This show was supposed to be a discussion with Camden resident Ben Ellison about boats.

But then Leonard Lookner and Jack Churchill, also from Camden, came into the studio and the show morphed into a delightful three-way interchange about local happenings, harbors, politics and just plain fun. It was just like the old time spirited coffee shop discussions between locals before they all started hiding behind their computers and smartphones.

This is a great example of “community television” which brings communication back to our community. It also lets us know about all the wonderful people and things happening right here.

P.S. Ben will be back in the studio again soon to talk about boats!

The Chris Wolf Show is a production of penbaypilot.com, WRFR Community Radio and MaineCoast.tv Community Television for Midcoast Maine.

They say a picture is worth a thousand words. On The Chris Wolf Show Wednesday, November 4, 2015, you got both. Our guest was Rockport photographer Peter Ralston.

The show was broadcast on WRFR Community Radio, Channel 7 Maine Coast TV, and streamed live on www.mainecoast.tv/streaming.

Peter Ralston has photographed the coast of Maine since 1978, drawn especially to the working communities that define coastal Maine’s character.

His work has been seen in countless books and magazines, featured on network television and has been exhibited in galleries, collections and museums throughout the United States and abroad.Peter Ralston

Peter was co-founder of the Island Institute where many of you have probably seen examples of his photographs. He is now a full time photographer with his gallery “Ralston Gallery” in Rockport, Maine.

Peter’s photographs are gorgeous images but, more importantly, they have a deeper layer…they tell a story.

For more information on Peter Ralston, see www.ralstongallery.com.

The Chris Wolf Show is a joint project of PenBay Pilot, WRFR FM Community Radio and Maine Coast TV Community Television.

Captain Jim Sharp is the founder of the Sail, Power and Steam Museum, in Rockland, Maine, located next to the Snow Marine Park.

In this Chris Wolf Show, Captain Sharp talks about what’s happening at the Museum and the great resource it is for the area.

Captain Sharp was also the force behind creation of the windjammer fleet in Midcoast Maine. He has sailed virtually every kind of boat, and has an amazing number of stories to tell about his experiences.

This is a great show if you’re interested in Maine and/or its boats.

Not long ago, many peoples first job lasted their entire working life, 40 or 50 years. More recently they would have the same type of job, but with perhaps 3 or 4 different employers.

Now, people have a “career” which is not a single employer or a single job, but a series of working experiences with different employers and with different types of jobs. And, in fact as many of us have found out, the jobs they have later on in their career might not have even existed even five years ago!

On Monday, October 26, 2015, The Chris Wolf Show hosted Rockport author Frank Burtnett. Guest host for the show was Rich Smalley of Maine Coast TV.

Author and counselor Frank Burtnett is a resident of Rockport, Maine and Springfield, Virginia.

The show was broadcast on WRFR Community Radio, Channel 7 Maine Coast TV, and streamed live on www.mainecoast.tv.

Dr. Burtnett’s new book, “Career Errors: Straight Talk About the Steps and Missteps of Career Development” was published recently by Rowman & Littlefield.

The book addresses more than two dozen things people “do wrong” or “don’t do” in their quest for career satisfaction. In a review of the book, the St. Paul Pioneer Press said; “If you want to know where your job search or career path went wrong, author Frank Burtnett is ready to tell you.”

Dr. Burtnett is also the author of the “Bound-for-College Guidebook” and the “Bound-for-Career Guidebook”.

The Chris Wolf Show is a joint project of PenBay Pilot, WRFR FM Community Radio and Maine Coast TV Community Television.

On Friday, October 23, 2015, The Chris Wolf Show was a “Music Day” with the David Scott Norton Band, country with Camden, Maine roots.

The show was broadcast on WRFR Community Radio, Channel 7 Maine Coast TV, and streamed live on www.mainecoast.tv/streaming.

This show features LOTS of live country and bluegrass music.

David Scott Norton is a traditional country music singer and founder of Acadia Music Group, Inc., a recording label & entertainment company, DavidScottNorton2based out of Camden, Maine.

David recently recorded “Honky-Tonkin’ In LA”, an EP set in Los Angeles that includes performances by prominent contributors to the vibrant country music scene he found in and around Hollywood.

“The Honky-Tonkin’ In ” Project will continue showcasing traditional country music sound and musicians found in various cities. The next planned EP releases are set in “Acadia” (New England) and Nashville, TN.

David can be found online at https://www.davidscottnorton.com. His music is also available on iTunes, Amazon, CDBaby, and most online retailers. David Scott Norton Music will be Honky-Tonkin In Acadia as the musical guest on The Chris Wolf Show.

Sitting in with David Scott Norton at the Chris Wolf show, on October 23, 2015, was Broadway musician, John Ruis (Camden, ME), on guitar & mandolin and writer & bassist, Emily Randolph-Epstein (Rockport, ME) from Miners Creek Bluegrass Band.

