Thursday, 3/26
6:20- Rich Hanley-Assistant Professor/Journalism- School of Communications at Quinnipiac University. Re: Bill to help them by allowing newspaper companies to restructure as nonprofits with a variety of tax breaks.
7:20- Gov Rell- Re: State budget where bouts.
7:50- Maureen Cooke, executive producer for the short-film “On The Bus,” Will be shown at Kent Film festival this weekend.
8:20-Dr. Gottfried- in private practice for 25 years, Associate Professor of Medicine at UConn Medical School. Re: Why does America spend far more than any other country on medical care, and yet is ranked only #34 by the World Health Organization?
Wednesday, 3/25
6:20- Paska Nayden-Business Coach-Entrepreneur Source. Business ownership consulting organization.
7:20- Jim Amann-declared candidate for governor. Spoke last night at a gubernatorial forum out in Promfret. Re: What are the people wanting for change and how will he do it.
7:50- Dr. Michael Perl, a retired West Hartford dentist and co-chair of the Connecticut Mission of Mercy. Re: 2nd Annual Connecticut Mission of Mercy free dental clinic, which will be held in New Haven on April 17-18.
8:20- Diane Smith and Elizabeth Estrada, MD Associate Professor of Pediatrics University of Connecticut School of Medicine Connecticut Children's Medical Center Endocrinology. Re: Obesity Town Hall Meeting on CPTV airing on Thursday night at 8pm
8:50- Don Orsillo,- NESN Red Sox Network Play By Play. Re: Red Sox Spring Training.
Tuesday, 3/24
6:20- Dr. Pettit- Endocrinologist. Former Pres of Hartford County Medicine. Re: Diabetes alert day.
7:20- Sen. LeBeau -D- East Hartford. Re: Single-Chamber Legislation Bill. Proposal would remake General Assembly; 60 Members, 4-year terms.
7:50- Julie Peters. Executive Director. Brian Injury Association of CT March is Brain Injury Awareness Month. The focus is on Concussion Awareness. Our Legislative Awareness day is coming up on March 25.
8:20- Prof. Demetrios Giannaros .- University of Hartford and the Barney School of Business, Department of Economics, Finance and Insurance. Re: latest terms and outlook for next phase on Obama bail out package.
Monday, 3/23
6:20- State Representative Andrew Fleischmann (D-West Hartford). Resolution Proposing an Amendment to the State Constitution Concerning the Balanced Budget Amendment. This amendment would change the state budget system, requiring that the state’s operating budget be balanced over a ten-year period, rather than annually.
7:20-Walter Olson- Manhattan Institute Center for Legal Policy Senior Fellow. Re: Walter Olson has been extensively covering that harm CPSIA has done to small businesses that sell crafts, children's toys, and home made goods,
8:20- Eli Lehrer is a senior fellow at the Competitive Enterprise Institute where he directs CEI's studies of insurance and credit markets. Re: Beach House Bailout Coming Soon, Taxpayers to Subsidize Insurance for Lucky Few With Ocean Views.
Friday, 3/20
6:20- Dr. Peter Albertson-chief of Division of Urology at the UConn Health Center. Re: Sorting out troubling questions with PSA (prostate-specific antigen) screenings.
7:20- Tom Monahan- NBC Political correspondent. Re: Political events at the house.
8:20- Reuters reporter Tim Gaynor who lived and traveled among the illegal aliens crossing the border to find a better life in the U.S. His new book is MIDNIGHT ON THE LINE.
8:50- Restaurant of the Week- BOSC Kitchen
Thursday, 3/19
6:20- Vince Valvo- New Home Owner/ home Upgrade Tax credits. Along with New Home Construction actually on the rise.
7:20-Sen John McKinney- AIG Bonus.
7:50-Dr. Cox-Chapman- ProHealth Physicians in Farmington. Re: He’ll be talking about ProHealth’s commitment to patient care, especially in tough economic times.
8:50- David Lightman- McClatchy Washington Correspondent. Capital Happenings
Wednesday, 3/18 Ray Off Diane Smith Filling In
6:20- Kitty Burns Florey, author of Script & Scribble: The Rise and Fall of Handwriting.
7:20- Rep Jeff Berger-D- Waterbury’s 73rd Dis, Chair of the Commerce Committee.
7:50- Patti Phillipon, Collections Curator at The Mark Twain House will give a fascinating talk detailing the importance of The Twain Women. During registration all guests will enjoy a Victorian style Sunday Tea.
