WKXL - New Hampshire Talk Radio

On todays show, Veronica has an informative discussion with Rick Blais regarding finances, how to discuss and manage them in a healthy way with our spouse.

Join Jane Cormier, host of  WKXL's "Artful Living"  featuring the music of Johann Sebastian Bach. This illustrious and prolific composer has so many musical selections you probably already know! Come and listen with us!

We discussed some Concord politics on Tuesday's program with Attorney Charlie Russell who has been a long time activist on the local scene. Among the topics of discussion, a possible impact fee hike, a new clubhouse at Beaver Meadow and what's going on at the former Steeplegate Mall. Also Tuesday we remembered the beginning of the Watergate scandal on this date in 1972 where five White House operatives were arrested for wire-tapping the Democratic National Committee offices in the Watergate office complex and ultimately led to the resignation of President Nixon in 1974.

Monday's headline story was the trade of Raffy Devers by the Red Sox to the San Francisco Giants. Correspondent John Leahy joined in that discussion along with the incredible Stanley Cup final performance by former Boston Bruins star Brad Marchand now with the Florida Panthers. We also had some fun honoring National Veggie Day along with National Cannoli Day and National Fudge Day!

Today's show has us highlighting  the fund raising efforts of NH Gives and it's impact on non-profits. Then we veer off into comparing the two most famous versions of Tom Waits' “Tom Trauberts Blues” (his and then Rod Stewart's). And finally we toss in Stewart's “I Don't Want to Talk About It” for good measure. The video version which has been viewed over a billion times!

A special edition of the Friday Fun Bunch celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Manchester Monarchs winning the Calder Cup as champions of the American Hockey League in the final season of their AHL existence. Joining us in the studio, the Monarchs longtime equipment manager Zac Guercia and on the phone, the Monarchs goalie during that incredible season, J.F. Berube.

This week on Facing the Future we talked with Bill Hoagland, Senior Vice President of the Bipartisan Policy Center, about the growing debt fears that cloud the prospects of Republicans' budget bill in the Senate.

Buddy Rich will be featured on today's segment of Artful Living -the GOAT of drummers! Join host Jane Cormier on this special episode highlighting the career of Buddy Rich.

A busy Thursday on the program with New Hampshire Fisher Cats broadcaster Chris Jared live from Reading, Pennsylvania to discuss the team's recent success. John of the Great Greek team from the Great Greek Mediterranean Grill on South Willow Street in Manchester joined us in studio to talk about his new and “live your life deliciously” restaurant and we paid tribute to the late Brian Wilson, the master maestro of The Beach Boys, who died Wednesday at the of 82.

The tKapow cast drops in to talk about their upcoming production of “The Best We Could” opening Friday June 13th at the BNH stage. And as usual we get into the weeds asking and talking about the mechanics of how they pull it off.

Northeast Delta Dental President and CEO Tom Raffio was with us to look back at a couple of significant fund raising road races this past week sponsored by NEDD and also a preview of this Saturday's State Baseball Championship games. All four title games are set for Delta Dental Stadium and will be carried live on WKXL and www.nhtalkradio.com. We also discussed what separates a German Chocolate cake from other chocolate cakes, Roman Anthony's big night at Fenway and just how much money Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen is getting taken out of his 53-million dollar per year salary in taxes.

Veronica has her regular visit with Jason Demakis to talk all things fitness today, tune in for this insightful and fun chat that's good for the mind and body.

If you love opera, Joshua Collier of Opera Vermont is our guest on today's Artful Living.  We discuss all the productions and the Opera Al Mare Young Artist Program instituted by Josh. Jane and Josh bring opera to everyone - join us!

A potpourri Tuesday on the program featuring a couple of Sly and the Family Stone's biggest hits remembering the legacy of Sylvester Stewart, the driving force of the group, who died Monday at the age of 82. Also discussed, the upcoming NHIAA championship baseball games which will be carried on WKXL this Saturday from Delta Dental Stadium and the possibility of giving each baby born in the United States over the next four years one-thousand dollars at birth which could be redeemed at age 18 to help with education, rent or perhaps even starting a business.

