99.1 PLR celebrates 50 years! This week we are celebrating another great year in our history: 2004! In 2004 we saw Van Halen hit the road for the first time since 1998 and saw the return of singer Sammy Hagar, who left the band in 1996 after differences with Eddie Van Halen. The band was…
Brian Averna called in to share an encounter with a nut bag. Chaz and AJ got a wild story, that ended with someone getting hit in the head with a bottle of juice. (0:00) Joe Corradino is a state’s attorney, who was on this morning after an already busy and eventful night in Bridgeport. (9:21)…
7:00 – Joe Russo, Spent 20 years in the Secret Service 7:30 – Brian Averna 8:00 – Joe Corradino, State’s Attorney 8:20 – Movie Critic Joe Meyers @joesview on Instagram and Twitter 9:00 – New Britain Mayor Erin Stewart 9:30 – Comedian Will Noonan
99.1 PLR celebrates 50 years! This week we are celebrating another great year in our history: 2004! By 2004 there weren’t many options for concerts in New Haven. The Coliseum closed two years earlier and the old Palace Theater on College Street was boarded up. Sure clubs like Café Nine, Rudy’s and BAR were bringing…
Ashley watched Schindler’s List this weekend, and to prove it, took a quiz about the movie. Was she even paying attention? (0:00) AJ admitted to crying in the theater during The Passion of Christ. While talking about the movie, Chaz and AJ both realized they don’t know much about the history of Jesus. (5:45) In…
7:30 – Atty Dale Funk 7:45 – Shaun, Co-Founder and CEO of Smash Avenue, CT’s only Rage Room 8:00 – Steve Adelman, The Event Safety Alliance 8:20 – Allie, Ridgefield Playhouse 9:00 – Peter Cordeau, Norwalk Hospital Facebook and Twitter: @NorwalkHospital, Instagram: @NuvanceHealth
99.1 PLR celebrates 50 years! This week we are celebrating another great year in our history: 2004. WPLR and The Grateful Dead have had a long history together. From the shows at New Haven Coliseum and Yale Bowl right up until Jerry Garcia’s death in 1995, we have been grooving with our fellow Deadheads all…
The Flubble Montage – All week, Chaz and AJ keep track of each and every time someone “flubbles” on the air. Then they throw them all together in one segment for everyone’s enjoyment. (0:00) Dumb Ass News – a man claiming to be the Prince of Morocco called 911 from a McDonald’s, and the news…
5:30 – Mitch Hallock, King of the Nerds – Creator of Terrificon and CT GamerCon 7:00 – Brian Foley, Assistant to the Commissioner, Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection 7:00 – Dr. O, Principal Investigator of the Pfizer COVID vaccine at Yale School of Medicine 7:30 – WFSB’s Scot Haney 7:45 – Shaun Chambers, Co-Founder and CEO of “Smash Avenue,”…
99.1 PLR celebrates 50 years! This week we are celebrating our ninth year on the air: 1980. Remember the old Pinecrest in Shelton? Sadly the venue no longer exists, but before its closing, many of classic rock’s greatest bands played there. Acts like The Allman Brothers Band, Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers, Journey, Chicago, Meatloaf,…