8:20- Robert Siciliano- Tax time scams are at an all-time high. As economic pressures continue to increase, criminal activities and sophisticated organized theft are expected to rise as well, including the number of new scams intended to trick consumers this tax season.
8:50- Don Orsillo- Red Sox Update.
Tuesday, 3/15 Ray Off Diane Smith Filling In
7:20- John William Tuohy -He is a playwright as well as a fiction and nonfiction author and poet. He has a passion for his Celtic heritage and an endearing love for his native state. Founder of TheConnecticutIrish.com
7:50- Karen Senich- 2009 CT Tourism Guide release
8:20- Bruce Weber-New York Times Reporter. Re: About His New Book "AS THEY SEE 'EM: A Fan's Travels in the Land of Umpires.
8:50- Angie Hicks is the founder of Angie's List, the nation's leading source for consumer ratings on local service companies. Re: Spring cleaning, spring cleaning topic focuses on how to keep allergy triggers at bay
Monday, 3/16 Ray Off Diane Smith Filling In
7:20- State Representatives Deb Heinrich (D-Madison, Guilford),-Re: Shoreline Women Legislators Team Up to Fight for Proper Use of Obstetrical Ultrasound.
8:20- John Molina -Preservationist of the History of Women's Basketball. Along with- Andrea Rapacz- Director of Public Programs at the Connecticut Historical Society.
8:50- Stacy Horn- UNBELIEVABLE: ghosts and other phenomena of the unseen world. Will be at R.J Julia tonight at 7pm.
Friday, 3/13
6:20- Atty. Bernard Jacques, Pepe & Hazard LLP. Re: Employee Free Choice Act, or Union Check Card program.
7:20- John Larson- CT 1st district. Re: Washington Political happenings, ie: stimulus, card check, GM now not needing money.
7:50- Jim Moriarty-St. Patrick Day Parade Grand Marshall
8:20- Kevin Rennie-Hartford Courant Columnist. Re: Dodd’s home in Ireland.
8:50 – Restaurant of the Week: La Trattoria.
Thursday, 3/12
6:20 State Representative Ryan Barry, D-Manchester Re: His proposal that would mandate mediation for all cases involving foreclosure.
7:20 State Representative and Deputy Minority Leader, Larry Cafero Re: Catholic “Reorganization Bill”.
7:50- Darlene Roberts, our Director of Fund Development- Director of Fund Development and responsible for the Bowl-for-Kids’-Sake event.
8:20 Mathew Modine Re: In “To Kill a Mockingbird” at Hartford Stage. He plays the role of Atticus Finch.
8:50- David Lightman McClatchy Newspapers. Re: Washington D.C update on all things political.
Wednesday, 3/11
6:20- Marc Lalande-Stem cell study. Re: Where are we in the fact that this is a viable source of action to use as a cure for diseases, at a stem cell conference in France this week.
7:20- Rob Simmons- Re: If the election were held Yesterday, former U.S. Rep. Rob Simmons would beat U.S. Sen. Chris Dodd for his seat, 43 to 42 percent, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released Tuesday.
7:50- Bruce Sievers, the principal of Cheney Technical High School in Manchester who also serves as head of the Connecticut Aero Tech School at Brainard Field in Hartford.
8:20-Thomas Woods, author of New York Times bestseller Meltdown: A Free Market Look at Why the Stock Market Collapsed, the Economy Tanked, and Government Bailouts Will Make Things Worse, says the bogus spending is causing the constant job loss.
8:50- Don Orsillo- Red Sox Update.
Tuesday, 3/10
7:20-KeithPhaneuf- Journal Inquirer. Re: Legislative update, what we should be looking out for and what is going on.
7:50- Chuck Steedman- SVP & GM of Northland AEG, which manages XL Center, Rentschler Field and the Hartford Wolf Pack. Re: BIG EAST and impact on Hartford update this Monday or Tuesday (Final game day), Michael Jackson tour announced yesterday, promoted by AEG. Wonder if Hartford will be getting a stop.
8:20-Bob Schapiro-ON THE FRONTLINES: DOING BUSINESS IN CHINA" DVD. . Re: A look at the difference of doing business in Chins vs the U.S and other countries.
8:50- Mayor Eddie A Perez. State of the city address.
Monday, 3/9
6:20 -Lynn Roth, Director of THE LITTLE TRAITOR. Re: The Little Traitor, opening the 13th Annual Hartford Jewish Film Festival. March 14-23 at the Wadsworth at Trinity College.
