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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11/26/2021, 7:25a, A Music Radio giant passed this week.. but, you didn't hear her voice on the air 26.11.2021 2:59

THIS… IS BOB’S WORLD… GOOD MORNING.. IT’S BOB WELCH ON THE ANCHOR PODCAST NETWORK ONE OF RADIO’S GIANTS PASSED THIS WEEK… SHE WAS NOT SOMEONE YOU HEARD ON THE AIR… BUT, IF YOU WERE LUCKY.. YOU GOT TO HEAR THE RESULTS OF HER FINE-TUNED EAR… ALL OVER THE PLACE. THE STORY OF ROSALIE TROMBLEY… IN A MINUTE.

11/24/2021, 7:25a, The Butterball Turkey Talk Hotline.. 24.11.2021 2:52

THIS… IS BOB’S WORLD…. GOOD MORNING….. IT’S BOB WELCH ON THE ANCHOR PODCAST NETWORK PHYLLIS KRAMER SPENT 20 YEARS ON THE OTHER END OF THE BUTTERBALL HOTLINE FIELDING PHONE CALLS FROM FRAZZLED PEOPLE… MORE IN A MINUTE

11/23/2021, 7:25a, Bud the Spud can't come to your US store shelves.. because he's from Prince Edward Island. 23.11.2021 2:57

THIS… IS BOB’S WORLD… GOOD MORNING IT’S BOB WELCH ON THE ANCHOR PODCAST NETWORK THE PRICE OF POTATOES MIGHT BE GOING UP.. BECAUSE OF… POTATO WART FUNGUS… I’LL EXPLAIN… IN A MINUTE 

11/22/2021, 7:25a, Staples Center in L-A becomes Crypto-dot-com Arena 22.11.2021 2:59

THIS… IS BOB’S WORLD…. GOOD MORNING IT’S BOB WELCH ON THE ANCHOR PODCAST NETWORK A FEW DAYS AGO… TOWARDS THE END OF A SPORTSCAST.. YOU MAY HAVE HEARD… THAT THE STAPLES CENTER.. IN LOS ANGELES.. HOME TO BASKETBALL’S  CLIPPERS AND LAKERS.. AND HOCKEY’S KINGS… WILL BE RENAMED THE CRYPTO-DOT-COM ARENA ON CHRISTMAS.   SOME BACKGROUND.. IN A MINUTE

11/19/2021, 7:25a I share names chosen by Vermont kids.. for State Highway Dept Snowplows 19.11.2021 2:48

THIS.. IS BOB’S WORLD…. GOOD MORNING IT’S BOB WELCH ON THE ANCHOR PODCAST NETWORK. IF YOU LIVE NORTH OF A CERTAIN POINT.. YOU KNOW YOU’LL SOON BE SEEING THE PLOWS.. GOING BY. YOU’LL KNOW IT’LL BE INEVITABLE. LEAVE IT TO THE KIDS… TO HAVE JUST A LITTLE BIT.. OF FUN WITH THE WHOLE THING.. COURTESY OF MY HOST STATE.. OF VERMONT.. MORE IN A MINUTE

11/18/2021, 7:25a A few towns in the US see a silver lining... in the nation's computer chip shortage. 18.11.2021 2:54

THIS.. IS BOB’S WORLD… GOOD MORNING IT’S BOB WELCH ON THE ANCHOR PODCAST NETWORK YOU’VE NO DOUBT HEARD ABOUT THE  SHORTAGE OF COMPUTER CHIPS. HOWEVER, THERE ARE A FEW PLACES IN THE US THAT SEE A SILVER LINING IN ALL THIS.    MORE.. IN A MINUTE

11/17/2021, 7:25a The French video game developer responsible for blockbusters like Far Cry is expanding in Quebec 17.11.2021 2:51

