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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.

Former New York State Representative Chris Collins joins the show to discuss with Stefan Mychajliw to talk his new book 'My Remarkable Life', the circumstances surrounding his federal insider trading conviction and subsequent Presidential pardon, his Congressional run in the state of Florida, and more.

State Senator George Borrello joins Stefan Mychajliw to discuss the crackdown by the Department of Transportation on commercial trucking licenses being given to illegal drivers. Today, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy threatened to yank $73 million in highway funding meant for New York after an audit found over half of the state's commercial trucking licenses have been issued to foreign-born drivers in the US illegally. Senator Borrello gives his thoughts on that, some comments made by Governor Hochul today in Erie County, and more.

We are live from the 22nd annual Radiothon benefiting the SPCA serving Erie County. We hear from Gina Lattuca of the SPCA serving Erie County, Dr. Lola Kirk, Associate Dean of Veterinary Sciences at Trocaire College, we hear the total amount of money raised as part of this year's Radiothon, and more.

Today's topic was inspired by a promo for the show 'Hoarders' which featured someone who's house was filled with Buffalo Bills memorabilia. We cover both sides of the coin, have you ever had to deal with a hoarder, and also, are you a collector of memorabilia? What type? Do you display it?

Glenn Wiggle and Ron Waskow are in for Bauerle, and on the show today: Ever since September 2025, the U.S. military has been been carrying out airstrikes on vessels as part of a mission to fight against maritime drug trafficking by narcoterrorists. Do you support these strikes. Also, since we are fast approaching Christmas, what is the most memorable gift you've received?

With time winding down on the Buffalo Bills season, and on the time the current Highmark Stadium has left, we take a part of today's show to walk down memory lane and re-visit some of your favorite memories at Highmark Stadium, whether it was a sporting event, concert, whatever the case, what was your favorite event you attended at the current Highmark Stadium? Also, we discuss cute things your pets do, and with today marking the 45th anniversary of the assassination of John Lennon, we ask where you were and how you found out about it.

On the show, we pick up where we left off yesterday, sour step-child and step-parent relationships. Also, in the wake of the Darius Slay situation with him spurning the Bills after the Bills attempted to claim him on waivers following his release from the Pittsburgh Steelers, we talk about moving to Western New York and why people may or may not want to, as Slay stated one of his reasons for not wanting to report due to Buffalo being 'cold as hell'. Also, another reason Slay refused to report is because he is also contemplating retirement from professional football. Where are you on retirement?

A few months ago, the Medical Aid in Dying (MAID) Act, passed the New York State Senate, but has yet to be signed into law by Governor Kathy Hochul. Would you support this legislation if it went into law? Also, a preview for tomorrow's topic, adult step-children, do you get along with your step-parents?

There's been a rise in the popularity of socialism among younger people in the United States recently, we've seen it with the election of Zohran Mamdani in New York City. Why do you think socialism is drawing the allure of young people in the United States? Does that alarm you?

On the show today, we start off talking about vandalism, if you've ever had something vandalized and why people do it, and last week, since we did the Christmas songs topic, we'd be remiss if we didn't do Christmas movies, what's your favorite Christmas movie?

On the show today, given that today is day one of Mission Give Where You Live, and we have the Radiothon to benefit the SPCA serving Erie County on the horizon, Tom asks what are the charities that you give to and why, what's the emotional appeal? Also, it was around this day eight years ago where Tom began experiencing the symptoms of what would later turn out to be a Widowmaker Heart Attack, leading to taking your calls on your heart attack stories. Have you ever had one? What did you experience leading up to it?

Today, Stefan Mychajliw fills in for Tom Bauerle on his day off. Listen to Tom Bauerle every weekday from 3pm-6pm on Newsradio 930WBEN.

Today, Bauerle speaks with meteorologist Andy Parker to start the show. Afterwards, Bauerle speaks with callers about places from WNY that was here that is now gone that they miss. Listen to Tom Bauerle every weekday from 3-6 on News Radio 930WBEN.

Today, Bauerle spoke about the new Bills Hallmark Christmas movie while also talking to callers about chaotic retail stories during Black Friday. He closes the show with callers talking their favorite Christmas song. Listen to Tom Bauerle every Monday-Friday 3-6.

Today, Bauerle talks about today's generation and dating while also speaking about retirement. Listen to Tom Bauerle every weekday from 3-6 on 930WBEN!

Today, Cassandra Joan Butler does your astrological readings, after a caller during that segment called in looking for some clarity after the death of her husband of over four years, we talk advice for grieving spouses, and why are people today in their late teens-early 20's becoming increasingly disinterested in driving?