Columbus Perspective

00:00 Show Open / Joree Novotny, Chief of Staff for the Ohio Association of Foodbanks, discusses the change in monthly SNAP benefits that is happening.

20:00 Courtesy of our sister station, WBNS 10-TV, Tracy Townsend has lots of information about the situation in East Palestine and efforts to improve train safety; the effort to put an amendment on the statewide ballot in November to ensure access to abortions in Ohio; and a new bill at the Statehouse that would ban gender-affirming care for minors in Ohio, including surgery, hormone medication and puberty blockers.

44:30 Dom Tiberi, 10-TV sports anchor, discusses the changes that have occurred in college football and his personal mission to end distracted driving.

00:00 Show Open / Guillermo Bervejillo, a Senior Fellow with Policy Matters Ohio, discusses state tax policy and proposed changes.

25:00 Courtesy of our sister station, WBNS 10-TV, Tracy Townsend takes a closer look at the train derailment in East Palestine; the story of a northwest Ohio woman’s triumphant win over an opioid addiction; and Richard Solomon profiles black opera singer Justin Swain of Columbus.

49:30 Duane Casares, CEO of Directions for Youth & Families, talks about the increasing number of young men who are checking out from society.

00:00 Show Open / Sarah Townes, Chief Marketing and Innovation Officer for Experience Columbus.

11:00 Linda Logan, President and CEO of the Greater Columbus Sports Commission.

23:00 Courtesy of our sister station, WBNS 10-TV, Tracy Townsend gets reaction from Ohio lawmakers to President Biden’s State of the Union Address, and presents some fact-checking on his comments, as well as on the rebuttal from Republican Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders of Arkansas; and she’ll speak with Ohio Lieutenant Governor Jon Husted about his plan to require parental permission for kids to join certain social media platforms.

48:30 Dr. Griffin Rodgers, Director of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, discusses kidney disease.

00:00 Show Open /Dorcas Taylor Jones, Communications Manager for the Columbus Metropolitan Library, discusses Black History Month programming.

12:00 Courtesy of our sister station, WBNS 10-TV, Tracy Townsend takes a look at Governor Mike DeWine’s State of the State address; efforts by local schools to increase security; and changes coming for voters in the May Primary Election.

40:00 Derek Longmeier, Executive Director of the Problem Gambling Network of Ohio, discusses sports betting.

00:00 Show Open / John Barker, President & CEO of the Ohio Restaurant Association.

23:00 Courtesy of our sister station, WBNS 10-TV, Tracy Townsend presents topics that include the ongoing corruption trial of former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder; the settlement reached between Bowling Green State University and the parents of hazing victim, Stone Foltz; and Ohio’s new Voter I-D law.

48:30 Dr. Patrice Desvigne-Nickens, Medical Officer with the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, discusses American Heart Month.

00:00 Show Open / Sarah McQuaide, Manager of Communications and Marketing for the Columbus Regional Airport Authority.

12:00 Haley Melcher, Manager of Partnerships and Events for Special Olympics Ohio

22:30 Courtesy of our sister station, WBNS 10-TV, Tracy Townsend presents information about the Larry Householder racketeering trial now underway; concerns about Ohio’s new voter I-D law; and a proposal at the Statehouse that would put much of the Ohio Board of Education’s power into a newly created office led by someone appointed by the governor.

50:00 Matt MacLaren, Director of Ohio - Find It Here.

00:00 Show Open / Jeff Pullin, Public & Media Relations Manager for COTA

22:00 Courtesy of our sister station, WBNS 10-TV, Tracy Townsend takes a look at the new session of Congress getting underway, Ohio’s new voter I-D law, and efforts to increase the number of teachers in Ohio.

47:00 Tito Brown, the Mayor of Youngstown, discusses his participation in this week’s U.S. Conference of Mayors in Washington, D.C.

00:00 Show Open / U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio)

08:30 Dr. Charlotte Pratt, Deputy Branch Chief of the Division of Cardiovascular Sciences at the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.

18:00 Courtesy of our sister station, WBNS 10-TV, Tracy Townsend presents information on a number of topics, including Ohio’s infrastructure problems; a local mother on a mission to have portable defibrillators available to young athletes; sports betting; and distracted driving.

43:30 Stephanie Hightower, President and CEO of the Columbus Urban League.

00:00 Show Open / Derek Longmeier, Executive Director of the Problem Gambling Network of Ohio.

21:00 Courtesy of our sister station, WBN 10-TV, Tracy Townsend takes a look back at some of the big stories making news in Ohio in 2022, and talks to political analysts about what to expect this year; and she'll present a segment about how bars, restaurants, and this radio station are adapting to the legalization of sports betting in Ohio.

47:00 Portions of a news conference held by Governor Mike DeWine to announce that he had signed a bill to make distracted driving a primary offense in Ohio. Comments are also included from 10-TV sports anchor Dom Tiberi, whose daughter, Maria, was killed in a distracted driving accident, and Ohio State Highway Patrol Superintendent Col. Charles Jones.

00:00 Show Open / Blythe Thomas, Initiative Director for 1,000 Days, which advocates for children in daycare.

12:00 Courtesy of our sister station, WBNS 10-TV, Kevin Landers sits down with Governor Mike DeWine for a discussion about abortion, taxes, the death penalty, and more. And Ohio's Democratic U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown looks back at 2022.

36:30 Elaine Mardis, PhD, Co-Executive Director of the Institute for Genomic Medicine at Nationwide Children’s Hospital.