The WFEA Morning Update

WFEA Morning Update with Jeff Chidester

The WFEA Morning Update with Jeff Chidester

Listen Monday - Thursday from 6-10am and Friday from 6-9am

The WFEA Morning Update will focus on issues affecting Granite State residents in a fun and informative way.

Jeff Chidester is the host of The WFEA Morning Update. Jeff is a well-known, involved member of the community, with a background in journalism, law enforcement, and broadcasting. Raised in New Hampshire, Jeff has traveled the world extensively, learning and observing other cultures and their impact on America, while always returning to his home state. He served in the US Army, as a police officer in New Hampshire, a writer for the Portsmouth Herald, and as the creator and host of the radio show, Right Here, Right Now. His experience and character align with the “live & local” ideals of WFEA and many of its Granite State listeners.

Monday, November 28, 202211/28/2022

Marc Goldwein 11-28-22

Marc Goldwein of the Center for a Responsible Federal Budget discusses huge cost of the Biden administration’s student debt repayment moratorium.

Monday, November 28, 202211/28/2022

Jeff Jacoby 11-28-22

Boston Globe columnist Jeff Jacoby discusses his column on the basic duties of citizenship in the United States.

Tuesday, November 22, 202211/22/2022

Drew & Steve 11-22-22

Soccer fan Steve gives listeners five questionable reasons we should watch the World Cup this year.

Tuesday, November 22, 202211/22/2022

Brian Gottlob 11-22-22

Brian Gottlob, director of the state Labor Market and Information Bureau, estimates that Granite Staters will spend $1 billion more on energy this winter.

Tuesday, November 22, 202211/22/2022

Ann-Marie Timmins 11-22-22

New Hampshire Bulletin reporter Ann-Marie Timmins explains a recent state Supreme Court ruling buttressing the state’s right-to-know law in a Nashua case.

Tuesday, November 22, 202211/22/2022

Rich Girard 11-22-22

Rich Girard breaks down how Manchester’s tax cap works.

Monday, November 21, 202211/21/2022

Keith Murphy 11-21-22

State Senator-elect Keith Murphy says we should make Daylight Savings Time permanent.

Monday, November 21, 202211/21/2022

Jeff Jacoby 11-21-22

Boston Globe columnist Jeff Jacoby says we need acknowledgement of errors made by public officials before we can grant a “COVID amnesty.”

Monday, November 21, 202211/21/2022

Mariel Carmello 11-21-22

Spanish teacher Mariel Carmello discusses how to teach foreign languages and her new Learn Everywhere-approved classes through which N.H. students can get high school credit.

Monday, November 21, 202211/21/2022

Chris Ventura 11-21-22

Chris Ventura of the Consumer Energy Alliance discusses New England’s short fuel supplies as winter approaches, and how we could get more.

Recent Headlines

15 hours ago in National

4 Republicans defy Speaker Johnson to force House vote on extending ACA subsidies

Four centrist Republicans broke with Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday and signed onto a Democratic-led petition that will force a House vote on extending for three years an enhanced pandemic-era subsidy that lowers health insurance costs for millions of Americans.

3 days ago in National

Search for the Brown University shooter resumes as questions swirl about campus security

Authorities knocked on doors Monday searching for any video there might be of the Brown University gunman, who could be seen in grainy footage walking away from the weekend attack that killed two students and wounded nine others.

3 days ago in National

Authorities say they will release person of interest detained in Brown University shooting

A person of interest detained after a Brown University shooting that killed two students and injured nine will be released after law enforcement authorities determined there was no basis to keep the individual in custody, officials said Sunday night.

6 days ago in National

Washington state faces historic floods that have washed away homes and stranded families

Days of torrential rain in Washington state caused historic floods that have stranded families on rooftops, washed over bridges and ripped at least two homes from their foundations, and experts warned that even more flooding expected Friday could be catastrophic.

7 days ago in National

Tariffs have cost U.S. households $1,200 each since Trump returned to the White House, Democrats say

Sweeping taxes on imports have cost the average American household nearly $1,200 since Donald Trump returned to the White House this year, according to calculations by Democrats on Congress' Joint Economic Committee.