Current Events Update for January 6, 2016

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Today is Wednesday, January 6th, 2016. I’m Greg Doig with today’s WVBI Community Calendar. NEWS Yesterday, while flying back to Beaver Island Paul Welke, and Ben Delamater, along with paramedic Joe Moore, saw smoke and fire and quickly reported it. Thanks to that flight, the home of Jeff Stewart and Rita Palmer was saved albeit […]

Marold II Special tonight on WVBI’s Live at Five

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At 5 this evening, WVBI’s Live at five will feature a special program on the Marold II Disaster produced by the students at the BICS Media Lab. It is a very thoughtful recounting of that tragic event put into context with a number of interviews including a very special one with Lawrence McDonough. The students […]

Happy Christmas Eve

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Here’s our DJ for the special Christmas Cottage Mix we’ve lined up for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day along with special Christmas shows. At 10 am and 4 pm both days it’s a special edition of WVBI’s Top Ten + Five with a look at music from the top ten Christmas movies and TV shows […]

Community Calendar for December 23, 2015

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INTRO Today is Tuesday December 23rd – Christmas Eve Eve. I’m Kevin Boyle in for Greg Doig with today’s Community Calendar. NEWS Today is the last day for the ferry – and the last boat to Charlevoix is already well out of the harbor. If you’ve got something (or someone) on the mainland to get […]

Christmas Programming on WVBI

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Your friends at WVBI have special programming planned for your Christmas Celebration. All day Christmas Eve and Christmas Day we’ll be playing a special Christmas edition of the Cottage Mix–some Christmas hits, new and old, some Christmas Jazz, Country, Celtic and Folk — and Christmas music from Beaver Island artists.  In the middle of that […]

Community Calendar for December 22, 2015

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Today is Tuesday December 22nd – the winter solstice — and here is today’s Community Calendar NEWS From the Beaver Island Boat Company:  For last minute Christmas shoppers, there will be one more boat trip this year on Wednesday, December 23rd weather permitting. Times will be as usual- 8:20am leaving Beaver Island and 11:30am leaving Charlevoix. […]

Community Calendar for December 21, 2015

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News From the Beaver Island Boat Company: For last minute Christmas shoppers, there will be one more boat trip this year on Wednesday, December 23rd weather permitting. Departure times are yet to be determined. We will take vehicle reservations and receive freight by calling 888-446-4095 for this trip today (Friday) until 4:00pm , Monday and Tuesday […]

Holiday Boat Rockin’

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Be sure to join us this Saturday and Sunday night for a special holiday version of Rockin the Boat at 9pm. This is the official, unedited version. Accept no substitutes. Since its Christmas there will be a few reflective tunes but mostly rocking as always.  This Saturday and Sunday at 9:00 p.m. on 100.1 FM […]