{"id":106619,"date":"2021-05-11T22:16:38","date_gmt":"2021-05-12T02:16:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=106619"},"modified":"2021-05-11T22:16:38","modified_gmt":"2021-05-12T02:16:38","slug":"wdiy-presents-a-forum-with-democratic-candidates-for-bethlehem-mayor-this-thursday-at-6-pm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=106619","title":{"rendered":"WDIY Presents a Forum with Democratic Candidates for Bethlehem Mayor This Thursday at 6 PM"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>(Lehigh Valley, PA) \u2013 WDIY 88.1 FM Lehigh Valley Public Radio will present an hour-long forum this Thursday at 6 PM with the Democratic candidates for Bethlehem mayor, Bethlehem City Councilman J. William Reynolds and Dana Grubb.<\/p>\n<p>Outgoing Executive Director for the Community Action Committee of the Lehigh Valley, Alan Jennings, will host the forum, which he promises to be a substantive discussion of the issues facing Bethlehem residents. The topics Reynolds and Grubb will discuss include affordable housing, race and inclusion, business development, tax policy, and the future quality of life for city residents.<\/p>\n<p>Both Reynolds and Grubb will appear on the Democratic primary ballot on May 18, 2021.<\/p>\n<p>The forum will be a special edition of WDIY\u2019s weekly public affairs program <em>Lehigh Valley Discourse<\/em>. The program will run from 6 to 7 PM and appear immediately following WDIY\u2019s broadcast of NPR\u2019s <em>All Things Considered<\/em>. The forum will be available for listening anytime following the broadcast via wdiy.org or WDIY\u2019s smartphone app.<\/p>\n<p><strong>About WDIY:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In 2021, WDIY is celebrating its 26<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary of broadcasting as an NPR station and public radio station based in the Lehigh Valley. WDIY airs award-winning NPR programs such as <em>Morning Edition <\/em>and <em>All Things Considered <\/em>along with locally-produced news reporting, public affairs programs and an eclectic mix of music programs hosted by over 90 volunteers from the community.<\/p>\n<p>WDIY broadcasts on 88.1 FM with translators on 93.9 FM serving Easton-Phillipsburg and 93.7 FM serving Fogelsville-Trexlertown. WDIY streams on the web at <u>wdiy.org<\/u>, on its app for smartphones and tablets and through smart speakers.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\nInformation provided to TVL by:<br \/>\nShamus McGroggan<br \/>\nWDIY 88.1 FM<br \/>\nDevelopment Director<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; (Lehigh Valley, PA) \u2013 WDIY 88.1 FM Lehigh Valley Public Radio will present an hour-long forum this Thursday at 6 PM with the Democratic candidates for Bethlehem mayor, Bethlehem &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=106619\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">WDIY Presents a Forum with Democratic Candidates for Bethlehem Mayor This Thursday at 6 PM<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":106620,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[5717,69,482],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-106619","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bethlehem","category-in-the-valley","category-press-release-2"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/wdiy-Candidates-.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106619"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=106619"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106619\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/106620"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=106619"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=106619"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=106619"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}