The Forum

The Forum is WSMI's weekly public affairs program and features topics that listeners and area leaders have told us are important. Issues like education, clean drinking water, sewage treatment, road & bridges, health, local & state government, jobs and job services, zoning, & various counceling and support programs are covered each week on The Forum with alternating hosts Rick Davis and Shawn Balint.

The Forum

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Forum: Asarco Zinc Smelter

With Shawn Balint

April 20th, 2024 12:00am

Guest: Shelia Desai - Remedial Project Manager for US Environmental Protection Agency

Forum: Illinois 529 College Savings Plan and Possible Roll Over to Roth IRA

With Rick Davis

April 13th, 2024 01:00pm

Guest: Illinois State Treasurer - Michael Frerichs

Fourm: Total Eclipse

with Shawn Balint

April 6th, 2024 12:00am

Guests: Hope McBrain - Director of Curriculum, Instruction & Grant Services for Hillsboro schools; Tony Allen - Litchifeld Skyview Drive-In

Forum: Travel and Viewing Information in Southern Illinois of Eclipse

With Rick Davis

March 30th, 2024 01:00pm

Guests: Representatives of IDOT, IEMA, and IDPH

Forum: Future of Litchfield

With Shawn Balint

March 23rd, 2024 01:00pm

Guests: Economic Director Tonya Flannery, Hillsboro Mayor Don Downs, Earl Flack President McKay Napa Auto Parts, Wernsing Appliance owner Ed Wernsing, former Litchfield chamber of commerce President Mike Strubhart, and Tim Burenga VP at Worksaver

Forum: Our Market at the Plaza - A Cooperative Grocery Store

With Rick Davis

March 16th, 2024 01:00pm

Guest: Pete Oswald - Board Member of Our Market at the Plaza

Forum: Litchfield Chamber of Commerce Banquet

with Shawn Balint

March 9th, 2024 12:00am

Guest: Cassidy Payne - Litchfield Chamber of Commerce President; Lauren Plummer - Litchfield Chamber of Commerce Executive Director

Forum: Macoupin County WIC Program and Mobile Wellness Unit

With Rick Davis

March 2nd, 2024 01:00pm

Guest: Kristofer Foster - RN and WIC Nurse Coordinator for Macoupin County Public Health Department

Forum: Harm Reduction 101 and Narcan Training

With Rick Davis

February 17th, 2024 01:00pm

Guest: Lindsay Minor - Recovery Care Coordinator for the Macoupin County Public Health Department

Forum: Litchfield Fire Dept.

With Shawn Balint

February 10th, 2024 01:00pm

Guest: Adam Pennock - Litchfield Fire Chief

Forum: Macoupin County Primary Judges Race and Election Information

With Rick Davis

February 3rd, 2024 01:00pm

Guest: Macoupin County Clerk - Pete Duncan

Forum: Hillsboro Health

With Shawn Balint

January 27th, 2024 12:00am

Guest: Michael Alexander - CEO Hillsboro Health formerly Hillsboro Area Hospital

Forum: State of Illinois and the Partnership with Dolly Parton's Imagination Library

With Rick Davis

January 20th, 2024 01:00pm

Featuring: Gov. JB Pritzker and Nora Briggs - Executive Director of Dollywood Foundation

Forum: 2024 Preview

With Shawn Balint

January 13th, 2024 01:00pm

Guest: Nokomis Mayor Dylan Goldsmith

Forum: 4-H in Macoupin, Jersey, Christian and Montgomery Counties

With Rick Davis

January 6th, 2024 01:00pm

Guest: Jessica Jaffry - 4-H Youth Development Educator

Forum: May 1 Dust Storm on I-55

With Shawn Balint

December 30th, 2023 12:00am

Guests: State Rep Wayne Rosenthal; Mike Webb - Farmsersville-Waggoner Fire Chief

Forum: Illinois Veterans History Project

With Rick Davis

December 23rd, 2023 01:00pm

Guest: Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulius

Forum: New Hillsboro High School Construction

With Shawn Balint

December 16th, 2023 01:00pm

Guest: Superintendent David Powell

Forum: 2024 Primary Election

With Rick Davis

December 9th, 2023 01:00pm

Guest: Pete Duncan - Macoupin County Clerk

Forum: Change in Leadership at Hillsboro Area Hospital

With Shawn Balint

December 2nd, 2023 01:00pm

Guests: New HAH President/CEO Michael Alexander and Hospital Board President Earl Flack

