If you have questions about the referendum, here's your chance to ask them

We are happy to announce we will be having Ripon School Superintendent, Richard Zimman, on the show this coming Thursday (we believe at 8:15am) to discuss the upcoming referendum for the district. We also will be taking listener questions, both live and through email. If you have a question you would like us to ask, please email it before 8:00 Thursday morning to either news@wrpnam.com or studio@wrpnam.com

If you would like to ask the question directly to Dr. Zimman, you may call 748-5111 or toll free at 1-800-867-1610 that morning. Keep in mind, we are looking for direct questions that are about the referendum only and can be answered by Dr. Zimman. We will not tolerate any swearing, insults, mockery or any other negative comments on the air. We are also not here to get into debates or arguments on the air. In other words, please be respectful and tactful when asking your question. This will be a great opportunity for anyone who has questions to get them out in the open, and give Dr. Zimman a chance to give a one-on-one answer.

Addition: We will be treating this like any other radio show which allows callers - meaning we will ask for your name and the general concept of your question BEFORE putting you on the air. This is only so we have a "lead-in" to the person on the phone so it flows better, no other reason than that. If it's an email, please include your name (as I would assume most would). Also, even though we may ask for your full name ahead of time, we WILL NOT use your full name on the air, to protect privacy. We will only use your first name (for both on-air callers and those who email).

We hope to hear from you!

Tuesday, March 31st on the Breakfast Bunch

Highlights on Tuesday's show:

6:53am - Lunch Menus, Birthdays, Today in History

7:40am - Ebay Today, Totally Tough Trivia

Not too much on the show tomorrow, but everyone has to have a slow day sometimes, right? Also, sorry about the down-time in the blogging and news department. I had the joys of getting a wisdom tooth removed last week, so needless to say I was down for the count for a few days. I'm slowly getting back to normal though :)

Have a great day, it's nice to see the sun out!

Thursday, March 26th on the Breakfast Bunch

Highlights on Thursday's show:

6:53am - Lunch Menus, Birthdays, Today in History

7:40am - Ebay Today, Totally Tough Trivia

7:50am - Jerry Disterhaft, Fond du Lac Job Center

8:35am - Paula Price, Ripon Area Chamber of Commerce

8:40am - Dr. Mark Edinger, Chiropractics

Wednesday, March 25th on the Breakfast Bunch

Highlights on Wednesday's show:

6:53am - Lunch Menus, Birthdays, Today in History

7:40am - Ebay Today, Totally Tough Trivia

8:35am - Ian Staepleton, Ripon Commonwealth Press

If you did not get a chance to watch the council meeting last night, or hear Steve Barg's comments on the air this morning, the link to his interview can be found under our "podcast" section on the news page. It should be available sometime today.

Tuesday, March 24th on the Breakfast Bunch

Highlights on Tuesday's Show:

6:53am - Lunch Menus, Birthdays, Today in History

7:40am - Ebay Today, Totally Tough Trivia

8:15am - Steve Barg, Ripon City Council Meeting

Also, I've posted a poll now on the right side of the page. Let us know what your favorite part of AM 1600 WRPN is. Maybe it's only one aspect, maybe it's all of them. Regardless, vote for as many as you like :)

Interesting Article on Officiating

Thanks to Jason for this link...an opinion on three referees in high school basketball. What do you think?


http://www.fdlreporter.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090315/FON020502/903150751&s=a

Monday, March 23rd on the Breakfast Bunch

Good morning and Happy Monday to everyone!

Highlights on today's show:

6:53am - Lunch Menus, Today in History, Birthdays

7:40am - Ebay Today, Totally Tough Trivia

7:53am - Shirley Abrahamson

8:15am - Janine Rubeck, Green Lake Area Animal Shelter

Also, don't forget, there are a couple meetings tonight - another School Board meeting will be held tonight at 6:30 in room 167 at the High School. Since this is a special meeting, people may attend, but no public comments will be taken. The Common Council will also be meeting tonight at 7pm at City Hall.

Friday, March 20th on the Breakfast Bunch

Highlights on Friday's Show:

6:53am - Lunch Menus, Birthdays, Today in History

7:40am - Ebay Today, Totally Tough Trivia

8:50am - Wisconsin Tourism

Have a great weekend! Enjoy the warmer weather. I keep looking forward to the 70's and 80's :)

Thursday, March 19th on the Breakfast Bunch

Highlights on Thursday's Show:

6:53am - Lunch Menus, Birthdays, Today in History

7:40am - Ebay Today, Totally Tough Trivia

8:10am - Beth and Christian, FCEDC

8:35am - Paula Price, Ripon Chamber of Commerce

8:40am - Dr. Paul Nelsen, Medical Check-up.

