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Commentaries

Commentaries

WHQR featured a wide variety of community member commentators from the early days through 2018. In celebration of WHQR’s 40th Anniversary in 2024, the station is rebroadcasting special commentaries bi-weekly. Listen for these during Morning Edition and All Things Considered on Tuesdays and listen to the archives below.

WHQR Commentaries don't necessarily reflect the views of WHQR Radio, its editorial staff, or its members.
  • Gary Trawick is a retired Superior Court Judge, writer and teller of stories. He and his wife, Jennings, live in Burgaw.
  • Mahlaynee Cooper is a poet, teaching artist, and the founder of Speak Ya Peace NC.WHQR commentaries don’t necessarily reflect the views of WHQR Public Media, its editorial staff, or its members.
  • Wills Maxwell, Jr. is a stand-up comedian by night and founder of the Black Power Rangers Comedy Tour.WHQR commentaries don’t necessarily reflect the views of WHQR Public Media, its editorial staff, or its members.WHQR commentaries don’t necessarily reflect the views of WHQR Public Media, its editorial staff, or its members.
  • Retired Navy Captain Wilbur Jones is an author and military historian who grew up in Wilmington during World War II. He was heavily involved in Wilmington earning designation as America's first WWII Heritage City.WHQR commentaries don’t necessarily reflect the views of WHQR Public Media, its editorial staff, or its members.
  • Gary Trawick is a retired Superior Court Judge, writer and teller of stories. He and his wife, Jennings, live in Burgaw.
  • Dr. Steven Errante was a regular commentator on WHQR in the early 2000s. In this new commentary, he remembers the early days of WHQR and the Wilmington Symphony Orchestra.
  • Wills Maxwell, Jr. is a stand-up comedian by night and founder of the Black Power Rangers Comedy Tour.
  • Retired Navy Captain Wilbur Jones is an author and military historian who grew up in Wilmington during World War II. He was heavily involved in Wilmington earning designation as America's first WWII Heritage City.
  • Today Nan Graham has been thinking about the causes of and cures for what ails us.
  • Gary Trawick is a retired Superior Court Judge, writer and teller of stories. He and his wife, Jennings, live in Burgaw.WHQR commentaries don’t necessarily reflect the views of WHQR Public Media, its editorial staff, or its members.
  • Commentary: Gwenyfar Rohler