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Catch the Wave at 97.9 WHAV ♦ March 24, 2021
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Help keep WHAV’s upcoming spring fundraiser short by becoming a member, renewing your expired membership or making a pledge today.
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Whether being among the most informed community members through comprehensive local news or enjoying a favorite tune that has a special meaning for you, there are many reasons to support WHAV. What’s yours?
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WHAV News on-air and online is, accurate, reliable and timely. There’s no log-in needed thanks to members who voluntarily support Greater Haverhill’s only public radio station and nonprofit local news service. Many listeners come for local news, but stay for the best music of all time.
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British Firm Plans to Build in Broadway Industrial Park and Bring 250 Jobs to Haverhill
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A century old British company plans to bring an estimated 250 jobs to a new building in Haverhill’s Broadway Industrial Park. During his State of the City address Tuesday night, Haverhill Mayor James J. Fiorentini said Edwards Technology will relocate 200 existing staff and add 50 new jobs when it completes its new building early next year. “Edwards Technology didn’t …
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Investigators Say Cigarettes Caused Jackson St. Fire Monday That Displaced Nine People
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Investigators believe a fire Monday that displaced nine residents and destroyed a four-family home was caused by a lit cigarette being thrown from a third-floor window. State Fire Marshal Peter J. Ostroskey, Haverhill Fire Chief Robert M. O’Brien and Haverhill Police Chief Alan R. DeNaro issued the ruling late Tuesday afternoon, adding the building at 38 Jackson St., Haverhill, is …
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MakeIT Haverhill Vaccination Clinic Reaches More Than 200 Mount Washington Residents
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More than 200 residents—about half being walk-ins—received COVID-19 vaccinations last Saturday as MakeIT Haverhill volunteers also rolled up their sleeves to make the clinic a success. MakeIT Haverhill, whose mission is matching community opportunity with community need from training to jobs, reached many immigrant Mount Washington residents, said Keith Boucher, the organization’s co-founder. He thanked city Public Health Nurse Mary …
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Greater Lawrence Tech says Juniors and Seniors may Return to In-Person Learning Monday
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Greater Lawrence Technical School Committee is phasing in more in-person career and technical education learning beginning Monday. Superintendent John Lavoie said the School Committee approved allowing juniors and seniors, who choose to opt into in-person learning, to return every other week for their career and technical classes beginning March 29. They will continue to attend class remotely during their academic …
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Pendleton Brothers Step Up to Help Boys and Girls Club Meet Match; Challenge Others To Pitch In
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A former “Boy of the Year” and his brothers have stepped up to help the Boys and Girls Club of Greater Haverhill move closer to meeting a matching grant challenge. Daryl Pendleton, Boy of the Year for the Haverhill Club in 1971, and his brothers Anthony, Marshal and Toney donated $2,500 to the “Back a Kid” Fund Matching Challenge after …
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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: Renee McGuire, YWCA White Ribbon Panel, and Margot Regan, Emmaus House.
- 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.
- Great Gildersleeve: 10 p.m. and 1 a.m.
Thursday’s Radio Highlights
- WIN for Breakfast: Local news, weather, traffic, sports and information. Win Damon is light, lively and local, 6-9 a.m. Guest: YMCA regional Executive Director Tracy Fuller.
- 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.
- Our Miss Brooks: 10 p.m. and 1 a.m.
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97.9 WHAV FM Wavelengths is sponsored by the Merrimack Valley Chamber of Commerce
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Before You Go…
If you believe, as WHAV does, that an informed public makes for better neighbors, employees, volunteers, customers, leaders, voters and citizens, we have a small favor to ask.
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Unlike others, WHAV makes its journalism available to all. If you’re not already a donor or member, WHAV needs your ongoing support to do its job. The news media is hurting with thousands of outlets closing across the country. Local news has suffered the most. While we may not always agree on what event should or should not have been covered, WHAV’s philosophy is to err on the side of disclosure. If you share a belief in these principles, help WHAV to continue being Greater Haverhill’s most trusted, reliable and thought-provoking source of news—whether on-air, online, over cable television or in social media.
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