Worcester, MA — 9/7/2006 — On Sunday, September 10 at 10:00 p.m. (EST), WICN/90.5 FM, the NPR affiliate serving Central New England, will broadcast and webcast Episode 8 of "This New Car: Promoting Clean, Mean Driving Machines," a 13-week special edition of The Business Beat. In "This New Car," Steve D'Agostino, host of The Business Beat since 1995 and principal of Best Rate Of Climb in Worcester, MA, moderates a panel of experts. They are: Jim Dunn of the Center for Technology Commercialization in Westboro, MA; Gilles Labelle of Westboro Toyota’s Hybrid Center of Massachusetts in Westboro, MA; and Craig Van Batenburg of the Automotive Career Development Center in Worcester, MA.

WICN Schedule

In Episode 9, "This New Car" explores "Can Detroit Be Hybrid-ized?" To hear a 2-minute 51-second audio clip of the September 10 show, in MP3 format, visit This New Car.

Coming up on "This New Car:
September 17: What is a "green" vehicle and do average consumers really care?
September 24: Can "green" vehicles save the planet?
October 1: Are the state and federal governments doing enough to promote and support "green" vehicles?
October 8: Does everyone need to own a vehicle?

Learn more about Jim Dunn, Gilles Labelle and Craig Van Batenburg.

Learn more about "This New Car."

Coming This Fall: "This New Car" goes to a full hour and Alison Sander of the AltWheels Festival in Boston joins the 13-week series as a regular expert. The new series will be broadcast and webcast Sundays at 10 p.m. (EST) from October 15, 2006 through January 14, 2007.

"This New Car" is sponsored exclusively by Westboro Toyota on Route 9 in Westboro.

To hear last month's Business Beat shows, in MP3 format, hit this link, WICN Archive, and scroll down to the Business Beat section. You can load the audio on iPods or other portable MP3 players. You can open MP3 podcasts with iTunes, Musicmatch Jukebox, Real Player, WinAmp and Windows Media Player.

Now you can search shows and play audio using key phrases: Visit www.Podzinger.com and enter "The Business Beat" + "WICN" in the search bar -- make sure to put " before and after each key phrase and + between them. Then, click on the phrase "WICN's Business Beat with Steve D'Agostino." Then, enter a key phrase such as "hybrid vehicles" in the search bar. Then, click on any of the highlighted "hybrid vehicles" key phrases and listen as the audio plays at a point in the show where the key phrase is mentioned.

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