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Lisa Horanyi joined Rick Moore in the studio to discuss a recent survey on local transportation conducted by the Thomas Jefferson Planning District Commission. Horanyi, Program Manager at RideShare, explained the results of the survey and how it’s prompted an initiative to expand the availability of public transportation in Central Virginia.
For more on the survey, you can view a presentation with some of the results here.
The Wake-Up Call is broadcast every Sunday at 11 a.m. on WNRN.
On the July 19 episode of the Sunday Morning Wake-Up Call, Rick talks with UVA Professor Emeritus R.K. Ramazani on the history, politics and culture of Iran.
What’s your carbon footprint? Paul Risberg, President of Altenergy Inc., and Roger Canvendish, President of Spotsy Wind Energy, joined Rick Moore on WNRN’s Sunday Morning Wake-Up Call to discuss how the types of energy we use in our homes affect the environment. Does a personal alternative energy system such as a wind turbine or solar thermal system make sense for your home?
Some other topics include the practicality of Net Metering (selling back energy to the grid), using an “energy audit” to find out what parts of your home are wasting the most energy, and how you can get a tax credit for using alternative energy sources.
The Wake-Up Call is broadcast every Sunday at 11 a.m. on WNRN.
On the June 28, 2009 edition of WNRN’s Sunday Morning Wake-Up Call, Rick Moore holds a discussion about the job market, or lack thereof, for recent high school and college graduates. Carter Hopkins, UVA’s Director of Alumni Career Services and Tom Fitch, Assistant Dean for Career Services at the McIntire School of Commerce discuss the challenges students face and ways they can put the right foot forward.
Hopkins and Fitch discuss the importance of networking services such as LinkedIn and Twitter, the changing purpose of internships and the skills job-seekers can learn to help them both today and when the all-but-inevitable career switch occurs down the line.
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On the June 21, 2009 edition of WNRN’s Sunday Morning Wake-Up Call, Jim Duncan chats with Rick Moore about the state of the real estate market here in Charlottesville and Albemarle County.
On the June 14 edition of the Wake-Up Call, host Rick Moore talks with Andy Block of the Charlottesville Legal Aid Justice Center the Campaign for Youth Justice.
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On the June 7 edition of the Wake-Up Call, host Rick Moore talks with Bette Graham, Director of the Nelson County Almost Home Pet Adoption Center, and Makena Yarbough, Associate Director of the Charlottesville-Albemarle ASPCA. In conversation and phone calls, Rick discusses the important of adopting shelter animals, how pets end up there, and the Michael Vick controversy.
On the May 31st episode of the Wake-Up Call, host Rick Moore chats with Jim Sofka, adjunct faculty at the Federal Executive Institute, on the many issues facing the freshman Obama administration.
Dayton Haugh is the Chief of the Charlottesville-Albemarle Rescue Squad (CARS), a position he’s held since 1994. He joined Rick Moore on the May 24, 2009 edition of WNRN’s Sunday Morning Wake-Up Call to talk about operating the volunteer organization, which is one of the busiest of its kind in the country. Haugh talks about the challenges of working with more than one jurisdiction, and the CARS’ future as other localities seek EMS billing and other revenue-recovery techniques.
On the May 17 Wake-Up Call, host Rick Moore talks with Mary Lynn Mathre and Al Byrne of Patients Out of Time (POT), about therapeutic cannibus, or medical marijuana.
On the May 10 edition of the Sunday Morning Wake-Up Call, intuitive analyst Lee Channing drops by to offer her advice to callers on everything from relationships, to school, to jobs and the economy. Some technical issues aside, Lee offers a calming presence and her own brand of wisdom.
On the May 3 edition of the Wake-Up Call, Rick puts real voices on the subject of job loss in today’s economy. Rick first talks with Amelia Williams who recently lost her job as a medical writer with PRA and now freelances at Inkville.biz. Rick also converses with local business owners Stephanie Marshall and Amy Keenan on the difficulties of letting employees go.