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On the show today, we have meteorologist Andy Parker on hand to answer your travel and weather questions with a winter weather event imminent for Western New York and much of the East Coast and Midwest. Also, since weather and snow have been top of mind lately, we talk a little bit about a favorite winter pastime of many, skiing. What are you favorite ski spots in Western New York? And are you more of a fan of skiing or snowboarding?

Meteorologist Andy Parker joins the show as we barrel into a weekend that will be filled with all sorts of lovely winter weather in Western New York, and across much of the East Coast and Midwest. He keeps us in the loop on all of that, as well as answering your travel and weather questions.

After witnessing what's gone on in Minnesota recently, Tom has begun weighing whether or not to register for a political party after being unaffiliated for many years. Should he register as a democrat to subvert their primaries and vote for the worst candidate possible? Register as a Republican even though he's not particularly fond of Republican men? Conservative?

On the show today, we have meteorologist Andy Parker on for a look at the weather, Rosanna Berardi to help break down and provide insight on the Niagara County Sheriff's Office new policy on ICE detainees, and we discuss the announcement made by President Trump at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland today that a 'framework' has been reached on a deal for the United States to acquire Greenland from Denmark.

Rosanna Berardi of Berardi Immigration Law joins the show to provide some insight and provide more detail on the Niagara County Sheriff's Office new policy for ICE detainees, effective January 16th, 2026, which now requires a criminal charge or judicial warrant for detainees to be held for ICE. No longer will detainees be held for ICE solely off civil immigration violations.

We're not out of the woods with the winter weather in Western New York, meteorologist Andy Parker joins the show to discuss the latest in terms on snow, temperature, and if you've got travel plans in the near future, how this weather may impact the, because not only is Western New York caught in the throes of winter weather, but much of the Central and Eastern U.S. is expected to receive heavy snow.

On the show, apart from tracking the weather and the sizeable accident on the 90 westbound, we discuss an incident that recently took place in Minnesota where protestors disrupted a church service where an ICE official was serving as a pastor, adding to the tensions over ICE tactics in the state. What are your thoughts on this?

Meteorologist Andy Parker joins the show to recap what we saw yesterday weather wise, who got the brunt of the winter weather, what we can expect in the near future, and if you're caught in the massive accident on the 90 westbound near Hamburg, what can you reasonably expect in terms of the weather there as you're trying to bypass that?

The Buffalo Bills season ended with another Hindenburg level disaster in the AFC Divisional Playoffs, falling 33-30 in overtime to the Denver Broncos, and Sean McDermott was subsequently relieved of his duties as head coach of the team. Do you think the Bills are making the right decision moving in a new direction at head coach?

We continue to bring you the latest on the weather situation in Western New York, the region is under a winter storm warning as of the posting of this segment until Wednesday afternoon, meteorologist Andy Parker joins the show to recap what we've seen weather wise and what we can expect moving forward.

Today, Tom talks about customized license plates and takes calls asking callers about themselves. Listen to Bauerle every weekday 3p-6p on 930WBEN!

On the show today, with winter weather impacting much of Western New York, we ask the question, do you think people in Western New York have gotten soft when it comes to dealing with the weather? Like closing down schools or other institutions, has the threshold for doing so gotten too low? Also, while we're talking about the weather, we check in with meteorologist Andy Parker to give us the lay of the land in Western New York as far as the weather is concerned.

Meteorologist Andy Parker joins the show to discuss the winter weather currently impacting Western New York - snow totals and who got the most, what the forecast in the immediate future looks like, in terms of temperature and precipitation, and if you're heading out to Denver for the Bills Broncos Divisional round, will you have any trouble in either spot?

Many of your cellular devices may have seen their network bars replaced by the letters 'SOS', thus rendering your device useless, unable to place or receive calls and texts. Were you impacted by this outage? To help us understand the outage better, we speak to Accessium Group Director of IT and Networking Jack Klenk. We also keep tabs on the weather situation in Western New York, with the region being under a winter weather warning, we check in with meteorologist Andy Parker for an update on that.

Jack Klenk, Director of IT and Networking for Acessium Group joins the show to help us all understand the massive Verizon outage today that impacted thousands of customers.

As of the posting of this podcast, Western New York is currently under a winter weather warning, which will last until late Thursday, and early Friday in some spots. Meteorologist Andy Parker joins the show to give us all the latest on the weather.

National Grid has announced it will begin installing smart meters for over 121,000 Buffalo-area customers starting this month. We've done shows of this variety in the not so distant past, but with this news, we're bringing it back, focusing on your smart meter horror stories.

John Thur of The Financial Guys joins the show to talk precious medals, as the price of both gold and silver has been skyrocketing lately, what's behind this meteoric rise?

