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Richmond's Morning News with John Reid

Dave Saunders from Madison and Main joins the show to tell us what's going on around Richmond this weekend.

Gov. Allen talks with Rich about attending Lindsey Graham's funeral and attending an upcoming event at Mount Vernon.

Isaac Hanson, the oldest brother from the band Hanson, stopped by the show to talk about their upcoming concert in Richmond.

Rich went to see the new Spiderman movie and he gives us his review. By the way, he LOVED it.

Abby Credicott-Smith from Chamber RVA joined the show to talk about you can nominate someone for their ICON Awards

Rich asks the listeners what they would have liked to hear Dr. Fauci say during his congressional hearing

Our conversation with former Gov. Gilmore continues with Ukraine and Russia

Former Gov. Jim Gilmore stops by for his weekly visit and talks with Rich about the Iran conflict

Richmond Mayor Danny Avula joins the show and takes listeners questions.

The Fauci Congressional hearing was a mess. Rich breaks it down for you talks about what he would have liked to hear Dr. Fauci say.

WNBA owner verbally attacks fans in the crowd. Is the WNBA destroying itself?

Rich gets listener reaction to Dr. Fauci pleading the 5th during his questioning from Congress

Sam Florer from the Virginia Museum of History and Culture talks with Rich about their Virginia Brews event coming up on Saturday.

Sadie's fiance called off their wedding the day before the ceremony. What did she do and how did she recover.

Director of Transportation for the City of Richmond, Andy Boenau, talks with Rich about what Richmond needs to do to make the city safter for pedestrians.

Rich asks the listeners how they plan to vote on the proposed 1% sales tax increases.

Mike and Jason from Veterans Fire Protection talk about being the title sponsor of our golf tournament coming up in Septemeber.

Delegate Tom Garrett joins the show for his weekly visit and talks with Rich about the Richmond sales tax increase.

Lisa Smith gives us an update on CBD sales in Virginia and how her daughter needs CBD to fight off seizures.

The City of Richmond has approved a 1% sales tax raise for school development to be approved by the voters

Officials from the US Government went to the Philippines help stop scam calls coming into the United States.

Rich asks the listeners why the younger generations like socialism over capitalism

American Battlefield Trust President, David Duncan, talks about their grant to help pay for school field trips to historic sites.

Dr. Kevin Roberts, President of The Heritage Foundation, talks about the DSA trying to take over the Democratic Party.

Brian Kilmeade stops by for his weekly visit to talk with Rich about socialism and New York City

Rich went on vacation to Washington DC and was surprised at what he saw.

CBS 6 Sports Director, Lane Casadonte, talks with Gary about training camps opening for high school, college and NFL football and previews UVA and VA Tech seasons.

Former Gov. Allen stops by for his weekly visit and talks about the death of Lindsey Graham and how business friendly Virginia really is.

Interim Chesterfield County Administrator Matt Harris talks with Gary about what the money from the sales tax increase will pay for.

Tommy Buoy, guitarist for Yachtley Crew, joins the show to talk about the band's upcoming show at Innsbrook After Hours on Saturday.

Jeb Hockman from the Virginia Department of Veteran Services joins the show to talk about their upcoming job fair on Hire a Veteran Day.

Former Gov. Gilmore and Gary talk about how Gov. Spanberger has become unpopular very early in her term in office.

Former Gov. Jim Gilmore gives us his opinion on what's going on in Iran and Ukraine.

Political analyst Dr. Bob Holsworth talks with Gary about Gov. Spanberger's low poll numbers and her first 6 months in office.

Eric Kolenich from the Richmond Times Dispatch joins the show to talk about data centers and some of the concerns local residents have about the centers.

Greg Nivens, founder of the Beer, Bourbon and BBQ Festival, talks about the event this weekend in Doswell.

Charity Waldron from The Commonwealth Games talks about their upcoming events happening this weekend.

Jonathan Spiers from Richmond BizSense talks with Gary about the demolition of the Richmond Coliseum and what comes next.

Editor-in-Chief of Campus Reform, Dr. Zach Marshall, talks with Gary about why more colleges and universities should change to three year degrees.

Justin Owens from the Richmond Ice Box joins the show to talk about the new ice skating facility and their upcoming events.

Highland Springs football coach, Loren Johnson, wants to teach more than football. He wants to inspire everyone to do better in life.

CEO of America Works, Dr. Lee Bowes, joins the show to talk about how they are helping more people get back to work after long layoffs.

Virginia Delegate Tom Garrett talks with Gary from the Middle East about the US/Iran conflict and his first hand account of being in the region.

Jonathan McNamara from The Red Cross talks with Gary about the blood shortage in Richmond.

Michael Phillips from The Richmonder talks with Gary about the data center fights going on around the area and some big changes at The Richmonder.

Gary Hess talks about some lawmakers that want to change Virginia's election day to even numbered years instead of odd. How would elections be affected.

Todd 'Parney' Parnell talks with Gary about Winter World coming to CarMax Park in November as well as what the Squirrels upcoming playoff run.

Adam Epstein from 910 The Fan is back from ACC Press Day and tells us what to expect from UVA and VA Tech football

Hispanic owned business are booming in Richmond. Michel Zajur from the Virginia Hispanic Chamber of Commerce stops by the show to talk more about it.

Dan West from Heritage Action talks with Gary about the bill going through Congress to stop members of congress from insider trading.