Award winning filmmaker, Mark Battle, calls in to chat up his latest short film “The Portrait” a short period film set in 1850s New England. "Tonally, it’s a dark comedy, but with some meat on the bone. At its core, it’s really about grief and all of the contradictory emotions that can come with it: love, resentment, anger, discomfort, and sometimes humor appearing at exactly the wrong moment.”

Thursday’s program, co-hosted by Emily Gagnon, featured music from recording artists who have left us and made a powerful impact on the industry and society.

Tori Berube from Olli (Osher Lifelong Learning Institute) stops by to talk about the program, its enrichment learning, all the different courses, and how it helps older adults.

Today Veronica takes us back 80 years to the beauty industry of yester-year in 1946. She talks the products, Estee Lauder, and where the indusry is going.

The Irish start is of on this Soundtrack Cinema, naturally leading us into the Halloween hits, we get to know That Girl and even roller skate at Xanadu. Hwo much is that?!

Tuesday’s program featured our monthly visit with the New Hampshire Department of Safety as we were joined by Sgt. Greg Dube of New Hampshire State Police discussing Halloween safety. We were visited in studio by a candidate for Merrimack County Sheriff, Pete Shephard who is looking to succeed current Sheriff David Croft who is retiring.

Today we cover some funky classics on this Wayback Machine Monday! The Four Seasons, Sonny & Cher, Barry Manilow, Dr. Hook, and so much more!

Monday’s program featured a look ahead to the mid-term election with political pundit Charlie Russell of Concord. We were also joined by our correspondent John Leahy covering Hockey East as well as the NHL and NFL plus University of New Hampshire head football coach Sean Goldrich discussed his team’s loss Saturday on the road at Merrimack College.

Join the community: https://newenglandtake.com Vivek Ramaswamy hid he paid for a political ad and so did the NEA-New Hampshire. Also, Question 2 in New Hampshire is important for the future of education and Granite State families. Email A. J.: [email protected] Check out NH School Facts: https://nhschoolfacts.com/ Follow on X: https://x.com/nhschoolfacts Granite Grok, "Teachers’ Union Broke Election Law to Keep Taking Your Money": https://granitegrok.com/new-england/nh/2026/10/teachers-union-broke-election-law-to-keep-taking-your-money BBC, "'This is despicable': Amy Acton responds to Ohio attack ad featuring her estranged mother": https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c6z981l59wnwo

"Hitting the Bank of New Hampshire stage (BNH) on Nov 7th in the Portsmouth based blues band “Yellow House of Blues Band”. To give us all the deets Matthew Becker and Bruce Addison drop by the studio. Playlists, members, venues, fund raising for charities and their friendships are just some of the topics on the table. Jazz and blues lovers, welcome home!!"

It's Friday, which means the Friday Fun Bunch is in the WKXL Studios! Ken Cail interviews Tom Raffio, President & CEO of Northeast Delta Dental, Ellen Raffio, and Kitty Rae the OFFICIAL “Flick Chick."