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97.9 WHAV ♦ June 19, 2025 ♦ Public Media of New England, Inc.
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Plans Fall Through for New Haverhill YMCA at Northern Essex Community College
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The Haverhill YMCA is going back to the drawing board after the state recently rejected its plan to build a modern fitness and wellness center at Northern Essex Community College’s Haverhill campus. As early as 2023, the YMCA informally proposed a 60,000 square-foot health and fitness center; 10,000 square-foot early learning center; outdoor multi-sport turf fields and other amenities created …
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Sections: Education, Haverhill
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Encouraging Triple Deckers, Other Ideas Emerge for Easing Haverhill’s Affordable Housing Pain
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A committee reviewing Haverhill’s proposed five-year Housing Production Plan heard ideas Monday to provide more affordable homes that include encouraging triple-deckers and taking better advantage of state incentives. The Haverhill City Council’s Planning and Development Committee also received cautionary tales from both a nonprofit and for-profit developer. At Large Councilor John A. Michitson, who chairs the subcommittee, invited developers to …
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Essex County Community Foundation Offers Lifeline for Nonprofits Losing Fed Funds
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Essex County Community Foundation said Wednesday it is launching a new Community Response Fund to meet the needs of nonprofit organization at risk of losing federal support. The foundation said it is focusing first on organizations that expand access to food, clothing and shelter. Applicants may apply for up to $30,000 through a streamlined grantmaking process, starting Wednesday, June 25, …
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Indian Violinist Headlines Haverhill Public Library Concert
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Indian violinist Pranav Swaroop Bettagere headline a concert of South Asian music Saturday at the Haverhill Public Library. Bettagere is trained in the classic Indian “carnatic” style of violin. He has performed across India and in Sri Lanka, the United Kingdom, Austria, Germany, Japan and the Netherlands. He has been a guest artist at three of Berklee College’s International Folk …
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Sections: Community Spotlight, Haverhill
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This program is supported in part by a grant from the Haverhill Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency.
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L’Arche Boston North Awards Cedar’s Tsakirellis with First Heart of Generosity Award
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Aimee Tsakirellis of Cedar’s Mediterranean Foods became the inaugural recipient Wednesday of L’Arche Boston North’s Heart of Generosity Award. Tsakirellis, executive vice president of marketing and communications at Cedar’s, was presented the award during a ceremony at L’Arche’s Culinary Program Kitchen in Haverhill. The award “honors an individual or organization whose extraordinary generosity—through time, resources, or spirit—has deeply enriched the …
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Sections: Business Bulletin, Haverhill
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- Anne Marie (Keating) Bogart, 80
- Warner Arthur Reed, 89
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 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. Guest: Haverhill Promise Director Jessica Kallin.
- 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.
- Fortune Business Update: Hosted by Geoffrey Colvin, 9:45 a.m. and 12:45 p.m.
- Car Chronicles: Hosted by CBS News AutoBeat Reporter Jeff Gilbert, 10:45 a.m. and 6:45 p.m.
- Haverhill School Committee: When in session, Live. 7 p.m.
- Our Miss Brooks: 10 p.m. and 1 a.m.
Friday’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: Michael Thompson, Haverhill SCORE Volunteer and Jennifer Khalsa Shimmel of Marigold Montessori School.
- 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.
- Fortune Business Update: Hosted by Geoffrey Colvin, 9:45 a.m. and 12:45 p.m.
- Car Chronicles: Hosted by CBS News AutoBeat Reporter Jeff Gilbert, 10:45 a.m. and 6:45 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.
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