Bob's World

THIS IS BOB’S WORLD CANADIAN AUTHORITIES HAVE RECOVERED NEARLY 600 CARS AT THE PORT OF MONTREAL DESTINED FOR WHO KNOWS WHERE… WE’VE HEARD STORIES OF CARS STOLEN… AND WINDING UP OVERSEAS… NEVER OF THEIR RECOVERY… I’M BOB WELCH THAT STORY NEXT…---------

THIS IS BOB’S WORLD THE END OF AN ERA IS COMING FOR MILLIONS OF NEW YORK COMMUTERS… I’M BOB WELCH COMING UP…. I’LL SHARE WITH YOU AN EMAIL FROM NEW YORK’S TRANSIT AUTHORITY WHICH I AND MANY OTHERS ALSO RECEIVED AND I’LL EXPLAIN IT ALL NEXT…

THIS IS BOB’S WORLD YOU MAY HAVE HEARD OVER THE PAST FEW WEEKS THAT AMERICAN DEPARTMENT STORE CHAIN MACY’S IS CLOSING 1-HUNDRED-AND-50 STORES ACROSS THE US IN THE COMING YEARS. I’M BOB WELCH COMING UP… WHO IS INTERESTED IN ALL THAT RETAIL SPACE…

THIS IS BOB’S WORLD YOU ALREADY KNOW THAT BALTIMORE’S FRANCIS SCOTT KEY BRIDGE WAS HIT BY A BARGE EARLY TUESDAY MORNING… FOLLOWED BY A SUBSEQUENT COLLAPSE OF THAT BRIDGE… BUT… WHAT COMES NEXT…. I’M BOB WELCH… SOME THOUGHTS ON THE WAY…

THE FOLLOWING IS A RETRANSMISSION OF BOB’S WORLD ORIGINALLY PRODUCED FOR JUNE 30, 2023 ---- THIS IS BOB’S WORLD… GOOD MORNING I’M BOB WELCH IN CANADA’S CAPITAL CITY… A REPLICA STREET CAR HAD AN EVICTION NOTICE… THE DATE TO GET OUT WOULD’VE BEEN TODAY… THAT STORY IN A MINUTE…

THIS IS BOB’S WORLD I’M TAKING A FEW DAYS OFF AND REGULAR EPISODES WILL RESUME MONDAY, APRIL 1ST. THERE WILL BE NO EPISODE ON FRIDAY, THE 29TH. FOR TODAY AND TOMORROW… YOU WILL HEAR A REPLAY OF AN EPISODE WHICH RECEIVED AN AWFUL LOT OF ENCOURAGING FEEDBACK WHAT YOU WILL HEAR NEXT WAS ORIGINALLY PREPARED FOR FEBRUARY 11, 2022.. THE STORY OF JON APPLETON, THE INVENTOR OF THE SYNCLAVIER SYNTHESIZER -...

THIS IS BOB’S WORLD COUNTING IN THEORY IS EASY… WE LEARN TO COUNT AT AN EARLY AGE… HOWEVER THE STATE OF VERMONT IS HAVING A DIFFICULTY COUNTING…. THE NUMBER OF HOME CONTRACTORS IN ITS STATE. I’M BOB WELCH THE DIFFICULTY IN COUNTING CONTRACTORS… FOR A HOME CONTRACTOR REGISTRY… NEXT…

THIS IS BOB’S WORLD ALLEGED WINTER… HAS MORPHED INTO ALLEGED SPRING… AT LEAST IN THE GREAT NORTHEAST I’M BOB WELCH A WINTER STORM JUST DAYS INTO SPRING… THAT WAS BIGGER THAN ANY THAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED IN WINTER IN A MINUTE.

THIS IS BOB’S WORLD THE COST OF A NEW CAR IS COMING DOWN BUT… EXPERTS SAY WE’RE NEVER GOING TO BACK TO THE GOOD OLE DAYS PRE-2020 AGAIN I’M BOB WELCH THAT STORY NEXT

THIS IS BOB’S WORLD YOU LIVE ACROSS THE STREET FROM SOMETHING YOU CONSIDER TO BE OF HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE… AND YOU WANT TO BUY IT… TO SAVE IT I’M BOB WELCH THAT’S WHAT ONE MAN IS TRYING TO DO IN THE ATLANTIC PROVINCE OF NEW BRUNSWICK.. CANADA. THAT STORY NEXT..

THIS IS BOB’S WORLD VANISHED WITHOUT A TRACE FROM A VERMONT TOWN… 20 YEARS AGO YESTERDAY I’M BOB WELCH COMING UP THE STORY OF BRIANNA MAITLAND AND THE NEW REWARD ISSUED FOR INFORMATION ON HER DISAPPEARANCE. ---- IF YOU CAN HELP INVESTIGATORS, CALL 1-800-CALL-FBI OR THE VERMONT STATE POLICE TIP HOTLINE AT 1-844-84-VTIPS.

THIS IS BOB’S WORLD WITH NOT ONE… NOT TWO… BUT THREE ODDBALL STORIES IN FRONT OF ME INVOLVING ANIMALS…. ONE OF WHICH WAS A HUMAN DRESSED UP AS AN ANIMAL… THERE WAS ONLY ONE THING TO DO… I’M BOB WELCH COMING UP… MY PERIODIC PROFESSIONAL NOD TO THE WLS RADIO PERSONALITIES TOMMY EDWARDS AND LARRY LUJACK…. FOR AN INSTALLMENT OF ANIMAL STORIES… IS NEXT….

