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The Covid-19 pandemic and its effect on the mental health of Lorain County students, kindergarten through High school, is discussed with Tonya Birney. She is the Dissemination and Implementation Officer for Prevention Services at the Mental Health Addiction and Recovery Services Board of Lorain County. A licensed Independent Chemical Dependency Counselor and Consultant, Tonya explains the programs that are now being administered by several school districts to assist students and their families in coping with issues that have arisen due to the isolation created by the pandemic.
The Coronavirus pandemic and its effect on education in Lorain County is the topic of this first Dialogues program of the 2021 season. 
Lorain County Health Commissioner David Covell explains the detailed process and evaluations which have gone into enabling students, teachers and administrators to keep the education process functioning during these trying times. Commissioner Covell offers some timely advice as the county moves into the vaccine phase of the pandemic.”
In 2011, Jim Coury was the “Standout Scholar” on the Scholastic Games championship (and on previous appearances, too). In 2013 he moved on to a national stage and won the Jeopardy! College Championship. In this our 30th season, we are able to present again, from our archives, the first rebroadcast of that 2011 program. Listen and you’ll undoubtedly agree he has the “right stuff!” Click above to hear the show. 
The CAB is dedicated to preserving the legacy of broadcasting in the Greater Cleveland area and recognition of service and excellence in the industry. In annual awards presentations held since 1991, past honorees have ranged from Dorothy Fuldheim to Ernie Anderson, Linn Sheldon, Mike Douglas and Tom Hamilton. Broadcast executives such as Betty Cope, Milton Maltz and Tom Embrescia have also been recognized as well as WCLV’s co-founder Robert Conrad, an honoree in 2001. Other award recipients this year included a Presidents’ Award to veteran station owner Tom Wilson, and special awards to Sally Spitz, Director of Local Sales at WNWV for “Excellence in Leadership,” sports host Les Levine of WKRK for “Excellence in Radio,” and News Anchor Wayne Dawson of WJW-TV for “Excellence in Television.”