WBEN Extras

Dee Cosby

Dee Cosby joins Joe Beamer as he fills in for David Bellavia this week.

Local pharmacy owners go after Pharmacy Benefit Managers that are monopolizing the industry, forcing a number of local pharmacies to close

Riverside High School teacher Marc Bruno on the Buffalo Public School District's planned bell-to-bell cell phone ban starting next school year

Buffalo School Board member Larry Scott on the district's plan for its bell-to-bell cell phone ban starting next school year

Orchard Park Town Supervisor Gene Majchrzak

WBEN's Tom Puckett on festival season

Ed Flynn Director of Planning for Labella Associates on the stadium concept plans

Orchard Park Resident Dennis Gomlak at the Orchard Park Open House

WBEN's Evan DiPasquale on the Orchard Park Open House for Stadium Development around Highmark Stadium

Orchard Park Resident Eric "The Hammer" Matwijow on development around new stadium

Anna Worang-Zizzi, Director of development in Orchard Park

Visit Buffalo Niagara's Patrick Kaler on summer festival season

Rita Lippman on Allentown Art Festival and festival season

Deb Darling on summer festival season and CanalFest

Orchard Park Police Chief Patrick Fitzgerald on an incident Wednesday of a child escaping a daycare facility and being found along Southwestern Boulevard

6/5/25 Joe Beamer [FULL SHOW]

Joe Beamer fills in for David Bellavia this week: Today's episode features conversation on the New York City Mayoral race debate, tipping fatigue, and a guest appearance from Jay Town.

Ben Upshaw, co-founder and managing partner of CB Emmanuel Realty, with more on the progress of restoring the Buffalo Central Terminal

WBEN's Tom Puckett on the Lee Enterprises cyberattack

Cybersecurity expert Arun Vishwanath on the Buffalo News' parent company's cyberattack

6/4/25 Joe Beamer [FULL SHOW]

Joe Beamer fills in for David Bellavia this week. Takeaways from last night's City of Buffalo Mayoral debate, Lead pipes around Buffalo, and a guest appearance from Dr. Marc Epstein.

The Central Terminal Restoration Coalition provide an update on progress to restore the Buffalo Central Terminal, plus announce a new project to transform two buildings into affordable and attainable housing units

Dr. Marc Epstein | Autopen and the latest political issues

Joe Beamer fills in for David Bellavia and is joined by Dr. Marc Epstein - Conversation on Autopen, takeaways form the City of Buffalo Mayoral debate, and more...

An Air Quality Alert issued for WNY until 11pm

Meteorologist Andy Parker tells us more.

Western New Yorkers react to local Rite Aid locations closing on Wednesday

An 18-year employee of Rite Aid speaks on the closure of most Western New York stores this week

WBEN's Tom Puckett on what's next for Walden Galleria

Attorney Scott Bogucki on foreclosure of Walden Galleria

Meteorologist Andy Parker on the impact of Canadian wildfires on Western New York

If you've been keeping a keen eye on the skies over Western New York, you may have noticed a bit of a blood moon or some hazy sunshine. This is due to hundreds of wildfires burning across Canada. Meteorologist Andy Parker joins the show to discuss how these could impact Western New York, when we can expect the smoke to pass, and how much will it impact air quality?

6/3/25 Joe Beamer [FULL SHOW]

Joe Beamer fills in for David Bellavia this week. The City of Buffalo mayoral race heats up, and discussion on experiences with bedbugs.

Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz personally endorses State Sen. Sean Ryan for Mayor of Buffalo ahead of the Democratic primary election three weeks from Tuesday