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WBFO Brief

WBFO Brief July 23, 2021

Published July 23, 2021 at 10:18 AM EDT
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If it’s Friday, it’s Theatre Talk- today with Peter Hall and Anthony Chase talking about Broadway on the small screen with Apple TV’s “Schmigadoon!” Also, hear about how Albany is funding 961 summer jobs in specific violent ZIP codes as part of the anti-gun problem. This was on a day when a BB gun that was a Glock look-alike prompts a lockdown at the Charles Drew Magnet School on the grounds of the Buffalo Museum of Science Thursday. And hear Ontario correspondent Dan Karpenchuk on how Canada is looking at a fourth wave of COVID and debating mandatory proof of vaccination.

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