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97.9 WHAV ♦ January 10, 2025 ♦ Public Media of New England, Inc.
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Haverhill’s State-Mandated MBTA Housing Plan Wins Approval—Allows Max of About 10,000 Units
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Just days after Massachusetts’ highest court ruled communities with, or near, Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority service must plan for multifamily housing, the Haverhill City Council will formally receive notice the city’s plan—which allows more than 10,000 housing units—is legal. Mayor Melinda E. Barrett’s notice to councilors will be heard during next Tuesday night’s regular City Council meeting. In her cover …
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Sections: Beacon Hill News, Haverhill
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City Councilors Honor Lisa Guerin, Late Wife of Former Haverhill Mayor
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Haverhill City Councilors on Tuesday honored the late Lisa (Duggan) Guerin, who died over the weekend following a brief illness. She was the wife of former Mayor John J. Guerin Jr. Council President Thomas J. Sullivan offered a moment of silence in honor of Guerin, his first cousin. “We grew up in Bradford together and we were very, very close,” …
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District Attorney Names 66-Year-Old Pedestrian Killed in Lawrence Crash
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Essex County District Attorney’s office Thursday released the name of a 66-year-old man who was struck and killed by two cars while crossing a Lawrence street Tuesday night. Luis Zamora Gonzalez of Lawrence was struck by both a 2014 Buick Enclave and 2018 Infinity QX30, according to Essex County District Attorney Paul F. Tucker’s office. Lawrence Police and Fire and …
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Haverhill Reports City Schools Not Affected by Software at the Center of a National Data Breach
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Parents of Haverhill Public School students are receiving assurances they are not impacted by a data breach involving a particular PowerSchool-branded educational product. Haverhill Director of Technology Douglas Russell said in an email Thursday to staff that city schools do not use the product. “First and foremost, we want to assure you that our district does not utilize PowerSchool’s Student …
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Sections: Education, Haverhill
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Pentucket Kiwanis Club Plans Eighth Annual Trivia Night Jan. 25
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The Pentucket Kiwanis Club is planning its eighth annual Trivia Night while at the same time celebrating the service club’s honor the 50th anniversary. Besides the trivia competition, there will be raffles and prizes, a look back at the club’s golden anniversary and sandwiches and snacks included in the ticket price. A cash bar will be available. Pentucket Kiwanis’ Trivia …
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Sections: Community Spotlight, Haverhill
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Lennon Joins Merrimack Valley Planning Commission as Environmental Program Manager
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Former Amesbury City Councilor Adrienne D. Lennon was recently named environmental program manager at Haverhill-based Merrimack Valley Planning Commission. According to the quasi-public agency’s latest newsletter, Lennon leads a team of talented specialists in the technical service areas of environment, land use, climate and clean energy planning. “She is an experienced public administrator and environmental planner, centering her practice around …
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Sections: Business Bulletin, Haverhill, Region
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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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Today’s Obituaries
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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How Do You Get the Word Out to Everyone?
If you want to reach a whopping 80-90% of the local market with your news or offering, where would you turn?
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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, national and world news from CBS News, weather, traffic, sports and information. Win Damon is light, lively and local, 6-9 a.m. Guests: Supervisor of School Counseling Megan Arivella and Pentucket Regional School District Superintendent Justin Bartholomew.
- 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.
- All Request Friday Night: Chris Porter, live, 6:15 p.m. Call 978-374-1900.
- Couple Next Door: 10 p.m. and 1 a.m.
Saturday’s Radio Highlights
- Classic Hits: Favorites all day, except as indicated
- Community Spotlight: News of upcoming cultural and civic events, quarter past every hour
- 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.
- Take Two Movie Review: 8:45 a.m. and 1:45 p.m.
- Mass Moments: Today in Massachusetts history, 6:45 a.m. and 2:45 p.m.
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Luke Slaughter of Tombstone: 10 p.m. and 1 a.m.
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Sunday’s Radio Highlights
- Classic Hits: Favorites all day, except as indicated
- Community Spotlight: News of upcoming cultural and civic events, quarter past every hour
- 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.
- Take Two Movie Review: 8:45 a.m. and 1:45 p.m.
- Mass Moments: Today in Massachusetts history, 6:45 a.m. and 2:45 p.m.
- Let George Do It: 10 p.m. and 1 a.m.
Monday’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: Rep. Ryan Hamilton and Rev. Kenneth Young of Calvary Baptist Church.
- 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.
- Suspense: 10 p.m. and 1 a.m.
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