7:20- Dr. Charles McKay- Hartford Hospital. Internal Medicine, Medical Toxicology. Re: Bisphenol A Ban in CT.
8:00-9:00- Chris Murphy in Studio. Discuss Legislation and to take calls.
Friday, 3/6
6:20- Willaim Yeatman- Energy Policy Expert with the Competitive Enterprise Institute. Re: Carbon Tax/Credit and what it means for businesses.
7:20- Pamela Z. Sawyer -Republican Whip serving in her eighth term as State Representative for the 55th District. Re: Anti Business bills being introduced in the session.
7:50 – Bill Dowling, Rock Cats President and CEO. Event on Sat. Rock Cats Fan fest.
8:20- Sen. Joe Lieberman- Re : Carbon Tax/Credit.
8:50- Curt Jensen, National Sports Sale Manager for the Greater Hartford Convention & Visitors Bureau. Re: What activates and meaning to Downtown Hartford having the Big Easy Tournament in Down Town Hartford.
Thursday, 3/5
6:20- Mike Clark- Farmington Town Chair- 8 Famington Employee unions have reached a concession to freeze wages and or salaries to save the town money.
7:20- Vince Valvo- Group Publisher & Editor-in-Chief The Warren Group
Re: Details of housing rescue plan along with who is included in CT and what does “underwater mean”
7:50- Rae Baczek- National Education Association’s Read Across America Advisory Committee Chair. Re: Celebrates the 12th Annual Read Across America. The effort is sponsored by the National Education Association’s Read Across America program and is aimed at raising national awareness about the critical importance of reading and literacy.
8:20-Philip Howard- Daily Beast contributor- Is the author ofLife Without Lawyers: Liberating Americans From Too Much Law. He is a prominent civic leader in New York City and has advised national political leaders on legal and regulatory reform for fifteen years, including Vice President Al Gore and various 2008 presidential hopefuls. Re: How Laws are every where, not only helping but impeding progress.
8:50- Suzy Whaley- PGA Proffessional. Re: To discuss the Amethyst Initiative, a program supported by a group of college professors about lowering the drinking age.
Wednesday, 3/4
6:20- Jim Finley- CT Conf of Municipalities Exec. Dir. Re: Where do we see the Stimulus Package money going in the State and also what are towns supposed to do to pay for the bills they have, ie: snow removal.
7:20- Bruce “Two Dogs” Bozsum- Chairman of the Mohegan Tribe Council- Re: Mohegan Sun Smoking Ban.
7:50- Diane Morton- Director of the School for Young Children at St. Josephs College. Re: The Seventh Annual Keefe-Bruyette Symposium on “Investigation and Inquiry in Math and Science for Young Children”.
8:20- Mike Riley- CT Motor Transport Association, Re: View on vehicle Idle Law.
8:50- Don Orsillo- Red Sox Update.
Tuesday, 3/3
7:20- Christopher Gunn- Communications Director American Small Business League. Re: Stimulus Bill Spending Excludes Ninety Percent Of U.S. Firms
8:20- Paul Giguere- Network President and founder of CT-N. Re: A handful of staff launched the Connecticut Network by giving the Constitution State the first-ever gavel-to-gavel TV coverage of its House of Representatives.
Monday, 3/2
8:20- Marianne Lavelle- Staff Writer at the Center for Public Integrity in Washington. Re: More than 770companies have hired an estimated 2,340 lobbyists to influence federal climate change policy in the past year.
Friday, 2/27
6:20- Thomas Gillespie, director of the graduate interactive communications program at Quinnipiac University. Re: Facebook users voting on the terms of use.
7:20- Daniel Ikeson- associate director of the Center for Trade Policy Studies. Re: Has America Lost that made in America feel.
7:50- Andrea Doane-UTC’s director of corporate citizenship and community investment. Re: 1) UTC Awards Scholarships to 3 Connecticut Schools for Robotics Competition. 2) These teams to join more than 60 others at the 2009 FIRST Robotics Connecticut Regional Competition, March 26-29 at Connecticut Convention Center.
8:20- Chris Horner- Contributor to Planetgore on National Review. Re: Global warming alarmists bringing children into the game of qualifications.
Thursday, 2/26
6:20- Walt Simmers Partner at Pepe & Hazard his practice area is Business & Finance Corporate Finance- Mar. 4th free seminar for technology entrepreneurs on the protection of intellectual property, business plan development, licensing and financing of entrepreneurial companies.
7:20- Gov M Jodi Rell- How the budget cut out come is turning out at the state capital.
