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WMMR's Preston & Steve Daily Podcast

Daily Podcast (03.14.18)

WMMR's Preston & Steve Daily Podcast

93.3 WMMR

Comedy, Society & Culture

4.82.8K Ratings

🗓️ 14 March 2018

⏱️ 160 minutes

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Summary

(:00) News, (00:10:54) Entertainment News, (00:41: 31) Sports Trades and Stephen Hawking, (01:09:42) Fox Good Day and The Bizarre File, (01:27:39) Casey's Spring Spruce up and Interview with DJ Cumberbund, the Man Behind the Music Mash-up, (01:55:58) Interview with Diane Heery- Casting for Creed 2, (02:17:28) Bizarre File, (02:22:08) Hollywood Trash and Music News, (02:31:47) Wrap-up

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0:00.0

93-3-3-WMR Audio on Demand presents the Preston and Steve show podcast.

0:08.5

93-3-W-M-R audio on demand presents the Preston and Steve show podcast.

0:16.3

And now, Preston and Steve's news updates with Kathy Romano.

0:21.3

And today is Wednesday, March 14th. Good morning, Kathy.

0:24.6

Good morning in the news this morning. Thousands of students inspired by a growing protest

0:28.5

movement over gun violence will stand up in their classrooms today and walk out of their schools

0:33.4

in a nationwide demonstration one month after a gunman killed 17 people at a high school in Florida.

0:38.7

The 17-minute protests unfolding at hundreds of schools across the nation are intended to pressure Congress to approve gun control legislation after the massacre at Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland and will come 10 days before major protests in Washington and elsewhere.

0:52.1

Students are scheduled to leave the classroom at 10 a.m.

0:54.3

In their local time zone, school administrators have been grappling with how to respond.

0:58.6

Some districts have welcomed or even tactically encouraged walkouts while others have threatened

1:03.5

disciplinary action against students who participate.

1:06.1

It is unlikely that students in Washington will quickly heed the demands of the students.

1:11.8

Although Florida last week raised the minimum age to purchase a firearm to 21 and extended the waiting period

1:16.4

to three days, President Trump on Monday abandoned his pledge to seek national level reforms

1:21.3

that the National Rifle Association opposed. In support of the walkout, Viacom said that its

1:26.4

networks, including MTV, BET, Nickelodeon, and Comedy Central will suspend regularly scheduled programming for 17 minutes and students will take over MTV's social media accounts during the protest. There are many local schools taking part in the walkout this morning. Many schools have indicated that this is a student walkout and that the public is not

1:44.4

invited to attend. Some road closures will go into effect as a safety measure for the students.

1:50.0

The Clearview Regional School District in Gloucester County has canceled classes today and that is

1:55.3

not because of the walkout but because of a threat. The district says they received word from

1:59.3

Harrison Township Police Department

2:01.2

about an anonymous potential threat to the high school. Members of Gloucester County Sheriff's

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