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We start each weekday with the Ray Richardson show, from 6A to 9A EST. Ray talks with interesting guests from various fields: politics, culture, music, religion, sports and the newsmakers of the day.

National talk show hosts such as Mike Gallagher, Todd Starnes, Michael Savage & Tom Shillue carry on through the morning and afternoon.
Our weekend lineup features many local top talkers with expertise in a wide variety of fields, including HR expert David Cuillo, businessman Derek Volk, Dr. Lisa Belisle with Love Maine Radio and LOB’s Talkin’ Maine.
We feature FOX News at the top and bottom of the hour for news updates. We also carry commentary from leading FOX News opinion makers such as Lou Dobbs and Todd Starnes.

If its happening in Maine, our nation or around the world, you can count on
News/Talk WLOB 100.5FM to bring you up close and personal as it happens.

04-20-18 Special Session?????

Part 1: Ray, Tim, Joe and Debi discuss with Rep. Wayne Parry about how the Maine House has been run this session. He says that they have virtually done nothing but waist time and push the bills back to the end of the session. Now they still have gotten all of the work done that they needed to get done. Now the Democrats are blaming the Republicans for not getting work done because they don’t want to have a special session or extend the session.
Part 2: Ray plays a speech from Representative Drew Gattine about extending the session and because they didn’t get the job done. The panel examine his speech. Unfortunately, this segment had technical difficuties. Here is a link to the speech from Rep. Gattine. Ray points out that if you listen to it you can hear Drew admit that they need to stay because they still have money to spend. Drew Gattine’s Speech from the House floor.
Part 3: They continue the discussion on special session.

04-20-18 Shawn Moody

Part 1: The boys are joined by Gubernatorial Candidate Shawn Moody and Maine Representative Wayne Parry. They have an honest discussion on the difference between southern Maine and northern Maine. Northern Maine is frustrated because they aren’t being well represented and can’t afford the same wages and other things that southern Maine can offer. Shawn says that the legislature has pulled one leg out of the important three legged stool to raise a strong workforce in kids. Shawn states that he is a strategic thinker an doesn’t just look to next week, he is looking into the next five years. Shawn says it isn’t Northern vs Southern, it is more Urban vs Rural.
Part 2: Ray talks about the economical downturn will affect the workforce. Wayne also mentions what will happen with a recession and the trades. There isn’t people to work in the trades. Joe talks about the kids in college need to have work experience or they are not hire-able. They talk about Maine being the oldest and yet highest taxed state. Shawn says that he is both a blue-collar and a white collar executive and we need to work together.

04-20-18 Yellow Tulip Project

Ray gives a preview to next Friday’s guest Julia Hansen of The Yellow Tulip Project and their focus of bringing suicide out of the dark. Tim Wilson expands because of their work with Seeds of Peace.

04-20-18 Jeff Timberlake

Ray, Joe and Debi are joined by Tim Wilson of Seeds of Peace and Maine Rep. Jeff Timberlake. Rep. Timberlake is serving his second consecutive term on the Appropriations committee. He calls in to let us know what is actually happening up in Augusta in his committee. “Poor management on your part, doesn’t mean crisis on our part,” is his description of the Majority Party Leadership.

04-20-18 Trump

Ray and Joe discuss the email breach and how that isn’t dead yet for Mrs. Hillary Clinton. It looks like she isn’t in the clear and it is back….hopefully she will be held to the same accountability as any other citizen.

04-20-18 Speaker Gideon

Ray is joined by Joe Bruno and Debi Davis this morning. They discuss Maine Speaker of the House Sara Gideon calling Gov. LePage and Rep. Leader Ken Fredette a terrorist. She has since taken that back and her office when answering calls yesterday, called Ray’s listeners that asked about the D 745 Bill (FGM) vote a hate/racist group. She hasn’t been a good leader because they haven’t gotten the job done.

04-19-18 Pat Callaghan

Part 1: Pat Callaghan of NewsCenter Maine joins Ray this morning. Ray and Pat reminisce about the Bush family and some of the antics that the Former First Lady Barbara Bush would pull. She was such a natural treasure.
Part 2: Ray starts off by reading a response one of our listeners got for calling the Speaker’s office. They continue the love for Barbara. Ray states that Bill Diamond sent him text that LD745 was defeated. Contact your Representatives.

