I first heard about an upcoming original program on WBAA that would involve local mayors taking questions from WBAA staff and citizens.  Live.  On-the-air.

A return to WBAA’s call-in-show, AM 920 Magazine.

This rumor became a reality last week on July 3rd around noon when Ask the Mayor debuted on WBAA.  The inaugural episode was hosted by Stan Jastrzebski and had Mayor John Dennis on as its first guest.  You can listen to the show’s MP3 archive.

Sadly, work forced me to be away from audio during the time it was broad cast.  I even had it on my calendar:

I also missed the rebroadcast at 6PM that day.

Today, WBAA finally posted a link to the show, but sadly, no MP3s were included.  They do, however, have an RSS feed.  No embedded content, though.

I hope this changes soon so I can hear how the first show went.

[UPDATE 2014-07-10: They are online now in the RSS feed. Even today’s with Mayor Tony Roswarski.]

I would encourage everyone who cares about their local community to mark in their calendars for 12pm – 12:30pm on Thursdays and tune in to WBAA’s local program, Ask the Mayor.

We could certainly use more of this type of local programming. Especially on WBAA. Call them. Encourage them. Let Mike Savage, Station Manager, know you want to hear more.