Forum: Topic: The Illinois Veterans History Project

With Rick Davis

November 25th, 2023 01:00pm

Guest: Secretary of State - Alexi Giannoulias

Forum: Montgomery County Budget

With Shawn Balint

November 18th, 2023 01:00pm

Guest: Count Board Chairman Doug Donaldson

Forum: Montgomery County Board Budget Plan

with Shawn Balint

November 18th, 2023 12:00am

Guest: Doug Donaldson - Montgomery County Board Chairman

Forum: Our Market at the Plaza - A Co-op Grocery Store

With Rick Davis

November 11th, 2023 01:00pm

Guest: Christ Hartsook - President Board of Directors for Our Market at the Plaza

Forum: Wind Farm Proposal

With Shawn Balint

November 4th, 2023 12:00am

Guest: Adam Wilson - UKA Project Developer Jason Sherman - UKA Spokesperson

Forum: Animal Adoption and Cold Weather tips for Animal Care

With Rick Davis

October 28th, 2023 01:00pm

Guest: Carol Richards - Director of Macoupin County Adopt a Pet in Benld

Forum: First Responder Mental Health & Suicide Prevention

With Shawn Balint

October 21st, 2023 12:00am

Guest: Chris Fields - Retired OKC Firefighter

Forum: MCDD 25th Anniversary of Mini Olympics

With Rick Davis

October 14th, 2023 01:00pm

Guest: Kimberly Wing - Development Coordinator for the Macoupin Center for the Developmentally Disabled

Forum: Harvel 150th Anniversary

With Shawn Balint

October 7th, 2023 12:00am

Guest: Max Neunaber - Village Clerk

Forum: National 4-H Week

With Rick Davis

September 30th, 2023 01:00pm

Guest: Kate Harding - 4-H Program Coordinator for Illinois Extension Macoupin County

Forum: Remembering Jeffrey Brown and Looking back on I-55 Dust Storm Wrecks

With Shawn Balint

September 23rd, 2023 01:00pm

Guests Chief Mike Webb, and Assistant Chiefs Bryan Byers and Chad Millburg

Forum: Southern Illinois University- Edwardsville New Health Science Building Groundbreaking Ceremony

With Rick Davis

September 16th, 2023 01:00pm

Guests:: SIU President- Dr. Daniel Mahony, SIUE Chancellor- Dr. James Minor, Illinois Gov. J. B. Pritzker, Dean of the School of Pharmacy- Dr. Mark Luer, and Dean of the School of Nursing- Judy Liesveld, PhD

Forum: SCI Technical Center

With Shawn Balint

September 9th, 2023 12:00am

Guest: Andy Manar - Deputy Governor

Forum: The Sate-T-Act Law Effective September 18

With Rick Davis

September 2nd, 2023 01:00pm

Guest: Macoupin County Sheriff- Shawn Kahl

Fourm: Overdose Awareness Day

With Shawn Balint

August 26th, 2023 12:00am

Guest: Amber Kite - Cross Over Ministries

Forum: House Bill 3814 which benefits Students in FFA and 4H

With Rick Davis

August 19th, 2023 01:00pm

Guests: Gov. J. B. Pritzker, Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton, IL FFA State President Thaddeus Bergschneider, Sen. Doris Turner, Rep. Sonya Harper, and IL 4H Youth Leadership Team Naomi Dolan

Forum: Reflecting on Retirement

With Shawn Balint

August 12th, 2023 01:00pm

Guest: Dr. Greg Furstenau - Litchfield Schools Superintendent

Forum: "Skip the Line" Program for the Division of Motor Vehicles in Illinois

With Rick Davis

August 5th, 2023 01:00pm

Guest: Alex Giannoulias - Illinois Secretary of State

Forum: Smithsonian Institute - Spark Exhibit

With Shawn Balint

July 29th, 2023 12:00am

Guest: Robbie Davis - Smithsonian Institute

Forum: Reaction to the Illinois State Supreme Court Ruling on the Sate-T Act

With Rick Davis

July 22nd, 2023 01:00pm

Guests: IL Senate GOP Leader John Curran and IL Attorney General Kwame Raoul

Forum: Golf Carts in Litchfield

with Shawn Balint

July 15th, 2023 12:00am

Guests: Josh Hughes - Alderman; Michael McGinley - Litchfield City Attorney; Breann Vasquez - Litchfield City Administrator

