Ray Horner Morning Show
Ray has been the WAKR Morning host for since 2000 after a successful career in the Erie , Pennsylvania market as a Host and Operation Manager for WAKR/ WZPR / WMDE radio in Meadville, Pennsylvania. Ray won the Pennsylvania Association of Broadcasters Sportscaster of the year two times and is currently the play-by-play voice of Hiram College Athletics. Ray has been involved in Big Brothers and Big Sisters, Akron Children's Concert Society, Akron Public Schools, and The Embrace Care Clinic. Ray loves baseball, outdoor activities and spending time with his four children, Elizabeth, Rocco, Ava and Gia. Ray, his wife, Melissa and the children live in Wadsworth, Ohio.
:19 - Friday’s show, as usual, began on a light note: breaking down the Donny & Marie Star Wars variety show! This segued into a conversation on variety shows from years past and Star Wars through the decades. 8:40 - With the 2020 presidential race in full bloom, the University…
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Thursday, 22 August 2019 10:50
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This week, underwater robots, government surveillance and facial recognition, how being stressed out can keep you safer online, portable personal air conditioners, that can keep you super cool, even when its super hot outside.
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:19 - Controversy surrounds…Dancing With the Stars? Many are not happy with a member of the new cast of stars, as former press secretary Sean Spicer is a part of it. The panel on the morning show chatted about it (even though no one on the show watches Dancing With…
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:19 - Ray and Tony often walk our area’s malls and they’ve observed the changing of retail. Summit Mall seems to have a better grasp, but according to Tony, Chapel Hill Mall is in deep trouble, with only a third of the mall being occupied. 5:50 - President Trump is…
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:19 - Tony is back from his three-day weekend in Eastern Pennsylvania. He took his fiancee to Philadelphia for some sightseeing and cheesesteaks, though their trip to the Backstreet Boys concert got postponed. 8:37 - White supremacist symbols seem to be increasing this day in age due to the influx…
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:19 - Monday was a sad one for us on the air and in the Akron area, as Dr. Tim Brown is moving away after two decades at Akron General. Dr. Brown had one final visit in studio before he heads to Athens, Georgia, and he talked generally about the…
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Friday, 16 August 2019 10:13
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This week, aviation technology, with planes, drones, and even blimps! We'll also hear about how Facebook is invading your privacy yet again, and how they're planning to one day, even read your mind.
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:19 - Would you drop $500 on unlimited pasta, salad, and breadsticks from Olive Garden? Tony is looking at his bank account and his bathroom scale. 5:14 - The economy has been fairly solid the last year, but could a recession be on its way? Robert Dodaro from Prism Wealth…
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:19 - The University of Akron has a new president, and that is Dr. Gary Miller. He took the time to introduce himself to the Akron area on the air with Ray on Thursday morning. 7:17 - Today is the 50-year anniversary of Woodstock. The panel took a trip in…
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:19 - Back-to-school sales are back in stores now. Kids can get anything from backpacks to notebooks to….guns? 7:38 - Speaking of back-to-school festivities, Summit County executive Ilene Shapiro stopped by to promote this Saturday’s Summit For Kids at the John S. Knight Center. She also spoke about Amazon coming…
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:19 - The Akron RubberDucks have a brief homestand, but one with a lot of fanfare with Corey Kluber making a rehab start tonight. RubberDucks GM Jim Pfander stopped by to talk about this homestand. 6:36 - With the success of year one at the I Promise School, many have…
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:19 - Conspiracy theories were flying throughout the weekend after news broke of the death of Jeffrey Epstein. Was it really suicide or was he murdered? Is he really dead, or was he moved to a far-away island? 5:04 - Dr. Gary Riggs stopped by to answer Ray’s and listeners’…
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Friday, 09 August 2019 10:11
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This week, the internet, social media, and gaming in the crosshairs, as the country comes to grips with two more horrendous mass shootings--one of them, close to home here in Ohio.
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:19 - The Indians took down the Twins last night, 7-5, but that was in Minnesota. The Browns, however, were in town, and they trounced the Redskins 30-10. Baker Mayfield started and threw a quick touchdown, but a sleepy Tony talked about the feel-good story in Damon Sheehy-Guiseppi and his…
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