BOB’S WORLD… GOOD MORNING THIS IS BOB WELCH ON THE ANCHOR PODCAST NETWORK… THE FRENCH VIDEO GAME DEVELOPER RESPONSIBLE FOR BLOCKBUSTERS LIKE ASSASSIN’S CREED AND FAR CRY… IS INVESTING IN QUEBEC.. AND SPREADING OUT BEYOND MONTREAL… MORE.. IN A MINUTE

11/16/2021, 7:25a "A New Zealand grad-student is held hostage in her own home by... a marsupial." 16.11.2021 2:50

BOB’S WORLD… GOOD MORNING.. THIS IS BOB WELCH.. ON THE ANCHOR PODCAST NETWORK LET ME TELL YOU  THE STORY.. OF THE NEW ZEALAND GRADUATE STUDENT.. WHO WAS UNPACKING HER CAR AFTER A TRIP… THAT WAS UNTIL.. SHE FELT SOMETHING TUGGING AT HER LEG… WHICH WAS LATER NICKNAMED THE DUNEDIN RIPPER… BY THE AUTHORITIES WHO ARRIVED. MORE… IN A MINUTE

11/12/2021, 7:25a: A Gardener in Australia won a Guiness World Record for growing 5 types of fruit off the same tree. 12.11.2021 2:58

BOB’S WORLD… GOOD MORNING THIS IS BOB WELCH… ON THE ANCHOR PODCAST NETWORK A GARDENER EARNED A GUINNESS WORLD RECORD WHEN HE SUCCESSFULLY GRAFTED FIVE DIFFERENT TYPES OF FRUIT ONTO A SINGLE TREE. MORE.. FROM AUSTRALIA.. IN A MINUTE

11/11/2021, 8:25a "This.. is Remembrance Day in Canada" 11.11.2021 2:55

BOB’S WORLD…. GOOD MORNING.. THIS IS BOB WELCH ON THE ANCHOR PODCAST NETWORK THIS MORNING IS NOVEMBER 11TH… AND WE’RE DOING SOMETHING A LITTLE DIFFERENT… BECAUSE THIS DATE.. HAS A DIFFERENT MEANING AS A FEDERAL HOLIDAY DEPENDING UPON WHETHER YOU’RE IN THE UNITED STATES WHERE IT’S VETERANS DAY…… OR YOU’RE IN CANADA WHERE IT’S REMEMBRANCE DAY. THIS FEATURE HAS 2 INSTALLMENTS. LAST INSTALLMENT...

11/11/2021, 7:25a, This is Veterans' Day in the United States 11.11.2021 2:49

THIS… IS BOB’S WORLD… GOOD MORNING IT’S BOB WELCH.. ON THE ANCHOR PODCAST NETWORK.   THIS MORNING IS NOVEMBER 11TH… AND WE’RE DOING SOMETHING A LITTLE DIFFERENT… BECAUSE THIS DATE.. HAS A DIFFERENT MEANING AS A FEDERAL HOLIDAY DEPENDING UPON WHETHER YOU’RE IN THE UNITED STATES…. WHERE IT’S VETERANS DAY…… OR IF YOU’RE IN CANADA WHERE IT’S REMEMBRANCE DAY.      IN THIS...

11/10/2021, 7:25a "An Apple-1 Computer from 1976 sold for 400-hundred grand at auction yesterday" 10.11.2021 2:57

THIS.. IS BOB’S WORLD…. GOOD MORNING IT’S BOB WELCH ON THE ANCHOR PODCAST NETWORK THE FIRST APPLE COMPUTERS WERE SOLD IN 1976 FOR SIX-HUNDRED-66 DOLLARS… YESTERDAY.. A STILL FUNCTIONING COMPUTER FROM THAT ERA SOLD AT AUCTION FOR 4-HUNDRED-THOUSAND DOLLARS

11/09/2021, 7:25a E-Bikes are getting more popular than ever and the trend is beating cars. 09.11.2021 3:02

