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Better Choice for Payday Lending, and Senate Race Analysis


This program originally aired on 10/21/2006
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This week's Pennsylvania Newsmakers features an update on the important Pennsylvania US Senate race with John Micek, Allentown Call and Tony Romeo, KYW/KDKA. Then, International Credit Union Month is the focus of a discussion with Norb Kaczmarek, CEO of the Erie Federal Credit Union and Keith Welks, Special Counsel to the State Treasurer. They join host Terry Madonna to discuss pay day lending schemes and the Credit Union Better Choice Program, a cooperative program between the Credit Union Association of Pennsylvania and the State Treasurer’s office to combat payday lending.

Video streaming of the entire program is available with the link at the right.

Broadcast on the following stations:

  • WGAL Channel 8 (Harrisburg and Lancaster) Sunday, October 22nd at 11:00 AM
  • WBPH (Lehigh Valley and Philadelphia) - Monday, October 23rd at 11:00 PM
  • WKBS 47 (Altoona) - Saturday, October 21st at 11:30 AM
  • WPCB 40 (Pittsburgh) - Saturday, October 21st at 11:30 AM

    On cable:
  • Blue Ridge Communications Cable TV 13 - Sunday, October 22nd at 3:30 PM
  • CATV Channel 8 -Tuesday, October 24th at 7:00 PM and Wednesday, October 25th that 1:00 PM