04-19-18 Legislature Votes

Part 1: Ray reads a quote from Cathy Breen out of the Portland Press Herald. She is apparently willing to not hold the votes and either table or extend the session. She doesn’t want to do the people’s will. Ray also talks about Jeff Timberlake and how he wants the votes. He wants to get the job done, not just wasting time. It is a really poorly run Chamber. The Speaker should be held accountable. People need to let them know that you are watching what is happening in Augusta. Hold a role call vote and pubic hearings.
Part 2: Ray wants to know if you have called the office of the Maine Speaker of the House. They just put together the largest budget together, but they still didn’t get the job done. They don’t start on time and there is no accountability because they don’t hold role call votes. They have tabled the Female Genitalia Mutilation Bill LD 745.

Contact the Honorable Sara Gideon, Speaker of the House, Room 303, State House, 2 State House Station, Augusta, Maine 04333-0002, Tel: 207-287-1300, E-mail: Sara.Gideon@legislature.maine.gov.

04-19-18 David Cuillo

Part 1: Ray and Roy are joined by David Ciullo of Career Management Services and Dale Carnegie Maine, he also hosts The H.R. PowerHour on WLOB Radio. Ray asks what is happening in the workplace. Dave says that they are doing so many workplace behavior training seminars. Sometimes it isn’t done intentionally, but sometime it is not knowing that it is happening. Dave gives some examples. Bottom line, if your six year old child or grandchild was standing there, is it something that you would share in front of them. No means no and stop means stop. Bob asks David about the Starbucks harassment in Philadelphia.
Part 2: Ray reads an update to the Starbucks incident in Philadelphia. David gives a local example of something similar. David also has some upcoming seminars for teens coming up in August. Generation.Next prepares young people for the real world. maine.dalecarnegie.com/events/generationnext

04-19-18 Shot Heard Round the World

Part 1: Ray starts this segment with this day in history. Today is the day the Revolutionary War started. A caller describes going down to Lexington for the re-enactment and says it was beyond what he thought it would be. He said that he learned more in one day than he did all through school. Ray, Debi and Bob talk about some of the great books and plays about history.
Part 2: The discussion on Cabinet members is a continuation on the history conversation.

04-19-18 100 Things to do in Portland

Bob Witkowski of Visit Portland and author or 100 Things to do in Portland Maine Before You Die tells Ray and our audience about the Lobster Shack in Cape Elizabeth. He also mentions the Mister Bagel on Congress Street for their Tandoori Chicken Panini. He also mentions Joe’s Smoke Shop‘s deli and the best lobster roll for the money.

04-19-18 Matt Dunlap

Ray, Bob Witkowski and Debi are joined by Maine Secretary of State Matt Dunlap. He tries to explain Ranked Choice Voting ruling from the courts. Ray asks Matt about the Eric Brakey and Max Linn race. Eric has taken the case to the court to decide whether or not Max’s signatures to get on the ballot are legal. Right now Max is on the ballot that is printed. Matt explains the process if his Max Linn isn’t a qualified candidate. Ray asks some more about the RCV issue.

04-19-18 Good Morning

Part 1: Ray starts off by saying Thank You to all of our listeners. He states how much he appreciate hearing from you. Ray then gets down to business. He starts going after the Speaker of the House NOT doing her job. Not voting on bills before the House, just tabling or voting without a roll call. Votes without pubic hearings. Contact the Honorable Sara Gideon, Speaker of the House, Room 303, State House, 2 State House Station, Augusta, Maine 04333-0002, Tel: (207) 287-1300, E-mail: Sara.Gideon@legislature.maine.gov.
Part 2: Bob Witkowski of Visit Maine joins Ray and Debi. He talks about walking in the Old Port and reminiscing about the French Quarter in New Orleans. He goes back to asking people to contact their Representative and Speaker of the House.

04-18-18 “River of Evil”

Part 1: Ray is calling out the people that protect illegal immigrants. He brings up the “River of Evil”. He gives examples of what he means by that. Moveon.org and Maine’s People Alliance are some of the groups he names and what about the judges that are not following the Constitution and Gov. Jerry Brown.
Part 2: Ray talks about the Ranked Choice Voting. In the primary it is legal because it is the up to the party to decide who they are putting up for election, however it isn’t Constitutional in the general election in November. Ranked Choice Voting is basically a temper tantrum because Paul LePage was elected to a 2nd term. Where was their outrage when the Baldacci or King was elected.