WCLO's Stan Milam Show
Stan Milam explores issues facing residents in Janesville and the rest of Southern Wisconsin for two hours every weekday morning on WCLO.- Friday, October 31
- Layoffs at Bliss Communications
- What are the Third Party goals?
- What happened leading up to the Vordermann murder/suicide?
- Health care and economy - inseparable
The Janesville Gazette Editor Scott Angus discusses a 10 percent reduction in the Bliss workforce
Andrew Zilkey, state chairman of the Constitution Party, discusses presidential politics
Janesville Gazette reporter Ann Marie Ames previews her Sunday story on the Vordermann murder/suicide.
Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin discuss health care followed by Democratic Party of Wisconsin Chairman Joe Wineke
- Thursday, October 30
- Want a World Series? - Get a roof!
- Candid-ate Camera
- Layoffs and local news coverage
- Senior Fair and Expo
Open Mic
Forward Janesville's Dan Cunningham announces his organization's Legislative Road Map, candidates appearing on Candid-ate Camera and the next Campaign Management Institute
Open Mic
Julie Seeman and Dan Wilcox preview tomorrow's Rock County Senior Fair and Expo
- Wednesday, October 29
- Financial aid for students at public and private schools
- Medicare planning coming to Janesvile
- Palin for U.S. Senate
- Milton advances, Craig out of state tourney
Rolf Wegenke from the Wisconsin Association of Independent Colleges and Universities discusses student funding and eligibility
Mercy Health System reps preview a Medicare planning event coming to Janesville Monday
Wisconsin and Washington lobbyist Bill Broydrick says Sarah Pallin could be the next U.S. senator from Alaska
Open Mic
- Tuesday, October 28
- Jobs not jabs
- An Electoral College lesson
- A "positive" appeal for John McCain
- Where were Tony Rezko amd Barack Obama born and who cares?
Open Mic
Our political analyst, John Kozlowicz, has info on the Electoral College and presidential politics
Congressman Paul Ryan provides a summary of John McCain's strengths
Phil Walzak, the commumnication director for the Obama Wisconsin campaign, discusses Obama's strengths and claims against Obama's citizenship
- Monday, October 27
- Negative ads - no, I mean REALLY negative ads
- High school bands and chili
- Face to face with GM worker losing his job
- Is Wisconsin headed for a finanical disaster?
Open Mic
Matt Sigmund, secretary of the Parker High Band Parents organization, discusses the benefits of high school board and the Parker Band chili supper
Open Mic
State Sen. Neal Kedzie discusses state finances
- Friday, October 24
- Janesville man boosts Obama in Florida
- Dunkin vs Starbucks
- Janesville GM plant designation
- Cheese of the month - Fontina
Janesville's Sam Liebert, an Obama staffer in Florida, provides a summary of the Illinois senators' campaign in that state
Dunkin Donuts coffee bests Starbucks in taste test
Open Mic
Jim Leute, business editor of The Janesville Gazette, has info on GM's designation of the Janesville plant status from "idle" to "closed"
Angie Edge from the Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board has this month's recipe - Fontina-stuffed pretzel bread from chef Govind Armstrong of Table 8 in Los Angeles, Miami Beach and Chicago
- Thursday, October 23
- Wednesday, October 22
- Feingold ad and mock presidential election
Sen. Russ Feingold reacts to comments about his radio commercial endorsing Barack Obama - and - Janesville Parker AP Government/Washington Seminar students preview tomorrow's mock presidential election
- Tuesday, October 21
- Dirty tricks?
- Koz on campaign continued
- Powell and Obama
- International segment with German students
Open Mic
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Political analyst John Kozlowicz discusses recent developments in the presidential race
We visit with German students visiting Janesville as part of the German American Partnership
- Monday, October 20
- Saturday Night Massacre
- Dems plug along despite poor McCain poll results
- It's the economy
- Do we sit around and determine which high school to snub?
Open Mic
Joe Wineke, chairman of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin, discusses the party strategy heading into the final weeks of the campaign
Local investment advisor John Berkley looks at the status of the Wall Street-bank bailout plan
Open Mic
- Friday, October 17
- Janesville School superintendent and computers
- What's wrong with the Badgers?
- Was Evert forced out?
- Samuel the non-plumber who is tax delinquent
Janesville School Board President DuWayne Severson discusses Superintendent Tom Evert's retirement and the school districts computer meltdown
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel sports columnist Michael Hunt comments on the Badger football season
Janesville School Superintendent Tom Evert explains his retirement and events that led up to it
Open Mic
- Thursday, October 16
- Who benefits from the Wall Street and banking industry bailout?
- GOP abandons Wisconsin?
