7:30 – Beth Fitzgerald, Certified Life Coach
New Book: “The Wake Up Call: Daily Eye-Opening Motivation For You To Live Your Best Life”
8:20 – Concert God Jimmy Koplik
Throwback Concert: Queen at The XL Center 1980
99.1 PLR celebrates 50 years! This week we are celebrating our ninth year on the air: 1980!
That year Queen came to Connecticut and rocked Hartford’s XL Center (then called the Hartford Civic Center). Queen was supporting its eighth studio album, “The Game,” which featured hit songs “Another One Bites The Dust” (which Queen played live for the first time ever in Hartford in 1980) and “Crazy Little Thing Called Love.”
Today we look back at this show…
Queen
Tour: The Game
Special Guest: Dakota
Wednesday August 20, 1980
The XL Center in Hartford, Connecticut
Ticket Price: $9.50
Setlist*
- Jailhouse Rock (Elvis Presley cover)
- WE Will Rock You
- Let Me Entertain You
- Play The Game
- Mustapha
- Death on Two Legs (Dedicated to…)
- Killer Queen
- I’m in Love With My Car
- Get Down, Make Love
- You’re My Best Friend
- Save Me
- Another One Bites The Dust (Live debut)
- Now I’m Here
- Fat Bottomed Girls
- Love of My Life
- Keep Yourself Alive
- Drum Solo
- Guitar Solo
- Brighton Rock
- Crazy Little thing Called Love
- Bohemian Rhapsody
- Tie Your Mother Down
- Sheer Heart Attack (encore)
- We Will Rock You (encore)
- We Are The Champions (encore)
- Got Save The Queen (traditional cover / encore)
*source: setlist.fm
Check out these audio clips from Queen’s show in Hartford
PODCAST – Wednesday, January 13: Worms in the Brain, Huge Heroin Bust, Massive Lottery Jackpot
Mike the Neurosurgeon explains how he gets his kids to wash their hands, by using an example of a patient who had worms in the brain. Plus, how fat David Hasselhoff saved the life of one of his buddies’ girlfriends. (0:00)
A $300,000 heroin bust in New Haven, Det. Chris Lyons was on to explain how these busts are researched, investigated and carried out. (16:00)
The Mega Millions jackpot is well over $650 million. Chaz and AJ fantasize about how they would spend a fortune like that, and Francine, who works with the lottery, called in to explain some of the rules on employees. (29:56)
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Chaz and AJ Show Rundown: Wednesday, January 13
7:30 – Mike the Neurosurgeon, Tribe Member and Veteran
8:00 – Sgt. Chris Lyons, Former Hartford Detective
8:20 – Movie Critic Joe Meyers
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Throwback Concert: Eagles at Yale Bowl 1980
99.1 PLR celebrates 50 years! This week we are celebrating our ninth year on the air: 1980.
Today we look back at one of the biggest concerts to ever come to Connecticut: Eagles with special guest Heart and Little River Band at Yale Bowl in 1980. Nearly 68,000 people came to The Bowl on a hot summer afternoon and rocked out to the music of the Eagles.
Eagles
Tour: The Long Run
Special Guests: Heart and Little River Band
Saturday June 14, 1980
Yale Bowl in New Haven, Connecticut
Ticket Price: $15.50
Setlist*
- Hotel California
- Already Gone
- In The City (Joe Walsh song)
- King of Hollywood
- The Sad Café
- Lyin’ Eyes
- I Can’t Tell You Why
- Desperado
- Those Shoes
- Heartache Tonight
- One of These Nights
- Turn To Stone (Joe Walsh song)
- Life’s Been Good (Joe Walsh song)
- Life In The Fast Lane
- Rocky Mountain Way (Joe Walsh song)
- The Geeks Don’t Want No Freaks
- Take It Easy
- All Night Long (Joe Walsh song)
*source: setlist.fm
Check out these past live performances
PODCAST – Tuesday, January 12: The Beatles in India, A River Rescue in Danielson, Comedian Kerryn Feehan
In Dumb Ass News, a young kid lectures his mom about the meaning of the word “lockdown.” (0:00)
Paul Saltzman got to spend serious time with the Beatles, while they were in India. He briefly recapped how he wound up at the same place at the same time, and then shared some meaningful conversations he had with each of the Beatles. (6:18)
In news, an 87-year-old man was rescued in Danielson after his car went into a river. Deputy Chief Jason Burgess was on to explain the rescue effort. (18:20)
Comedian Kerryn Feehan mixed her matcha latte while talking about her cooking show, her mom’s weed, her colonic “hydra-therapy” and the OnlyFans account. (30:45)
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Chaz and AJ Show Rundown: Tuesday, January 12
