Charlottesville Right Now
Charlottesville Right Now, 4pm – 6pm
We go beyond the headlines into the important stories that matter to us locally.
Join NewsRadio WINA’s Courteney Stuart weekdays for the news and newsmakers of the day.
Monday, February 27, 201702/27/2017
Harlem Globetrotter Coming March 2 to JPJ
El Gato Melendez chats with Les Sinclair about the Harlem Globetrotters event at the John Paul Jones Arena on March 2.
Monday, February 27, 201702/27/2017
The Best (and Worst) U.S. Airlines
Analyst Julian Kheel talks with WINA’s Les Sinclair about a new study rating Alaska Airlines as the best US-based airline.
Monday, February 27, 201702/27/2017
Virginia’s Opioid Epidemic
Ralston King, the Assistant VP of Government Affairs for the Medical Society of Virginia, talks with Les Sinclair about the measure they are taking after the Virginia Board of Medicine approved new emergency regulations to regulate opioids for pain.
Friday, February 24, 201702/24/2017
Top 5 Soundbites of the Week
WINA’s Dori Zook joins Les Sinclair with the Top 5 soundbites of the week ending 2/24/17.
Friday, February 24, 201702/24/2017
Are Smartphones Making Us Less Trusting?
Kostadin Kushlev, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Department of Psychology at University of Virginia, talks with Les Sinclair about the new research from the University of Virginia warning that smartphones may be having another negative affect: sowing distrust of strangers and other people.
Friday, February 24, 201702/24/2017
Drone Summit at PVCC
PVCC’s UAS Program Coordinator, Darren Goodbar, talks with Les Sinclair about the PVCC and VDEM National UAS Drone Summit Feb. 27- March 1.
Friday, February 24, 201702/24/2017
Seven New Planets Discovered. Now What?
Associate Professor, Ed Murphy, from University of Virginia Astronomy Dept., joins Les Sinclair to talk about recent space events seven newly discovered planets.
Friday, February 24, 201702/24/2017
Gavin Grimm Case Moves Forward to Supreme Court.
Claire Guthrie Gastañaga, Executive Director ACLU of Virginia, talks with Les Sinclair about the Trump administration’s reversal of the Obama era’s public school bathroom policies from the transgender student who’s suing his Virginia school over ITS bathroom access policy.
Thursday, February 23, 201702/23/2017
$2.5M Grant to UVA to Target Duchenne muscular dystrophy
Silvia Blemker & Shayn Peirce-Cottler, Ph.D.s co-principal investigators, talk with Les Sinclair about the research and the $2.5 million dollar grant from the NIH.
Tuesday, February 21, 201702/21/2017
VTC Program will generate $4.4M in marketing initiatives
Rita McClenny, Virginia Tourism Corporation President & CEO, talks with Les Sinclair about the more than $772,000 in matching grant funds to be awarded to 62 local tourism initiatives as part of the Virginia Tourism Corporation’s (VTC) Marketing Leverage Program (MLP). Localities interested in applying may visit www.vatc.org for more information.