7:50- Mark Lovley (Home Show chairman). Home Show- CT Convention Center this weekend. More than 500 companies. Product and service imaginable for inside and outside your home. What changes do we see in the home renovation area.
8:20- Rep. Geragosian's-D- Chairman of the Appropriations Committee. Serves New Britain’s 25th District.
Wednesday, 2/25
6:20- Vince Valvo- Group Publisher for the Warren Group and Editor in Chief- Re: What does the latest stimulus package mean for the average homeowner, along with have the housing numbers changed. Do we expect to see a change in the housing market anytime soon?
7:20- Claire Dalidowitz. Claire is our Clinical Nutrition Services Manager and holds multiple advanced degrees and certifications. Re: Allergies in children, can you build up a resistance to allergies.
7:50- Susan Dunn, United Way Re: Emergency Response Fund. Re: United Way of Central and Northeastern Connecticut (UWCNCT) has established an Emergency Response Fund – GIVE NOW – to meet the immediate needs of area residents for food, shelter and energy assistance.
8:20- Rich Hanley, assistant professor of journalism and director of the graduate journalism program in the School of Communications at Quinnipiac University. Re: President Obama’ s speech how does it differ in significance giving it in front of crowds of people instead of giving it in the office seeming to be more one on one.
Tuesday, 2/24
6:20 Patricia Wrice, executive director of Operation Fuel Re:state's home energy affordability gap is now over $510 million – double what it was two winters ago (2005-2006) —and has affected over 231,000 Connecticut households.
7:20- Greg Morcroft-Financial News Editor at Marketwatch.com Re: What would the Nationalization of banks mean?
7:50-Jeffrey O. G. Ogbar is an associate professor of history and Director of the Institute for African American Studies at the University of Connecticut. Explores problematic black images, including minstrelsy, hip-hop’s social milieu, and the artists’ own historical and political awareness. Wednesday, Feb. 25 1:30-3:00 p.m. Goodwin College Auditorium
8:20- James Delingpole for Welcome to Obamaland!- Book on Obamas Health care plan and how it compares to the European system.
Monday, 2/23
6:20- Tom Bowen- member of the Town Council in Newington. Re: Looking at the town referendum from the residents point of view.
7:20- Tony Guerrera-D- Rockyhill. Co-Chair on the Transportation Committee. Re: Intrigued by the idea of tolls, would like to see tolls replace the state generates on the gas tax.
7:50- Mike Guerriero- Party Guy. Re: 101 of the Greatest Festivals, Sporting Events, and Celebrations in the U.S. Traveled across America to attend 101 parties and find the best ones in the country.
8:50- Sen Len Fasano- R- 34th Dis. Re: Toll Booths, he is apposed to opening tolls back on state highways. Saying that tolls are what the state falls back on when it needs money.
Saturday, 2/21
8-9am- Kelley Financial- In Studio.
Friday, 2/20
6:20- Diane Smith-Re: Girls Scout Cookies are now on sale. Big event this weekend at Meriden Square Mall. Where restaurants are using the new Dulce de Leche cookie to make deserts.
7:20- David Lightman- McClatchy News Pares. Re: Political Happenings in Washington D.C.
8:20- Mayor Jeff Wright- Newington- The town will vote Feb. 24 on a charter revision proposal that would automatically send to referendum a town budget seeking an increase of more than 3 percent.
8:50- ROW Farmington Gourmet
Thursday, 2/19
6:20- Ron Amadon- Automotive Reporter for Marketwatch.com. Re: Will the new addition to the auto money bail out help. Or are we just throwing money in a bottomless bucket.
7:20- Jim Flemming- Connecticut Automotive Retailers Association. Are we seein the money for the local dealers actually help.
7:50- Chris Godfrey- President of Life Athletes INC, former NFL Player. Re: Will be appearing at the Archbishop’s Annual St. Patrick’s Day Breakfast March 17, 2009 at the Convention Center.
8:20- Bonnie Stewart- CBIA Vice President. Re: How the Gov’s new budget will effect local businesses health care.
8:50- Dr. Raymond Foley, a pulmonary medicine specialist at UConn Medical Center. He can speak to general health as it relates to the common cold and other respiratory problems, and particularly, what a cure for the common cold could mean for people with more serious pulmonary disorders like asthma, COPD, and pneumonia.
Please note that Dr. Foley is not a virologist, meaning the actual science behind the cold virus and its genomes is not within his area of expertise.
Wednesday, 2/18
7:20- Former Sen. Nickerson- a Greenwich Republican, was elected to the state House of Representatives in 1986 and the state Senate in 1990. He did not run for re-election in 2008.
