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Catch the Wave at 97.9 WHAV ♦ May 24, 2021
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WHAV is Greater Haverhill’s only public radio station and nonprofit local news service.
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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? Review the easy giving options here.
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Thank you to WHAV members who help pay for original local news reporting that is shared with the community.
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Returning Temporarily to Haverhill Police Department, Haugh Stresses ‘Honesty, Integrity and Compassion’
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Retired Haverhill Deputy Police Chief Anthony L. Haugh told officers, officials and family Friday that returning to the department as interim police chief “feels like coming home again.” Haugh was sworn into office with his wife Susan at his side during a ceremony Friday morning. Mayor James J. Fiorentini welcomed the 33-year-member of the department back during a ceremony at …
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Haverhill to Bring Back In-Person Independence Day Holiday Fireworks and Celebration
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In another sign of normalcy, Haverhill’s annual Independence Day fireworks celebration returns Friday, July 2, after being cancelled last year because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Mayor James J. Fiorentini said more details about festivities and fireworks show will be released soon. “I have been saying for some time that my goal was to have a live firework show in Haverhill …
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Brown Joins Board of Trustees at Haverhill’s Venerable Whittier Birthplace
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Lynda Brown of Haverhill was recently elected a trustee of Whittier Birthplace. Arthur H. Veasey III, president of The Trustees of the John Greenleaf Whittier Birthplace, said Brown has been a citizen role model for many Haverhill neighborhoods, supporting the Acre and Mount Washington neighborhoods, while advocating for citywide collaboration and vision. “Identifying and recruiting new trustees is vital to …
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Trinity EMS’ Poirier and Hunter Among 22 Honored with Massachusetts Stars of Life Awards
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Trinity EMS staff were among the honorees last week when the Massachusetts Ambulance Association celebrated the Commonwealth’s emergency medical services professionals during the 46th Annual National EMS Week and second annual Convoy of Champions ambulance parade. Trinity’s Lana Poirier, a paramedic, and Shawn Hunter, EMT B and education manager, were among 22 honored during the first-ever Massachusetts Stars of Life …
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I-495 Construction Update: Steel Beam Delivery and Installation Calls for Lane and Ramp Closings
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Various day and night lane closings and rolling roadblocks along Interstate 495 south take place this week for steel deliveries and installation on the new southbound bridge over the Merrimack River in Haverhill. The Massachusetts Department of Transportation reports two right lanes will be closed overnight on I-495 southbound, between exits 50 and 48, beginning Sunday, May 23, and continuing …
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Pentucket Regional Middle and High School Music Students Plan Two-Day Recital Online This Week
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More than 100 Pentucket Regional Middle and High School music students are participating in a two-day, online recital this week, featuring 55 performances in all. The recital takes place Wednesday and Thursday, May 26 and May 27, at 7 p.m., and presented live on the district’s Pentucket Music Conservatory YouTube channel. The recital includes solo and group performances including original …
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Haverhill Public Library Plans ‘To You Tuesdays’ with Buttonwoods Museum as Tomorrow’s Stop
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Haverhill Public Library’s “To You Tuesdays” begins tomorrow afternoon with a visit of the library’s bookmobile to the Buttonwoods Museum. The library’s outreach van will be making stops throughout Haverhill every Tuesday afternoon this spring and summer. Staff offer free giveaways, books to checkout, games, information about library services and more. The bookmobile visits Tuesday, May 25, at 2 p.m., …
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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: Greater Haverhill Chamber President and CEO Irene Haley and Ginny Salem, Northern Essex Elder Transport.
- 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.
- Suspense: 10 p.m. and 1 a.m.
Tuesday’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: YMCA regional Executive Director Tracy Fuller and Michael Bevilacqua of the Merrimack Valley Chamber of Commerce.
- 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.
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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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