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Focus Rhode Island airs on WRNI 3-4p.m. every Friday, Saturday
6-7 p.m., and Sunday 8 - 9 p.m. Audio of the entire show is archived on
the web two hours after the end of Friday's broadcast. The archived programs
are streamed in the Real Audio Format.
Click here to download
Real Player.
RI Senate Pressures John Celona
Calls for Senator Celona to step down over conflict of interest charges
continue to mount. We talk with Phil West, director of the Rhode Island
Chapter of Common Cause, about how the General Assembly can handle the
controversy.
Project 540
A national project, started by Providence College political scientist
Rick Battistoni, seeks to give high school students a voice in school
reform. A documentary about the project will premier on Rhode Island Public
Television next week. We talk with Battistoni - founder and director of
Project 540, and Melissa Fitzgerald - a senior at Durfee High School in
Fall River and a student leader of their program.
Liberian Refugees
Since the fall, refugees from the African country of Liberia have been
coming to Rhode Island to flee the violence of civil war. WRNI's Brian
Jones reports.
Political Round Table
Host Deborah Becker with Providence Journal political writer Scott McKay
and University of Rhode Island's chair of the political science department,
Maureen Moakley.
Lupo's Move
A conversation with Rich Lupo, owner of Rhode Island's best known Rock
Club - now known as Lupo's at the Strand. We discuss the venue's move
and the role of live rock music in the downtown arts scene.
Cold Wave
Winter surfing is a growing sport in Rhode Island. WRNI producer Jordana
Gustafson reports on the New England Mid-Winter Surfing Championship held
recently at Narragansett Beach.
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To Contact Focus Rhode Island:
email: focusri@wrni.org
phone: 401-351-1699
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