Weather right now
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Local weather forecast
Today's forecast is specific to Ghent, in Columbia County.
The National Weather Service predicts Ghent will be mostly sunny, with a high near 30 on Thursday. Wind chill values as low as -1. West wind between 10 and 13 mph becoming light. Thursday Night: A chance of snow showers, mainly after 4 a.m. Increasing clouds, with a low around 23. The weekend forecast:
• Friday: A chance of snow showers before 11 a.m., then a chance of rain and snow showers between 11 a.m. and noon, then a chance of rain showers after noon. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 41.
• Saturday: A chance of rain and snow showers before 1 p.m., then a slight chance of rain showers between 1 p.m. and 5 p.m., then a slight chance of rain and snow showers after 5 p.m. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 39.
• New Year's Eve: Partly cloudy, with a low around 24.
• New Year's Day: Partly sunny, with a high near 44.

Town meetings today
This is the fifth Thursday of the month, and meetings are rarely scheduled on the fifth weeks of the month.
STOCKPORT Stockport Year-End Meeting at 6 p.m. at Stockport Town Hall, 2787 Atlantic Ave., Stottville.

The skies above
SUNRISE/SUNSET 7:19 a.m./ 4:36 p.m.
MOONRISE/MOONSET 10:10 a.m. / 10:13 p.m.

Sports scores and schedules
(Hosts: Read scores in the a.m. only, and schedules in the p.m.)
Scores
New York Knicks 78, Golden State Warriors 92
Schedules
Thu., Dec. 29, New York Knicks at Los Angeles Lakers.

WGXC Program Notes
Special Programming Thu. Dec. 29:
• "Tell It Like It Is," 10-11 a.m.: Replay of Helen Caldicott's talk at Time and Space Limited in Hudson Nov. 29.
• "Sound Forms," 2-3 p.m.: Host Peter Wetzler has a rare interview with Richard Robbins, composer on many of the Merchant-Ivory films.
• "69," 9:30-midnight: The Magic Stranger offers a tribute to Alex Chilton.

Audio clips for WGXC programmers
This information is not meant to be read on-air.
The information below are options of pre-recorded material hosts can choose to play.

Audio clips to play


New PSAs/STATION IDs
• A_OFF_PSA_20111231_new_years_eve_cal.mp3
• A OFF PSA 20120128 Post Office Stories

Audio headlines for top of the hour
• 5 a.m.: WGXC News 10:52 PLAY CLIP also International Network News (INN), through Audioport n/a
• 6 a.m.: WGXC News 10:52 PLAY CLIP also International Network News (INN), through Audioport n/a
• 7 a.m.: WGXC News 10:52 PLAY CLIP also International Network News (INN), through Audioport n/a
• 9 a.m.: WGXC News 10:52 PLAY CLIP also International Network News (INN), through Audioport n/a
• 4 p.m.: International Network News (INN), through Audioport
• 5 p.m.: Free Speech Radio News headlines, through fsrn.org
• Midnight: International Network News (INN), through Audioport