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Springfield’s morning, hour by hour.
AM Springfield Hour by Hour Podcast is a practical hour-by-hour record of WMAY’s local morning show rhythm. It moves from ABC News and weather into Springfield-area conversation about city council, baseball, sponsors, community visits, and the businesses filling the day’s broadcast.
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AM Springfield Hour by Hour Podcast is a straight-through archive of WMAY’s Springfield morning radio, built for people who missed the live broadcast but still want the whole local rhythm. Each hour starts with utility. Station imaging, title sponsors, ABC News, weather, and quick transitions set the table before the conversation opens up. The national news can be severe and fast-moving, with recent blocks covering U.S.-Iran ceasefire talk, the Israel-Lebanon truce, fuel worries tied to the Strait of Hormuz, Ticketmaster monopoly findings, Supreme Court remarks, recalls, missing-person investigations, and allegations involving public figures. Those pieces arrive in compact service-radio bursts. Then the show swings back home. Springfield-area names, businesses, roads, meetings, teams, and sponsors become the connective tissue. One recent hour moves from ad reads and HVAC reminders into baseball talk, with frustration over where to watch the Cubs, Cardinals, and White Sox. Another spends time on city council public comment, transparency, profanity rules, police criticism, and the practical question of whether cameras affect who shows up. Tax-day retail segments sit beside weather checks and ordinary local logistics. A business visit can include financing terms, installer timelines, product inventory, and casual back-and-forth about golf weather. The format is not trying to sound like a national explainer. It works because it stays close to Springfield’s daily texture. The pace is brisk, but the mood is familiar. People drift in, get thanked, explain what is happening, and hand the hour to the next segment. Some excerpts include long sponsor blocks and duplicated wire-news passages, so the listening experience can feel like real radio rather than a tightly edited podcast. That is also its identity. AM Springfield Hour by Hour is a practical local record: headlines, weather, civic talk, sports chatter, business visits, and the ordinary connective talk that tells regular listeners what kind of morning the city is having.
Made for: For Springfield-area listeners who want local morning radio with news, weather, civic talk, sports chatter, and community business stops. It also suits live listeners who prefer catching full WMAY hours later in the day.
What sets it apart: Its value is the uncompressed local-radio texture: national headlines, station service, sponsor context, and Springfield conversation left in the same flow. Similar morning news shows may summarize the day; this one preserves the room, the handoffs, and the local names.
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Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
National bulletins meet practical Springfield conversations about money, business, community life, weather, and sports.
AM Springfield Hour by Hour Podcast moves from ABC News bulletins into the conversations shaping a Springfield morning. Sam Madonia and the other voices can pivot from developments involving the United States and Iran to local banking, insurance, business openings, community…
Iran headlines meet Springfield bank fraud advice when your morning needs both the big picture and usable detail.
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National headlines, local talk, and baseball give this Springfield hour a steady morning shape.
The hour starts with a broad sweep of international and national news: the American blockade of Iranian ports, a Pentagon update on the war, President Trump’s note that the leaders of Israel and Lebanon will speak today, and the New York jury finding against Live Nation over…
A morning mix of Iran talks, city council friction, and who shows up when cameras are on.
The morning broadcast moves from national crisis to Springfield civic life while keeping a clear sense of scale. ABC News leads with possible U.S.-Iran peace talks, pressure from a naval blockade of Iranian ports, the Justice Department's request to vacate seditious-conspiracy…
A local morning hour moving from Iran and Lebanon to tax-day business and a 17-inch tapeworm.
April 15's hour ranges from President Trump's possible Iran talks and the Israel-Hezbollah conflict to tax-day pressure at a local business, then closes with a medical item that sits somewhere between warning and oddball color.
A brisk Springfield morning moves from Iran talks and congressional news to studio banter, ads, and insurance advice.