BOB’S WORLD… GOOD MORNING.. THIS IS BOB WELCH ON THE ANCHOR PODCAST NETWORK ELECTRONIC BIKES.. OR E-BIKES… WILL BECOME MORE AND MORE POPULAR.. OBSERVERS OF THE BUSINESS SAY… BECAUSE THOSE WHO ALREADY OWN THEM.. ARE THEIR BEST SALESPEOPLE.. MORE IN A MINUTE…

11/08/2021, 7:25a "Aaron Feuerstein's is a story of a man who did the right thing in a moment of extreme consequence" 08.11.2021 3:01

BOB’S WORLD… GOOD MORNING… THIS IS BOB WELCH.. ON THE ANCHOR .. PODCAST NETWORK THE GENTLEMAN WHO INVENTED POLARTEC FLEECE …  AARON FEUERSTEIN DIED LAST WEEK AT THE AGE OF 95.   WHILE YOU NO DOUBT ARE FAMILIAR WITH POLARTEC.. YOU MAY NOT BE FAMILIAR WITH THE STORY THAT MADE MANY LAST WEEK CALL MR FEUERSTEIN.. THE MENCH OF MALDEN MILLS UPON HEARING NEWS OF HIS PASSING THAT STORY… IN...

11/05/2021, 7:25a "The bizarre tale of the E-Bay harassment case in Boston takes a new turn" 05.11.2021 2:57

BOB’S WORLD… GOOD MORNING THIS IS BOB WELCH… ON THE ANCHOR PODCAST NETWORK REMEMBER THE STORY I TOLD YOU SOME MONTHS AGO ABOUT THE BOSTON AREA COUPLE HARRASSED BY E-BAY STAFFERS IN 2019?    I HAVE AN UPDATE… IN A MINUTE

11/04/2021, 7:25a The Climate Action Network hands out it's first "Fossil-of-The-Day" Awards 04.11.2021 2:57

BOB’S WORLD… GOOD MORNING.. THIS IS BOB WELCH.. ON THE ANCHOR PODCAST NETWORK.. THE FIRST "FOSSIL OF THE DAY" AWARD HAS BEEN GIVEN OUT AT THE UNITED NATIONS CLIMATE CHANGE CONFERENCE IN SCOTLAND, ALTHOUGH IT'S HARDLY AN HONOR TO RECEIVE ONE. MORE.. IN A MINUTE

11/03/2021, 7:25a "New Brunswick corn maze celebrates 100th anniversary of Bluenose schooner 03.11.2021 2:58

BOB’S WORLD… GOOD MORNING… THIS IS BOB WELCH.. ON THE ANCHOR PODCAST NETWORK A FARM IN FLORENCEVILLE, NEW.BRUNSWICK., HAS CARVED OUT A SPECIAL WAY TO CELEBRATE THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BLUENOSE. THE FAMED SCHOONER.. THAT NEVER LOST A RACE MORE.. IN A MINUTE

11/02/2021, 7:25a "Family Photo Scrapbook connected with family decades later thanks to the internet. 02.11.2021 2:53

BOB’S WORLD…. GOOD MORNING THIS IS BOB WELCH… ON THE ANCHOR PODCAST NETWORK. A FAMILY HISTORY BOOK FOUND BY THE OWNERS OF A MINNESOTA THRIFT STORE WAS RETURNED TO THE FAMILY THANKS TO THE DETECTIVE WORK OF A STRANGER.

