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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This is a true story. Names have been removed, but it did happen. In was the summer of 1995, and I was a graduate student living in Gainesville, Florida. We were exactly one year from the ‘96 Summer games in Atlanta, which meant I was going to be a five-hour drive from the center of the sporting universe and young and free enough to drop everything to drive north and crash on someone’s couch in between track and swimming and whatever else I could get to. -
NewsChannel 13 meteorologist Paul Caiano delivers the Midday Weather Summary for Thursday, April 16, 2026. -
An interview with filmmaker Barbara Reina. -
The Albany County Legislature passed a new law last month that requires drivers to give 3 feet of space when they pass or approach bicyclists, pedestrians, road workers and other vulnerable road users.
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NewsChannel 13 meteorologist Paul Caiano delivers the Midday Weather Summary for Wednesday, April 15, 2026.
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April is child abuse prevention month. This month also marks the 50th anniversary of Saratoga Center for the Family. -
Several environmental groups have submitted a formal request to the Adirondack Park Agency to measure and protect remoteness in the Adirondacks. -
New York’s state budget is now two weeks late. There are no public indications that the secret negotiations are heading toward a quick resolution. Reading the tea leaves, the late budget is largely the result of Governor Hochul’s insistence that lawmakers approve non-budget measures, such as weakening the climate law, as part of an overall budget agreement.
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NewsChannel 13 meteorologist Paul Caiano delivers the Midday Weather Summary for Tuesday, April 14, 2026.
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Albany Mayor Dorcey Applyrs marked her first 100 days in office Monday by discussing a survey her administration conducted with city residents. WAMC's Sajina Shrestha joined Midday Magazine to talk about what Applyrs has in store for the city and how she plans on paying for her initiatives, given the city's budget deficit.
