Thanks to WFSB Channel 3 for this great piece recapping the history of WPLR
PODCAST – Monday, May 10: Ashley’s Injury; Dumb Ass News; Chaz’s Rollercoaster Karaoke
Ashley suffered an injury over the weekend, when she closed her car door on the tip of her ring finger. The more she tried to explain how it happened, the more confused everyone was. (0:00)
Dumb Ass News – Chaz was reading a story about a teacher that was caught during a Zoom lecture, with two very odd things to have in your mouth during class. Spaghetti and nipples. (10:32)
Chaz and AJ were at Quassy the day before they opened for the season, and tried to sing Whitney Houston while riding the roller coaster. Last week we got to hear AJ, so this week it was Chaz’s turn. (15:50)
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Chaz and AJ Show Rundown: Monday, May 10
6:00. An 80’s music video icon has died. No one stretched out on the hood of a car better than her.
6:13. What happened to Ashley’s finger.
6:20 – 7:00. Call in the most pain you’ve ever been in.
7:00. A famous person is running for mayor of a big Connecticut city.
7:13. Dumb Ass News. Two very odd things to have in your mouth while teaching a zoom class.
7:20. Can we hit Whitney Houston high notes while fearing for our lives? Roller Coaster Karaoke
8:00. The top speeding excuses that work.
8:13. John Reznikoff has the world’s largest and most amazing collection of celebrity hair. Michael Jackson, Elvis Presley, Abe Lincoln and more.
9:00. A reason to be happy if you’re a dude with a big nose.
9:13. Dumb Ass News. The odd thing a guy asked for while robbing a McDonalds.
9:20. Comedian Rich Vos.
ANNOUNCEMENT:
COMEDIAN RICH VOS AND FRIENDS
FEATURING JOE LIST AND ROSEBUD BAKER
HOSTED BY IAN LARA
SUNDAY, JULY 11, 2021 @ 4PM & 7:30PM
OUTDOORS @ THE RIDGEFIELD PLAYHOUSE TENT
Throwback Concert: Green Day at Webster Theater 1997
99.1 PLR celebrates 50 years! This week we are celebrating another great year in our history: 1997!
That year PLR welcomed Green Day to Hartford’s Webster Theater. Green Day hit the road in 1997 to support their fifth studio album “Nimrod,” which featured such singles Hitchin’ a Ride, Good Riddance (Time of Your Life), Redundant and Nice Guys Finish Last.
Joining Green Day at the Webster Theater was special guest Superdrag.
This would be Green Day’s final club show in Connecticut. They had played two other club shows in the Hartford area prior to 1997. It would be 5 years before they’d return to Connecticut and that show in 2002 took place at The XFINITY Theater.
Green Day
Tour: Nimrod
Special Guest: Superdrag
Monday November 17, 1997
The Webster Theater in Hartford, Connecticut
Ticket Price: $17.50
Band Lineup: Billie Joe Armstrong (vocals/guitar), Mike Dirnt (bass), Tre Cool (drums)
Setlist*
- Going to Pasalacqua
- Welcome To Paradise
- Geek Stink Breath
- Nice Guys Finish Last
- Hitchin’ A Ride
- The Grouch
- Chump
- Longview
- 2000 Light Years Away
- Brain Stew
- Jaded
- Knowledge (Operation Ivy cover)
- Basket Case
- She
- F.O.D.
- Peter Lanterns
- Scattered (encore)
- Prosthetic Head (encore)
- When I Come Around (encore / followed by stage destruction)
- Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life) (encore)
source: setlist.fm
Give a listen to the audio from Green Day’s 1997 show at the Webster Theater
Check out these live clips of Green Day in 1997
PODCAST – Friday, May 7: How A Tribe Member Got A Scar – A Mother’s Day Story; Chaz And AJ’s Worst Job Interview Moments; The Week In Flubbles
A Tribe member shares a great mom story, that winds up with him carrying a scar on his head to this very day. Plus, the end of the snow day for students. (0:00)
Scot Haney was on while Chaz and AJ admitted their worst-ever job interview moments. AJ once choked on water so badly, everyone had to ask him if he was for real. (15:18)
A week’s worth of flubbles! Chaz and AJ both expected an abbreviated montage this week, but couldn’t have been more wrong. (21:23)
Boss Keith was in for his Top 5 list, which were his biggest (and loudest) complaints regarding someone else’s list of the best sitcoms of all time. (27:54)
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Hummels PLR 99 One-on-One: Keith Dakin
Chaz talks to Keith Dakin (Boss Keith), Vice President of Programming for Connoisseur Media and covers everything from COVIDs affect on radio, how they pick the music, radio’s future, his favorite year in music and his bizarre Armageddon supplies.
Chaz and AJ Show Rundown: Friday, May 7
5:30. King of the Nerds, Mitch Hallock’s, Top 10 Female Superheroes:
1.Moms….Happy Mother’s Day!