11/01/2021, 7:25a "It's 72 days until Christmas.. and your gift is in a shipping container. 01.11.2021 3:01

BOB’S WORLD….. GOOD MORNING THIS IS BOB WELCH ON THE ANCHOR PODCAST NETWORK…. IT WAS 72 DAYS UNTIL CHRISTMAS, AND THE CLOCK WAS TICKING DOWN  MORE… IN A MINUTE

10/29/2021, 7:25a That Magnificent Man in his Flying Machine... at age 90 29.10.2021 3:03

THIS.. IS BOB’S WORLD…. GOOD MORNING I’M BOB WELCH .. ON THE ANCHOR PODCAST NETWORK HERE’S A STORY THAT KIND MAKES ANY OF US FEEL LIKE WE’RE BEING A LITTLE LAZY A 90 YEAR OLD RETIRED ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE LIEUTENANT-COLONEL… STILL CERTIFIED TO FLY AS AN INSTRUCTOR.. FOR BOTH GENERAL FLYING INSTRUCTION AND… AEROBATICS. MORE… IN A MINUTE

10/28/2021, 7:25a.. The Greenest City in the World? 28.10.2021 3:03

BOB’S WORLD…. GOOD MORNING… THIS IS BOB WELCH ON THE ANCHOR PODCAST NETWORK WHILE THERE ARE PLENTY OF THINGS WE CAN ALL DO TO REDUCE POLLUTION AND IMPROVE THE ENVIRONMENT… ALL WE NEED TO DO IS TAKE A VISIT TO NEW YORK CITY….  YES.. NEW YORK CITY… TO SPOT THE SIGNS THAT THE EFFORTS ARE PAYING OFF. MORE IN A MINUTE

10/27/2021, 7:25a The Fed's control over inflation with interest rates is like.. the riding the volume at a concert 27.10.2021 2:59

BOB’S WORLD…. GOOD MORNING... THIS IS BOB WELCH ON THE ANCHOR PODCAST NETWORK THE BOND MARKET SAYS.. INFLATION.. WILL LAST.. AND THAT YOU SHOULD BE LISTENING…. EVEN IF YOU DON’T WANT TO.  WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW IS THAT INFLATION.. IS AS MUCH A PSYCOLOGICAL PROCESS AS AN ECONOMIC ONE.  AND A KEY INDICATOR OF INFLATION EXPECTATIONS… HAS RISEN IN RECENT DAYS.. WHICH.. COULD ULTIMATELY LEAD… T...

10/26/2021, 7:25a. Surgeons attach a pig kidney.. to a person.. and it works. 26.10.2021 2:58

BOB’S WORLD…. GOOD MORNING… THIS IS BOB WELCH ON THE ANCHOR PODCAST NETWORK IN WHAT HAS BEEN CALLED A SCIENTIFIC FIRST… SURGEONS ATTACHED A PIG KIDNEY…. TO A PERSON… AND IT WORKED. WHY THIS IS CONSIDERED… A SCIENTIFIC BREAKTHROUGH…. IN A MINUTE

10/25/2021, 7:25a A man in Scotland is looking for the Quebecer who sent a message in a bottle 25.10.2021 2:33

THIS… IS BOB’S WORLD…. GOOD MORNING…. IT’S BOB WELCH…. ON THE ANCHOR PODCAST NETWORK THERE HAVE BEEN PLENTY OF TALES… OF MESSAGES… IN BOTTLES… OVER THE YEARS… IT LIKELY BRING’S A 1979 HIT SONG FROM THE POLICE TO MIND. JUST LIKE THE BAND THE POLICE… THIS STORY COMES FROM.. ACROSS THE POND.   THE STORY FROM THE WESTERN ISLES OF SCOTLAND… IN A MINUTE.

10/22/2021, 7:25a Wall Street's Charging Bull has a 7-foot gorilla staring him in the face. 22.10.2021 2:53

THIS… IS BOB’S WORLD…  GOOD MORNING I’M BOB WELCH ON THE ANCHOR PODCAST NETWORK YOU MIGHT’VE SEEN OR SEEN PICTURES OF.. THAT FAMOUS CHARGING BULL ON WALL STREET IN LOWER MANHATTAN. WELL.. IT WAS JOINED EARLIER THIS WEEK.. BY..A 7-FOOT STATUE OF HARAMBE.. THE GORILLA MORE IN A MINUTE