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New MetroRapid bus service will be free beginning Tuesday in Hillsborough listen
05/24/13 Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Friday
Tags: MetroRapid, HART, bus, Tampa, transit, transportation
On Tuesday the Hillsborough Area Regional Transportation Authority will begin its MetroRapid north-west bus service.
It runs from downtown Tampa to the university area transit center every 15 minutes along the busy Nebraska Avenue corridor.
From there it continues every 30 minutes to a park-and-ride lot in north Tampa near Fletcher and Interstate-75.
For the first two weeks MetroRapid will be free. Thereafter it will be the same cost as regular fare.
We spoke with Sandra Pinto, a...
Be the first to commentProposal for High Speed Ferry Service Crossing Tampa Bay
05/24/13 Robert LoreiRadioactivity: Live Call-In (Friday) Listen to this entire show:
Tags: high speed ferry, road congestion, Ed Turanchik, Tampa Bay, MacDill Air Force base, Southern Hillsborough County
Good morning, welcome to radioactivity. I’m Rob Lorei. Coming up today we’ll talk about that proposal by former Hillsborough County Commissioner Ed Turanchik to bring ferry service to Tampa Bay.
But first- one listener comment about yesterday’s program. Yesterday we had open phones and the conversation turned to the Tea Party, and the Benghazi and IRS investigations. Here’s what one listener had to say.
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Earlier this week former Hillsborough County Commissioner Ed Turan...
1 commentsTampa Bay residents urged to plan ahead for tornadoes and active hurricane season listen
05/23/13 Janelle IrwinWMNF Drive-Time News Thursday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: tornado, hurricane, weather, NOAA, Moore, Oklahoma
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, or NOAA, is predicting a hyperactive hurricane season with between 7 and 11 hurricanes with 3-6 severe storms. And with the nation still reeling from the catastrophic tornado that ripped through Moore, Oklahoma this week, people are taking severe weather seriously.
Charlie Paxton is a science and operations officer for the National Weather Service in Ruskin. He says summer-time tornadoes can present a huge threat to Floridians.
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Be the first to commentTalking Florida gubernatorial politics with political blogger Peter Schorsch
05/23/13 Mitch PerryLast Call Thursday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Bill Foster, Peter Schorsch
Thursday's Last Call featured guest, Peter Schorsch, the editor of the popular political blog St.Petersblog 2.0. Host Mitch Perry delved deep into the 2014 Florida gubernatorial race. Schorsch, an acolyte of Charlie Crist, gave his views on why he thinks the former Republican turned indie turned Democrat is the Dems best chance for success next year.
The show also looked into the August 27 primary election in St. Petersburg, where Mayor Bill Foster is running for re-election and four City ...
Be the first to commentFranken Farms Labs labels cans as activism to draw awareness to March Against Monsanto and GMOs listen
05/22/13 Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Wednesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Monsanto, March Against Monsanto, Franken Farms, GMO, genetically modified food, organic, food, farming
This Saturday there will be coordinated protests across the country and around the world opposing genetically modified foods and the company Monsanto.
There are even March Against Monsanto rallies planned in Tampa and St. Petersburg.
In the meantime some activists have printed food label...
1 commentsNew Book Tells History of Child Sex Abuse Scandal in Catholic Church
05/22/13 Robert LoreiRadioactivity: Live Call-In (Wednesday) Listen to this entire show:
Tags: child sexual abuse, crimes against children, Catholic Church, pedophile priests, Mortal Sins, Michael D'Antonio, WMNF, Rob Lorei
Good morning, welcome to Radioactivity. I’m Rob Lorei. Coming up on the first part of today’s program we are going to talk about the child sexual abuse scandal sweeping the Catholic Church. Later we’ll hear what a friend of the victim had to say about the young man who was killed by the FBI today in Orlando. The victim allegedly had ties to one of the Boston bombers.
But first one comment about yesterday’s program on which we discussed some of the reasons why the IRS would have a legitim...
Be the first to commentHigh speed ferry service may be in Tampa's transit future listen
05/22/13 Janelle IrwinWMNF Drive-Time News Wednesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: high speed ferry, transit, Ed Turanchik, Bob Buckhorn, Sandra Murman, Hillsborough County Commission
Traffic congestion in Tampa is among the worst in the nation. That’s one reason why former Hillsborough County Commissioner Ed Turanchik is pushing for expanded transit using high speed ferries. During the first of three presentations on the issue Wednesday, Turanchik said the boats would initially serve people who commute from southern Hillsborough County to MacDill Air Force Base.
Be the first to comment“There is no other transportation option that can do so much for so little so fast with so much private i...
Howard Troxler on Media
05/22/13 Warren EllyLast Call Wednesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Howard Troxler, media, politics, Tampa Tribune, Tampa Bay Times, Journalism
In Wednesday's edition of Last Call, Warren Elly discusses the fall of the journalism industry with guest Howard Troxler, a political columnist and reporter.
Find the transcript below: Today… another in our series of broadcasts focusing on the decline and fall of Journalism and the American News Media… after the one-two punch of instant Internet and the contraction of the American economy.Among the consequences critics say; an ever more corrupt political system, reinforced by the constan...
Be the first to commentMedian CEO pay rises to $9.7 million in 2012
05/22/13 APWMNF Drive-Time News Wednesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: wages, salary, wage gap, minimum wage
CEO pay has been going in one direction for the past three years: up.
The head of a typical large public company made $9.7 million in 2012, up 6.5 percent from a year earlier.
That's according to an analysis by The Associated Press using data from the executive pay research firm Equilar.
CEO pay has never been higher. It fell two years straight during the Great Recession but rose 24 percent in 2010 and 6 percent in 2011.
Pay is up partly because a bigger proportion is coming from ...
Be the first to commentWere There Valid Reasons for the IRS to Scrutinize Tea Party Groups?
05/21/13 Robert LoreiRadioactivity: Live Call-In (Tuesday) Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Tea Party, IRS, Mother Jones Magazine, 501 (c)4, social welfare groups, tax evasion, for-profits, partisan political activity, WMNF, Rob Lorei, Stephanie Mencimer
On this edition of WMNF's Radioactivity Rob Lorei interviews Stephanie Mencimer who is a staff writer for Mother Jones Magazine. She recently wrote a piece about why some Tea party groups should have been given scrutiny by the IRS.
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