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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.
Medicare Drug Program
The new Medicare prescription drug program could save Rhode Island up
to 8 million dollars, but many Rhode Island seniors are struggling with
the new system. We talk to Dr. CharlotteYeh, Boston Regional administrator
for the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services and visit the Salvatore
Mancini Resource and Activities Center in North Providence.
The Catholic Church in a Secular World
We talk with Rhode Island religion writer David Carlin about his book
The Decline and Fall of the Catholic Church in America.
Political Roundtable
Host Tom Kogut speaks with Maureen Moakley, chair of the political science
department at The University of Rhode Island and Scott MacKay, political
writer at The Providence Journal.
Jason Estrada
We profile Providence Boxer Jason Estrada as he prepare to go to Athens
and compete in the Olympic Games this summer.
Jazz at Bovi's
WRNI's Jim Moses reports on a big band jazz tradition in east providence
that's still going strong after more the three decades.
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To Contact Focus Rhode Island:
email: focusri@wrni.org
phone: 401-351-1699
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