RIP – Arnold Dean passed away yesterday morning

From Fox61 and the Hartford Courant. Arnold Dean, longtime host of WTIC’s “SportsTalk” radio program and an innovator in the world of the sports talk show, died Saturday morning at his home, a day after he had a pacemaker replaced, his family said. He was 82. Dean joined WTIC in 1965, and launched “Sports Talk”…

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Commercial interruptions on the WTIC online stream

During the big show on Thursday and Friday, online listeners experienced significant issues as commercials kept “stepping” on the “talk” portion of Jim’s talk show. WTIC News Talk 1080 is aware of the issue and they are working on the problem. This has been an issue in the past, with Jim getting cut off at the…

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Announcement From Jim Vicevich (Update)

I have some good news, and some not so good news for you all. First, the not so good news. I am so sorry to inform you, my loyal listeners and friends, that, as of this morning at 8:30, I am no longer employed by WTIC 1080. Over the course of four months, we were…

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Show Notes For Thursday January 22

Great guests tomorrow … first Boston Globe Columnist Jeff Jacoby. His columns are automatically posted on the front the front page here in the News Wire below. And from National Review and author of the best selling novel “The Case Against Barack Obama”, David Freddoso joins us. David you will remember took a lot of…

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Radio Vice Online launches new Web site

Welcome to the new site! Version 3 combines the blogging efforts of Jim Vicevich and Steve McGough, blogger at Conservative247. The site has a new look – as you can see – and we hope you’ll find the home page easy to navigate. We’re breaking content into four categories. The featured posts are at the…

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Changes at WTIC 1080

As you may have heard, changes are happening at WTIC to the on air line up. I briefly spoke with Jim a couple of times today, and to say he was surprised is a bit of an understatement. He’s busy with the Sound Off Daughter’s wedding coming up tomorrow, but asked me to post something…

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