2010
Second Quarter Report and Community Issues
The following issues were
identified in the Summit County Quality of Life Project conducted by the United
Way of Summit County, the Akron Community Foundation and The University of Akron
as part of the Thriving Community Needs and Assessment Study requested by
Summit County Executive James B. McCarthy. Interviews of 183 individual “key
informants” as well as 40 in-person interviews of county residents were
conducted by the Federation for Community Planning. A copy of this report is
attached to the appendix of this file.
Among some of the major findings were:
- The
State of the Economy
- Scale
of Summit County Demographics
- Politics
- Human
Services
- Crime
- Children
- Education
- Overall
performance of Akron schools
WAKR-WONE-WQMX concentrated programs on the following ten
issues for this quarter:
- The
Economy
- Education
- Children’s
Services
- Political
Leadership
- Crime
and Personal Safety
- Health
Care
- Race,
Religion and Diversity
- Transportation
- Social
Service Agencies
- General
Health & Wellness
Regularly Scheduled Programs
In addition to the programs listed stations also provided
the following regularly scheduled news and community service programming:
WAKR – 3:30 length local
newscasts 5a-6p M-F, 6a-12p Sat. (6:00 during morning drive 6a, 7a & 8a
M-F) at the top of each hour (except when preempted by sports events); 3:00
length local newscasts 5:30a-5:30p M-F, 6:30a-11:30a Sat. (6:00 during morning
drive 5:30a, 6:30a and 7:30a M-F); local newscasts of 2:00 length also follow
ABC Network newscasts 12a-4a weekdays; 7p-11p M-F, 1p-11p Saturday and 12a-530a
and 1p-11p weekends.
WAKR Ray Horner Show – 6:00
a.m. - 10:00 a.m. Monday-Friday with news, sports, weather, traffic,business
and topical interviews of local, national and community interest.
“Dow Jones Money Report” -
airs on 1590 WAKR hourly 6a-7p Monday-Friday and 7a-12p Saturday with the
latest financial and market information. 1:00 length. Network program.
ABC News – airs on 1590 WAKR
12a-4a M-F; 7p-11p M-F; 12a-7a Saturday; 1p-11p Saturday; 12a-5p Sunday;
12p-11p Sunday. May be preempted by sports coverage. Updates every hour with
the latest news. 3:00 midnight-5a, 4:00 6a-11p. Network program.
“America in the Morning” -
airs on 1590 WAKR 5a-6a M-F (starting September 8, 2009; 5a-5:30a up to that
point) with topical news, sports, business and information. 54:00 length.
Network program.
WONE – 3:00 length local
newscasts 6a-830a at the top and bottom of each hour M-F.
WQMX – 3:00 length local
newscasts 5:30a-8:30a at the top and bottom of each hour M-F.
All stations: hourly weather
updates (at least twice each hour on WAKR, once hourly on WONE & WQMX)
All stations: regular traffic
updates (at least four times each hour on WONE & WQMX during morning drive
M-F, six times each hour during morning drive on WAKR M-F; twice hourly on WAKR
and WQMX during afternoon drive, once hourly during afternoon drive on WONE.)
60 Seconds/FYI: one-minute
news, community service and public service reports airing on WAKR and WONE
during varied rotations seven days a week.
Forum 360 – produced by the
Jewish Community Center of Akron in association with Time Warner Cable of
Akron/Canton, a 30-minute program airs each Sunday morning at 8:00 a.m. on WAKR
and 6:30 a.m. on WONE.
Center Talks – produced by the
Akron Urban League and 1590 WAKR with information on agencies and programs of
benefit to the Akron urban community. This program runs 30:00.
Community Profiles – produced
by former Coming Together Akron President Dr. Fannie Brown and 1590 WAKR with
information on programs and topics of interest to Akron’s minority community
and the community as a whole. This program runs 30:00.
“Money Talks” on 1590 WAKR
with host Richard Peterson providing financial information on money management
and financial policy. Saturday 7:00 a.m.-8:00 a.m.
