Prog talk absence, and Howie counsels a distraught woman

[Bob Nelson]

1) For those wondering about the situation with WWZN's progressive talk, one of the leaders of
the movement to bring prog talk back, Robin Bergman, has told the Save Progressive Radio Boston
yahoo group that the absence was a negotiation squabble which she hopes will be resolved soon.

2) Howie Carr's paper plays up a phone call he got on air earlier this week (it said "yesterday"
but it may have been more like Monday or Tuesday; I heard it) from a woman in Maine who was
distraught over the economy. She had attempted suicide last year and was thinking of trying again.
Carr tried to convince her suicide was not the answer and told of how his own family was affected
by the suicide of his maternal grandfather. Apparently Maine authorities were able to trace
the call and help the woman out. Carr also writes about the incident in his own column in
the paper today.

http://www.bostonherald.com/news/regional/view/2009_02_06_Distraught_woman_s_cry_for_help_heard_by_Howie_Carr/srvc=home&position=0