On the September. 4th Sunday morning wake-up call Rick talks with Dr. Mike Fietz from the Georgetown Veterinary Clinic and takes calls about your pets.
Wake-Up Call: City of Charlottesville school superintendent
WNRN’s August 14th Sunday morning Wake Up Call Rick talks with Dr. Rosa Atkins. They discuss The No Child left behind act, nutrition, budget and more.
WNRN Wake-Up Call: Sugar in the School Systems
Host Rick Moore speaks with Dr. Martin Albert (Virginia Integrative Medicine), Dr. Paul Lyons (UVA Neurologist), and Ivana Kadija (chairwoman of School Health Advisory Board) about sugar in the school systems. Topics covered include: foods served in school cafeterias, nutritional standards, countries that have healthy diets in the schools, and more. Did you know that in order for children to have a good attention span during the school day they need healthy carbs and fats in their diet? Also, the USDA recommends less sugar in a daily diet for children than the amount of sugar served in school lunches.
WNRN Wake-Up Call: Center for Nonprofit Excellence
Host Rick Moore speaks with Christine Nardi (Executive director of Center for Nonprofit Excellence) about the things the Center for Nonprofit Excellence does, the differences between a charity and a nonprofit, and more. CNE is a regional organization that helps provide resources for nonprofit organizations. Don’t miss CNE’s Summer Open House on Tuesday, July 26 at Cville Coffee from 5:30-7:30!
WNRN Wake-Up Call: Current Events
Host Rick Moore speaks with Courteney Stuart (Senior editor of The Hook) about current events. Topics covered include: death of a local teacher by a motored vehicle, the latest with Morgan Harrington, lyme disease, and more!
Wake-Up Call: a conversation on conservation
On the July 10 Wake-Up Call, Rick talks with David Hannah of Wild Virginia, a local group dedicated to forest conservation and preserving the wilderness.
WNRN Wake-Up Call: Summer Reading
Host Rick Moore speaks with Lindsay Ideson (Branch manager at the Jefferson Madison Regional Library (JMRL) of Northside), Meredith Dickens (Branch manager at JMRL Gordon Avenue Library), Patrick Kilmer (Reference Specialist at JMRL Central Library), and Sandy McAdams (owner of Daedalus Used Books in Charlottesville) about summer reading and some great book suggestions. Some suggestions are: The Women Jefferson Loved by Virginia Scharff, All That Is Bitter & Sweet by Ashley Judd, Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf , Bossypants by Tina Fey, The Harry Potter books by J.K. Rowling, The Jack Reacher series by Arthur Lee Child, and books by Michael Scott, books by Kurt Vonnegut, books by David Sedaris, and The Inheritance series by Christopher Paolini. For the kids: Hank the cowdog, The Beverly Cleary books, The Strange Case of Oragami Yoda, The Berenstain books and much more!
Wake-Up Call: Brian Wheeler on Charlottesville Tomorrow
On the June 26 Wake Up Call, host Rick Moore talks with Brian Wheeler about the history and importance of his organization Charlottesville Tomorrow.
WNRN Wake-Up Call: Charlottesville Mayor Dave Norris
Host Rick Moore speaks with Mayor Dave Norris of Charlottesville about local politics and politics in general. Topics covered include: the western bypass, federal budget, free speech monument, and more.
WNRN Wake-Up Call: Local Food
Producer Sean McCord steps in as host to talk with Joel Slezak and Erica Hellen of Free Union Grass Farm, two young entreprenuers who started their own farm specializing in pastured chicken and duck, 100% grass-fed beef, and free-range eggs. In an age when global industrial production brings concern about food-borne bacterial infection, one of the appeals of local food is that “you know where the food is coming from.”
WNRN Wake-up Call: Amputees
Host Rick Moore speaks with Don Crosby (above knee amputee; Vietnam War Veteran), Dawn Cornell (below knee amputee; fork lift accident), Judy Martin (below knee amputee; medical, diabetic/vascular) and Mary Grant (Orthopedic Surgery Prosthetics [Limbs on the Go support group]) about their stories, the problems that come with being an amputee, and more.
Real Estate Today
On the May 29 Wake-Up Call, host Rick Moore talks with realtor Jim Duncan and home loan officer Matt Hodges. Topics include questions of renting vs. owning, mortgage loans, and the changing real estate market.