AM Quincy

AM Quincy is a daily local news and civic conversation show built around Quincy. Its center of gravity is practical information. A typical stretch can move from a grocery store planned for Quincy Center to a police assault allegation, then on to weather, tides, Boston Marathon traffic, Red Sox timing, and Patriots Day crowds. The show also makes room for longer check-ins. Those conversations give local government and community work a slower, more useful shape than a headline can carry.

Joe Catalano is the recurring voice in the excerpts, reading AM Quincy news updates and steering interviews with public officials, city staff, and nonprofit guests. The tone is direct. It favors names, dates, locations, meeting outcomes, dollar figures, and what happens next. Rep. Tackey Chan’s appearances, called Taki Talk or Tacky Thursday in the excerpts, bring state process back to Quincy concerns, including budget amendments, Chapter 90 local aid, bridge funding, school cell phone policy, and why emergency road money matters even when Quincy is spared the worst damage. These segments are policy-heavy but conversational, with room for weather, yard work, and unscripted detours.

City business gets similar treatment. Nicole Crispo walks through licensing requests for concerts, Kids Fest, patriotic celebrations, food trucks, tree lighting, and FIFA-related events. Anne Mahoney discusses financial safeguards, transparency, one-time revenues, debt, grants, and what the City Council should know before budget decisions. The show also gives space to civic and environmental groups, including Ian Cook and Mayor Khanna of the Neponset River Watershed Association, who explain river cleanup, trash, runoff, education programs, and volunteer work across the watershed.

AM Quincy is not a broad politics show with occasional local color. It is Quincy-first. That focus makes it especially useful for residents, city watchers, volunteers, parents, commuters, and anyone who wants to understand the daily flow of municipal decisions before they become background facts.