On the Mark from Newsradio 1070 WKOK

9/15/22 On The Mark: Joe McGranaghan & Steve Kusheloff argue voter ID, the meaning of mid-term election outcomes and abortion related topics. They talk about the latest PA and national mid-term polls, the biggest issues in the race, the refusal to debate by candidate Fetterman and in the Mastriano/Shapiro race. Joseph, calls in about a babies 'um-bible-lical cord (referencing umbilical cords i...

8/13/22 On The Mark: Joe McGranaghan and Steve Kusheloff argue... the high, real cost, of illegal immigration, the latest polling data, and how reliable are polls. They also discuss the health of democratic US Senate candidate John Fetterman's health woes, how he won't debate and how he'll coast to the US Senate seat. They discuss kids at the US/Mexico border, and what are the limits to US compass...

9/12/22 On The Mark: Joe & Steve Kusheloff argie vociferously about the US/Mexico border and illegal immigration.  They also discuss hippocrital conservatives (EB email of course), John Fetterman’s stroke recovery,  Pres. Trump vs. Pres. Biden, and Joe reiterates;  During the 2020 election count, democrats had emergency ballots under-the-table, and used them.

Mark Lawrence and guest co-host John Shipman try to 'right the ship' of government, talking about election confidence, our broken branches of government and how the power hungry fossils in Washington. Several callers said the answer is in bible scriptures, we need to repent and honor God. OThers said changing election day back into Election Day would help.

9/8/22 On The Mark: Mark & Joe argue about MAGA republicans, Biden Democrats and everyone in between

Joe McGranaghan and Mark Lawrence host open phones, they start out with Joe being rebuked for being an independent thinker who supports, common sense, reasonable people and positions. He is a RINO says our listener and should be kicked out of the GOP. But another listener says Joe isn't, and should be a lemming. We also discuss not being lockstep with any political party. Then onto John Fetterman...

9/6/22 On The Mark: Mark & Joe argue MAGA, Pres. Biden, division and rinos

8:30am to 9:00am:  Robert Garrett , President, and CEO Greater Susquehanna Valley Chamber of Commerce, and  Art Thomas , Chairman GSVCC, President Meck-Tech and Diversified Construction Inc., had their reaction to the latest US and PA jobless numbers. We talked about inflation, supply chain, workers, impediments to development and forgiving their loans. 8:40am:  Jason Fink , Preside...

Mark Lawrence and Joe McGranaghan host Dr. Chris Ellis, Bucknell political scientist professor and co-director of the Bucknell Institute for Public Policy, on the student loan forgiveness controversy, the PA US Senate and gubernatorial races, Pres. Trump's influence on the GOP, partisan issues, Barbara F. Walter's civil war book, and other topics. During open phones, dug into the veteran, Turkish...

Mark Lawrence and Joe McGranaghan lead a fitful, divisive, argumentative, disparaging dispute over liberal vs conservative. Mark gets shutdown and angry, Joe gets backed into corner, then they break out in kumbaya. 

Mark Lawrence and Joe McGranaghan host Dawn Toguchi, Executive Director, Open Discourse Coalition, Lewisburg, on the mission and work of the coalition, their deliverables (classes, fora, events, etc.), and their attack on cancel culture that is raising up the entire Valley. We discussed their forum Tuesday night involving health care disparities. During open phones, we discussed open discourse, ca...

Mark Lawrence and Joe McGranaghan open the week with a discussion about GOP gubernatorial candidate, state senator, Doug Mastriano, has views which some say are extreme and the confederate uniform discussion. We also discussed the US electrical grid vulnerability to terrorism, the Mar a Lago search and other topics.

On The Mark anchors Ben Reichley and Mark Lawrence host Dr. Stacy Mastriola, professor of accounting from Bucknell University, on the student loan forgiveness program, the impact on the US economy, the meaning of contracts and commitments, and how schools aren't addressed in the loan actions. During open phones, we read a dozen emails and texts about the load program, US involvement in Ukraine, Ma...

Mark Lawrence and Joe McGranaghan discuss Pres. Joe Biden's 10,000/20.000 dollar student loan forgiveness plan, the impact it will have on the deficit, economy, taxpayers and of course, loan recipients. We discussed previous administration's tax cuts for various categories, corporations and high earners, corporate welfare, Pres. Biden buying votes, the sanctity of contracts, impact on inflation, t...

Mark Lawrence and Joe McGranaghan host open phones, talking about Pres. Biden's student loan forgiveness proposal, changes in gun laws that would make students safer, the assault rifle ban, AR15s, school shootings, John Fetterman's heart issues, his marijuana advocacy, and a wide range of other current and local topics.

8/23/22 On The Mark: Mark & Joe host CBS' Leonard Steinhorn on Pres. Trump and primaries...then open phones

8/22 22 On The Mark: Joe McGranaghan and Steve Kusheloff host open phones, talking about the biggest issues of the day

8/19/22 Ben Reichley and John Shipman host a great On The Mark, talking about their differing viewpoints on the days political issues

Mark Lawrence and Joe McGranaghan wrap up Joe's retirement shortened week with a discussion about all of the political candidates in PA right now, the US Senate and gubernatorial candidates and we ask listeners who they support and why.

Mark Lawrence and Joe McGranaghan discuss the Liz Cheney US Congress primary loss in Wyoming, Pres. Trump's criticisms, the Build Back Better debacle, inflation, Pres. Biden, Dr. Oz, and Lt. Gov. Fetterman.

8/16/22 On The Mark: Mark Lawrence and Joe McGranaghan host a call from US Congressman Dan Meuser (R-9th, Dallas, Pa.). He expresses his extreme disfavor of the Pres. Biden administration's DOJ and FBI actions at Mar a Lago, the double standards for various ex-presidents and his view on some recently passed legislation During open phones, we continued the discussion about the Mar a Lago search, su...

8/12/22 On The Mark: Mark Lawrence & Ben Reichley host CBS legal analyst Thane Rosenbaum. We discuss the Mar a Lago search, Merrick Garland's remarks and the fallout of the US Justice Department actions lately. His bio says, Thane Rosenbaum is a novelist, essayist and law professor, the author of numerous books of fiction and nonfiction, including “Payback: The Case for Revenge, The Myth of Mo...

8/12/22 On The Mark: Mark Lawrence & Ben Reichley host CBS legal analyst Thane Rosenbaum. His bio says, Thane Rosenbaum is a novelist, essayist and law professor, the author of numerous books of fiction and nonfiction, including “Payback: The Case for Revenge, The Myth of Moral Justice: Why Our Legal System Fails to Do What’s Right,” and the forthcoming “Saving Free Speech … from Itself.” He e...

David Jolly , former Republican US Congressman (R-13th, Florida), executive chairman Serve America Movement, political analyst, TV commentator, radio host, public speaker, and author, on the chasmic political divide in the US right now, a little on how we got this far apart, how it led to Jan. 6, and we’ll discuss solutions; Cong. Jolly and others are involved in a new, unifying political party ca...

David Jolly , former Republican US Congressman (R-13th, Florida), executive chairman Serve America Movement, political analyst, TV commentator, radio host, public speaker, and author, on the chasmic political divide in the US right now, a little on how we got this far apart, how it led to Jan. 6, and we’ll discuss solutions; Cong. Jolly and others are involved in a new, unifying political party ca...