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Catch the Wave at 97.9 WHAV ♦ July 13, 2021
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Local news is best served fresh.
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Listener- and reader-supported WHAV remains on the job because local news is more critical than ever. WHAV provides more local news, more news that matters and more often. Support Greater Haverhill’s only public radio station and nonprofit local news service as a monthly supporter. Simply click here for new and easy giving options.
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If you are already a current donor or member, please accept WHAV’s heartfelt thanks for your support.
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Haverhill Invites Public to Swearing-In of Police Chief Pistone Friday and Meet and Greet Saturday
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Haverhill residents are invited to the swearing in of veteran Haverhill Police Officer Robert P. Pistone as the city’s next police chief this Friday morning in City Hall and a public meet and greet Saturday near downtown. Pistone, who was appointed by Mayor James J. Fiorentini to succeed Chief Alan R. DeNaro, takes the oath of office Friday, July 16, …
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Haverhill Candidates Begin Election Campaign Kickoff Events
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There are opportunities for Haverhill residents to meet with candidates for local elected office as several officially kick off their campaigns this month. City Councilor Joseph J. Bevilacqua launches his re-election effort with a party Wednesday, July 14, from 5:30-7 p.m., at Battlegrounds Coffee Co., 39 Washington St. There will be complimentary hors d’oeuvres. There is no cost for seniors. …
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Vargas Bill to Remove Religious Exemptions to Vaccines and Similar Bill Attract Comments
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Supporters and opponents of bills that could remove religious exemptions to required vaccination laws, such as one proposed by Haverhill Rep. Andy X. Vargas, or standardize immunization requirements, testified yesterday before the legislature’s Public Health Committee. More than 400 people had thoughts they wanted to share with lawmakers Monday on bills related to vaccines and immunization policy, issues catapulted to …
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Haverhill Bank Promotes Barker to Salem, N.H., Branch Manager
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Alison M. “Ali” Barker was recently promoted to branch manager of Haverhill Bank’s Salem, N.H., branch. Barker joined the bank four years ago, beginning as a universal banker. Prior to her promotion, she served as assistant branch manager at the Haverhill Bank’s Rosemont office, 1094 Main St., Haverhill. She has 18 years of banking experience. As branch manager, Barker is …
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Methuen Arlington Neighborhood Offers Summer Nights Recreation as City Joins State Program
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Methuen is among seven communities joining the state’s Summer Nights Initiative this season. The program, which runs through Aug. 20, supports 55 organizations serving nearly 80 locations. The Methuen Arlington Neighborhood is hosting a summer parks and recreation program with organized sports and games including basketball, 4-Square and karate. Methuen joins Cambridge, Holyoke, Lynn, Randolph, Stoughton and Taunton as new …
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Buttonwoods Museum Offers Free Tour of Homes and Buildings Near Bradford Common
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Haverhill’s Buttonwoods Museum is having a free guided walking tour of historic homes and buildings near Bradford Common this Saturday. Tour guide Cathy Petersen takes visitors from Bradford’s journey from pastoral settlement of 1635 to its union with Haverhill 225 years later. Special emphasis is on the Kimball and Haseltine homes, plus the First Church Congregation, Kimball Tavern and Bradford …
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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: Sgt. Bernarduz Lasco, recruiter U.S. Marines, and Boys and Girls Club of Greater Haverhill Executive Director Javier Bristol.
- 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: 7 p.m. Live
- Lights Out: 10 p.m. and 1 a.m.
Wednesday’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: City Council President Melinda E. Barrett and Sarah Coletti discusses her experience with early cancer detection.
- 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.
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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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