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97.9 WHAV ♦ December 24, 2024 ♦ Public Media of New England, Inc.
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As always, more local news, more news that matters and more often. Thank you for your support in 2024.
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Haverhill High Introduces New Engineering and Manufacturing Space, Tying Students and Careers
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(Additional gallery of photographs below.) Haverhill High School’s newly inaugurated engineering and manufacturing program is helping to close the gap between students’ career technical education needs and the advanced skills modern manufacturers require. Students, faculty and private sector employers were among those celebrating the ribbon cutting last week of the new program that relies on Project Lead The Way’s curriculum. …
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Sections: Education, Haverhill
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Vargas Opioid Treatment and Rehab Coverage Bill Becomes Law with Healey Signature
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Haverhill state Rep. Andy X. Vargas said Monday his Opioid Use Disorder Treatment and Rehabilitation Coverage bill was signed into law Monday by Gov. Maura T. Healey. Vargas said the addiction and substance use disorder bill, co-filed by Rep. Kate Donaghue, made it to the finish line by the end of the session. It expands access to opioid-reversal drugs like …
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WHAV Continues Christmas Eve Tradition with Stories, Carols and Old-Time Shows
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A longtime WHAV tradition continues tonight with extended Christmas programming. It all begins after the 6 p.m. local news with the reading of “The Night the Wolves Came to Christmas,” written by Georgetown author Richard F. Zapf. The story will also be repeated following the 9 a.m. local news Christmas morning. Holiday music follows until old-time radio favorites begin at …
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Sections: Haverhill, What's On?
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North Andover Seventh Graders’ ‘Blizzard Buster’ Entry Wins state ‘Name A Snowplow’ Contest
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“Blizzard Buster” is the name seventh grade students at North Andover Middle School gave to a snowplow in its winning entry entered in in the state’s third annual “Name A Snowplow” contest. Students in Gabrielle Campbell’s class won in the fifth through eighth grade category in the state Department of Transportation’s contest for District 4. They were among 12 winning …
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Gov. Healey, MassWildlife Issue ‘Special Reindeer Flyover Permit’
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The skies of Massachusetts will once again be filled with holiday magic this Christmas Eve, as Gov. Maura Healey and the Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife said today that Santa Claus has officially been granted a special permit for his team of reindeer to fly over the Commonwealth. MassWildlife’s Deer Biologist Martin Feehan personally reviewed the health and flight …
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Sections: Beacon Hill News
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Haverhill Public Library Offers Games and Movie to Complete 2024
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The Haverhill Public Library continues to offer a variety of programs through the year end. A game night, sponsored by the Essex County Gamers MeetUp Group, features a variety of board games, including strategy and abstract games. Participants are welcome to bring their own games. The next session is Thursday, from 5:30-8:30 p.m., in the Milhendler Room at the Haverhill …
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Sections: Community Spotlight, Haverhill
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Supported in part by Merrimack Valley Credit Union
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The Tap to Host Merrimack Valley Chamber Members for Business Networking
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Haverhill’s Tap Brewing Co. hosts members of the Merrimack Valley Chamber of Commerce for a New Year’s-themed business networking mixer. There will be appetizers, cash bar, networking and door prizes when the mixer takes place Tuesday, Jan. 7, from 5-7 p.m., at The Tap, 100 Washington St., Haverhill. Admission is $10 each for members and $20 each for non-members. Reservations …
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Sections: Business Bulletin, Haverhill
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For more business news, listen to CBS National Business Correspondent Brian Banmiller’s “Banmiller on Business,” Monday-Friday, 9:45 a.m. and 12:45 p.m. on 97.9 WHAV.
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‘Let it Snow’ Dollars for Local News
“Oh, the weather outside is frightful…”
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Those words from “Let It Snow!” are part of WHAV’s long heritage. Vaughn Monroe was the first artist to record the song and he sang it in person at opening of WHAV’s new studios this month 77 years ago. As WHAV News reported then, the baritone sang before a lobby of almost 300 screaming “bobby sockers.”