The 6 a.m. hour starts with a fast pass through national news, led by renewed U.S.-Iran talks before a ceasefire ends, then moves to Lebanon and Israel discussions in Washington, departures from Congress, a special-election swearing-in, Los Angeles schools, and the Trump…
Global headlines, local insurance, and a brisk Springfield turn.
AM Springfield opens on a tense ABC News update, moving through the U.S. Navy blockade of Iranian ports, Iran's threats to strike targets across the region, and the push to bring the U.S. and Iran back to negotiations before the two-week ceasefire expires.
Global tensions give way to practical Springfield conversations about banking, housing, and keeping household finances secure.
The hour opens on a hard-news track, moving from traffic through the Strait of Hormuz remaining effectively stopped after a ceasefire with Iran and continued Israeli attacks on Hezbollah targets to an inflation report expected to show March costs rising more than 3%, with…
A Springfield morning hour that blends international headlines, spaceflight, fraud warnings, banking updates, and Masters anticipation.
The April 10 hour of A.M. Springfield opens with a wide lens, moving from U.S.-Iran peace talks to the Artemis II mission as it nears its scheduled close.
Armenia-centered analysis for a volatile region.
The April 10, 2026 episode of AM Springfield covers international tensions in the Middle East following a Trump-announced ceasefire with Iran.
The April 10, 2026 episode of AM Springfield covers local news, fraud prevention, and community events.
The Illinois Innocence Project marked October 2 with 584 blue flags for exonerated people, a count it says is the nation's highest.
This news episode covers international conflicts, domestic policy changes, tragic incidents, and scientific efforts, including updates on the Israel-Lebanon ceasefire, fuel price concerns, a hot car death in Tennessee, and a whale rescue operation in Germany.
This ABC News segment covers international developments including U.S.-Iran ceasefire talks and the Strait of War, along with domestic stories like a Ford recall and a murder case involving a rapper.
This ABC News broadcast covers international conflicts, political developments, and crime stories including updates on Middle East tensions, UK diplomatic issues, and a missing person case.
Live from the Team Calhoun studio, AM Springfield opens with ABC News and Sherry Preston on the American blockade of Iranian ports, the Navy report that at least 10 ships have turned around, and Louis Martinez laying out the ships, aircraft, intelligence assets, satellites, and reconnaissance planes being used to track the movement.
This news episode covers international tensions over Europe's jet fuel shortage due to the Iran war, diplomatic efforts by Pakistan, a legal ruling against Ticketmaster's monopoly, and criminal allegations against actor Timothy Busfield.
This news episode covers multiple stories including a jet fuel shortage threatening European flights, a Navy blockade of Iranian ports, a Ticketmaster monopoly verdict, stock market highs, Supreme Court justices speaking out, and an FDA recall of Xanax.
This ABC News broadcast covers multiple breaking stories including potential U.S.-Iran talks, a sexual assault accusation against a former congressman, severe weather alerts, a dramatic abduction rescue in Detroit, and transit fare changes.
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AM Springfield on April 15, 2026 opens with ABC News' Sherry Preston on US-Iran peace talks, Proud Boys and Oath Keepers convictions, and the Camp Mystic flood lawsuit before it shifts into Springfield tax-day talk at Staff Carpet.
AM Springfield opens live from the Team Calhoun studio.
The broadcast opens with national headlines on proposed U.S.-Iran talks before the ceasefire ends.
This news episode covers international agreements on shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, analysis of a presidential address, updates on a space mission, a cold case linked to Ted Bundy, and a note on chocolate prices.
This news broadcast covers international tensions with Iran's missile attacks on Israel and discussions about reopening the Strait of Hormuz, domestic U.S.
This ABC News episode covers breaking stories including President Trump's threats against Iran, TSA worker pay issues, international art and chocolate heists, and rising breast cancer rates in young women.
This ABC News update covers the partial government shutdown resolution, rising oil prices, Iran's ceasefire demands, California renaming Cesar Chavez Day amid sexual assault allegations, and nationwide protest rallies.