“Ready, Set Grow” on 1590 WAKR
with host Tom Dayton offering advice for gardening and landscaping. Saturday
8:00 a.m.-10:00 a.m.
“Your Beautiful Home” on 1590
WAKR with hosts Katherine DeLong and Andy January with information on home
décor and preserving value for homeowners. Saturday 10:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m.
“Akron General Good Health
Hour” on 1590 WAKR with host Dr. Debbie Plate offering topical advice and
information on health issues. Saturday 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 a.m. Except when
preempted by sports.
1. The Economy
WAKR
is an affiliate of the Westwood One/Wall Street Journal network and airs hourly
“Dow Jones Money Report” business updates Monday-Saturday.
WAKR
partners with Richard Peterson, president of Capital Financial Group, to
present “Money Talks” airing Saturdays 7:00am-8:00am with topical news,
interviews, and call-in advice on issues relating to personal economics. Each
program contains a total of approximately 40 minutes of economic content in six
segment blocks.
Ray Horner Morning Show
April 1st, 2010
9:00am-10:00am---Sonya Halstead, Howard Hanna
Homes: home sales.
April 6th, 2010
8:10am, 8:20am, 8:40am, and 8:50am---Dr. Fred
Carr, University of Akron: health care
dollars.
April 7th, 2010
8:10am, 8:20am, 8:40am, and 8:50am---Richard
Peterson, Capital Financial: 401K’s.
9:00am-10:00am---Laura George, Job
Consultant: resumes.
April 14th, 2010
8:10am, 8:20am, and 8:40am---Russ Pry, Summit
County Executive: economic development.
April 19th, 2010
9:10am-9:20am---Dr. Barbara Atkins, Financial
Advisor: planning financial retirement.
April 23rd, 2010
7:40am---Dr. Ken Steinman, Economist: Akron economics.
April 27th, 2010
8:10am---Mike Terzola, Echogen: local business going “Green”.
May 3rd, 2010
6:50am---Dick Norton, Mayor of Green: development dollars coming to Green.
May 7th, 2010
6:20am—Dr. John Pederson, Economist: Akron and Ohio job market.
May 11th, 2010
9:10am---Jim Catanese, Seafood dealer: gulf oil spill effects on seafood industry.
9:35am---Gary Garfield, Bridgestone CEO: state of company.
May 17th, 2010
8:00am-9:00am---Richard Peterson, Capital
Financial Group: dollar value.
9:10am---Dr. Fred Carr, University of
Akron: oil spill and the economics of
the disaster in the Gulf.
June 2nd, 2010
9:35am-9:45am---Dr. Fred Carr, University of
Akron: BP economic impact post-Gulf oil
spill and what local investors should be looking for when buying oil stocks and
futures.
June 7th, 2010
6:50am---Jay Mellon, AtNetPlus, Inc.: small business receiving honor.
June 8th, 2010
6:20am---Brian Deagan, Knotice: small business receiving honor.
June 9th, 2010
6:40am---Thomas Luck, CEO Lucky Shoes: small business receiving honor.
6:50am---Bill Koeblitz, CEO Mobility
Works: small business receiving honor.
June 10th, 2010
6:20am---Ron Marhofer, Ron Marhofer Auto
Family: small business receiving honor.
6:50am---Elizabeth Bartz, State and Federal Communications,
Inc.: small business receiving honor.
June 11th, 2010
7:40am---Richard Peterson, Capital Financial
Group: BP and other energy stocks.
8:40am---Josh Lefkovitz, Akron Inventor: inventions from him.
8:50am---Jim Bonner, Inventor: outline of his work.
June 14th, 2010
9:10am-9:20am---Marco Sommerville, President of
Akron City Council: trip to Israel
drumming up economic development prospects for Akron.
June 21st, 2010
6:50am---Vic Wlaszyn, President of Akron Better
Business Bureau: money scams for those
looking to help those in gulf coast region.
