{"id":81844,"date":"2018-09-05T21:18:29","date_gmt":"2018-09-06T01:18:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=81844"},"modified":"2018-09-05T21:20:18","modified_gmt":"2018-09-06T01:20:18","slug":"northstein-and-wild-to-appear-together-on-wdiys-lehigh-valley-discourse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=81844","title":{"rendered":"Northstein and Wild to Appear Together on WDIY&#8217;s &#8216;Lehigh Valley Discourse&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Alan Jennings Will Host First Forum Featuring Congressional Candidates<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/alanjennings-wdiy-1.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-81845 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/alanjennings-wdiy-1-250x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/alanjennings-wdiy-1-250x300.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/alanjennings-wdiy-1.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a>(Lehigh Valley, PA)<\/strong> WDIY 88.1 FM, Lehigh Valley Public Radio, announced today that the two candidates for the open seat in Pennsylvania\u2019s newly-created 7<sup>th<\/sup> Congressional District will be appearing together on \u201cLehigh Valley Discourse,\u201d WDIY\u2019s weekly public affairs program. Alan Jennings, long-time executive director of the Community Action Committee of the Lehigh Valley, will host the one-hour discussion with Republican Marty Nothstein and Democrat Susan Wild.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnyone interested in a rumble will be disappointed. The show is called \u2018Discourse\u2019 for a reason: we are interested in reasoned discussions on the tough issues of our time,\u201d Jennings said, adding, \u201cI will not allow personal attacks or anything that doesn\u2019t contribute to informing the 7<sup>th<\/sup> District\u2019s voters on how the candidates view the issues they are likely to confront when they show up for work in January.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The show will be recorded on Monday, September 10, at 11 AM in WDIY\u2019s South Bethlehem studio located at 301 Broadway. The show will air on <span data-term=\"goog_522484161\">Thursday, September 13<\/span>, from <span data-term=\"goog_522484162\">6 to 7 PM<\/span> on 88.1 FM as well as streaming at <a href=\"http:\/\/wdiy.org\/\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=http:\/\/wdiy.org&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1536280923055000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGxUEzCOez8W_pFdJ4tGfUBaoZPAw\">wdiy.org<\/a>. The program also will be available for listening on <a href=\"http:\/\/wdiy.org\/\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=http:\/\/wdiy.org&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1536280923055000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGxUEzCOez8W_pFdJ4tGfUBaoZPAw\">wdiy.org<\/a> beginning the following day.<\/p>\n<p>Two reporters selected by Jennings and WDIY will be given an opportunity to be present and report on the discussion.<\/p>\n<p>WDIY is the Lehigh Valley\u2019s NPR station, providing the Lehigh Valley with NPR news, a wide diversity of music and locally-produced public affairs programs.\u00a0 The station is heard on 88.1 FM throughout the entire Lehigh Valley with additional signals on 93.7 FM in Fogelsville\/Trexlertown and 93.9 FM in Easton\/Phillipsburg. WDIY also streams online at <a href=\"http:\/\/wdiy.org\/\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=http:\/\/wdiy.org&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1536280923055000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGxUEzCOez8W_pFdJ4tGfUBaoZPAw\">wdiy.org<\/a>.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\nInformation provided to TVL by:<br \/>\nShamus McGroggan<br \/>\nWDIY 88.1 FM<br \/>\nMembership &#038; Development Manager<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class='adkingprobanner sidebar banner3023'><a href='http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/' target=\"_blank\" data-id='3023' data-ga='{\"campaign\":\"\",\"banner\":\"\",\"implemented\":\"universal\",\"imp_action\":\"Impression\",\"click_action\":\"Click\"}'><img src='https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/inpostblank.jpg' alt='' \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class='adkingprobanner sidebar banner7036'><a href='http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com' target=\"_blank\" data-id='7036' data-ga='{\"campaign\":\"\",\"banner\":\"\",\"implemented\":\"universal\",\"imp_action\":\"Impression\",\"click_action\":\"Click\"}'><img src='https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/inpostblank.jpg' alt='' \/><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?post_type=adverts_posts&p=7036\" class=\"read-more\">Click here to read more... <\/a>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":81846,"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":[14,69,482],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-81844","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-calendar-events","category-in-the-valley","category-press-release-2"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/WDIY.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81844"}],"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=81844"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81844\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/81846"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=81844"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=81844"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=81844"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}