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1/3/13 5:00pm |
The Women's Community of Wausau - This week's show will focus on The Women's Community of Wausau, a shelter and place of refuge for the victims of domestic violence and sexual assault. Guests will include The Women's Community executive director Jane Graham Jennings, sexual assault victims services program coordinator Jessica Lind, and volunteer coordinator Denise Lang.
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12/27/12 (All day) |
Route 51 Year End Review - It's our annual Route 51 Year End Review show... with a look back at the people, the passion, the politics and the places that made North Central Wisconsin a special place in 2012. We'll hear some of the provacative interviews, the important news stories, the debates, the uplifting feature stories, and the great live musical performances... all condensed into a fast paced hour of riveting radio... produced and hosted by Glen Moberg.
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12/13/12 5:00pm |
Christmas Music: the good, the bad and the obscure - Guest host Bill Martens fills in for Glen Moberg. Talk will revolve around holiday music- in all of its various styles and forms. Guests will be Tim Buchholz, Asst. Professor of Music at UW-Marathon County and Shereen Skola.
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12/6/12 (All day) |
Faith and Criminal Justice System - Route 51 embraces the Christmas season with a show on faith and the criminal justice system. Our guest will be Marathon County jail chaplain Ray Slatton, who as the director of Greater Wausau Christian Services ministers to the needs of prison inmates, and provides one on one mentoring and support services. Reverend Slatton will be joined by two of the volunteers that work with him: Sally Scinto-Reinertson and Rita Jirikovic.
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11/29/12 (All day) |
Medical College of Wisconsin expands to Wausau - The Medical College of Wisconsin recently announced plans for a medical college campus in Wausau. Guests include: Dr. John Raymond, President and CEO of the Medical College of Wisconsin; Dr. Brian Ewert, President and CEO of the Marshfield Clinic; and Dr. Keith Montgomery, Dean of UW-Marathon County of Wausau. The medical college plans involve a number of institutions in central Wisconsin, including Aspirus Health Care, Ministry Health Care, UW Stevens Point, and Northcentral Technical College.
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11/15/12 5:00pm |
Learning is ForEver program at UW-Stevens Point - We profiled the Learning is ForEver, or LIFE program, a membership based organization of adult learners sponsored by UW-Stevens Point and hosted by UWSP Continuing Education. 400 mostly retired adults are members of LIFE, with access to about 80 classes on a wide range of topics each semester. Guests were Richard Feldman, retired UWSP Professor of Philosophy and a member of the LIFE curriculum committee; Tom Ordens, a retired teacher and Sentry Insurance safety consultant who serves on the LIFE board of directors; and Vickie Richmond Hawkins, Director of Continuing Education at UW-Marathon County. The live broadcast originated from an actual LIFE class at the UW Center for Civic Engagement building on the UWMC campus.
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11/8/12 (All day) |
Recap and Analysis of 2012 Election results - This week's show offered a recap and analysis of the 2012 national, state and local election results. Guests were UW-Stevens Point political scientist Ed Miller, Wausau Daily Herald opinion page editor Robert Mentzer and Jane Graham Jennings, executive director of The Women's Comunity of Wausau. Discussion included the high points and low points of a long, hard fought campaign season. The program also touched on the way forward, and what the results portend for the future of north central Wisconsin and America.
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11/1/12 (All day) |
WI's 69th Assembly District Candidates - We focused on the race for Wisconsin's 69th Assembly District. Guests included incumbent Republican Assemblyman Scott Suder and his Democratic challenger former radio newsman Paul Knoff about the priorities facing the district and the state of Wisconsin. Knoff will appear in the first half of the program. Suder will appear in the second half. Both candidates will take questions and comments from listeners live on the air.
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10/25/12 5:00pm |
7th Congressional Debate: Duffy vs. Kreitlow - We replay, in its entirety, the October 22nd 7th Congressional District Debate between incumbent Republican Congressman Sean Duffy and former Democratic State Senator Pat Kreitlow. The debate was moderated by Route 51 host Glen Moberg of WPR, and features questions from panelists and debate sponsors Robert Mentzer of the Wausau Daily Herald, Melissa Langbehn of WAOW TV Newsline 9, and Amy Pflugshaupt of WSAW TV Newschannel 7. The debate was also sponsored by the Wisconsin Institute for Public Policy and Service.
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10/18/12 5:00pm |
Election 2012 Roundtable - We held a political roundtable on the Wisconsin race for the U.S. Senate, just hours before a scheduled debate between Democratic U.S. Representative Tammy Baldwin and former Republican Governor Tommy Thompson at the UW Marathon County Center for Civic Engagement Theater. Discussion will include the US Senate race and the Presidential race. We have an all-star political panel including Democrat Christine Bremer Muggli of Wausau, Republican Bob Williams of Stevens Point and independent analyst Bill Kraus of Madison.
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10/11/12 5:00pm |
Congressman Sean Duffy - We featured a discussion with 7th District Republican Congressman Sean Duffy, who faces Democrat Pat Kreitlow in the November 6th election. Glen Moberg asked Mr. Duffy about the top domestic issues facing the people of North Central Wisconsin, and the top international issues facing the country. Listeners had a chance to call in questions for Congressman Duffy during the show.