June 22nd, 2010
8:40am and 8:50am---Alan Tonelson, United
States Business and Industry Council:
China’s currency value.
June 23rd, 2010
8:20am, 8:40am, and 8:50am---Richard Peterson,
Capital Financial Group: buying stock at
low cost.
9:10am-9:25am---Don Plusquellic, Mayor of
Akron: trip to Israel to strengthen
Akron-Israel business ties and develop more economic prospects.
June 24th, 2010
9:35am-9:50am---Joel Testa, Developer: new hotel in downtown Akron.
June 28th, 2010
9:10am-10:00am---Laura George, Job Consultant:
the right and wrong interviews.
April 4,
2010
Spectrum
– Bob Bowman, Deputy Mayor Economic Development, City of Akron on the current
economic climate.
April
11, 2010
Forum
360 – Emily Lipstrew, Ohio Department of Agriculture and Leslie Shaller,
program director of ACEN on sustainable local agriculture.
April
25, 2010
Community
Profiles – Shirley Washington with information on charity scams and events such
as promotion of the Census, Harvest for Hunger and the Greater Akron-Canton
Foodbank, appliance replacement programs and how to accelerate a job search.
Spectrum
– Kathleen Powell on career search tips.
May 2,
2010
Spectrum
– Chris Keppler with a program on searching for a new career, and tips on
reinvention to find success in a challenging economy.
May 23,
2010
Spectrum
– Marcy Pappafava with Kevin Thomas, AAA Akron and Jim Mahone, Director of
Marketing and Communications with the Akron/Summit Convention and Visitors
Bureau on the start of summer travel and vacation season as well as it's
economic impact.
May 30,
2010
Forum
360 – Harvey Nelson, host with Dr. Frank Douglas, President and CEO of Austin
BioInnovation Institute of Akron on the development of new bioengineering
products and the economic impact on the region.
Center
Talks/Akron Urban League – Tracy Lane, Director of the Minority Business
Development Organization on programs designed to help minority business owners
develop and grow their businesses.
June 6,
2010
Spectrum
– Host Larry States with Connie Krause, director of Economic Development for
Summit County with a discussion of how the county has been impacted by the
economic downturn.
June 13,
2010
Spectrum
– Chris Keppler with Ed Iacummins of Commercial Real Estate Akron on the state
of real estate development and the real estate economy in the greater Akron
area.
WAKR 60
Seconds and WONE FYI public affairs vignettes
Project HIRE is underway with federal stimulus money
being used to help reimburse employers for new positions with up to $6,000 in
funding to help with training in certain fields.
2. Education
1590
WAKR provides coverage of local high school sports; the station also highlights
accomplishments of local student-athletes through regular features such as the
WAKR Student Athlete (heard each Friday morning during the school year) and The
Local Loop, where interviews are held with local school news-makers each Friday
during the school year.
Ray Horner Morning Show
April 6th, 2010
6:20am---Bob Ethington, Akron/Summit Count
Public Library: pop culture at library.
April 9th, 2010
7:20am---Jeff Brewer, Local Loop: high school baseball update.
April 15th, 2010
7:20am---Jeff Brewer, Local Loop: high school track update.
April 20th, 2010
6:20am, 6:40am and 6:50am---David Jennings and
Bob Ethington, Akron/Summit County Public Library: on the library levy.
7:40am---Dave Barnhart, Akron Zoo: education classes at Zoo.
April 21st, 2010
6:20am---Bob Ethington, Akron/Summit County
Public Library: on stage performance at
Library.
April 23rd, 2010
7:20am---Jeff Brewer, Local Loop: CVCA track outlined.
April 28th, 2010
6:20am---Bob Ethington, Akron/Summit County
Public Library: book review.
7:10am---Kevin McGee, Summit DD Board of
Education: new centers that open in
Barberton and Cuyahoga Falls.
8:10am---David James, Superintendent of Akron
Public Schools: school ratings.