Sports dominated Monday's show as we talked about Sunday's “Over the River and Through the Woods” 5K road race dedicated to the memory of the late Joe Kasper who died unexpectedly almost a year ago. For 15 years Joe served as the announcer and disc jockey for all of the Delta Dental-sponsored races in the region. His name will forever be attached to this event. John Leahy joined us to discuss the exciting Stanley Cup Final between Florida and Edmonton plus discuss baseball no-hitters and cycles. The New Hampshire Fisher Cats celebrated their first no hitter is 13 years on Saturday night as Rafael Sanchez pitched the Masterpiece at Delta Dental stadium against the Altoona Curve.

Postmodern Jukebox's cover of “Creep”, opening productions and dates for summer theater around the state complete with some restaurant suggestions and chit chatting with Andrew.

It's Friday, which means the Friday Fun Bunch is in the WKXL Studios! Ken Cail interviews Tom Raffio, President & CEO of Northeast Delta Dental, Ellen Raffio, and Kitty Rae the OFFICIAL “Flick Chick."

Thursday's show put one of the New Hampshire's longest running businesses in the spotlight, Merrill Farm Dairy in Penacook. Joining us for the program was Rob Merrill part of the 5 generations who have operated Merrill Farm Dairy in the same location it's been for nearly a century. The show also featured Amy Hall who has more than an 18 year association with the dairy industry in New Hampshire.

This week on Facing the Future, we talked with Richard Swett, former U.S. Congressman from New Hampshire and Ambassador to Denmark. He discussed President Trump's desire to acquire Greenland from Denmark and why it's vital to restore trust in government.

On Artful Living today, Jane discusses all the wonderful offerings with Katelyn Gagnon at GoodLife including their new July - Sept offerings.  Join our conversation and discover all the exciting programming at GoodLife.

Wednesday we talked some New Hampshire Fisher Cats baseball on the program as the ‘Cats are currently in the middle of a homestand with the Altoona Curve. Also discussed on the show, the highly anticipated return of the McDonald's Snack Wrap, another one run Red Sox loss and the New York Knicks firing of head coach Tom Thibodeau.

On todays show, Veronica chats with Rick Smith, and he's the owner of Sunmed Your CBD Store in Concord. They chat about the business and benefits that all natural CBD has to offer. And anyone who hears this show can contact them at 603-715-1153 and mention they heard this episode for a 20% discount!

On todays Artful Living, Andrew Albee a wonderful parent from our sponsor St. John School, gets to sit in the host chair and chat life, school, and the arts with Jane Cormier.

The first Tuesday of every month we feature our segment with the New Hampshire Insurance Department and today our topic was National Safety Month which is commemorated each June. Joining the conversation were David Henderson, Executive Director of the New England Chapter of the National Safety Council, the NHID's Property and Casualty Director James Fox and the Insurance Department's Outreach Coordinator, A.J. Kierstead.

Monday's show featured the return of our correspondent John Leahy as we touched on everything from Lou Gehrig Day to the upcoming Stanley Cup Final to the 1967 release of the Beatles' “Sgt. Peppers' Lonely Hearts Club Band” album on this date. Also with us Monday was Chris Ames A.K.A The World Famous Monkey Boy! We discussed his upcoming return to Historic Holman Stadium on June 27 and plans for a new Monkey Boy You Tube channel.

Indie film time! Via call-in AJ Calandrino and Kristina Kessler from Christie Rex Productions give us the scoop and details of their Indie short film “Dream Genocide”. And as usual I want ALL the details. Why this genre? How long did it take to film it? How did you have auditions for the roles? What equipment and software was used (that's for the geeks)? Where does the film and the company go from here? You get the drift!

The Friday Fun Bunch featured a different cast this week as Tom and Ellen Raffio were in Maine for Northeast Delta Dental. Joining us in studio for this episode, State Senator Howard Pearl and his wife, Heather. We talked about some pending legislation including the controversial auto inspection bill and the state budget. Also discussed was the work that goes into running a family farm and how both Howard and Heather are both instrumental in keeping Pearl and Sons Farm productive in Loudon.

This week on Facing the Future we focused on the One Big Beautiful Bill that has now passed the House and is headed to the Senate. Our guest was Douglas Holtz-Eakin, President of the American Action Forum and former Director of the Congressional Budget Office (CBO). We also discussed interest rates, tariffs and budget scoring.

