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97.9 WHAV ♦ March 25, 2024 ♦ Public Media of New England, Inc.
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Former Councilor O’Brien and Bentley Lecturer LeBlanc Seek Consideration for Whittier Seats
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A retired nurse who served 20 years on the Haverhill City Council and a Bentley University lecturer whose family runs a successful automotive business are among those wishing to serve on the Whittier Tech School Committee. Former City Councilor Mary Ellen Daly O’Brien and Jeff LeBlanc, who has taught business at Bentley, Boston University and Suffolk University, among others, both …
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Sections: Education, Haverhill
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41st Annual YWCA Tribute to Women Set to Honor 23 at Awards Lunch in May
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YWCA Northeastern Massachusetts will honor 23 women during its annual Tribute to Women awards lunch this spring. The 41st annual Tribute to Women honorees are Teri Almquist. Nancy Carace, Bria Day, Lisa Fabbri-Lopez, Jessica Gordon, Jeanette Isabella, Dee Jacobs O’Neil, Suzanne Korschun, Meaghan Lally-McGurl, Alvania Lopez, Eva Montibello, Eva Moscat, Carina Pappalardo, Janice Phillips, Alethea Raybeck, Susan Riccio, Maria Santos, …
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Sections: Haverhill, Region
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Finegold Praises Senate Passage of ‘Revenge Porn’ Legislation; Bill Would Increase Penalties
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Sen. Barry R. Finegold is hailing the state Senate’s passage of legislation that would criminalize the sharing of sexually explicit images or videos without consent and launch an educational program for adolescents to demonstrate the consequences of posting indecent visual depictions online. The so-called “Revenge Porn” law unanimously passed the Massachusetts Senate last Thursday. “Our digital reality is rapidly evolving, …
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Sections: Beacon Hill News, Haverhill, Region
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Mayor’s HOPE Task Force to Discuss Drug-Free Communities Grant, More This Week
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The mayor’s Haverhill Overdose Prevention and Education—HOPE—Task Force meets this week to discuss, among other things, necessary steps to qualify for a grant from the federal Drug-Free Communities Support Program. The Committee, headed by HOPE Program Director Charlie Manzi also plans to hear from Haverhill High School Athletic Director Thomas O’Brien on April school vacation resources. The meeting takes place …
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Sections: Community Spotlight, Haverhill
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Haverhill’s Alexandra Smith Demonstrates Skills in Celebrating Women In Construction Event
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(Additional photograph below.) Alexandra Smith of Haverhill was recently sponsored by Milton CAT during a two-day Celebrating Women In Construction event that highlighted her equipment operator skills. Smith joined 17 other women from across the United States and Brazil for the first-ever Caterpillar Celebrating Women In Construction event. The networking event and skills tests at Caterpillar’s Edward J. Rapp Customer …
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How Do You Get the Word Out to Everyone?
If you want to reach a whopping 80% of people with your news or offering, where would you turn?
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Well, a new report by Pew Research Center confirms about eight in 10 Americans ages 12 and older listen to over-the-air radio, like 97.9 WHAV, in a given week. In 2022, 82% of Americans ages 12 and older listened to terrestrial radio in a given week, according to Nielsen Media Research data.
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Thank you to WHAV members, donors and underwriters that help pay for original local news reporting that is shared with the community.
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Today’s Radio Highlights
- WIN for Breakfast: Local news, weather, traffic, sports and information. Win Damon is light, lively and local, 6-9 a.m. Guests: Greater Haverhill Chamber President and CEO Alex Eberhardt and Sen. Pavel Payano.
- Classic Hits: Favorites all day, except as indicated
- Local News: Every half hour from 6-9 a.m., hourly 9 a.m.-3 p.m., every half hour from 3-6 p.m.
- Community Spotlight: News of upcoming cultural and civic events, quarter past every hour
- Mass Moments: Today in Massachusetts history, 6:45 a.m. and 3:45 p.m.
- Melinda’s Garden Moment: Melinda Myers offers tips, 7:45 and 4:45 p.m.
- Sound Beat: 8:45 a.m. and 5:45 p.m.
- Insight Daily: 9:45 a.m. and 6:45 p.m.
- Suspense: 10 p.m. and 1 a.m.
- FSN World News: 11 p.m.
Tuesday’s Radio Highlights
- WIN for Breakfast: Local news, weather, traffic, sports and information. Win Damon is light, lively and local, 6-9 a.m. Guests: Haverhill Veterans Services Officer Jeffrey C. Hollett and Michael Bevilacqua of the Merrimack Valley Chamber of Commerce.
- Classic Hits: Favorites all day, except as indicated
- Local News: Every half hour from 6-9 a.m., hourly 9 a.m.-3 p.m., every half hour from 3-6 p.m.
- Community Spotlight: News of upcoming cultural and civic events, quarter past every hour
- Mass Moments: Today in Massachusetts history, 6:45 a.m. and 3:45 p.m.
- Melinda’s Garden Moment: Melinda Myers offers tips, 7:45 and 4:45 p.m.
- Sound Beat: 8:45 a.m. and 5:45 p.m.
- Insight Daily: 9:45 a.m. and 6:45 p.m.
- Haverhill City Council: Live. 7 p.m.
- X Minus One: 10 p.m. and 1 a.m.
- FSN World News: 11 p.m.
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