May 5th, 2010
6:20am---David Jennings, Library Director of the
Akron/Summit County Public Library:
passing of library levy.
May 7th, 2010
7:20am---Jeff Brewer, Local Loop: track update.
May 12th, 2010
6:20am---Bob Ethington, Akron/Summit County
Public Library: on stage on library.
May 17th, 2010
6:50am---Caleb Porter, University of Akron
Men’s Soccer Coach: new stadium on
campus.
May 18th, 2010
7:40am---David James, Superintendent of Akron
Public Schools: layoffs in district.
9:10am—Bill Seigferth, Akron Schools Union
Leader: district layoffs.
May 19th, 2010
6:20am---Bob Ethington, Akron/Summit County
Public Library: on stage at the library.
May 22nd, 2010
9:35am---Tim Stried, OHSAA: football championship contracts.
May 26th, 2010
6:20am---Bob Ethington, Akron/Summit County
Public Library: new book releases.
6:40am and 6:50am---David Bianculli, TV
Critic: on his appearance at Akron
library.
May 28th, 2010
7:20am---Jeff Brewer, Local Loop: state track championships.
June 1st, 2010
8:40am and 8:50am---Jeff Brewer, OHSAA: state high school softball championships in
Akron.
9:10am -9:20am---Bob Ethington, Akron/Summit
County Public Library: deaths of Gary
Coleman and Dennis Hopper.
June 2nd, 2010
6:20am---Bob Ethington, Akron/Summit County
Public Library: Best Sellers.
6:40am and 6:50am---Tim Streid, OHSAA: state high school softball championships in
Akron.
9:10am-9:20am---Dave Sunseri, City of
Akron: state softball championships in
Akron.
June 3rd, 2010
6:20am, 6:40am, and 6:50am---Chris Kaczmar,
Walsh Jesuit Baseball Coach: on team
going to state finals.
June 4th, 2010
7:20am---Jeff Brewer, Local Loop: state high school softball championships in
Akron.
June 9th, 2010
6:20am---Bob Ethington, Akron/Summit County
Public Library: new book releases.
June 11th, 2010
7:20am---Jeff Brewer, Local Loop: high school sport season finishes and a look
at the 2009-10 season accomplishments for local schools.
June 16th, 2010
6:20am---Bob Ethington, Akron/Summit County
Public Library: Best Sellers.
June 23rd, 2010
6:20am---Bob Ethington, Akron/Summit County
Public Library: new book on baseball
great Ted Williams.
June 25th, 2010
8:10am---Bob Ethington, Pop Culture: Michael Jackson legacy.
9:10am—9:20am---Howard Kramer, Rock N’ Roll
Hall of Fame Curatorial Director:
Michael Jackson.
June 30th, 2010
6:20am---Bob Ethington, Akron/Summit County
Public Library: books on Pop Culture.
April
25, 2010
Forum
360 – Mel Mauer, ex-president of the Cleveland Civil War Roundtable with John
Fazio, a civil war expert and lawyer. Separating fact from fiction looking back
at the War Between the States.
3. Children’s Services
Ray
Horner Morning Show
April 5th, 2010
8:10am, 8:20am, 8:40am, and 8:50am: John Saros, Executive Director Summit County
Children’s Services: adoption awareness
month.
April 28th, 2010
8:20am---John Saros, Summit County Children’s
Services: new money to agency.
May 25th, 2010
6:20am, 6:40am, and 6:50am---Fran Doll,
National Missing Children’s Day: the
work by her organization and work being done to find children.
May 9,
2010
Spectrum
– Jeffrey Putt, Child Psychologist and Carol O'Connell, Child Psychologist talk
about teen health.
June 13,
2010
Center
Talks/Akron Urban League – Tera Regan with John Haford, program manager of Fame
Fathers on the role fathers play in family development.
June 20,
2010
Spectrum
– Ryan Haidet with guest Lisa Pardee, injury prevention coordinator of Akron
Children's Hospital on summer safety for children and families.