Forum: Dental, Behavioral Health and Safe Families Services at the Macoupin County Public Health Department

With Rick Davis

July 8th, 2023 01:00pm

Guest: Christy Blank - Administrator of the Macoupin County Public Health Department

Forum: Montgomery County Fair Wrap Up

With Shawn Balint

July 1st, 2023 01:00pm

Guests: Fair Board President Mary Bishop and Board Member Marti Bennington

Forum: IL Department of Agriculture Clean Sweep Collection in Central Illinois

With Rick Davis

June 24th, 2023 01:00pm

Guest: Mark Dugger - Macoupin County Farm Bureau Manager

Forum: Career Education

With Shawn Balint

June 17th, 2023 12:00am

Guest: Tony Sanders - State Schools Superintendent

Forum: Fiscal Year 2024 Budget for Illinois

With Rick Davis

June 10th, 2023 01:01pm

Guest: J. B. Pritzker - Gov. of Illinois

Forum: Mental Health Awareness Month

With Shawn Balint

June 3rd, 2023 01:00pm

Guests: Danielle Vincent and Heather - Crossover Ministries

Forum: New Macoupin County Voting Center

With Rick Davis

May 27th, 2023 01:00pm

Guest: Macoupin County Clerk - Pete Duncan

Forum: Carlinville's New Fiscal Year

With Rick Davis

May 13th, 2023 01:00pm

Guest: Carlinville Mayor - Sarah Oswald

Forum: Financial Disclosure Forms for Local Officials and Public Access

With Rick Davis

April 29th, 2023 01:00pm

Guest: Macoupin County Clerk - Pete Duncan

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The Forum

Forum: Asarco Zinc Smelter

Forum: Illinois 529 College Savings Plan and Possible Roll Over to Roth IRA

Fourm: Total Eclipse

Forum: Travel and Viewing Information in Southern Illinois of Eclipse

Forum: Future of Litchfield

Forum: Our Market at the Plaza - A Cooperative Grocery Store

Forum: Litchfield Chamber of Commerce Banquet

Forum: Macoupin County WIC Program and Mobile Wellness Unit

Forum: Harm Reduction 101 and Narcan Training

Forum: Litchfield Fire Dept.

Forum: Macoupin County Primary Judges Race and Election Information

Forum: Hillsboro Health

Forum: State of Illinois and the Partnership with Dolly Parton's Imagination Library

Forum: 2024 Preview

Forum: 4-H in Macoupin, Jersey, Christian and Montgomery Counties

Forum: May 1 Dust Storm on I-55

Forum: Illinois Veterans History Project

Forum: New Hillsboro High School Construction

Forum: 2024 Primary Election

Forum: Change in Leadership at Hillsboro Area Hospital

Forum: Topic: The Illinois Veterans History Project

Forum: Montgomery County Budget

Forum: Montgomery County Board Budget Plan

Forum: Our Market at the Plaza - A Co-op Grocery Store

Forum: Wind Farm Proposal

Forum: Animal Adoption and Cold Weather tips for Animal Care

Forum: First Responder Mental Health & Suicide Prevention

Forum: MCDD 25th Anniversary of Mini Olympics

Forum: Harvel 150th Anniversary

Forum: National 4-H Week

Forum: Remembering Jeffrey Brown and Looking back on I-55 Dust Storm Wrecks

Forum: Southern Illinois University- Edwardsville New Health Science Building Groundbreaking Ceremony

Forum: SCI Technical Center

Forum: The Sate-T-Act Law Effective September 18

Fourm: Overdose Awareness Day

Forum: House Bill 3814 which benefits Students in FFA and 4H

Forum: Reflecting on Retirement

Forum: "Skip the Line" Program for the Division of Motor Vehicles in Illinois

Forum: Smithsonian Institute - Spark Exhibit

Forum: Reaction to the Illinois State Supreme Court Ruling on the Sate-T Act

Forum: Golf Carts in Litchfield

Forum: Dental, Behavioral Health and Safe Families Services at the Macoupin County Public Health Department

Forum: Montgomery County Fair Wrap Up

Forum: IL Department of Agriculture Clean Sweep Collection in Central Illinois

Forum: Career Education

Forum: Fiscal Year 2024 Budget for Illinois

Forum: Mental Health Awareness Month

Forum: New Macoupin County Voting Center

Forum: Carlinville's New Fiscal Year

Forum: Financial Disclosure Forms for Local Officials and Public Access

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