Murray of the Maine Policy Institute joins Matt to discuss the latest mask mandates

Friday, August 20, 202108/20/2021

Phil Briggs

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Phil Briggs hosts “Eye On Veterans” Sunday mornings on WGAN. He joins Matt with a preview of this weekend’s show, as well as his take on the current events in Afghanistan.

Friday, August 20, 202108/20/2021

https://soundcloud.com/newsradio-wgan/matt-gagnon-segment-1

In Local, Podcasts

This Friday edition of the WGAN Morning news opens up with some random conversation about famous hermits

Thursday, August 19, 202108/19/2021

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.

Thursday, August 19, 202108/19/2021

Dr. James Jarvis

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Dr. James Jarvis, Medical Director of Northern Light Health’s Covid-19 Incident Command gives us an update on Vaccine Booster Shots.

Local Headlines

19 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.

20 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.

22 hours ago in Local

Maine Game Warden killed in plane crash honored in procession

A Limestone man suffered life-threatening injuries when he crashed into a garbage truck Wednesday morning.

National Headlines

23 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.