4. Political Leadership
1590
WAKR special coverage included: special reports (also on
WONE-FM and WQMX-FM) with results of the May 4, 2010 Ohio Primary Election.
WAKR
is an affiliate of the ABC News Radio network and occasional airs extended
coverage of topical news and public affairs events. Air times and length
varies. Coverage included LIVE network coverage of presidential addresses.
Ray Horner Morning Show
April 13th, 2010
8:10am---Marco Sommerville, President of Akron
City Council: road work and budget.
9:10am---Dr. Steven Hook, Kent State
University: Iran.
April 14th, 2010
6:40am and 6:50am---Dr. Steven Hook, Kent State
University: Nuclear Summit.
8:10am, 8:20am, and 8:40am---Russ Pry, Summit
County Executive: development.
9:10am-9:20am---Therese Dunphy, Cuyahoga Falls
Board of Education: Portage Crossings.
9:35am-9:50am---Don Robart, Cuyahoga Falls
Mayor: Portage Crossings development.
April 15th, 2010
6:20am---Therese Dunphy/Don Robart, Cuyahoga
Falls: Portage Crossings development.
April 20th, 2010
6:20am, 6:40am and 6:50am---David Jennings and
Bob Ethington, Akron/Summit County Public Library: on the library levy.
8:10am---Marco Sommerville, President of Akron
City Council: labor contract update.
April 21st, 2010
9:10am-9:30am---Tammy Lee, Candidate: 27th State Senate.
9:35am-10:00am---Frank Communale,
Candidate: 27th State Senate.
April 26th, 2010
9:10am-9:30am---Justin Wooden, Candidate: Congress.
April 27th, 2010
7:40am---Don Robart, Cuyahoga Falls Mayor: update on Portage Crossing funding.
8:20am---Marco Sommerville, President of Akron
City Council: budget concerns.
8:40am---Therese Dunphy, Cuyahoga Falls Board
of Education: Portage Crossings funding situation update.
9:10am---Ilene Shapiro, Summit County
Council: county update.
9:35am-9:50am---Jennifer Brunner,
Candidate: U.S. Senator.
April 29th, 2010
9:10am-9:30am---Lee Fisher, Candidate: U.S. Senate.
April 30th, 2010
8:10am---Dave Klein, new Tallmadge Mayor: taking over as Mayor.
8:20am---Marco Sommerville, President of Akron
City Council: contract talk update.
May 4th, 2010
8:10am and 8:20am---Therese Dunphy and Don
Robart, Cuyahoga Falls Board of Education and Cuyahoga Falls Mayor: Portage Crossings agreement.
8:40am---James Traficant, candidate: his reason
for running for office again.
9:10am---Jennifer Brunner and Lee fisher,
candidates: U.S. Senate.
May 5th, 2010
6:20am---David Jennings, Library Director of
the Akron/Summit County Public Library:
passing of library levy.
6:40am---Betty Sutton, candidate: on winning primary election.
6:50am---Frank Communale, candidate: on winning primary election.
9:10am---Jon Husted, candidate: on winning primary for Secretary of State.
9:20am---Jim Renacci, candidate: on winning primary for Congress.
9:35am---Tim Ryan, candidate: on winning primary for Congress.
May 6th, 2010
8:10am---Dr. John Green, University of
Akron: primary elections in Ohio review.
May 10th, 2010
8:10am---Dr. John Green, University of
Akron: Elena Kagan nomination.
May 11th, 2010
8:10am---Marco Sommerville, President of Akron
City Council: bike-a-thon from LeBron
8:20am---Paula Prentice, Summit County
Council: gaming in Summit County.
8:40am and 8:50am---Dr. Steven Hook, Kent State
University: Iran and North Korea.
May 18th, 2010
7:40am---David James, Superintendent of Akron
Public Schools: layoffs in district.
