Bob Welch

Bob's World

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Bob's World was a weekday morning feature September through May for four years. Veteran New England broadcaster Bob Welch shares one unique story each morning from the many newspapers he reads in the early hours. Bob's World ended its run on Friday, September 13, 2024 after four seasons

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2/9/2023 ChatGPT could fuel disinformation in the future. 09.02.2023 3:01

THIS.. IS BOB’S WORLD.. GOOD MORNING I’M BOB WELCH I HAD A FEATURE ABOUT CHAT-GPT ABOUT A WEEK AGO…  HERE’S THE NEXT THING… RESEARCHERS USED THIS TO PRODUCE CLEAN, CONVINCING TEXT THAT REPEATED CONSPIRACY THEORIES AND MISLEADING NARRATIVES… WHAT COULD POSSIBLY HAPPEN?  WE’LL FIND OUT… IN A MINUTE

2/8/2023 A hotel CEOs worst financial decision.. 08.02.2023 3:54

THIS.. IS BOB’S WORLD… GOOD MORNING I’M BOB WELCH CARS DEPRECIATE IN VALUE… BUT, SOMETIMES THOSE OF US OF A CERTAIN AGE… AND WITH MONEY TO SPEND… JUST CAN’T RESIST. THE C-E-O OF HILTON HOTELS REALLY WANTS TO TELL YOU TELL YOU SOMETHING… IF YOU’RE THINKING ABOUT THAT HOT RED SPORTSCAR… IN A MINUTE..

2/7/2023 Tick Repellant Research found in Bear Behavior 07.02.2023 3:51

THIS IS BOB’S WORLD.. GOOD MORNING I’M BOB WELCH AS MANY OF US IN THE NORTHERN AREAS WHERE WINTER HAS DEFINITELY SET IN.. ARE LOOKING FOR SIGNS OF SPRING….  THE EQUIPMENT TRUCKS OF MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL TEAMS HEADING TO SPRING TRAINING SITES…  THE RUN-UP TO THE DAYTONA 500 BEING JUST 2 SIGNS… YOU MIGHT.. HAVE BEEN WONDERING… WHY BEARS RUB AGINST TREES..  I KNOW THAT’S A STRETCH.. BU...

2/6/2023 Hasty Pudding's Woman of the Year... 06.02.2023 2:49

THIS IS BOB’S WORLD… GOOD MORNING I’M BOB WELCH… THE OLDEST THEATRICAL ORGANIZATION IN THE NATION… HAS HANDED OUT IT’S ANNUAL AWARD… FOR WOMAN OF THE YEAR… IN A MINUTE….

2/3/2023 Leave the gun, take the calzone 03.02.2023 2:59

THIS IS BOB’S WORLD… GOOD MORNING I’M BOB WELCH… LEAVE THE GUN…. TAKE THE CALZONE… THE STORY OF THE CONVICTED ITALIAN MAFIA MEMBER… AND HOW HE GOT CAUGHT.. IN A MINUTE..

2/2/2023 Groundhog Day 02.02.2023 5:01

THIS… IS BOB’S WORLD…. GOOD MORNING I’M BOB WELCH… AND THIS… IS.. GROUNDHOG DAY… I GREW UP KNOWING OF THEM AS WOODCHUCKS.. I’VE HEARD OF THEM BEING CALLED GROUNDCHUCKS IN OTHER PARTS OF OUR VAST… NORTH AMERICAN NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE WE’RE HEARD IN 47 STATES AND PARTS OF CANADA…  COMING UP… A SOLID SCIENTIFIC STORY ABOUT THE CRITTER FOR WHICH THIS DAY IS NAMED… IN A MINUTE.

2/1/2023 Hedgefund newspaper publishers. 01.02.2023 7:15

THIS IS BOB’S WORLD… GOOD MORNING I’M BOB WELCH LOCAL NEWS… IS IMPORTANT…. BUT WITH LOCAL NEWSPAPERS ALL OVER BEING OWNED BY HEDGEFUNDS INSTEAD OF PEOPLE WHO WANT TO ACTUALLY RUN…. A NEWS ORGANIZATION… COVERAGE OF WHAT’S HAPPENING WHERE YOU LIVE… IS BECOMING ENDANGERED… A SNAPSHOT OF THIS BIG STORY… IN THE CASE OF THE MONTREAL GAZETTE… IN A MINUTE..