THIS IS BOB’S WORLD A REPORTER POSTED A PICTURE ON HER INSTAGRAM THE OTHER DAY… THAT HAD NOTHING AT ALL TO DO WITH THE NEWS.. AS SHE WAS HEADED OFF ON VACATION.. I’M BOB WELCH I DON’T KNOW WHETHER THIS GOES UNDER THE CATEGORY OF DECORUM WHILE TRAVELING… OR… SOCIAL AWARENESS… WHATEVER IT IS … IT’S COMING UP… ---- The inspiration for today's episode is WABC-TV New York reporter Kemberly Richards...

THIS IS BOB’S WORLD IN QUEBEC, THERE ARE RULES ABOUT HOW SHORT-TERM RENTAL HOSTS CAN OPERATE AND IN MONTREAL… IT’S TURNING DIFFICULT TO ENFORCE THE LAW.. IN ONE CASE LAST YEAR, THERE WAS A DEADLY CONSEQUENCE I’M BOB WELCH TRACKING DOWN ILLEGAL SHORT-TERM RENTALS IN MONTREAL… NEXT..

THIS IS BOB’S WORLD AND THIS.. IS A DAY TO RECOGNIZE PI. I’M BOB WELCH BUT, PUT THE FORK DOWN…….. FOR THIS IS A DAY ABOUT MATH AWARENESS AND LESS ABOUT PASTRIES.

THIS IS BOB’S WORLD A FEW WEEKS BACK I HAD A STORY ON ABOUT SUCH A THING AS ORGANIZED RETAIL THEFT. I’M BOB WELCH TODAY’S STORY IS… ONE OF THE KINGPINS OR IN THIS CASE A QUEENPIN… WAS CLOSED IN ON …………………

THIS IS BOB’S WORLD A COMPANY THAT OWNS NEARLY TWO DOZEN NEWSPAPERS IN ATLANTIC CANADA HAS DEBTS OF ALMOST $100 MILLION AND IS FILING FOR CREDITOR PROTECTION. I’M BOB WELCH… THAT STORY COMING UP…

THIS IS BOB’S WORLD NOTHING QUITE SAYS WELCOME TO SPRING LIKE TURNING THE CLOCKS AHEAD… AND THEN GETTING A PUSH ALERT FOR A WINTER STORM WARNING… I’M BOB WELCH… MY ANNUAL GRUMBLE… WHICH I’LL KEEP BRIEF… IN A MINUTE.

THIS IS BOB’S WORLD THE BATTLE AGAINST PORCH PIRATES…. I’M BOB WELCH THE LASTEST FRONT IS IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS THAT STORY COMING UP…..

THIS IS BOB’S WORLD HOW ABOUT A HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL GAME THAT HAPPENED IN NEW JERSEY BUT THAT PEOPLE ALL OVER THE PLACE ARE TALKING ABOUT. I’M BOB WELCH THE BUZZER-BEATER BETWEEN MANASQUAN AND CAMDEN.. IN NEW JERSEY THAT WAS OVERTURNED AFTER IT FIRST BEING CALLED GOOD….. COMING UP..

THIS IS BOB’S WORLD. THE FOCAL POINT OF MONTREAL’S SUMMER FESTIVAL SEASON… THE JUST FOR LAUGHS COMEDY FESTIVAL IS CANCELLED FOR THIS YEAR. ITS ORGANIZER ON THE BRINK OF BANKRUPTCY.. I’M BOB WELCH THAT STORY NEXT.

THIS IS BOB’S WORLD HAVE YOU OWNED AN APPLE I-PHONE? HAVE YOU WONDERED WHETHER APPLE UPLOADED SOFTWARE TO DELIBERATELY SLOW DOWN YOUR DEVICE IN ORDER FOR YOU TO GET A NEW ONE? I’M BOB WELCH THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION IS YES AND THERE’S A SETTLEMENT THAT’S BEEN OKAYED IN BRITISH COLUMBIA THAT YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO GET IN ON..

THIS IS BOB’S WORLD TOMORROW IS A MUNICIPAL RITUAL AS UNIQUE AS THE STATE IN WHICH IT HAPPENS… I’M BOB WELCH AND TOMORROW IS TOWN MEETING DAY IN VERMONT. THAT STORY COMING UP..

HELLO… IT’S BOB WELCH WITH AN UPDATE… AS YOU KNOW THERE WAS NO BOB’S WORLD ON FRIDAY WHICH I SUGGESTED MIGHT BE A POSSIBLITY AT THE CLOSE OF THURSDAY’S BROADCAST. I GOT MYSELF CHECKED OUT THAT AFTERNOON AND I WOUND UP TESTING POSITIVE FOR COVID. BETTER NOW THAN 4 YEARS AGO.. THAT IS CERTAIN. ALSO A CERTAIN, THE VACCINATIONS AGAINST IT I HAVE RECEIVED OVER THE PAST 3 YEARS ARE MAKING IT MUCH EASIER...

THIS IS BOB’S WORLD FEBRUARY 22ND IS FIRST US PRESIDENT GEORGE WASHINGTON’S BIRTHDAY… ON THIS DATE IN 1980… ANOTHER SPECIAL THING ALSO HAPPENED. I’M BOB WELCH THE USA’S MEN’S OLYMPIC HOCKEY WIN OVER THE FORMER USSR… COMING UP..