8:10am---Marco Sommerville, President of Akron
City Council: city contracts.
9:10am—Bill Seigferth, Akron Schools Union
Leader: district layoffs.
May 19th, 2010
8:40am---Billy Soule, City of Akron: Neighbors Day celebration information.
May 20th, 2010
9:00am-10:00am---Don Plusquellic, Mayor of
Akron: city contracts.
May 25th, 2010
8:10am---Marco Sommerville, President of Akron
City Council: street repair projects.
8:20am---Tina Kaufman, WAKR Reporter: Akron Fire Department series.
8:40am and 8:50am---Nick Kostandaras, Summit
County Council: gaming parlors.
9:10am---Robert Hamilton, Kent State
University: ecology aspect of oil spill
in the gulf.
May 26th, 2010
8:10am---Dr. Steven Hook, Kent State
University: oil spill.
9:10am---Dr. John Green, University of
Akron: oil spill from the White House.
9:35am---Matt Gutman, ABC News: from the gulf on the oil spill.
May 27th, 2010
6:40am and 6:50am---Joe Ortiz, Kent State
University: ecology effect from the gulf
oil spill.
9:10am---Ann Compton, ABC news: President’s delivery on the gulf oil spill.
June 2nd, 2010
9:35am-9:45am---Dr. Fred Carr, University of
Akron: BP oil fallout.
June 7th, 2010
9:35am---Dr. Steven Hook, Kent State
University: Israel blockade.
June 8th, 2010
7:40am and 7:50am---Tim Brown, Commissioner of
Wood County: recovery from tornado in
county.
8:00am-9:00am---Marco Sommerville, President of
Akron City Council: housing in the city.
June 11th, 2010
9:10am-10:00am---Jody Miller, Eric Mansfield,
Steve Hoffman: hot Akron topics.
June 14th, 2010
9:10am-9:20am---Marco Sommerville, President of
Akron City Council: business trip to
Israel.
June 15th, 2010
6:20am, 6:40am, and 6:50am---Bob Genet, Mayor
of Barberton: renter’s law.
7:40am---Marco Sommerville, President of Akron
City Council: on business trip for city
to Israel.
9:20am---Russ Pry, Summit County
Executive: All-American Soap Box Derby
audit.
June 16th, 2010
8:40am---Dick Norton, Mayor of Green: Council’s vote on hiring practices in city.
9:10am-9:20am---Dr. John Green, University of
Akron: on Obama’s delivery to nation on
the gulf coast oil spill.
June 17th, 2010
9:10am-9:20am---Dr. Fred Carr, University of
Akron: update of gulf oil spill.
June 21st, 2010
9:10am-9:20am---Bob Genet, Barberton
Mayor: junk clean up in city.
9:35am-9:45am---Linda Paul, Director of Earth
Share Ohio: environmental clean up efforts
in gulf region during oil spill disaster.
June 22nd, 2010
8:10am---Marco Sommerville, President of Akron
City Council: giving dollars to Goodyear
and Bridgestone projects.
8:40am and 8:50am---Alan Tonelson, United
States Business and Industry Council:
China’s currency value.
June 23rd, 2010
9:10am-9:25am---Don Plusquellic, Mayor of
Akron: update on economic development
trip to Israel.
9:35am-9:40am---Ernie Tarle, Citizens for a
Better Akron: need for adjustments at
Akron Council meetings.
June 24th, 2010
6:20am---ABC coverage of President Barack
Obama, on General McChrystal situation.
June 30th, 2010
8:40am---Robert Fenn, Social Security
Administration: electronic payments from
Social Security.
April 4,
2010
Community
Profiles – Audrey Summerville, partnership specialist with Summit, Wayne and
Portage Counties on the U.S. Census and why it is so important to local
communities.
Forum
360 – David DeShawn, local Census office manager; Ann Hankaner and State Senator
Tom Sawyer talk about the Census 2010 and impact on political redistricting and
allocation of federal and state funds.