On the show today, we talk about the continuing protests in Minnesota following the fatal I.C.E. involved shooting that killed a Minneapolis woman recently. Can you make it make sense?

On today's show, we bring back a topic discussed in a recent program, the fact that several Wegmans locations in New York City are collecting the biometric data of customers as they shop. It is not known if this has been done at any of the Buffalo Niagara locations, because those locations are not legally required to disclose if they are, but if they were hypothetically, would it bother you? Also, we continue following the fallout from the I.C.E. involved shooting of a 37 year old woman in Minneapolis. What word or words come to mind when you see what's unfolding in Minnesota, and how I.C.E. agents have been treated, not only there, but across the country?

On the show today, we take your thoughts on the I.C.E. involved shooting in Minneapolis that killed a 37 year old Minneapolis woman Wednesday. Presumably you've seen the video at this point, what did you think of that? Also, to get some perspective on the law enforcement and legal angle of it, we bring on Attorney and former trooper John Elmore and Buffalo Police Captain, now retired, Jeff Rinaldo.

Former Buffalo Police Captain Jeff Rinaldo joins the show to break down and give his take on the events that transpired Wednesday that lead to the death of a 37 year old Minneapolis woman at the hands of an I.C.E. agent.

Attorney and former trooper John Elmore joins the show to discuss some of the legal facets of the fatal I.C.E. involved shooting that took the life of a 37 year old Minneapolis woman Wednesday.

Recently, some signs popped up at several Wegmans locations in New York City, alerting shoppers of the fact their biometric identifier data would be collected while inside the store. While this has not been done at any of the Buffalo Niagara locations (or at least, it hasn't been disclosed yet), this still doesn't sit well with some area shoppers. What are your thoughts on this, would you care if the Buffalo Niagara locations began doing this? To help explore this issue, we spoke with cybersecurity expert Arun Vishwanath and Erie County Legislator Frank Todaro.

Erie County Legislator Frank Todaro joins the show to discuss several Wegmans locations in New York City tracking shopper's biometric identifier information, where he stands on it, some of the legalities surrounding it, and we take many of your phone calls in what turns into an impromptu town hall on the matter.

Recently, a few signs popped up in some New York City Wegmans alerting shoppers that their personally-identifying biometric data would be collected while they shop at those locations. Cybersecurity expert Arun Vishwanath joins the show to provide more insight on this, what exactly is biometric data, what can it be used for, and more.

Joe Beamer is in for Bauerle and today, we discuss the minimum wage rising to $17/hr in New York City in Long Island and $16/hr in the rest of the state, we talk the status of New York State Republicans and whether they can challenge New York State Democrats which stemmed from a discussion about New York State wanting 100% of new vehicles sold to be zero emissions by 2035, yet the Governor still travels around in a fleet of non-electric vehicles, Tim Walz' press conference today addressing his decision to not seek another term as Minnesota Governor and January 6th, and more.

Over the weekend, the United States conducted a successful military operation the resulted in the ouster of Nicolas Maduro as President of Venezuela. Do you support this move by President Trump?

Trevor 'Rush Hour' Hauer and Joe Cali are in for Bauerle on today's episode, and with Sunday set to be the final regular season game ever contested at Rich Stadium/Ralph Wilson Stadium/New Era Field, whatever you'd like to call it, and this game could also quite possibly be the last game contested at that building period, they're looking back and asking what are your favorite memories from that stadium? Whether it's Bills related, a concert, whatever the case may be? As we bid the stadium adieu, what are your favorite memories?

Trevor 'Rush Hour' Hauer fills in for Bauerle today and keeps you up to date on all the weather happenings in Western New York as much of the region deals with persistent snowfall, we hear from Meteorologist Andy Parker and Elizabeth Carey of AAA, and your calls as well. Also, with it being December 31st, we also talk New Year's Resolutions, and more regarding the new year.

On the show today we have a number of guests to examine the various angles of yesterday's storm, including Meteorologist Andy Parker on the weather angle, Phil Nanula of Essex Homes Of WNY to discuss the electric side of things, Patti Meckes and Rich Davenport of CAWTILE to discuss why wind turbines in Lake Erie is a bad idea, especially if placed in a storm like yesterday's, and Steve Esler of AJs Tree Service discussing the impact on trees and what you can do to make sure your trees don't end up in your living room or driver's seat next time we have a storm like yesterday's.

On the show today, we continue to track the severe weather across Western New York, which has seen wind gusts approaching 80 MPH, coupled with snow making for poor visibility, among other inconveniences. We hear from Meteorologist Andy Parker, Elizabeth Carey of the AAA, Russ Stark, Deputy Director of Aviation for the NFTA, Lynne Dixon of the Hamburg Town Board, North Tonawanda Mayor Austin Tylec, and you.