1/31/2023 For Norwich Hockey, it's "All in and all done for George Commo 31.01.2023 9:20

THIS IS BOB’S WORLD… GOOD MORNING I’M BOB WELCH… IF YOU HAVE ANY CONNECTION WITH VERMONT RADIO… OR THE NORWICH CADETS HOCKEY TEAM… YOU’LL KNOW THE NAME GEORGE COMMO.. IF YOU DON’T… YOU’RE ABOUT TO HEAR A STORY OF A WONDERFUL PERSON.. OFF AND ON THE AIR….IN A MINUTE..

1/30/2023 Bed Bath and Beyond is nearly belly-up 30.01.2023 2:27

THIS.. IS BOB’S WORLD… GOOD MORNING I’M BOB WELCH… EMPTY SHELVES. DATED MERCHANDISE. SPARSELY POPULATED STORES. THE STORY OF BED BATH AND BEYOND THESE DAYS…. IN A MINUTE..

1/27/2023 Cybersecurity Holds Help Wanted Sign 27.01.2023 3:37

THIS.. IS BOB’S WORLD… GOOD MORNING I’M BOB WELCH YOU’VE HEARD OF LOTS OF LAYOFFS HAPPENING IN TECH THESE DAYS.. COMING UP… ONE SEGMENT OF TECH.. THAT STILL HAS THE HELP-WANTED SIGN UP… 

1/26/2023 The City without Snow. 26.01.2023 2:46

IF YOU’RE IN NEW YORK RIGHT NOW… YOU LIKELY KNOW YOU WERE SEEING A LITTLE SNOW YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.     BUT IT LIKELY WON’T BE ENOUGH TO BREAK THE CITY’S NEAR-RECORD SNOWLESS STRETCH…. MORE IN A MINUTE..

1/25/2023 Not just another police blotter 25.01.2023 3:50

THIS IS BOB’S WORLD… GOOD MORNING I’M BOB WELCH… NOT JUST… ANOTHER POLICE BLOTTER… THE STORY FROM CAPE ELIZABETH MAINE… INVOLVING A SEAL… IN A MINUTE..

1/24/2023 ChatGPT... a poet lariat? Hardly. 24.01.2023 4:02

THIS IS BOB’S WORLD… GOOD MORNING I’M BOB WELCH.. HERE’S A STORY WE HAVEN’T DELVED INTO MUCH… ARTIFICIAL INTELLEGENCE…  MICROSOFT SAYS THEY WANT TO MAKE A BIG INVESTMENT IN IT… THAT STORY… AND SOME VERSE IT CREATED.. IN A MINUTE.

1/23/2023 The Montreal International Auto Show 23.01.2023 7:10

THIS IS BOB’S WORLD… GOOD MORNING I’M BOB WELCH…. YESTERDAY… I ATTENDED THE MONTREAL INTERNATIONAL AUTO SHOW…  WHAT I SAW…  IN A MINUTE…

1/20/2023 David Crosby... dead at 81 20.01.2023 4:26

THIS IS BOB’S WORLD… GOOD MORNING I’M BOB WELCH… DAVID CROSBY, THE LEGENDARY SINGER-SONGWRITER AND FOUNDING MEMBER OF THE BYRDS AND CROSBY, STILLS, NASH & YOUNG, HAS DIED,  A LOOK BACK… IN A MINUTE

1/18/2023 How JP Morgan alleges it got snookered.... by a college lender... 19.01.2023 5:02

THIS IS BOB’S WORLD… GOOD MORNING I’M BOB WELCH… I SAW THIS STORY LAST WEEK WHEN I HAD A BIT OF A HEAD COLD AND COULDN’T MEET WITH YOU AS USUALLY HAPPENS WEEKDAY MORNINGS. HOW DO YOU DUPE J-P MORGAN… INTO BUYING YOUR COMPANY.. FOR MUCH MORE THAN IT IS WORTH….   YOU’LL FIND OUT.. IN A MINUTE.

