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WBAA’s Ask the Mayor now airs in a new time slot with an updated format. You’ll now be able to tune in during Morning Edition and All Things Considered to hear our conversations with the mayors of West Lafayette, Lafayette, Frankfort, and Crawfordsville. Listen at 7:50 a.m. and 4:50 pm each Thursday, and stick around for local news coverage and NPR reporting. If you can’t catch the segments when they air, you’ll always be able to find here. Submit listener questions before the show to ask@wbaa.org. Thanks for listening!