- Yuckie french fry grease fuels state vehicles
- Unemployment compensation fund will survive
Open Mic
Reince Priebus, chairman of the Republican Party of Wisconsin, comments on the RNC pulling commercials out of Wisconsin and John McCain performance in the final presidential debate of 2008
Josh Morby, executive director at the Wisconsin Bio Industry Alliance, has info on alternative bio fuels
Hal Bergan, administrator at the state Division of Unemployment Insurance, assures laid off workers UC checks will be available
- Wednesday, October 15
- First domestic violence, then murder
- Rock County budget challenges
- Coats for Kids
- GM and future economic activity in Janesville
Janesville Police Department Deputy Chief of Police Dave Moore and Martha Pearson, YWCA Transitional Living program director, discuss the consequences of domestic violence
Rock County Administrator Craig Knutson discusses his proposed annual budget
Open Mic
John Beckord from Forward Janesville discusses local economic activity and development
- Tuesday, October 14
- Urban sprawl or necessary growth?
- Presidential Tuesday Countdown
- Presidential lawn signs and polling
- GM and Janesville city government
Julie Backenmiller, a member of the Janesville Sustainability Committee and the Rock County Environmental Network, discusses the city's comprehensive plan and sue of the landfill
Our political analyst, John Kozlowicz, examines new trends in the election
Open Mic
Janesville City Council President Amy Loasching discusses the GM closing announcement and the city's new city manager
- Monday, October 13
- Agriculture and land use
- GM discussion
- Great Lakes and GM
- Halloween Walk
Bard Munger and Daphne Holtermann from the Unitarian Congregation of Rock County disucss agriculture and land use
Janesville Assembly Rep. Mike Sheridan, the past president of UAW Local 95, discusses the GM closing announcement
State Sen. Neal Kedzie comments on the GM announcement to close the Janesville plant and passage of the Great Lakes Compact. The Janesville Gazette Business Editor Jim Leute discusses the GM announcement.
Becky Weber Johnson has info on the Spotlight on Kids-Rotary Gardens Halloween Walk
- Thursday, October 9
- When to sell, when to buy, when to reallocate assets
- Economy continued
- It's the economy...
- Weather-related closings go high tech at WCLO
We follow up the CNN special with Mike Nimmo from Wachovia Securities in Janesville
The CNN special continues
CNN's Ali Velshi hosts a one-hour special on the economy
WCLO Program Director Tim Bremel explains how WCLO will take and pass along weather-related closings this winter
- Wednesday, October 8
- A Democratic response to the debate
- GOP reaction to the debate
- Cell phone polls
- Post-debate spin from both sides of the aisle
Joe Wineke, chairman of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin, weighs in on the debate
Tom Barnes, co-chair of the Rock County McCain campaign provides his analysis of the debate
Susan Johnson, chair of the Political Science Department at UW-Whitewater, discusses limited experiences with cell phone political polling
Democratic Minnesota U.S. Sen. Amy Klobucher and Republican Congressman Paul Ryan comment on the presidential debate. Ryan also comments on recent developments that could have a positive effect on the future of the Janesville GM plant.
- Tuesday, October 7
- Parents in the Janesville School District weigh in
- Are political poll results informational or a bother?
- Debates, polls and cell phones
- Mental health awareness
We discuss the results of a parents survey on Janesville School District teacher and administrator performance
Open Mic
Out political analyst, John Kozlowicz, discusses tonight's debate, polls and cell phones
Mental health officials in Rock County help us observe National Mental Health Awareness Week
- Monday, October 6
- The right to pass
- Who are we bailing out and why?
- How do we measure performance of Janesville's new city manager?
- School safety - keeping students in or out of the building
Alice Wilkens Mann, principal at Jefferson Elementary School in Janesville, and Tracy Ludick, a district trainer, discuss the Tribes program designed to provide a respectful learning environment for students.
Open Mic
Open Mic
Karen Schulte from the Janesville School District and Ken Trump, a professional consultant discuss implementation of a safety and security grant in the district.
- Friday, October 3
- Books, books and film in Edgerton
- Poor scores or opportunities for improvement?
- From Sedona to Janesville
- VP debate spin
Diane Everson of Edgerton previews the Sterling North Book and Film Festival in Edgerton this weekend.
Quint Studer discusses the results of staff and parent surveys in the Janesville School System
Janesville's new city manager talks about the job ahead as he transitions from Sedona, Arizona
Tom Burns, co-chair of the Rock County McCain campaign, and Matt Lehrich, deputy communications director for the Obama Wisconsin campaign, provide spin on the VP debate
- Thursday, October 2
- Turn left and gas it
- Why no Panera Bread in Janesville?
- Janesville councilman comments on new city manager
- Cubs lose, but it's not their fault
The Janesville Gazette's auto racing writer, John McPoland, gets us up to speed on NASCAR's Matt Kenseth and Travis Kvapil
Gale Price, the manager of building and development services for the city of Janesville, discusses why some firms locate in Janesville and others don't
Janesville councilman Tom McDonald says new city manager passed tests with flying colors
Open Mic
- Wednesday, October 1
- Ministers preach McCain for president
- Wall Street bailout
- JPAC in good shape
- Paul Newman in Wisconsin
Ordained minister and former educator John Eyster of Edgerton weighs in on political endorsements from the pulpit
Open Mic
Janesville performing Arts center executive Director Laurel Canan reports that the gala event was a financial success
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