1/18/2023 Twitter's at its "burning the furniture for heat" phase 18.01.2023 3:07

THIS IS BOB’S WORLD… GOOD MORNING I’M BOB WELCH.. TWITTER HAS GOTTEN TO THE POINT WHERE IT HAS REACHED THE…. BURNING THE FURNITURE TO KEEP WARM STAGE…. THAT STORY IN A MINUTE..---

1/17/2023 What just happened in New Mexico? 17.01.2023 4:30

THIS.. IS BOB’S WORLD… GOOD MORNING I’M BOB WELCH… THE FOLLOWING STORY IS SHOCKING TO HEAR YES…. BUT, IF WE’RE TO GRASP FULLY WHAT HAS BEEN SAID INTO MICROPHONES BY THOSE WITH ACCESS TO THEM… OVER THE PAST 5 OR 6 YEARS…. WE SHOULDN’T BE ENTIRELY SURPISED.    YET WE SHOULD… FIND IT UNACCEPTABLE TO HEAR… POLITICAL OPPONENTS… ARE NOT ENEMIES OF EACH OTHER… THEY ARE OPPOSING CANDIDATES…...

1/16/2023 Concentrate like it's 1990... 16.01.2023 6:28

THIS IS BOB’S WORLD.. GOOD MORNING I’M BOB WELCH WE ALL KNOW OUR ATTENTION SPANS ARE SHORTER NOW THAN TEN… 20… DEFINITELY 30 YEARS AGO.   WE’VE GOT SO MANY DISTRACTIONS…  THERE’S ACTUALLY A PROFESSOR WHO HAS PEER-REVIEWED PROOF OF THIS…  AND COMING UP…… CONCENTRATION TIPS IN ORDER FOR YOU TO PERHAPS.. CONSENTRATE LIKE IT’S NINETEEN NINETY.. IN A MINUTE..

1/13/2023 Bridge & Tunnel Authority makes 30 y/o cry to dad over impounded car 13.01.2023 2:56

THIS.. IS BOB’S WORLD.. GOOD MORNING I’M BOB WELCH.. THINKING ABOUT DRIVING WITHOUT PAYING TOLLS AS… LIKE… A REGULAR EVERY-DAY PRACTICE….  THE FOLKS AT THE TRIBORO BRIDGE AND TUNNEL DIVISION OF NEW YORK’S MTA SAY.. THINK AGAIN. THAT STORY IN A MINUTE.

1/12/2023 New York, the best work from home city in the world? 12.01.2023 2:53

THIS IS BOB’S WORLD.. GOOD MORNING I’M BOB WELCH A BUSINESS LEADER IN NEW YORK CITY SAYS… THE CITY THAT NEVER SLEEPS.. SHOULD BE THE BEST PLACE.. TO WORK FROM HOME.. MORE IN A MINUTE..

1/11/2023 A Consumer Reports alert on lead & cadmium in dark chocolate 11.01.2023 3:55

THIS IS BOB’S WORLD… GOOD MORNING I’M BOB WELCH COMING UP.. A CONSUMER ALERT SHOWING 5 BRANDS OF DARK CHOCOLATE.. THAT TESTED HIGH FOR LEAD.. AND CADMIUM.

1/10/2023 Historian finds treasure trove of photos by accident 10.01.2023 5:50

THIS IS BOB’S WORLD.. GOOD MORNING I’M BOB WELCH.. IMAGINE SITTING IN YOUR LIVING ROOM.. YOUR PHONE GOES OFF AND THE MESSAGE YOU GET ALLOWS YOU TO NOT JUST DISCOVER SOMETHING.. BUT FIND A MISSING PIECE TO AN HISTORICAL PUZZLE IN THE PROCESS.. YOU’LL MEET MARITIME HISTORIAN DAVID SAINT-PIERRE… IN A MINUTE

1/9/2023 A Chatham, NY woman wants to preserve dirt roads. 09.01.2023 5:08

THIS IS BOB’S WORLD… GOOD MORNING I’M BOB WELCH A WOMAN… IN CHATHAM NEW YORK… HAS STARTED A NON-PROFIT.. WHOSE GOAL IS…. TO KEEP… THE DIRT ROADS IN HER COMMUNITY…. THAT STORY IN A MINUTE..

1/5/2023 Remembering the 1998 Ice Storm 05.01.2023 5:39

THIS IS BOB’S WORLD.. GOOD MORNING I’M BOB WELCH THE FOLLOWING IS 1… IN A SERIES OF FEATURES THROUGH THE WEEKS AHEAD ABOUT THE MASSIVE ICE STORM THAT HIT EVERYWHERE FROM ONTARIO THROUGH TO NEW BRUSNWICK 25 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK AND THE AFTERMATH THAT FOLLOWED. COMING UP… 1 STORY FROM THE POINT OF VIEW OF THE MONTREAL AREA.. IN A MINUTE.. ----- THERE ARE PLENTY OF OTHER STORIES.. INCLUDING YOURS… YOU...