The title of this post may sound a bit harsh, but I don’t mean it to be. I’m trying to ensure this post gets noticed and might result in a written response from the former Connecticut governor concerning his opinion on 30-round, and other high-capacity magazines for rifles and pistols. Read more
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” in 1976.
Dean, who was born Arnold D’Angelo on July 1, 1930, the son of an Italian immigrant, lived in Rocky Hill. He as inducted into the Connecticut Sports Hall of Fame in May 1997, and was honored as Connecticut’s sportscaster of the year several times.
His wife, Helen, died in 2011.
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 end – or the beginning – of a segment but the issues were much more severe on Thursday and Friday.
Any comments concerning online stream issues should be directed to co[email protected] If you send them to us – and we got a bunch of them yesterday and today – please understand Radio Vice Online has no control concerning the online feed or commercials. We don’t even have the resources to forward each e-mail to the station.
But … as many of us know from experience, more e-mail complaints from listeners to the station may result in a “bump” concerning the priority of the support ticket at the CBS Radio mothership.
We understand there are thousands of online listeners each day across the country, and Jim appreciates your patience.
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 unable to reach an agreement on a new contract. Read more
Jim Vicevich will return to the air on Monday, Jan. 25 at 9 a.m. ET. He’ll be on the air for his full three hour show until noon ET. He’s feeling better this week, has his voice back, and is looking forward to getting back to the big show.
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 heat and was targeted by the Obama campaign for this book. The Obama folks, which became their trademark in the campaign launched a campaign tried to silence him. My guess is he wasn’t invited to the inauguration.
Join us starting at 9 AM on WTIC 1080 … click here to listen live.
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 top, and we have sections for Politics & Government, Economics, and News, Media & Other Events. All of the previous posts – including those from Conservative247 – have been migrated to the new site!
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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 here on the blog.