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Catch the Wave at 97.9 WHAV ♦ August 12, 2021
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No need to log-in. Full 97.9 WHAV Local News is available to everyone, every day on-air at 97.9 FM or online at WHAV.net thanks to WHAV members.
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If you are not already a member, please support original journalism and keep local news coming from Greater Haverhill’s only public radio station and nonprofit local news service by becoming a WHAV member. Review the options here.
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Mayoral Debate Breaks Out Over Closing Out Haverhill’s Hunking School Construction Account
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A money transfer order, part of Tuesday night’s City Council agenda, triggered what may have been the first mayoral election debate of 2021. The order, to transfer $177,024 from the Whittier Asbestos Removal capital account to the Caleb Dustin Hunking School construction account, was requested by Mayor James J. Fiorentini in order to close out the last of the costs …
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City, Housing Officials Ponder Problem of Providing Affordable Homes in Haverhill
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Haverhill’s elected leaders and housing officials debated Tuesday night how to address increasing housing costs, including skyrocketing rents that are making it difficult for longtime residents to find reasonably priced housing. While the City Council has given approval to a number of multifamily construction projects over the last year, few projects are geared toward affordable housing. The issue came as …
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Haverhilll and Plaistow Among Those Offering Heat Relief to Residents
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Haverhill and Plaistow, N.H., are among area communities providing emergency cooling centers this week as WHAV Meteorologist James Covington warns residents of an “excessive heat watch” Thursday with temperatures topping 95 degrees and a heat index of 105. Haverhill’s Citizen Center, 10 Welcome St., is open from 8 a.m.-4 p.m. for residents who need help or are suffering from heat …
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DiZoglio Uses Cuomo Resignation to Renew Push for Banning Nondisclosure Agreements
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State Sen. Diana DiZoglio yesterday continued her push for ending nondisclosure agreements on Beacon Hill, calling on the House and Gov. Charlie Baker to follow the Senate’s lead. The senator used New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s resignation, in her words, “as (a) reminder of the sexual harassment that all too often permeates in our own state government.” She said in …
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Think You’re Being Watched? ‘Ghost and Grays’ Event May Offer Answer Saturday Night
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Granite Sky Services and the Essex County Ghost Project are asking those who feel like they have been watched while walking in a cemetery or looking up in the sky to take part in “Ghost and Grays” this Saturday night. The event, which benefits the Hilldale Cemetery restoration fund, takes place Saturday night, Aug. 14, with gates open at 8 …
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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: Father John Delaney of Sacred Hearts Parish in Haverhill and Methuen Director of Veterans Services Paul Jensen.
- 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 School Committee: 7 p.m. Live
- Our Miss Brooks: 10 p.m. and 1 a.m.
Friday’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: Rep. Andy Vargas.
- 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.
- DJ Chris on the Radio: Live, 6:10 p.m.
- Couple Next Door: 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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