News & Public Affairs
Immigrant Rights Group targets Mel Martinez
05/09/07 Mitch E. PerryWMNF Drive-Time News Wednesday Listen to this entire show:
This afternoon immigrant rights activists held a prayer vigil in front of Florida Senator Mel Martinez Tampa Congressional office.
They’re calling on the GOP Senator to support ...
Be the first to commentSandra Steingraber on Rachel Carson
05/09/07 Mitch E.PerryWMNF Drive-Time News Wednesday Listen to this entire show:
Rachel Carson’s book, “Silent Spring” has been called the literary work that launched the modern environmental movement. Published in 1962, the pivotal tract alerted a large audience to the environmental and human dangers of indiscriminate use of pe...
Be the first to commentNEW CABLE TELEVISION BILL DRAWS OPPOSITION FROM CONSUMER GROUPS
05/08/07 Robert LoreiRadioactivity: Live Call-In (Tuesday) Listen to this entire show:
Cable television subscribers who have been able to rely on their local governments to regulate service may soon be calling Tallahassee for help.
A bill that was passed by the Florida House and Senate late last week would take control away from local governments and turn it over to the state. Supporters believe it will help increase competition among television, teleph...
PREVIEW OF UPCOMING CLIMATE CHANGE CONFERENCE IN TAMPA
05/08/07 Robert LoreiRadioactivity: Live Call-In (Tuesday) Listen to this entire show:
The Patel Center for Global Solutions at USF is co-hosting with Florida Atlantic University a TWO-DAY Climate Change conference focusing on Florida issues. The conference starts tomorrow at the Renaissance Hotel in International Plaza in Tampa.
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Be the first to commentGovernor Christ to veto Tuition Increase?
05/08/07 Mitch E. PerryWMNF Drive-Time News Tuesday Listen to this entire show:
No word yet when and if Governor Charlie Crist will in fact veto the proposal that would raise the tuition costs at Florida’s 3 largest universities as much as 40 percent in the near future. State lawmakers last week ...
Be the first to commentMedia Study on whiteness of cable news hosts
05/08/07 Mitch E. PerryWMNF Drive-Time News Monday
According to Fortune magazine, recently fired radio shock jock Don Imus is preparing to sue CBS RadioBe the first to comment
Michael Fechter quits Tampa Tribune-works for Steven Emerson
05/07/07 Mitch E. PerryWMNF Drive-Time News Monday Listen to this entire show:
Tampa Tribune reporter Michael Fechter, whose reporting led to the decade long federal investigation of Sami Al-Arian, has left the Tribune, and will soon go to work for one of his closest sources on that story, Terrorism profiler Steven Emerson.
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Be the first to commentNo Fault Auto Insurance to fade away?
05/07/07 Mitch E. PerryWMNF Drive-Time News Monday Listen to this entire show:
Florida lawmakers last week failed to find a way to reform the state’s no-fault auto insurance law.
That means the current regulation – which requires drivers to purchase personal injury protection, or PIP, will expir...
Be the first to commentGlobal Marijuana March
05/07/07 Mitch E. PerryWMNF Drive-Time News Monday Listen to this entire show:
In over 200 cities across the globe on Saturday, marijuana enthusiasts took to the streets, proclaiming their love for and the decriminalization of the weed, in what was called the 2007 Global Marijuana March.In Tampa, about a dozen such advocates took to holding signs in front of the Drug Enforcement Agency’s local office, on Westshore Boulevard across the...
Be the first to commentBen Wilcox on Florida Voting Bill
05/04/07 Mitch E. PerryWMNF Drive-Time News Friday Listen to this entire show:
Last night we reported on the legislation that will eliminate touch screen voting machines in Florida, AND move up the state’s Presidential Primary to January 29th, making Florida the first large state in the country to vote for Presidential nominees.
<font s... Be the first to commentKid Care Dies in State Senate
05/04/07 Mitch PerryWMNF Drive-Time News Friday Listen to this entire show:
Kid Care Bill Dies
Among the disappointments being chalked up to this legislative session, is the failure of the State Senate to come to terms with a bill passed by the House to overhaul the state run health care pr...
Be the first to commentEarly Presidential Primary creating havoc for Florida Democratic Party
05/04/07 Mitch E. PerryWMNF Drive-Time News Friday Listen to this entire show:
Although Governor Charlie Crist, Speaker of the House Marco Rubio, and other Florida politicians say they’re thrilled with the move to push Florida’s Presidential Primary next year all the way up to January, many others are not.
That in...
Be the first to commentLouise Thompson on why she hates "Consumer Choice Act of 2007"
05/04/07 Mitch E. PerryWMNF Drive-Time News Friday Listen to this entire show:
Consumer Cable Bill
One controversial piece of legislation headed to Governor Charlie Crist’s desk is what is known as the Consumer Choice act of 2007, which has been championed in the House by Tampa GOP Representative Trey...
Be the first to commentTampa Immigrants Rally
05/03/07 Alvaro MontealegreWMNF Drive-Time News Thursday Listen to this entire show:
A large group of immigrants met on the corner of Dale Mabry and Columbus Avenue in Tampa to demand immigration reform.
Be the first to commentUSF Students on the Bush War Spending Veto
05/03/07 Brandon MartinWMNF Drive-Time News Thursday Listen to this entire show:
Length: 4'49" Intro: WNMF's Brandon Martin went around the Tampa campus of the University of South Florida yesterday to ask students how they felt about President Bush's veto of the recent Iraq war spending bill. The students you will hear are Charlie Helfrick, Wes Roos, Tyler Sexton, Shivanna Harridan, Walt Walker, Jeremy Garrett, Ian Gillingham, Akula Entsuah, Marie Thomas, Bryan Baez, and Angel Wright. Luckily I was wrong ...