Since we are having Dr. Nelsen in tomorrow, if you happen to have any simple, health-related questions you'd like us to ask, please email them by 8:00am Thursday morning to studio@wrpnam.com.

Wednesday, March 18th on the Breakfast Bunch

Highlights on today's show:

6:53am - Lunch Menu, Birthdays, Today in History

7:40am - Ebay Today, Totally Tough Trivia

8:15am - Paula Price, Ripon Home and Garden Show

8:35am - Ian Staepleton, Ripon Commonwealth Press

Don't forget, we now have a direct email to the studio. If you have anything you'd like to share, interesting stories, comments, birthdays, etc, you can send them to studio@wrpnam.com

Tuesday, March 17th on the Breakfast Bunch

Highlights on Tuesday's show:

6:53am - Lunch Menus, Birthdays, Today in History

7:40am - Ebay Today, Totally Tough Trivia

8:15am - Pastor Nulton, Variety Show Details

8:25am - Richard Zimman, School Board Recap

Monday, March 16th on the Breakfast Bunch

Happy Monday everyone!

Today's Show:

6:53am - Lunch Menus, Today in History, Birthdays

7:40am - Ebay Today, Totally Tough Trivia

8:15am - Janine from the Green Lake Area Animal Shelter

A thought on an Appleton story

I have to say, I can't believe a school district is going this far. I understand the idea of "zero tolerance" and protecting our schools...but when it comes to education, and fully understanding things that shaped our history, I can't agree with their decision.

For years, fifth-graders in Appleton learned about the Civil War by being in a mock battle which re-enacts what happened. But that’s gone now, after some parents complained that it goes against efforts to prevent gun violence – and it violates a school policy, which bans look-alike weapons. About 800 fifth-graders will still spend a whole day reading and talking about the Civil War. Nan Bunnow, the director of humanities for the Appleton school district, says principals from the 15 participating grade schools recommended the change. Bunnow says youngsters were disappointed, but only a few parents complained. Some of them called Charlie Sykes’ talk show on W-T-M-J Radio in Milwaukee this morning to complain. Sykes slammed the Appleton district, saying it denied youngsters a realistic lesson about U-S history.

Online Streaming

Well, if you were not aware, we do have our streaming back for AM 1600 WRPN. If you log onto our main page, there will be a link in the middle of the page to listen (I believe it runs through Windows Media Player). If you like to hang out on the computer in the morning, you can tune in from 6-9am for The Breakfast Bunch. It will also be used for local sporting events whenever we are broadcasting them.

Enjoy!

Friday, March 13th on the Breakfast Bunch

Hey all -

Tune in tomorrow from 6-9am for The Best of the Breakfast Bunch. We'll have interviews from the past few weeks that you may have missed, along with all the usual local news and sports.

Enjoy your weekend, and we will talk to you again Monday morning here on WRPN :)

Wednesday, March 11th on the Breakfast Bunch

Highlights on Wednesday's Show:

6:53am - Lunch Menus, Birthdays, and Today in History

7:40am - Ebay Today and Totally Tough Trivia

8:15am - Steve Barg, discussing Common Council Meeting

8:35am - Ian Stapleton, Ripon Commonwealth Press

Also, make sure to tune in this Friday for "The Best of the Breakfast Bunch" from 6-9am. We'll have all kinds of different interviews you may have missed over the past few weeks along with all the usuals of news, sports and random banter :)

Tuesday, March 10th on the Breakfast Bunch

Highlights on Tuesday's show:

6:53am - Lunch menus, Birthdays, and Today in History

7:40am - Ebay Today and Totally Tough Trivia


A few more pointers as well...It's now been a week since we've started our new programming on WRPN. If you're not aware, we have The Ed Schultz Show from 11am - 2pm, and Clark Howard from 2pm-3pm. What do you think of the shows?

Also, a sad day over the weekend for the Ripon Tiger Girls, as they fell in the sectional final to Grafton. Even though they didn't make it state, one cannot overlook their amazing season. It was a great team, and for those seniors that won't be back, we say thank you again. As for those who do come back...there's always next year :)

Girls Basketball Tonight

Well, tonight the sectional semi-final for the Ripon Girls takes place against Pewaukee at West Bend West. It seems to match up on paper as a very equal game. Both teams have girls of about the same height (somewhere between 5'7'' and 6'0''), comparable records (Pewaukee: 17-5 Ripon 19-3), and they both love to shoot up the 3-pointer (Pewaukee has made 100 3-point baskets, Ripon's made 104), so theoretically, this should be a very good match up.