2.Wonder Woman
3.Black Widow
4.Supergirl
5.Batgirl
6.Invisible Woman
7.The Phoenix
8.She-Hulk
9.Captain Marvel
10.Wasp
6:00. Whopper and Road rage.
6:13. Again I think it’s a slow week for the flubble montage but again I know I’ll be surprised at how good we are at screwing up.
6:20 – 7:00. Not-so-mom moment. Share a story about your mom, someone else’s mom or you and you could win a one hundred dollar gift card to Riverview Bistro restaurant.
7:00. The “Snow Day” is dead in this one school district. But it’s a big one so more to follow.
What are your thoughts?
7:13. Dumb Ass News. A legislator is caught driving with while on a zoom call.
7:20. WFSB’s Scot Haney.
7:30 – 7:40. Gifts that moms want.
8:00. NASCAR revealed its new cars. Plus. The song lyrics challenge. Program Director Allan Lamberti taking on Bernie Sanders.
8:13. Fun Fact Friday. Call in with your fun fact….877-764-2535
8:30. Flo with a poem and…psychic abilities.
9:00. Mothers of the morning show.
9:13. Dumb Ass News. I think it’s a slow week for the flubble montage but again I know I’ll be surprised at how good we are at screwing up.
9:20. Boss Keith’s Top 5 problems he has with a top 100 list.
9:30. Mother’s Day twist during the close.
Throwback Concert: Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers at New Haven Coliseum 1983
99.1 PLR celebrates 50 years! This week we are celebrating another great year in our history: 1983!
That year PLR welcomed Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers to New Haven Coliseum. Tom Petty hit the road in 1983 to support his fifth studio album “Long After Dark,” which featured the singles You Got Lucky, Change of Heart and Straight Into Darkness. Joining Tom Petty on the tour were special guests Nick Lowe & His Noise To Go.
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
Tour: Long After Dark
Special Guest: Nick Lowe & His Noise To Go
Saturday March 26, 1983
New Haven Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Ticket Price: $12.50
Band Lineup: Tom Petty (lead vocals/guitar), Mike Campbell (guitar), Howie Epstein (bass), Benmont Trench (piano/organ/synthesizer), Stan Lynch (drums)
Setlist*
- A One Story Town
- Listen To Hear Heart
- A Thing About You
- You Got Lucky
- I Need To Know
- Here Comes My Girl
- Change of Heart
- The Waiting
- Hang On Sloopy (The Vibrations cover)
- Straight Into Darkness
- A Woman in Love (It’s Not Me)
- Kings Road
- Breakdown
- Refugee – Encore 1
- Shout (The Isley Brothers cover) – Encore 1
- Even The Losers – Encore 2
- American Girl – Encore 2
*source: setlist.fm
Check out these live clips of Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers in 1983
50 Years, 50 Albums 1983: Def Leppard ‘Pyromania’
Formed in Sheffield, England in 1977, Def Leppard became a part of the new wave of British heavy metal in the early ’80s. The third studio album Pyromania is the second to be produced by Robert John “Mutt” Lange after the success of the previous album, High n Dry, moving the bands roots to a more radio friendly sound with songs like “Bringin’ on the Heartbreak”. Pyromania, released in January of 1983, was the first album to feature guitarist Phil Collen who replaced Pete Willis, although both appear on the album. The lead single “Photograph” not only got a ton of radio airplay but heavy rotation on MTV and had four more singles from that album. The album sold over 12 million copies in the U.S. and 20 million worldwide making it No. 384 on Rolling Stone’s 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. Four years later they would double those numbers with Hysteria. At this time, we would like to induct Def Leppard’s Pyromania into the WPLR Hall of Fame.
Learn more about the album:
How Def Leppard Ran From Cliches on Pyromania Cover Art
Pyromania: The Explosive Album That Turned Def Leppard Into Superstars
With Pyromania, Def Leppard made a pop-metal hybrid for the ages
Essential video:
Listen to the album:
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The Local Bands Show 05/09/21
Join Rick Allison and Frank Critelli every Sunday at 10pm for “The Local Bands Show” on 99.1 PLR!
Send your original music to [email protected] or The Local Bands Show, 70 Quarry Dock Road, Branford, CT 06405
Check out the bands that will be featured this Sunday….
- Dum Dum Boys – Your Mother
- Farmer Tan – Pull The String
- Russell Shaddox – Make It Love
- BEPW – Station Man
- Shellye Valauskas with Dean Falone – Options
- Rob Nelson – Go To Your Window
- Carole Sylvan with The Namedroppers – What Do You Call It (I Call It Love)
- Zoo Front – Middle of the Night
Support your Local Bands!
Support Local Businesses who support Local Bands…
New England Brewing – 175 Amity Road, Woodbridge
Brian’s Guitars – 453 W. Main Street, Cheshire