12-08-22 Thursday

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Segment 1:  Ray Richardson talks about the moon, the prospects of the new leadership in Congress, the Southern border, and more.


Segment 2:  Ray talks about

Segment 3:  Bob Witkowski joins Ray and they chat about the moon, the group Post Modern Jukebox, renewable energy in Louisiana, and Bob’s next trip to Maine.

Segment 4:  Ray shares a true love story.

Segment 5:  Ray continues with the story of Hubert and June Malicote married for 79 years and died within hours of each other. He talks about adversities that can break or strengthen your bond and uses Bob and Nancy Kelley as examples.

Segment 6:  Ray touches on the Portland School payroll issues. He asks where were the politicians standing up for the educators as they did before for the private sector.

Segment 7:  David Ciullo of Career Management Services and host of The H.R. PowerHour on WLOB Radio join Ray. They discuss the most important thing of paying your personnel, the new minimum wage hike, and other new vacation rules, employer retirement fund.

Segment 8:  Ray plays a clip from the Peanuts It’s Christmas Charlie Brown. He takes a call and then previews the next segment.

Segment 9:  Ray takes calls.

Segment 10:  Ray takes an angry call about the release of Britney Grimes instead of the Marine.

Segment 11:  Ray talks more about Brittney Griner being released from a Russian prison in a prisoner exchange for convicted Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout. He talks about the change in caller volume as well.

Segment 12:  Ray talks about Biden’s comments regarding the Grimes release, and takes calls.

Segment 13:  Ray talks about solving problems and the priorities of Congress, the Southern border, DACA, and illegal immigrants. He takes calls.

Segment 14:  Ray talks about Pat Callaghan, his retirement, and his friendship with Pat. He also talks about the controversial release of Grimes.

Segment 15:  Pat Callaghan of News Center Maine joins Ray for his final appearance before his retirement. Pat shares some of the stories that have stayed with him over his career.

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12-06-22 Tuesday

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Segment 1:  Ray Richardson addresses a text and tries to explain the role of the


Segment 2:  Ray talks about the Maine Supreme Court decision regarding the deaths of children under the watchful eye of the Department of Health and Human Resources and their not working with the Maine Oversight Committee.

Segment 3:  Gunny Mike Hall, David Jones, and Karen Gillis join Ray and they discuss the Maine DHS system.

Segment 4:  Sophia Pride joins the party. Sophia shares what she has been busy doing, her 16th birthday, and more.

Segment 5:  Maine Senator Bill Diamond joins the panel to discuss the ruling about DHS and the oversight committee. He tries to share light on the realities of the children that can’t speak for themselves.

Segment 6:  They discuss Sophia trying to find out a test score and the school systems.

Segment 7:  The panel discusses the holiday season, the Nutcracker (Karen is performing this Saturday), and more.

Segment 8:  Ray plays “Last Christmas” and this brings up the conversation of a broken heart.

Segments 9-10:  After discussing Mariah Carey and her music, Brad Dyer, and Sean Spicer host of Spicer and Co on NewsMax join the group. Ray asks Sean for his thoughts about the runoff election in Georgia and the sad state of the voter’s philosophy.

Segment 11:  The panel talks about aging gracefully, and grey hair. The conversation turns to the pronoun debate.

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Segment 14:  They talk about the gems in the Western Mountains of Maine. Ray gives a shout-out to Conner Richardson for his birthday!!!
Segment 15: This segment is broad-based. It starts with the a caller and then gets into windmills, solar panels,

12-07-22 Wednesday

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Segment 1:  In Ray Richardson’s monologue he touches on the weather, the Georgia runoff election results, early voting, the definition of words changing, Democracy, the IRS changes, IRS directives, the Congressional Oversight Committee, and more.


Segment 2:  Ray plays President Roosevelt’s announcement of the bombing of Pearl Harbor.

Segment 3:  David Jones and Gunny Mike join Ray to discuss Pearl Harbor.

Segment 4:  Ray reads a section from his book, Every Stone Has A Story.

Segment 5:  Ray and David discuss the government’s intrusion into your life, Ray lists things that were legal that didn’t make it right.

Segment 6:

Segment 7:  The FO Bailey Real Estate Segment is about the value of building relationships. The boys explain and gives examples of what that looks like.

Segment 8:  Ray and David talk about the FO Bailey team and how teamwork is important.

Segment 9:  Ray and David talk about Washington, history, and government.

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Segment 11:  AARP Maine‘s Fraud Fighter Phil Chin and Ray discuss how to have a safe and scam-free holiday season. They discuss gift cards and the downside of buying them. Phil strongly suggests shopping locally.

Segment 12:  Ray talks about the vaccine mandate.

Segment 13:  Ray takes calls.

Segment 14:  Ray

Segment 15:  Ray talks about the lobster industry, NOAA, and the government’s intrusion. He also takes calls.

Segment 16:  Ray takes a call and then closes with redemption.

12-05-22 Monday

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Segments 1-2:  Ray Richardson is back in the saddle after a nice vacation. He thanks everyone who stepped in to help him take a much-needed break. He then talks about the lack of decorum in society.


Segment 3:  Gunny Mike Hall joins Ray. They discuss Ray’s vacation and then discuss Elon Musk and Twitter, politics, and talking about “Big Ideas”, political leadership, and more.

Segment 4:  Ray warns people to be really careful and watchful for scams. Unscrupulous people are hard at work when people are busy and not paying attention.

Segment 5:  Vernon Dukes (The Trucker of Truth) joins Ray. The boys talk about the feeling of home. Ray shares some of the highlights of his trip. They discuss the lack of adulting in America and how we need to start parenting again.

Segment 6:  Ray and Vern talk about the movie Angel Sings, the performers, and Christmas music.

Segment 7:  The boys talk about

Segment 8:  Ray shares his experience of the private showing of the movie White Christmas on the big screen.

Segment 9:  Maine Rep. Joshua Morris (R-Turner) joins the boys to discuss the Maine Legislature, the process of a bill becoming a law, and some of the things that need to be amended.

Segment 10: Ray honors Retired MSgt. Blanche E. Kelley. She passed away and will be laid to rest this morning in Woodlawn Cemetery.

Segment 11:  Ray and Vern talk about voting, voting laws, state IDs, and the media’s coverage.

Segment 12:  The boys talk about the song Mary, Did You Know, then put into perspective the song and the time period of Mary and Joseph.

Segment 13:  Ray and Vern have a heated discussion about President Trump and the need to demand that people and businesses be better.

Segment 14:  Ray and Vern take a call from Ethan of Saco. The discussion gets back to the morality of our country.
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Segment 15:  Ray and Vern talk about Ray’s much-needed vacation and the idea of a novel that he is working on. They take more calls including Steve from Westbrook and Larry
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