Beginning in 1986, Bob became a familiar voice to radio listeners across eastern and central Maine. His morning show was top rated for most of 17 years. The Country Music Association tapped him as Broadcast Personality of the Year in 1994, and he was inducted into the Country DJ Hall of Fame in Nashville on March 2nd, 2004. Bob became interested in birds in the first grade. Interest grew to passion and today Bob is one of Maine’s top birding experts. He serves on the Maine Audubon Board of Trustees and is Vice President of Audubon’s Penobscot Valley Chapter in the Bangor area. Bob is a frequent field trip leader and has led trips from Atlantic Canada to the Florida Everglades. In 2009, Bob completed development of the Maine Birding Trail and has authored a guidebook for the state, published on Down East Books. He currently writes a weekly birding column for the Bangor Daily News. Bob recently finished four terms as a member of the Maine House of Representatives, where he served on the Environment and Natural Resources Committee and helped to direct state environmental policy.
Bob Duchesne
Bob Duchesne’s Wild Maine: Corn Maze Craze! [AUDIO]
This week, Bob Duchesne's Wild Maine is celebrating the end of summer like many Maine families do: We're heading to a corn maze!
Bob Duchesne’s Wild Maine: Bangor’s Wild Side [AUDIO]
Wild Maine takes a look at Bangor's wild side. Plus we see if we've learned anything about hunting bears from our western states.
Bob Duchesne’s Wild Maine: Hunting Bears Out West, Part II + Touring Bangor Cemeteries [AUDIO]
Wild Maine goes to Colorado this week as we continue our series on whether Mainers can hunt bears like they do out west. In the second half of the show, we visit Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Bangor.
Bob Duchesne’s Wild Maine: Hunting Bears Out West [AUDIO]
Hunting bears is tough no matter where you are. As the Humane Society of the United States tries to ban traditional forms of bear hunting in Maine, this radio program heads out to Washington and Oregon to get a first-hand view of bear hunting in those states where those forms of hunting have already been banned.
Bob Duchesne’s Wild Maine: Taming the Wild Blueberry [AUDIO]
We're taming the wild blueberry this week on Bob Duchesne's Wild Maine.
Bob Duchesne’s Wild Maine: Whale Watching + Steam Shipping [AUDIO]
We find ourselves surrounded by whales in the first half of Wild Maine this week as we head out on the Bar Harbor Whale Watch.
Bob Duchesne’s Wild Maine: Indian Place Names in Maine [AUDIO]
We go everywhere in Maine from Caratunk to Sedgeunkedunk. This week, we talk with James Francis, the Penobscot Indian Nation's historian, about the native origins of many place names in Maine.
Bob Duchesne’s Wild Maine: Swapping Stories with Buzz and Tim Caverly [AUDIO]
We'll talk with Buzz and Tim Caverly and swap stories. Buzz ran Baxter State Park and Tim ran the Allagash Wilderness Waterway for many years. We'll hear about a wayward moose and even a killer chipmunk.
Bob Duchesne’s Wild Maine: Maine Youth Fish and Game Association Camp [AUDIO]
On this edition of Wild Maine, we're heading way out into the woods for Maine Youth Fish and Game Association summer camp.
Bob Duchesne’s Wild Maine: Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens [VIDEO]
This week, we're in Boothbay Harbor at the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, the largest botanical garden in New England.