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2012 Candidate Forums
WHQR will host and broadcast four candidate forums as part of the 2012 Election Season in the MC Erny Gallery, 254 N. Front Street, #300.Each forum will feature two local journalists asking prepared questions during the first half of the event. The second portion will be dedicated to questions from voters. A live studio audience will be invited to ask questions during this segment. We'll also use questions sent in from listeners.If you have a question for the candidates, please email us (newsdirector@whqr.org) or submit via Twitter with the #whqrforums hash tag and tell us which slate of candidates you'd like to address. We reserve the right to edit the questions for clarity, brevity, and objectivity. Each question must be addressed to all candidates in a particular race. If you can't attend the live event, Tweet along while you tune in or listen or watch the webcast online at 7 PM each night to hear the candidates! (WWAY will also broadcast the forums live on Time Warner Cable. RTV is channel 106, on ATMC, channel 903, on Charter Cable, channel 145 and over-the-air at 3.2.)Tuesday, Oct. 2, 7 PM- New Hanover County CommissionersJonathan Barfield (Current Vice Chairman)Beth DawsonRobert MurrayDr. Derrick HickeyWoody WhiteRob Zapple Thursday, Oct. 4, 7 PM- NC House District 18Representative Susi Hamilton (D)Louis Harmati (R) Monday, Oct. 8, 7 PM - NC Senate District 9Senator Thom Goolsby (R)Deb Butler (D) Thursday, Oct. 18, 7 PM - NC House District 19 & NC House District 20 NC House District 19Ted Davis, Jr. (Current NHC Commission Chair)Emilie Swearingen (Current Kure Beach Councilwoman)NC House District 20Rick Catlin (Current NHC Commissioner) (R)Tom Gale (D)

Candidate Forum: New Hanover County Commissioners

WHQR | By Rachel Lewis Hilburn
Published October 1, 2014 at 4:46 PM EDT

The four candidates vying for two open seats on New Hanover County's Board of Commissioners will answer questions from reporters, listeners, and members of a live studio audience.

Tune in Monday, October 6th at 7 PM on HQR News 91.3 FM or WWAYTV3.com when Derrick Hickey, Patricia Spear, Skip Watkins, and Rob Zapple explain why they want to represent you on the County Board. 

Be part of the live studio audience on Monday night (be sure to arrive by 6:45!), email your question for the candidates to Coastline@whqr.org, or tune in to CoastLine on Wednesday, October 8th at noon for a special re-broadcast of the Forum.

Guidelines for questions:

  • Questions must be applicable to all candidates.
  • They must be in the form of a question.  No statements allowed.
  • They must be deliverable in 30 seconds or less.
  • No personal attacks.

Disclosure:  Rob Zapple is a member of the Board of Directors of WHQR's Friends of Public Radio. 

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Rachel Lewis Hilburn
Rachel hosts and produces CoastLine, an award-winning hourlong conversation featuring artists, humanitarians, scholars, and innovators in North Carolina. The show airs Wednesdays at noon and Sundays at 2 pm on 91.3 FM WHQR Public Media. It's also available as a podcast; just search CoastLine WHQR. You can reach her at rachellh@whqr.org.
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