Today on Artful Living, our host Jane Cormier will narrate the historic and beautiful musical, "Oklahoma" by Rodgers and Hammerstein.  This important musical was an innovator in American Musical history. Come and find out why!

Tom Raffio, President and CEO of Northeast Delta Dental joined us in the opening segment of today's program to discuss some of the upcoming road races presented by Northeast Delta Dental including this weekend in Freeport, Maine and in a couple of weeks at Mount Washington. Also with us on the Thursday show, the General Manager of the New Hampshire Fisher Cats, Taylor Fisher who detailed a number of the great promotions set for Delta Dental Stadium including the first Fireworks show of the season on June 21 and the return of the New Hampshire Space Potatoes on July 18.

It's time to talk about the sexy part of the arts! Budgets. Please hold back your excitement. Most of the arts that we're familiar with depend on multiple streams of income. Ticket sales, sponsorships, grants, benevolent donors, etc and lately there's been chatter about one arm of support being taken away or ended. That source is government aid and today's guest Deanna Hoying from Arts4NH comes by to about the impact that ending such aid would have on our communities. Monies from our state budget represent .06% overall and yet it has become one of the areas deemed unnecessary and defunded. Deanna is here to help me sort out this twisted thinking.

Another One Hit Wonders Wednesday co-hosted this time around by our resident "Flick Chick" Kitty Rae. Her 13 songs from the '50's,'60's, '70's, 80's and '90's (except for one) all had something in common. See if you can determine which one did not.

On todays episode, Veronica chats about holistic skin care with Jessica Paey. They discuss all the options provided at her Business Modern Med Spa.

Artful Living today will offer a fun show today if you are a movie buff!  We will highlight some of the greatest monologues in movie history.  Come and enjoy these famous movie scenes with our host, Jane Cormier.

Tuesday's program featured our monthly visit with the New Hampshire Department of Safety. Lieutenant Irwin Malilay joined to discuss the various functions of the Marine Patrol in the state including the enforcement of N.H. boating laws on the many lakes and the seacoast areas of the Granite State. In addition we explored the boating safety courses that are offered in person and on line. Also discussed today, a student cell phone in the state, renovations at Memorial Field in Concord and the increasing popularity and efficiency at Portsmouth International Airport.

Our first guest, Mike Morin, is a notable radio personality who is also an award-winning columnist and author. Mike Morin is the recipient of the Will Rogers Humanitarian Award from the National Society of Newspaper Columnists and the winner of the 2021 NH Literary Awards for Outstanding Work of Nonfiction for his book, LUNCH WITH TOMMY AND STASIA: TV'S GOLDEN AGE OF CANDLEPIN BOWLING. On this show about New Hampshire, Now and Then, we will discuss his book, IF THESE WALLS COULD TALK, which celebrates 100 years of New Hampshire's and America's most beloved diner, The Red Arrow. Returning with a different type of New Hampshire history for The Writers' Den featured author segment is John Herman, who is a multidisciplinary artist and educator known for creative storytelling across mediums. On his last visit, he brought us a Sci-Fi story. This time, John will discuss historical nonfiction. His book, WENTWORTH CHESWILL'S RIDE, will unveil an unknown African American Revolutionary War hero whose ride to Exeter to save Fort William earned him the moniker. The Black Paul Revere.

The law offices of Shaheen & Gordon are the sponsor of NH Unscripted and each time we've had one of their attorneys in to chat those episodes have been some of the most informative, fun and educational shows we've done. Today's episode with immigration Attorney Ron Abramson further proves my point. His passion for his slice of law practice was impressive. Honestly, the hour flew by and caught me off guard at just how interesting this field of law is and my ignorance of this branch was on display! Timely (that's an understatement) and crazy informative.

It's Friday, which means the Friday Fun Bunch is in the WKXL Studios! Ken Cail interviews Tom Raffio, President & CEO of Northeast Delta Dental, Ellen Raffio, and Kitty Rae the OFFICIAL “Flick Chick."

From the NBA playoffs to solitaire to recycling to wine tasting with a little Morse Code for good measure it was a wide-ranging Thursday session on the program. By the way, did you know that Samuel Morse was a Concord, NH mechanic and that there's Morse Code on Fenway Park's Green Monster?

