On The Mark

Mark Lawrence and Joe McGranaghan hold day II of the US Supreme Court candidate hearings–local style–discussing KBJ’s qualifications, the US Senate hearings, Critical Race Theory, sentencing, and what is a woman.

WKOK’s On The Mark hosts Joe McGranaghan and Mark Lawrence host a call from Democratic gubernatorial candidate Josh Shapiro. We discuss how he’ll be different than Gov. Wolf, his view on stronger gun laws, death penalty, and a wide range of other issues.

Mark Lawrence and Joe McGranaghan had a great show: CBS News legal analyst, author, educator and commentator Thane Rosenbaum talks to us about the US Supreme Court hearing for Kentanji Brown Jackson. We talk about the partisan nature of the hearings now, why candidates won’t answer questions and how the bitter divide feeds into our low public opinion of our nation’s courts. During open...

Mark Lawrence and Joe McGranaghan host a call from State House member Kurt Masser (R-107th, Elysburg) on his last term in state house, Convention of States, legalizing marijuana, and other pending topics. During open phones, we discussed Dr. Levine being called a ‘he’ by a website and other people, and several callers agreed. We tied in hate speech, Twitter’s freedom to censor an...

Mark Lawrence and Joe McGranaghan discuss Hunter Biden’s laptop for 90-minutes! The issue has new momentum thanks to the NYT article last week. Joe says the FBI, US Justice Department and IRS are investigating Hunter’s tax issue and the laptop emails. Mark says worst case, tax evasion, illegal lobbying and influence peddling would be the crimes.  The media pooh-poohing this initially w...

On The Mark Friday featured Mark Lawrence and John Shipman discussing US government control, COVID-19 restricts and conspiracy theories from the left and the right. We discussed state and federal overreach, trying to save lives, and ‘The Great Reset.’ Also, talked about, Hunter Biden’s laptop and the NYT, the Convention of States, and abortion.

Mark Lawrence and Joe McGranaghan do a live on-air Q & A with Pamela Falk, a CBS News Analyst, on the US’ involvement against the Russian invasion, how involved should we be, why are we involved at all, are Russian citizens getting word of the war, and what about peace talks.

Mark Lawrence and Joe McGranaghan do a live on-air Q & A with Pamela Falk, a CBS News Analyst, on the US’ involvement against the Russian invasion, how involved should we be, why are we involved at all, are Russian citizens getting word of the war, and what about peace talks. During open phones, we continued the conversation with callers, discussing how militarily involved the US should...

Mark Lawrence and Joe McGranaghan argue about if we should drop Daylight Saving Time, and then if so, should we adopt Standard time, or Saving time. Then we list the candidates of PA Governor and PA Senate. Also, one of our good callers makes a case for WW III.

Mark Lawrence and Joe McGranaghan host  Dr. Matt Rousu, Dean of the Sigmund Weis School of Business, Professor of Economics, Susquehanna University, on the powerful impact that opinions have prices, inflation and oil markets. We talked about how oil prices went up after Pres. Biden’s energy announcements, how many tangible supply/demand issues affect prices, but anticipation and fear are big facto...

Mark Lawrence and Joe McGranaghan argue about Jen Psaki’s references to the ‘Putin Price Hikes’ on gasoline, VP Kamala Harris’ laughter in Poland, US energy policy, Pres. Trump’s comeback, 2024 presidential candidates and other topics.

Mark Lawrence and Ben Reichley wrap up a busy week talking about the global oil markets, energy, drilling, President Biden’s energy policy and many related topics.

Mark Lawrence and Joe McGranaghan host Tim Murray, former President and CEO Alba, author of WoWs Words of Wisdom, CEO Cardinal Virtues Consulting, Inc. and adjunct faculty Susquehanna University, Tim was with Aluminum Bahrain (Alba) for 12 years and was CEO in the last 7 of those years. He also held the roles of Chief Financial Officer, Chief Marketing Officer and Chief Supply Chain Officer. He ta...

Gubernatorial candidate Jake Corman discusses the issues in Pennsylvania in this segment of the Wednesday, March 9, 2022 On the Mark program on Newsradio 1070 WKOK.

Mark Lawrence and Joe McGranaghan host a vibrant open phones, with hosts and callers talking about the US use of Russian oil, energy, domestic energy, the US/Southern border, solar, wind, Sarah Palin; Drill, baby, drill, the Russian invasion, Ukraine, and money spent guarding border wall pieces in the US.

Mark Lawrence and co-host Ben Reichley host Bob Garrett, President and CEO Greater Susquehanna Valley Chamber of Commerce, and Art Thomas, Chairman GSVCC, President Meck-Tech and Diversified Construction Inc., with  reaction to the latest US and PA jobless numbers, and the Chamber’s latest activities, events and meetings. 8:40am: Elizabeth Bolden, President and CEO, Pennsylvania Commission for Com...

Mark Lawrence and Joe McGranaghan host Bucknell Environmental Sciences/politcal scientist Dr. Amanda Wooden, on the Russian invasion of Ukraine. We talked about Vladimir Putin, oil and energy, sanctions, Europe and the US response, the media in Russia and Ukraine, and many related topics. During open phones, Joe repeatedly said President Biden misspoke during the State of the Union address and acc...

Mark Lawrence and Joe McGranaghan host the outgoing superintendent in the Milton Area School District, talking about her retirement, CRT, parental involvement in schools, her tenure at MASD and many related topics. During open phones, we discuss President Joe Biden’s State of the Union Address tonight, Dr. Keegan’s remarks, US Congressman Fred Keller’s retirement (thanks to redis...

Mark Lawrence and Joe McGranaghan host a busy morning of calls about the Russian invasion of Ukraine, what the US can do about it and how much better Pres. Trump would have done. We discuss Russian vodka, the PLCB, demonstrations of support, arming \Ukrainian weapons, and many related topics.

Mark Lawrence and guest co-host John Shipman host special guest Gene Yaw (R-PA Sen, 23rd, Loyalsock) in a town hall format with open phones.  We discuss Russian/Ukraine/Energy, PA’s natural gas, energy, climate, environment, renewable and PA’s role in the global energy markets. Also, the opioid crisis, Opioid Use Disorder and the PA courts and the US Justice Department lawsuit. The Con...

Mark Lawrence and Joe McGranaghan host a vibrant discussion about the Russian invasion of Ukraine, including a call-in from CBS News foreign affairs analyst Pamela Falk. She talks about the immovable object that is Vladimir Putin. She comments on Pres. Trump or Pres. Biden being stronger against Putin.  

Mark Lawrence and Joe McGranaghan host a vibrant discussion about the Russian invasion of Ukraine, including a call-in from CBS News foreign affairs analyst Pamela Falk. She talks about the immovable object that is Vladimir Putin. She comments on Pres. Trump or Pres. Biden being stronger against Putin. During open phones, on the same vein, we discuss the Dems vs. GOP likely contributing factors be...

Mark Lawrence and Joe McGranaghan start out discussing the Penn swimmer who swept top spots in swim meets over the weekend. We discuss the fairness of this, and a NCAA testosterone testing program. Then CBS’ military analyst Jeff McCausland calls in to help us understand the Russian/Ukrainian crisis, the options NATO and other countries have, and the US response.