THIS.. IS BOB’S WORLD… GOOD MORNING I’M BOB WELCH.

TO PARAPHRASE CASEY KASEM… THIS PODCAST IS HEARD COAST-TO-COAST AND AROUND THE WORLD ON SMARTPHONES IN GREAT PLACES LIKE DALLAS, TEXAS… MANHATTAN, NEW YORK … COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA  …HESSE GERMANY….. TAMIL NADU, INDIA… … AND … AND BUDD LAKE, NEW JERSEY.

AND MANY OF YOU… DON’T EXPERIENCE A REAL WINTER…. BUT OTHERS… AND YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE… DEFINITELY DO… I’M ONE OF THEM..

AND AS WE EMBARK ON ANOTHER WINTER DRIVING SEASON IN THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE…. YOU NEED TO BE REMINDED OF THE NEED FOR WINTER TIRES.  THERE’S ONE JURISDICTION IN NORTH AMERICA.. WHERE THEY’RE MANDITORY.    THAT STORY IN A MINUTE.

THIS IS BOB’S WORLD.. GOOD MORNING I’M BOB WELCH

IF YOU’RE LISTENING TO THIS IN MAINE… VISIT MAINE… OR LIVE SOMEWHERE ELSE NOW AND ONCE LIVED IN MAINE.. OR OTHERWISE HAVE ANY CONNECTION TO MAINE… AND HAVE BEEN WATCHING THE NEWS ON LOCAL TV ANY TIME IN THE PAST 43 YEARS… YOU’VE LIKELY WATCHED PAT CALLAGHAN…    AND TONIGHT.. IS HIS LAST BROADCAST ON WCSH 6 PORTLAND.. AND WLBZ 2 BANGOR.. KNOWN THESE DAYS AS NEWSCENTER MAINE…    COMING UP… A NOD TO A CALM.. FAMILIAR VOICE OVER 4 DECADES IN MAINE BROADCASTING…

THIS.. IS BOB’S WORLD.. GOOD MORNING I’M BOB WELCH

THE DESIRE TO GO PLACES YOU COULDN’T GO OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS.. IS WHAT DRIVES THIS MORNING’S REPORT… THE PROVINCE OF NEW BRUNSWICK SAYS.. MORE PEOPLE VISITED THAN THE YEAR BEFORE..A LOT MORE PEOPLE…   NEW BRUNSWICK’S REBOUNDING TOURISM INDUSTRY.. IN A MINUTE..

THIS.. IS BOB’S WORLD.. GOOD MORNING I’M BOB WELCH

REMEMBERING… THE JAPANESE ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR HAWAII… 81 YEARS AGO TODAY… IN A MINUTE

THIS IS BOB’S WORLD… GOOD MORNING I’M BOB WELCH

IN MONTREAL… THIS IS A SOLUMN DATE IN THE CITY’S HISTORY.. IN CANADA’S HISTORY… AND… THAT OF THE WORLD 

REMEMBERING THE MONTREAL POLYTECHNIC MASSACRE… AND HOW A MONTREAL CANADIENS PLAYER… HAS SOMEHOW NEVER HEARD OF THIS.. IN THE 17 YEARS HE’S BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH THE CITY.. BY WAY OF THE TEAM..

IN A MINUTE.

THIS IS BOB’S WORLD.. GOOD MORNING I’M BOB WELCH.

THE LABEL ON A CUP OF VELVEETA'S MICROWAVEABLE MAC AND CHEESE SAYS THE MEAL ONLY TAKES THREE AND A HALF MINUTES TO PREPARE. BUT A FLORIDA WOMAN SAYS THIS IS FALSE -- AND SHE'S SUING THE MANUFACTURER FOR US$5 MILLION.   MORE IN A MINUTE… AND I MEAN IT! 

THIS.. IS BOB’S WORLD… GOOD MORNING I’M BOB WELCH…

OH RATS! THE CITY OF NEW YORK HAS TO FILL A JOB OPENING…

ARE YOU UP TO IT…. DO YOU HAVE WHAT IT TAKES…

WE’LL FIND OUT… IN A MINUTE..

THIS.. IS BOB’S WORLD… GOOD MORNING.. I’M BOB WELCH…

SAM… BANKMAN-FRIED.. IS IN THE NEWS AGAIN… BEFORE WE SAT DOWN TO TURKEY AND ALL THE TRIMMINGS… NEWS HAD BROKE THAT HIS CRYPTO MARKETPLACE… FTX.. COLLAPSED.  

HE SPOKE WITH CNBC YESTERDAY..  WHY.. DID HE FIND A MIC TO TALK… AND WHAT DID HE SAY… IN A MINUTE.

THIS.. IS BOB’S WORLD… GOOD MORNING I’M BOB WELCH… 

PICTURE SUFFOLK COUNTY.. LONG ISLAND NEW YORK… IN A 911 DISPATCH CENTER… NOTES BEING TAKEN BY HAND… POLICE OFFICERS RADIOING IN CRIME SCENE INFO… OFFICE WORKERS USING FAX MACHINES.

NOW.. IT’S NOT 1995… IT WAS INSTEAD WITHIN THE PAST WEEKS AND MONTHS… AFTER A RANDSOMWARE ATTACK….. MORE IN A MINUTE..

THIS IS BOB’S WORLD… GOOD MORNING I’M BOB WELCH.. 

THE CHRISTMAS SHOPPING SEASON IS IN HIGH GEAR AND YOU WANT A GREAT DEAL…. MAYBE THAT DEAL IS IN FACT A KNOCKOFF AND NOT THE REAL THING.

IN NEW YORK.. THE POLICE SEIZED MILLONS WORTH OF THESE KNOCKOFFS… IN A STORY I’LL TELL YOU ABOUT IN A MINUTE.POLICE SAY THEY SEIZED $10 MILLION IN KNOCKOFF MERCHANDISE BEING PEDDLED IN MANHATTAN’S CHINATOWN YESTERDAY.