WAMC's award-winning daily news magazine brings listeners the latest in local, national, and world news. Join Lucas Willard each weekday for the latest. Samantha Simmons hosts the weekend edition. The work of the WAMC News team is complemented each day with news and features from the BBC and Stardate. Midday Magazine also offers a comprehensive regional weather summary and a range of commentators who span the political spectrum. Highlights from the WAMC Listener Comment Line are usually aired on Friday's edition of Midday Magazine.
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What was I thinking when I bought a California coast redwood tree online? -
WAMC's Samantha Simmons spoke with Holmes and his protégé Ryan Lee Crosby about their efforts to keep blues alive ahead of their sets at the Meadowlark Festival this weekend. -
NewsChannel 13 Meteorologist Reid Kisselback provides the regional weather summary for Saturday, September 13, 2025. -
An interview with Riverkeeper's Dan Shapley about a large harmful algae bloom the organization is monitoring in the Hudson River estuary. -
Andrew Waite and Jimmy Vielkind break down the week that was in New York state politics. -
NewsChannel 13 Chief Meteorologist Paul Caiano provides the regional weather summary for Friday, September 12th, 2025. -
New York Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer announced this week that the Senate has approved legislation to award the Congressional Gold Medal to the 1980 hockey team that captured Olympic glory. -
An Albany neighborhood group is asking that no buildings on the former College of Saint Rose campus be sold while a redevelopment envisioning process is underway. -
If you want to experience a good play written by a potentially great playwright rush to Cohoes Music Hall before “The Comeuppance” closes on Sunday. -
NewsChannel 13 meteorologist Paul Caiano delivers the Midday Weather Summary for Thursday, September 11, 2025.
