Tag: East-West Expressway

WERU Community SoapBox 2/21/12

Issue: Open Mic Style Call-In Show
Broadcast Time: 4pm
Program Topic: Various

Key Discussion Points:
Corporate personhood
Citizens United
LPG
East-West Expressway
Upcoming Events
CSAs
GOP Caucus Controversy
Defending Water for Life in Maine
Resource Extraction

Guests by name and affiliation: n/a
Call In Program: yes
Political Broadcast: no

Host: Amy Browne
Engineer: Joel Mann

WERU Community SoapBox 2/16/12

Issue: Various (open mic style call in show)
Broadcast Time: 10am

Program Topic: various (see list below)

Key Discussion Points:
The Occupy Movement
Climate Change/Global Warming
East-West Expressway
Global tax on carbon
Local interdependence
Maine GOP Caucus Scandal
LPG
Local politics

Guests by name and affiliation: n/a

Call In Program: yes

Political Broadcast: no

Host: Amy Browne

Engineer: Joel Mann

WERU News Report 2/15/12

Issue: Alternative Local News
Broadcast Time: 4pm
Program Topic: Maine’s Joint Standing Committee on Transportation considers LD1671–public funding for private East-West Expressway feasibility study, at a Public Hearing in Augusta this week

Key Discussion Points:
Supporters vs opponents?
Testimony from supporters and opponents
The committee’s response to testimony

Guests by name and affiliation: n/a

Recorded audio of public testimony at the hearing, including clips from Peter Vigue (Cianbro), Jennifer Mills (Historic Pittston Farm), Chris Buchanan (Defending Water for Life in Maine), Jody Spear, Diane Messer, Former State Rep. Benjamin Mariner Pratt

Call In Program: no
Political Broadcast: no

Host: Amy Browne
Engineer: Amy Browne