Summertime, summertime, sum, sum summertime…Oh how I love summer theater in New Hampshire and todays guest, Jordan Ahnquist, Artistic Director for The Barnstormers Theatre in Tamworth, drops in to bolster my viewpoint! Celebrating 95 years of top tier theatre (yes, that's right 95 YEARS not 95 shows) commencing with a 2025 Gala on June 21st that will include Patrick Duffy & Linda Purl the Barnstormers show no signs of letting up on the gas! They've brought in Broadway talent to perform a classic Agatha Christie play, a world premier of another play and bookend their season with two hilarious comedies. We had a blast chatting up the Barnstormers and I know that you'll just love this episode.

Wednesday marked our monthly "Small Business Matters" program in association with the U.S. Small Business Administration N.H. District Office. Featured this month was Sousa Signs, a Manchester based company that has been around for 51 years. Sousa Signs owner Justin Sousa joined us in studio to tell us how his business expanded from literally his family's home in Pinardville to a multi-million dollar company on East Industrial Park Drive in Manchester. Much of the expansion came as the result of an SBA 504 loan from the Capital Regional Development Council. Jennifer Boulanger, Senior Loan Officer of the C.R.D.C was with us to explain the loan process and how other businesses can apply for the loan that Sousa Signs received which created their expansion and led to their being named the 2024 “Small Business Administration New Hampshire Manufacturer of the Year”.

Veronica sits down with Deb Gates and they're talking about pilates. They discuss the health, fitness, and overall benefits that pilates provides. Join us!

Spring Has Sprung today on Artful Living.  We will feature some classical music favorites which center on Spring time.  Come and enjoy some very beautiful music today on Artful Living.

Tuesday's wide-ranging topics included the lack of hustle by the highest-paid player in pro sports, Juan Soto…should NFL players be allowed to play flag football in the 2028 Summer Olympics?? who to tip and what is appropriate to tip and also the tourist boats that depart from Weir's Beach including the Mt. Washington and the Spirit.

It was another informative Medicare Monday as we were joined by Larissa and Christian Troy of Woodpecker Insurance of Concord where all they do is New Hampshire Medicare. On today's show we talked about some confusion surrounding COBRA. Also reviewed were parts A and D of Medicare coverage. www.woodpeckermedicare.com

It was a road trip day for NH Unscripted as I was invited to co-host the great Ken Cail's “One Hit Wonder Wednesday” episode!! Ken asked me to bring a list of some "One Hit Wonders" that (hopefully) he and his fans hadn't heard yet. Challenge accepted! I brought hits that were considered novelty hits or hits that were sung by famous actors (think David Soul, Lorne Greene, etc). What a great show. Soooo much fun and nostalgia. Enjoy!

It's Friday, which means the Friday Fun Bunch is in the WKXL Studios! Ken Cail interviews Tom Raffio, President & CEO of Northeast Delta Dental, Ellen Raffio, and Kitty Rae the OFFICIAL “Flick Chick."

This week on Facing the Future, Marc Goldwein, Senior Vice President of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, guides us through the tax cut bill rolled out by House Ways and Means Committee Republicans. We'll discuss how big it is, whether it's good tax policy and will it be paid for?

On Artful Living today, Jane chats with Therapist and owner of Capital Art Therapy, Susan Riedl. Join us for a fabulous conversation about Susans career, and the importance of art therapy.

Our guest on Thursday was Jim Murphy. Jim's book is “Inner Excellence: Train Your Mind For Extraordinary Performance and the Best Possible Life”. Jim became an instant celebrity on January 12 of this year when A.J. Brown of the Philadelphia Eagles was spotted reading his book on the sidelines and it's been a best-seller ever since. Mr. Murphy is also the founder of the Inner Excellence Freedom Project.

I love just taking the time to chat with actors. Jordan Gagan drops in to do just that: chat. We talked about getting his degrees, which you would think would be a mundane topic, but, nope. He got to travel to Scotland to finish his MFA and has some wonderful stories about doing some indie film shorts. I'm not sure how we haven't bumped into each other before this because he's acted trod the boards all around our state. Methods, futures, film and stage. We hit them all. Enjoy!