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10/4/12 5:00pm |
Wisconsin's 85th and 86th Assembly District Candidates - This is a Wisconsin Public Radio / Wausau Daily Herald forum between the candidates for the 85th and 86th State Assembly districts. The event took place before a live audience October 3rd at the UW-Marathon County Center for Civic Engagement Theater. All five candidates participated: in the 85th District, Libertarian Jim Maas, Republican Pat Snyder and Democrat Mandy Wright; and in the 86th District, Democrat Dennis Halkoski and Republican John Spiros. Route 51 host Glen Moberg and the Wausau Daily Herald's Robert Mentzer were the panelists for the event.
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9/27/12 5:00pm |
Wisconsin's 12th Senate District Candidates - This forum was between the candidates for northern Wisconsin's 12th State Senate District. The forum was organized by independent public radio station WXPR in Rhinelander, and its News Director, Ken Krall, who served as moderator. Route 51 host Glen Moberg served as one of the panelists and questioners at the event. The debate featured all three candidates running for the 12th Senate seat: Republican Tom Tiffany (who is currently serving in the State Assembly), Democrat Susan Sommer, and Libertarian Paul Ehlers. The seat is open because incumbent Senator Dan Meyer is not seeking re-election.
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9/20/12 5:00pm |
Wisconsin's 34th Assembly District Candidate Forum - This program is a forum between the candidates for the 34th Assembly District which is based in northern Wisconsin's Vilas and Oneida counties. The forum was organized by independent public radio station WXPR in Rhinelander and its News Director, Ken Krall. WPR's Glen Moberg served as one of the panelists and questioners at the event. The debate featured all four candidates running for the 34th Assembly seat: Republican Rob Swearingen, Democrat Merlin Van Buren, and independent candidates Todd Albano and Kevin FitzPatrick.
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9/13/12 5:00pm |
Pat Kreitlow - This show features Seventh District Democratic Congressional Candidate Pat Kreitlow. He was the news anchor at WEAU-TV in Eau Claire and was later elected to the State Senate. He and his wife Sharry live in Chippewa Falls and have two daughters and a grandson. Mr. Kreitlow will face the Republican incumbent, freshman Congressman Sean Duffy in the November 6th election. We'll ask Mr. Kreitlow about the domestic policy issues facing the district, and the foreign policy issues facing the nation.
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9/6/12 5:00pm |
Peter Buffett - Our guest this week is the award-winning composer and best-selling author Peter Buffett, who will be appearing in Wausau on Tuesday September 25th for the Community Foundation of North Central Wisconsin's George L. Ruder Forum. Host Glen Moberg will talk to Buffett about the philosophy behind his book, Life is What you Make It, his Grammy-nominated and Emmy Award-winning music, his activism on behalf of Native American causes and culture, his work in philanthropy, and his relationship with his famous father, financier Warren Buffett. The show will also feature an interview with Community Foundation executive director Jean Tehan about the Ruder forum, and the organization's 25th anniversary.
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8/30/12 5:00pm |
John Jackson Miller, comic book writer - This week we welcome John Jackson Miller, comic book writer, novelist, and game creator. Based in Iola, WI, Miller has written Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, the comics adaptation of Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, as well as many other projects including e-books and webstrips. His first novel, Star Wars: Knight Errant, was released in 2011 from Del Rey, alongside a comic book series of the same name which he writes for Dark Horse Comics. Bill Martens, producer for WPR's Joy Cardin Show, fills in for Glen Moberg, and talks to Miller about his history with comics and the comics industry; his work on the Star Wars franchise and his recent trip to Star Wars Celebration VI.
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8/23/12 5:00pm |
Ben Brancel, secretary Wisc. Dept of Ag - This week we welcome Ben Brancel, Secretary for the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection. Brancel is in Wausau to talk about agriculture in central Wisconsin, and how farmers and producers can tap into global markets for jobs. The Secretary is asked about the effect of this summer's drought on the state's farm economy, and about the other concerns facing farmers in our state. Later, Secretary Brancel is joined by Don Radtke, Herdsman at Northcentral Technical College's Ag Center of Excellence and Tim Buttke, Senior Business Relations Manager with Mid Wisconsin State Bank. Mr. Buttke's portfolio is primarily concerned with agricultural loans, with an emphasis on dairy farming.
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8/16/12 5:00pm |
USDA Rural Development - We take a look at the impact the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Development program is having on North Central Wisconsin. $558 million dollars was invested in rural Wisconsin communities last year, in job creation, alternative energy development, regional food systems, and building and maintaining water, sewer, electric, telephone and broadband infrastructure. Guests will include Stan Gruszynski, Wisconsin Rural Development State Director, and Mary Patoka, President and CEO of CAP Services of Stevens Point, which will be using Rural Development funds for economic development and job creation. The show will also focus on the Rural Development program's work with tribal governments.
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8/9/12 5:00pm |
Heavy Metal Hate Music - This Thursday we explore the phenomenon of hate metal music in the wake of the shooting rampage at the Sikh Temple in Oak Creek, Wisconsin. Shooting suspect Wade Page was the leader of End Apathy, a fringe metal band with Nazi ties, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center. Host Glen Moberg will discuss the reaction of the central Wisconsin rock community to the tragedy with Dino Corvino, music critic with City Pages in Wausau; Tom Jordan, guitarist and leader of the critically acclaimed Wisconsin blues rock band Meantooth Grin; and Tom Neal, guitarist and Wausau marketing executive.
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