7:30 – WFSB’s Scot Haney
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8:20 – Fun Fact Friday
9:00 – Kyle the Teacher
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99.1 PLR celebrates 50 years! This week we are celebrating another great year in our history: 1994.
One of the clubs we miss here in Connecticut is the old Sting in New Britain. Many great artists have played there, including Eddie Money, John Entwistle, B.B. King, Todd Rundgren, Motorhead, Buddy Guy, Peter Frampton and more. Sadly, The Sting no longer exists, but the memories of the shows there will live on forever.
Today we look back at another artist that played at the Sting: The Smithereens in 1994, fronted by our friend, the late Pat DiNizio. We miss you Pat!
The Smithereens
Special Guest: The Grays
August 13, 1994
The Sting in New Britain, Connecticut
Setlist*
*source: setlist.fm
Check out these past live performances
The celebrity death pool was reset, because Cloris Leachman has passed away at age 94. Chaz and AJ talked about her incredible career, and then roasted Ashley for her pick. (0:00)
CT rep Patricia Dillon was on with Chaz and AJ to talk about bill that is proposing making pizza our official state food. You might be surprised for the reason behind the timing of this bill. (9:08)
Comedian Rob Kelly was on to talk about his streaming comedy show, and the conversation somehow shifted to sex robots, and why Rob claims “we’re not ready, yet.” (22:53)
Jimmy Koplik has spoken with Governor Ned Lamont’s office a number of times about concerts for this year, and he was on this morning to share the latest on the fate of the 2021 concert season. (29:40)
Gadget Guy Steve Greenberg was on to explain the iPhone security update, the stock market hysteria, and debuted his own theme song. (35:25)
Dumb Ass News – A woman didn’t want to leave her plane seat, so she started screaming. AJ recognized the scream, as something he was once did in his own life after buying a new pair of pants. (49:08)
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8:00 – Brendan Smialowski, photographer Bernie Sanders at the Inauguration
8:20 – Jimmy Koplik
99.1 PLR celebrates 50 years! This week we are celebrating another great year in our history: 1994!
That spring RUSH brought its Counterparts Tour to Hartford’s XL Center (then called the Hartford Civic Center). Joining them on the tour was an up-and-coming band from Seattle, Candlebox.
Today we look back at the show and tour. If you went to the show in Hartford, you might have won tickets from PLR!
Rush
Tour: Counterparts
Special Guest: Candlebox
Sunday April 24, 1994
The XL Center – Hartford, Connecticut
Ticket Price: $30
Setlist*
*source: setlist.fm
Check out these live performances from the Counterparts Tour
A Connecticut model on OnlyFans is making $200,000 a month. Chaz and AJ were initially fascinated by her story, and as they went through the details wound up depressed about how easy it’s been for her to make all this money. (0:00)
Dumb Ass News – Florida Woman Wednesday! Sarah Hester Ross has gathered a huge online following during the pandemic for her music videos about real, crazy stories from Florida. Sarah was on the phone to share a few examples of her songs. (6:38)
Amanda from Largay Travel was on to talk about the insane prices around the Super Bowl. How much would it cost for a single person to fly to Tampa, stay in a hotel, go to the game, and get home? (16:39)
Is it true that Larry King wanted to be cryogenically frozen after his death? Chaz and AJ had audio of conflicting answers and then got to the bottom of a longtime Walt Disney rumor. (26:16)
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9:30 – Comedian Bob Saget
99.1 PLR celebrates 50 years! This week we are celebrating another historic year in our history: 1994!
WPLR’s studio at the time was on Dixwell Avenue in Hamden, which was a short drive to New Haven Coliseum. WPLR and The Coliseum had a long history of welcoming some of the biggest rock acts to New Haven. In the summer of 1994 “99 Rock” WPLR welcomed Stone Temple Pilots as they brought their “Purple Tour” to The Coliseum.
Today we look back at that show…
Stone Temple Pilots
Tour: Purple
Special Guests: Meat Puppets and Jawbox
August 23, 1994
New Haven Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Ticket Price: $18.50
Setlist*
*source: setlist.fm
Check out video and audio from STP’s performance at the Coliseum
Vaccine scheduling has become a major point of contention between teachers and the Board of Ed in the Pomperaug school district, because the organizers got themselves the vaccine ahead of many others. Then, Scot Haney from Channel 3 was on to talk about the snow coming this afternoon and evening. (0:00)
Speech pathologist Rachel was on to evaluate AJ’s flubbles, and offer a basic diagnosis for the cause. (13:01)
Sean Hennessey was in prison at age 16, and learned a lot about “the rules of survival.” Chaz and AJ wanted to know who on the show would have the roughest time inside, and which TV show or movie had the most ridiculous portrayal of what life is like locked up. (15:49)
Dumb Ass News – Chaz and AJ had some (brief) audio of a Sheriff’s Deputy having sex at Universal Studios, over a live mic. Then, a viral review for an intimate product turned into a brainstorming session to re-name it. (37:20)
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