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MEET THE WGAN NEWS TEAM
 
WGAN is Maine’s Number One Local News, covering the news that matters to you 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

The Associated Press has recognized WGAN for its excellence with the following awards in 2009:
 

Mike Audet 
Afternoon news anchor Mike Audet has been a regular part of WGAN’s news team for over a decade, but spent several years in the 1970's working at WGAN when it was located in the Portland Press-Herald building in downtown Portland.  He later spent many years as the voice of the news on the WPOR Morning Crew.  In 2005 Mike was inducted into the Maine Association of Broadcasters’ Hall of Fame for his years of service in the local media. Mike resides in Scarborough with his wife Fran. 
 

  
Dan Cole
Dan Cole is the anchor for the WGAN Morning News, including the WGAN Eyeopener, the 2009 Maine Association of Broadcasters Award winner for Best Newscast. He also provides morning news for WGAN’s sister stations 970 WZAN and AM 1400 and 1490. Dan has been with WGAN since early 1998. Prior to that he spent many years covering news for radio stations in New Hampshire, and has been honored with a number of awards from the Associated press in Maine and NH, as well as the Maine and NH Associations of Broadcasters. He has covered many major events, including the Blizzard of 1978, the Seabrook demonstrations, seven NH presidential primaries, and several BRAC Commission reviews of the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard. Dan lives with his wife in southern Maine.


Jeff Wade
Jeff Wade is the Program and News Director for WGAN. A native of Coventry, Rhode Island, Jeff spent several years as the Executive Producer at WPRO-AM in Providence. He has also worked at stations in Albany, New York, New London, Connecticut, and Syracuse. Jeff is a proud graduate of Syracuse University’s prestigious S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, and is the President of the WJPZ Alumni Association, Syracuse University's student-run radio station. He currently resides with his fiancee' in Portland.