The Chris Wolf Show is a joint project of PenBay Pilot, WRFR FM Community Radio and Maine Coast TV Community Television.

On Wednesday, October 20, 2015, The Chris Wolf Show hosted photographer Patrisha McLean talking about her new book “My Island” which features amazing portraits of Maine Island children.

The show was broadcast on WRFR Community Radio, Channel 7 Maine Coast TV, and streamed live on www.mainecoast.tv/streaming.

For those of you familiar with Patrisha’s photography, you’ll know how great her photography of people is. For those of you not familiar with her, you’re in for a sweet treat. She’s able to capture the essence of a person and the moment in a single black and white photo.

Patrisha photographs with a medium format camera and does her own darkroom work. Her prints have a look and depth that digital photograph can’t rival. Her photographs have exhibited in museums and galleries across the country, including the Caldbeck Gallery in Rockland, ME and the Silver Eye Gallery in Pittsburgh, PA. They are also in the permanent collection of the Farnsworth Museum and the Portland Museum of Art.

The show featured a new song by Patrisha’s husband, Don McLean, “Lucky Guy” from the upcoming Botanical Gardens CD and a song by her daughter,Jackie Lee Strack, “The Last Time” accessible through Soundcloud.

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As always, on the Chris Wolf Show, it’s like having his guest into your living room. The conversation will cover a wide range of topics and you’ll be pleasantly surprised.

The rocky coast of Maine and bluegrass music aren’t frequently found in the same sentence, but that’s exactly where you’ll find Miners Creek Bluegrass Band.

Located in the tiny coastal village of Rockport, Maine, Miners Creek is at its core is a family band, consisting of song writing, mother/daughter duo Resa & Emily Randolph and husband/dad/banjo player Whitney Randolph. Jesse McWilliams joins in on mandolin; Peter Proeller on claw hammer banjo; and Jenny Karod on viola/violin.

The band’s sound originates from the bluegrass tradition, but also gleans from the folk revival of the 1960s, latin chords and rhythms, classic rock, Appalachian and old timey tunes, and classical music. With each member of the band bringing their own passion and spin to the final product, they seek to create a new, distinctive take on bluegrass music.

Friday, May 15, PenBayPilot.com and “The Chris Wolf Show” hosted Miners Creek Bluegrass Band of Rockport. This show was streamed live on www.MaineCoast.TV and broadcast on WRFR FM 7-8 a.m.

On Monday, October 19, 2015, The Chris Wolf Show hosted Maine’s internationally bestselling author Tess Gerritsen.

The show was broadcast on WRFR Community Radio, Channel 7 Maine Coast TV, and streamed live on www.mainecoast.tv/streaming.

Tess Gerritsen took an unusual route to a writing career. A graduate of Stanford University, Tess went on to medical school at the University of California, San Francisco, where she was awarded her M.D.

While on maternity leave from her work as a physician, she began to write fiction. In 1987, her first novel was published. Call After Midnight, a romantic thriller, was followed by eight more romantic suspense novels. She also wrote a screenplay, “Adrift”, which aired as a 1993 CBS Movie of the Week starring Kate Jackson.

Tess’s first medical thriller, Harvest, was released in hardcover in 1996, and it marked her debut on the New York Times bestseller list. Her suspense novels since then have been: Life Support (1997),Bloodstream (1998), Gravity (1999), The Surgeon (2001), The Apprentice (2002), The Sinner (2003), Body Double (2004), Vanish(2005), The Mephisto Club (2006), The Bone Garden (2007), The Keepsake (2008; UK title: Keeping the Dead), Ice Cold(2010; UK title: The Killing Place), The Silent Girl (2011), Last To Die (August 2012), Die Again (January 2015) and Playing With Fire (coming October 27, 2015). Her books have been published in forty countries, and more than 30 million copies have been sold around the world.

Her series of novels featuring homicide detective Jane Rizzoli and medical examiner Maura Isles inspired the TNT television series “Rizzoli & Isles” starring Angie Harmon and Sasha Alexander.

Now retired from medicine, she writes full time. She lives in Maine.

On Wednesday, October 14, 2015, The Chris Wolf Show hosted Bill Packard of Union, Maine. The show was broadcast on WRFR Community Radio, Channel 7 Maine Coast TV, and streamed live on www.mainecoast.tv/streaming, 7:00-8:00 a.m.

Bill is an author, speaker, and business consultant. He writes a very interesting column for penbaypilot.com.

Bill has a special knack of taking the obvious and making it clear, something we many times have difficulty doing. This, of course, has value not only in business, but also in life in general.

This show focused on customer service…something many, many businesses get wrong. And the customers get even.

Bill gives a lot of examples of bad customer service, how to position your businesses towards and implementing good customer service, and the benefits of good customer service to the business and the customer.

The Chris Wolf Show is a joint project of PenBay Pilot, WRFR FM Community Radio and Maine Coast TV Community Television. Check our website www.mainecoast.tv for up to date information on our programming.