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WHAV was founded by local news people and needs your support to continue this legacy of service. Until Dec. 31, new or increased contributions to WHAV are matched dollar-for-dollar up to $1,000 by NewsMatch. What’s more, new monthly donations are matched 12 times!
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Today’s Obituaries
- Woody Flanders
- Curtis L. Gerrish
Featuring listings from all Haverhill funeral homes:
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- Berube-Comeau Funeral Home
- Brookside Chapel & Funeral Home
- Kevin B Comeau Funeral Home
- Dole Childs & Shaw Funeral Home
- Driscoll Funeral Home
- H.L. Farmer & Sons Funeral Homes
- Paul C. Rogers Funeral Homes
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Today’s Radio Highlights
- WIN for Breakfast: Local news, national and world news from CBS 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.
- CBS News: Hourly, 24 hours a day, seven days a week, except as noted.
- Wave Weather: Meteorologist James Covington provides Merrimack Valley-specific reports, every half hour, 24 hours a day, seven days a week, except as noted.
- 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: Hosted by Brett Barry, 8:45 a.m. and 5:45 p.m.
- Banmiller on Business: Hosted by CBS National Business Correspondent Brian Banmiller, 9:45 a.m. and 12:45 p.m.
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Car Chronicles: Hosted by CBS News AutoBeat Reporter Jeff Gilbert, 10:45 a.m. and 6:45 p.m.
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- Insight Daily: 11:45 a.m. and 1:45 p.m.
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6:05 p.m. Christmas Eve Programs
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A night of holiday music and special programming begins with “The Night the Wolves Came to Christmas,” written by Georgetown author Richard F. Zapf, and read by WHAV’s own Win Damon.
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The Mighty Allen Art Players, later the inspiration for Johnny Carson’s Mighty Carson Art Players on television, perform “Santa Claus Sits Down.” Beforehand, listeners are treated to Jack Benny’s efforts to sell his Maxwell to Fred Allen and performances by Basin Street Boys, singing “You Drove the Gloom Away,” Peter van Steeden playing “Limehouse Blues,” The King’s Men singing “Nobody Loves a Riveter but His Mother” and Eugene Lester performing “Rosalie.”
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9 p.m. It’s a Wonderful Life
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Jimmy Stewart returns as George Bailey in this radio adaptation of the 1948 movie. When Stewart regrets ever being born, his guardian angel grants his wish on Christmas Eve. Besides Stewart, others appearing are Donna Reed as Mary Hatch and Victor Moore as Clarence.
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10 p.m. Miracle on 34th Street
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Maureen O’Hara, John Payne and Edmund Gwenn, stars of the classic 20th Century Fox 1947 movie, return for this radio adaptation. In the story, Macy’s founder Rowland H. Macy insists a man named Kris Kringle (Gwenn) play Santa Claus in the store even as another store manager tries to have Kringle committed for believing he is the one and only Santa Claus.
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11 p.m. A Christmas Carol
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Lionel Barrymore plays Ebenezer Scrooge in the rarely heard 1938 version of the Mercury Theater on the Air’s production of Charles Dickens’ timeless story, “A Christmas Carol.” Radio listeners closely identified Barrymore with the grouchy character since he performed the role almost every Christmas between 1934 and 1953.
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All Christmas Eve programs are repeated at midnight.
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Wednesday’s Radio Highlights
- Christmas 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.
- CBS News: Hourly, 24 hours a day, seven days a week, except as noted.
- Wave Weather: Meteorologist James Covington provides Merrimack Valley-specific reports, every half hour, 24 hours a day, seven days a week, except as noted.
- 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: Hosted by Brett Barry, 8:45 a.m. and 5:45 p.m.
- Banmiller on Business: Hosted by CBS National Business Correspondent Brian Banmiller, 9:45 a.m. and 12:45 p.m.
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Car Chronicles: Hosted by CBS News AutoBeat Reporter Jeff Gilbert, 10:45 a.m. and 6:45 p.m.
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- Insight Daily: 11:45 a.m. and 1:45 p.m.
- Great Gildersleeve: 10 p.m. and 1 a.m.
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