My opinion, this game is going to ultimately come down to defense. Pewaukee runs a 1-2-1-1 press on made baskets and falls back into a 2-3 zone. On a missed basket, they normally run back man-to-man. In other words, they use a lot of different defensive strategies. Ripon, on the other hand, runs a lot of zone trap, but lately have been using man-to-man more. Thanks to Jason for a little help...at least the numbers part.

Ripon has made it to the sectionals the last two years - getting beat in the sectional semi-finals last year, and getting beat in the sectional final the year before. Do I think Ripon will pull it out tonight? Yes...but I think it will be a close scoring game, as both are very equal when it comes down to PPG.

My final? Ripon 58 Pewaukee 53

Friday, March 6th on the Breakfast Bunch

Highlights for Friday:

6:53am - Lunch Menus, Birthdays, and Today in History

7:20am - Bill Peters, Girls Basketball Coach

7:40am - Totally Tough Trivia and Ebay Today

8:15am - Paul Benish, Cho's Black Belt Acadamy Spar-a-thon

8:50am - Wisconsin Tourism Update

Thursday, March 5th on the Breakfast Bunch

Highlights on Thursday's Show:

6:53am - Lunch Menus, Birthdays and Today in History

7:20am - Dean Vander Plas, boys basketball coach

7:40am - Ebay Today and Totally Tough Trivia

7:50am - Jerry Disterhaft, Fond du Lac Job Center

8:35am - Danelle Phillips, Ripon Medical Center

8:50am - Paula Price, Ripon Chamber of Commerce

News at Noon

A little reminder for our listeners: If you normally listen to the local news at 12:06pm, you've probably noticed it's not there anymore due to the new programming. No need to worry though, as it's simply been pushed a little earlier in the hour.

News at noon now runs from 11:59am - 12:06pm, and at the bottom of the hour as well.

Wednesday, March 4th on the Breakfast Bunch

Highlights on Wednesday's show:

6:53am - Lunch Menus and Today in History

7:40am - Ebay Today and Totally Tough Trivia

8:35am - Michael Silva, Fond du Lac County Social Security Office

8:50am - Lisa Nelson, Boys and Girls Club of the Tri-County Area

Also, we now have a direct email to the studio - studio@wrpnam.com If you've got something interesting to share, or just have something on your mind, send it in!

The Ed Schultz Show

Well, hopefully you had the chance to listen to Jason's interview with Ed Schultz this morning on the Breakfast Bunch - but if you didn't, no worries, we have it posted on the main page to listen to again :) A very good interview, I think, and a good response on coming to a radio station in the Birthplace of the Republican Party.

With the way the county is going with a Democratic president, it's a good idea to split air time accordingly - giving both sides the ability to voice their opinions. Being knowledgeable about both sides of an issue (regardless of what side you agree with) can only further productive actions. Of course, everyone is going to eventually take a position on certain topics, but who knows, maybe a different view will enlighten one to something they weren't aware of.

Ed Schultz airs from 11am - 2pm Monday though Friday. Give it a listen. Leave your comments if you'd like - with your name. It's the best way to give feedback to our listeners, and we like to know who are listeners are!

Tuesday, March 3rd on the Breakfast Bunch

Highlights on Tuesday's show:

6:53am - Lunch menus and Today in History

7:20am - Boys Basketball Coach Dean Vander Plas

7:35am - Ed Schultz - Host of "The Ed Schultz Show"

7:40am - Ebay Today and Totally Tough Trivia

And all the random banter you can handle!

Also, we have some new programing, which started today (Monday) on AM 1600 WRPN. From 11am - 2pm we have The Ed Schultz Show (http://www.bigeddieradio.com/) and from 2pm - 3pm we have The Clark Howard Show (http://clarkhoward.com/). Enjoy!

Welcome!

Hello all, and welcome to my blog.

I figured I'd jump on the blog-bandwagon, since they are such a great place to share ideas, talk about topics, and learn a little more about the people in and around our area.

Essentially, the concept of this blog is simple - it will have the basics about AM 1600 WRPN, like upcoming shows, guests, topics, important stories, and updates; but it will also have a little "flair" thrown in by me (I can't have a blog without adding a little of own my opinion). I hope to also ask questions of listeners and get feedback on what we can do for you!

So there's my intro for now - enjoy reading, posting, and most of all, listening to AM 1600 WRPN