WKXL - New Hampshire Talk Radio

Today on Artful Living, we will present our monthly Radio Theatre presentation, "The Ugly Duckling" by A.A. Milne. This parody on the subject of "Beauty" is a light-hearted treat for our Artful Living listeners!

Thursday's show focused on a different variation of March Madness which will be held Saturday in Concord. It's the 13th Annual Hoops on Wheels to benefit Granite State Independent Living (GSIL). The President and CEO of GSIL joined us to talk about the history of the basketball event as well as the organization itself which has grown since its' inception in 1980. Also discussed Thursday was the breaking story of the firing of Shohei Ohtani's long time interpreter who was involved with a well known California bookmaker.

The Bruins had an exciting win last night. The Celtics play a big game against the Bucks tonight. But we know what you are here for today. You want college basketball insight so that you can make the right picks for your brackets! So that's what we are going to give you....The Sports Machine with Slim and our team of experts say you should look out for Samford and Drake as early round upset pullers. We have other teams to look out for as well. All you gotta do is listen right here.

On the first show of the Spring our topic was hockey. Chris Brown of New Hampshire Distributors and Managing Partner of the N.H. Mountain Kings talked about this weekend's 13th Annual Black Ice Pond Hockey Championship and Festival at Tri Town Ice Arena in Hooksett. The event which had to be postponed twice due to the lack of ice at White Park in Concord will be held for the first time at Tri Town starting Friday morning at 9 and continuing throughout the weekend. Clint Edinger joined us in studio to discuss the first-year New Hampshire Mountain Kings of the North American Hockey League. Clint discussed how the team was formed and constructed prior to the season and the tweaks that have been made throughout the year. The Mountain Kings will play their final regular season home game next Tuesday at 6:30 at Tri Town in Hooksett.

This week on Facing the Future we hear from Zach Moller, director of the economic program at Third Way, a center-left think tank. He'll discuss his recent report called, "A Democratic Case for Fiscal Responsibility." We'll also look at the latest numbers on jobs and inflation.

Parttime commercial actor Pattiann Graham dropped by the WKXL studios and spoke with NH Unscripted host Ray Dudley about how she stumbled into doing commercials, what it was like being on set, some of her favorite shoots (Wayfair, Honda, Al Terry) and gave some tips for any newbies that might want to give commercials a try. She also gives some hilarious personal stories from her life. Oh yeah, and she’s also my sister!!!

You need help filling out your brackets for the NCAA tournament? The Sports Machine with Slim has got you covered! We have the voices you need to be listening to all week long here at WKXL. Mitty and MBD help Slim break down some of the upcoming action today on the show. We also welcome Thomas Poeck onto the line as we discuss the Bruins upcoming win tonight vs Ottawa. Confidence is key!!!

A.J. Kierstead of The New England Take joined us in studio for Tuesday's show to discuss a number of local and national issues and to present his new "Values and the Media" survey which can be found at www.newenglandtake.com or on "X" @newenglandtake

Today on Artful Living, Jane has a chat with fellow opera lover and teacher/performer, Wayne Rivera. Join our uplifting conversation.

Two New England sports teams and rocking and rolling. Two New England sports teams are floundering. Let's give them all a little airtime today on The Sports Machine with Slim! The Bruins played their craziest game of the year on Saturday. 7 goals combined in the 3rd period in an up and down game vs Philadelphia results in a 6-5 win for our Boston Bruins! The way we are winning has Slim excited. The Celtics are winning in a different way - complete annihilation. The Celts destroy any mediocre team that gets in their way, as they did last night in a 130-104 win over Washington. They will likely do the same tonight in a game vs Detroit. Is this constant winning getting boring?