Throwback Concert: Rush at New Haven Coliseum 1980
99.1 PLR celebrates 50 years! This week we are celebrating our ninth year on the air: 1980!
WPLR’s studio at the time was on Chapel Street, which was a short drive to New Haven Coliseum. WPLR and The Coliseum had a long history of presenting some of the biggest rock acts to New Haven. In 1980 WPLR presented RUSH at New Haven Coliseum. Rush came to the Coliseum to support their seventh studio album, “Permanent Waves.” which included the hit “The Spirit of Radio.”
Today we look back at that show…
Rush
Tour: Permanent Waves
Tuesday May 20, 1980
New Haven Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Ticket Price: $7.50
Setlist*
- 2112 Part I: Overture
- 2112 Part II: The Temples of Syrinx
- 2112 Part III: Discovery
- 2112 Part IV: Presentation
- 2112 Part VI: Soliloquy
- 2112 Part VII: Grand Finale
- Freewill
- By-Tor & The Snow Dog
- Xanadu
- The Spirit of Radio
- Natural Science
- A Passage to Bangkok
- The Trees
- Cygnus X-1
- Cygnus X-1 Book II: Hemispheres Part I: Prelude
- Cygnus X-1 Book II: Hemispheres Part IV: Armageddon
- Cygnus X-1 Book II: Hemispheres Part V: Cygnus
- Cygnus X-1 Book II: Hemispheres Part VI: The Sphere
- Closer to the Heart
- Beneath, Between & Behind
- Jacob’s Ladder
- Working Man
- Finding My Way
- Anthem
- Bastille Day
- In The Mood
- Drum Solo
- La Villa Strangiato (encore)
*source: setlist.fm
Give a listen to these audio clips from the Coliseum show
PODCAST – Monday, January 11: Bobcats and Rabies, A Third Grade Quiz, The Heartbreaking Story of Beau Wise
A bobcat attacked in Southbury, targeting a dog, and then the owner. Trapper Don was on this morning to educate us about bobcats, and rabies. (0:00)
In Dumb Ass News, chickens were terrorizing a drive-thru at a McDonald’s outside Philadelphia, and police had to intervene. (15:26)
AJ vs. Ashley in a third grade quiz, questions administered by a real teacher, Ann. History, English, Science, Geography – all topics you might learn as a third grader. Would you believe the “winner” of this quiz couldn’t explain what causes night and day? (20:27)
Ashley FINALLY got her duet with AJ. Kinda, anyway. During the company holiday Zoom party, Stephen Carlile chose both of them to join him in singing lessons. Stephen plays Scar in the Broadway version of “The Lion King.” (32:38)
Beau Wise and his two brothers all joined the military. Beau was the only one to come back. Chaz and AJ talked to him about the decision to join, and the unbelievable grief of losing both of his brothers. It’s all in his book, “Three Wise Men.” (49:20)
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Chaz and AJ Show Rundown: Monday, January 11
7:00 – Trapper Don
7:30 – Ann, 3rd grade teacher
8:00 – Joe Linta, NFL Agent
8:20 – Gianni Russo, Actor and Original Hollywood Godfather
8:40 – Papa Gee
9:00 – Stephen Carlile, he plays Scar in the Lion King on Broadway
9:30 – U.S. Marine Beau Wise