Stefan Mychajliw is in for Bauerle and we continue to keep you up to date on the freezing rain in Western New York, we hear from Helen Tederous of the NFTA, Town of Lancaster Highway Superintendent John Pilato, and we take your calls as well.

John Pilato, the Town of Lancaster Highway Superintendent joins the show to discuss what the weather situation looks like in Lancaster right now, how they plan to address it moving into tonight and tomorrow, the importance of staying home unless you absolutely have to leave the house, and more.

Helen Tederous, Director of Public Affairs for the NFTA joins the show to discuss today's freezing rain and how it can impact you if you're trying to utilize the airport in the immediate future.

Stefan Mychajliw fills in for Bauerle this Christmas Eve, and we here from a number of guests, including some dedicated service workers to discuss what they're holidays are like, those being Nurse Anna Prystajko, Buffalo Firefighter Dominic Nappo, as well as Pastor Bill Flick.

On the show today, would it be right if we talked about anything but Christmas? So today, it's all Christmas all show, a cornucopia of Christmas topics, such as the best worst Christmas movies/songs/toys, and more.

On the show today, we talk about the fallout from Friday's announcement from Elise Stefanik that shew would no longer seek out the position of New York State Governor, and what the next step is for New York State Republicans.

On the show today, we started talking about development around the new Highmark Stadium, and then Elise Stefanik made the stunning announcement on X that she will suspend her campaign and drop out of the Governor's race in New York State and will not seek re-election in Congress. We are joined by Republican strategist Carl Calabrese and former Erie County GOP Chair and current Amherst GOP Chair Bob Davis for analysis.

Bob Davis, current Amherst GOP Chair and former Erie County GOP Chair, joins the show to provide his reaction to the news that U.S. representative Elise Stefanik will suspend her campaign and drop out of the race for Governor of New York State, as well as not seeking re-election to Congress

Republican strategist Carl Calabrese joins the show to react to today's announcement that U.S. representative Elise Stefanik will not only drop her bid for NYS Governor, but will leave Congress as well.

As of late, many have noticed some low flying helicopters over Western New York. A post by Erie County Blotter on Facebook chalked it up to military conducting routine operations and there was no need for people to contact 911 regarding the sightings. What do you make of this, do you believe it is in fact the military conducting routine operations?

On the show today, we talk to Steve Carmina about the closure of the Buffalo Market Arcade AMC, which will close at year's end, and also, in the streaming era, do you even go to physical movie theaters anymore?

Steve Carmina, Chairman of Buffalo Place, Inc. joins the show to discuss the closure of the Buffalo Market Arcade AMC, after it was announced today it will close at the end of the year.

On the show today, we pick up where we left off yesterday with the Christmas card discussion and following that, we talk the Broadway Market, is it time to shut down the Broadway Market? Has it become anachronistic?

Fillmore District Councilmember Mitch Nowakwoski joins the show to talk about the Broadway Market and it's future, as one of today's topic surrounds the Broadway Market and whether it should continue to operate.

On the program today, we talk Christmas cards. The number of people who send out Christmas cards anymore is steadily declining. Where are you on Christmas cards, do you send them out? If not, why, is it the cost? Also, we get a weather update from meteorologist Andy Parker, we talk with Erie County Legislator Frank Todaro about the Depew Senior who was thrown out of school for refusing a vaccine booster, and we talk with Buffalo Sabres beat reporter Paul Hamilton after it was announced today Kevyn Adams is no longer General Manager of the Buffalo Sabres.

The Buffalo Sabres parted ways with Kevyn Adams 32 games into his sixth season as General Manager, the team announced today. Paul Hamilton, Sabres beat reporter for our sister station WGR Sports Radio 550, joins the show to discuss the firing and what we can expect from Adams' successor Jarmo Kekalainen.

Erie County Legislator Frank Todaro joins the show to discuss the case of Kayci Rae, a Depew High School Senior, who was thrown out of school because she refused a meningitis booster shot after she had an adverse reaction to the first dose of the shot she received in middle school.

As of the posting of this segment, Western New York is being impacted by some lake effect snow which started South of Buffalo and has worked it's way up into the metro and north towns. Meteorologist Andy Parker joins the show to discuss what the next few hours and days will look like with this weather system and how it can impact you.

Stefan Mychajliw fills in for Bauerle, and today, we hear from State Senator George Borrello on the DOT cracking down on commercial trucking licenses being issued to foreign-born drivers in the US illegally, former Representative Chris Collins on his new book, and more.