• Behind The Headlines

  • By: WLIW-FM
  • Podcast

Behind The Headlines

By: WLIW-FM
  • Summary

  • Behind the Headlines is a new one-hour, weekly public radio program featuring conversations about the local and regional news of the week. Providing analysis of the latest local and regional and cultural issues, Behind the Headlines is hosted by Express News Group editors Bill Sutton and Joseph P. Shaw. To bring listeners a diversity of perspectives, voices and views, each week Sutton and Shaw will host a rotating panel of esteemed guest journalists and colleagues, from a robust collection of East End, Long Island, and regional news and public affairs outlets. Confirmed participating organizat
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Episodes
  • Cell phone bans in schools, Riverhead agritourism, Sagaponack beach access, and more
    Sep 7 2024

    This week on Behind the Headlines, the panel discusses cell phone bans in the light of school shootings; the Riverhead Town Board abandons agri-toruism plan and adopts comp plan; beach access in Sagaponack; and the Sag Harbor American Music Fest.

    Bill Sutton, Managing Editor, The Express News Group

    Annette Hinkle, Arts and Living Editor, The Express News Group

    Denise Civiletti, Editor/Publisher, Riverhead Local

    Beth Young, Editor/Publisher at East End Beacon

    Brian Cosgrove, Host of The Afternoon Ramble, WLIW-FM

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    54 mins
  • What is the local impact of the presidential election on Long Island?
    Aug 24 2024

    This week on Behind the Headlines, the panel discusses the presidential election and its local impact; Southampton Head Start losing its headquarters; pieces of a broken wind turbine floating toward Montauk; and Riverhead sues Southampton over the Riverside sewer project.

    Joseph P. Shaw, Executive Editor, The Express News Group

    Bill Sutton, Managing Editor, The Express News Group

    Denise Civiletti, Editor/Publisher, Riverhead Local

    Chrissy Sampson, Deputy Managing Editor, East Hampton Star

    Gianna Volpe, Host of Heart of the East End, WLIW-FM

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    55 mins
  • Riverhead Town Agritourism zoning proposal stirs opposition, and more
    Aug 17 2024

    This week on Behind the Headlines, the panel a proposed zoning change in Riverhead; Southold rental regulations; Governor Kathy Hochul’s visit to the East End; and the Vail-Levitt Musical Hall.

    Joseph P. Shaw, Executive Editor, The Express News Group

    Bill Sutton, Managing Editor, The Express News Group

    Denise Civiletti, Editor/Publisher, Riverhead Local

    Beth Young, Editor/Publisher at East End Beacon

    Alek Lewis, staff writer, RiverheadLocal.com

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    54 mins

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