If you’ve done much driving lately, you’ve probably seen big signs posted near some construction projects: “This Project Funded by the American Recovery and Investment Act.” What do those signs cost? Who is paying for them? Carolina Journal Managing Editor Rick Henderson discusses up to $20 million in taxpayer money spent on signs so far nationwide. Henderson also discusses the Obama administration’s rhetoric about jobs “saved or created” by stimulus spending. Then we turn to the debate over the controversial new DNA law. Gov. Beverly Perdue recently signed into law the measure requiring North Carolina law enforcement agencies to collect DNA samples from every person arrested on certain felony charges. Perdue and Attorney General Roy Cooper explained their support for the new law during a public signing ceremony. You’ll hear their comments, along with a rebuttal from Daren Bakst, John Locke Foundation Director of Legal and Regulatory Studies. Bakst is not alone in sharing deep concerns about the new DNA collection law. Sarah Preston, policy director for the American Civil Liberties Union of North Carolina, explained her group’s opposition to the legislation during a presentation to the Federalist Society. You’ll hear highlights. North Carolina lawmakers overwhelmingly endorsed the new DNA collection law. The Senate approved it, 44-1, and the House supported it, 83-21. But those numbers obscure the heated debate surrounding the topic. In the legislative session’s final hours, Reps. Bill Faison, D-Orange, Kelly Alexander, D-Mecklenburg, and Grier Martin, D-Wake, were among the people speaking for and against the measure. Next, we learn details about a Citizen’s Constitutional Workshop scheduled Aug. 7 at the John Locke Foundation office in Raleigh. The free workshop will highlight key phrases such as “general welfare” that progressives have abused to distort the Founders’ original intent. One presenter, JLF Director of Research Michael Sanera, explains who will benefit from the free, half-day workshop.
Since 1991, Carolina Journal – the monthly newspaper of the John Locke Foundation – has provided thousands of readers with in-depth reporting, informed analysis, and incisive commentary about the most pressing state and local issues in North Carolina. With a particular emphasis on state government, politics, the General Assembly, education, and local government, Carolina Journal has offered unique insights and ideas to the public policy debate.
Its related newsletter, Carolina Journal Weekly Report, delivers timely news and analysis by fax and email. And its popular web site, Carolina Journal.com, serves as a “one-stop shop” for elected officials, government leaders, journalists, lobbyists, and political insiders who visit every day to read exclusive stories, commentaries, and daily news links to the best reporting and commentary in the North Carolina print and broadcast media.
Now Carolina Journal’s trademark blend of news, analysis, and commentary is available on the airwaves as Carolina Journal Radio.
A weekly, one-hour newsmagazine, Carolina Journal Radio is hosted by Donna Martinez and Mitch Kokai and features a diverse mix of guests and topics. Education reform, tax policy, the state legislature, affirmative action, air pollution, freedom of the press and the courts – these are just a few of the subjects that Carolina Journal Radio has tackled since the program began production in 2003.
Broadcast each weekend on 20 commercial radio stations – from the mountains to the coast – Carolina Journal Radio is a one-of-a-kind program that seeks to inform and elevate the discussion of North Carolina's most critical issues, and to do so in a fair, entertaining, and thought-provoking way.
Carolina Journal Radio is now available as a podcast, for listening directly on your computer, or synching to a portable MP3 player, such as an iPod. You will need a podcast application, such as iTunes (available for Windows and Mac OS X) to access the podcast. New episodes will be posted the week after they air on the radio.
If you are using iTunes, you can subscribe to the podcast via this direct link to CJ Radio at the iTunes Music Store.
To subscribe to the podcast with another application: right-click on
the orange feed icon, copy the link, and paste it into the subscription
field of your podcasting software (in iTunes, go to the "Advanced" menu
and select "Subscribe to Podcast").
The program is a co-production of the John Locke Foundation and Carolina Broadcasting Systems Inc., both based in Raleigh. Inquiries about guests and topics should be directed to the Locke Foundation at 919-828-3876. Inquiries about the show’s production, distribution, and advertising opportunities should be directed to Carolina Broadcasting at 919-832-1416.
Listeners who would like to receive a weekly e-mail containing advance notice of upcoming Carolina Journal Radio guests and topics should email Mitch Kokai.
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Stations currently in the Carolina Journal Radio Network include: | |||
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Coverage Area |
Station |
Time(s) | |
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Albemarle/Concord |
WSPC |
AM 1010 |
Saturdays 11am |
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Asheville |
WWNC |
AM 570 |
Sundays 7pm |
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Burlington |
WBAG |
AM 1150 |
Saturdays 6am |
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Chapel Hill |
WCHL |
AM 1360 |
Sundays 6pm |
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Elizabeth City |
WGAI |
AM 560 |
Saturdays 6am |
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Fayetteville |
WFNC |
AM 640 |
Saturdays 1pm |
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Gastonia/Charlotte |
WZRH |
AM 960 |
Saturdays 2pm |
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Goldsboro |
WGBR |
AM 1150 |
Saturdays 6pm |
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Greensboro/Burlington |
WSML |
AM 1200 |
Saturdays 12pm |
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Hendersonville |
WHKP |
AM 1450 |
Sundays 6pm |
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Jacksonville |
WJNC |
AM 1240 |
Sundays 7am |
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Newport/New Bern |
WTKF |
FM 107.3 |
Sundays 7am |
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Salisbury |
WSTP |
AM 1490 |
Saturdays 11am |
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Siler City |
WNCA |
AM 1570 |
Sat. 11am, Sun. 6am |
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Smithfield |
WTSB |
AM 1090 |
Saturdays 6am |
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Southern Pines |
WEEB |
AM 990 |
Sundays 7pm |
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Wilmington |
WAAV |
AM 980 |
Saturdays 4pm |
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Winston-Salem/Triad |
WSJS |
AM 600 |
Sundays 8am |
Stay tuned for upcoming announcements of additional stations joining the network.
Interested North Carolinians can also subscribe to a monthly tape or CD containing two full-length episodes of Carolina Journal Radio. It’s a great way to catch up on programs listeners may have missed or for those without a local affiliate to listen to the show. Contact Mitch Kokai for more information.