Center
Talks/Akron Urban League – Father Norman Douglas and Larry Vuillemin, Heart to
Heart Communications, on the group's annual Heart to Heart breakfast.
Spectrum
– Bob Bowman, Deputy Mayor Economic Development, City of Akron on the current
economic climate.
April
11, 2010
Center
Talks/Akron Urban League – Judge Linda Tucci-Teodosio, Summit County Juvenile
Court Judge, with more information on the “Taking It to the Streets” program
targeting at-risk youth offenders.
Spectrum
– Mayor Don Plusquellic, City of Akron: The State of the City, part one of two.
April
18, 2010
Spectrum
– Don Plusquellic, Mayor, City of Akron: the State of the City. Part two of
two.
5. Crime and Personal Safety
Ray
Horner Morning Show
April 7th, 2010
6:20am, 6:40am, and 6:50am---Vic Wlaszyn, Akron
Better business Bureau: contractor
scams.
April 13th, 2010
7:20am and 7:40am---Tim Dimoff, SACS Security: guns in the work place.
May 4th, 2010
7:40am---Tim Dimoff, SACS Security: tracking a bomber in New York City.
May 7th, 2010
9:35am---Drew Alexander, Summit County
Sheriff: emergency awareness.
May 11th, 2010
6:20am---Fran Doll, GASP: new additions to programs for her group,
Grandparents Against Sexual Predators.
May 12th, 2010
6:40am and 6:50am---Paul Hlynsky, President of
Fraternal Order of Police: police salute
in Summit County.
May 14th, 2010
9:10am---Paul Hlynsky, President of Fraternal
Order of Police: National Police
Memorial Service in Washington D.C.
May 25th, 2010
6:20am, 6:40am, and 6:50am---Fran Doll,
National Missing Children’s Day: the
work by her organization and work being done to find children.
May 26th, 2010
9:20am---Mike Ward, WAKR Reporter: Ashford Thompson trial update.
May 28th, 2010
7:40am---Mike Ward, WAKR Reporter: Ashford Thompson trial.
9:10am---Lindsay McCoy, WAKR Reporter: boating safety.
June 2nd, 2010
8:10am---Mike Ward, WAKR Reporter: Ashford Thompson trial update.
June 10th, 2010
8:20am---Mike Ward, WAKR Reporter: Ashford Thompson trial update.
June 11th, 2010
8:20am---Mike Ward, WAKR Reporter: Ashford Thompson trial update.
June 17th, 2010
9:35am-9:50am---Bob Denton, Victim’s Assistance
Program: need for funds.
June 21st, 2010
6:50am---Vic Wlaszyn, President of Akron Better
Business Bureau: money scams for those
looking to help those in gulf coast region.
June 22nd, 2010
9:10am-9:20am---Kelli Blackwell, Ohio Emergency
Management Association: severe lightning
awareness week.
June 25th, 2010
6:40am and 6:50am---Bill Staiger, Division of
Watercraft: Operation Drywater, no
alcohol on Ohio’s waters.
June 29th, 2010
9:35am-9:45am---Captain Al Bragg, Akron Fire
Department: legal and illegal fireworks.
April
11, 2010
Center
Talks/Akron Urban League – Judge Linda Tucci-Teodosio, Summit County Juvenile
Court Judge, with more information on the “Taking It to the Streets” program
targeting at-risk youth offenders.
April 18,
2010
Community
Profiles – Jennifer Jeter, volunteer coordinator of the Rape Crisis Center of
Medina and Summit Counties, noting April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month.
June 6,
2010
Forum
360 – Host Leslie Ungar, with Stow chief of police Lou Dirker and Officer Steve
Miller and police K-9 officer “Colt” on the police dog program.
June 20,
2010
Forum
360 – Shel Senak, state coordinator for Operation Life Saver; Lt. Josh
Swindell, Ohio State Highway Patrol with host Ellen Botnik on the safety of train
crossings and Operation Life Saver.