8:20- Bernard Goldberg- T.V News reporter for Fox news media analyst and author. Latest book, “A Slobbering Love Affair; The True (and Pathetic) Story of the Torrid Romance Between Barak Obama and Mainstream Media.” Discussses the one sided media coverage of the 08 Pres. Campaign.
8:50- Fred Carstensen, Connecticut Center of Economic Analysis
University of Connecticut(CCEA) director-Just How Bad? Connecticut’s Economy Slides The Connecticut Economic Outlook: February 2009.
Tuesday, 2/17
7:20- Thomas Harpointner, CEO of AIS Media, a leading e-business solutions provider. Re This year many believe that the only way that many retailers will survive will be by focusing on e-commerce and their online strategy.
7:50- Frank Mulgrew (MULL-grew), Director of the On-Line program at Post University. The Accelerated On-Line Degree Program for Active Duty Military is one of the first of it's kind in the nation - focusing specifically on the needs of active-duty soldiers who want to work on their degree while they serve - as long as they have access to the internet.
8:20- Chris Murphy. State Senator 5th. Re: Stimulus package
8:50- Steve Milloy- Editor of JunkScience.com. Re: Global warming issues.
Monday, 2/16
6:20- Eileen Norcross-Senior Research Fellow-Global Prosperity Initiative Mercatus Center at George Mason University. Re: Co-Founded stimulouswatch.org. a website that tracks how much money is going to each town and by what project.
7:20- Keith Phaneuf- Writer for The Journal Inquirer. Re: a look at some of the bills in this legislation. Along with Committee bills vs non Committee bills.
7:50- Chris Godfrey-President of Life Athletes, Inc. and a member of the Indiana Bar. Prior to graduating from the University of Notre Dame Law School , Chris played nine years of professional football. As the starting right guard for the Super Bowl XXI champion New York Giants in 1987. Re: Archbishop's St Patrick's Day Breakfast. Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Where: Connecticut Convention Center Downtown Hartford.
8:20- Ronald C. White, Jr.- A. LINCOLN: A Biography. Re: biography that significantly expands our understanding of this fascinating American figure. Drawing on the newly completed Lincoln Legal Papers, as well as of recently discovered letters and photographs, White shows Lincoln’s personal, political, and moral evolution.
Friday, 2/13
6:20-John Thomas, a health law professor at the Quinnipiac University School of Law, is available today to comment on a court ruling that parents of autistic children are not entitled to compensation as part of their claim that certain vaccines caused autism.
7:20- Prof. Demetrios Giannaros-also Deputy Speaker of the House Serving Farmington’s 21st District. University of Hartford and the Barney School of Business, Department of Economics, Finance and Insurance. Re: What might the state see from the Stimulus Package. 7:50- Pamela Trotman Reid Ph.D.-Saint Joseph College President, announced also the appointment of Dr. Joseph R. Ofosu as the School of Pharmacy’s first Dean.
8:20- Thomas Woods- Senior fellow at Ludwig von Mises Institute in Auburn Alabama. Author of “Obama’s Economic Plan: Tried Before and Failed”. Says and proves new stimulus plan will not work.
Thursday, 2/12
6:20- Doug Brauner -Automotive Expert, senior feature reporter for the Telly Award winning show “DRIVE”. Live from the Chicago Auto Show. Re: What is the Auto industry doing to try and revive it self in the future ideas seen at the show.
7:20- David Waren- Director of the Connecticut Regional Office of the Anti-Defamation League. Re: DL Urging to CT Legislature to Maintain Certain Legislative Commissions.
7:50- Al Harrington- NBA Player who has a new shoe line where the proceeds go to get children in poverty shoes.
8:20- Kent Holsinger- Re: Darwin’s Birthday, realized and demonstrated that all species of life have evolved over time from common ancestors through the process he called natural selection.
Wednesday, 2/11
6:20- Kathleen Lynch Bolduc- Becoming the Greater Hartford Arts Council’s new Chief Executive Officer. Re: What does the art council have planned in the future.
7:20- Mayor Eddie A Perez- Neighborhood Stabilization Funds.
7:50- Mark Boudreau- First Company Governor’s Foot Guard- Re: AKC sanctioned dog show on February 15th.
8:20- Nadeem Esmail- Director of Health System Performance Studies at the Fraser Institute. Re: Nationalized Health Care Will Cost Us Pain and Suffering.
Tuesday, 2/10
6:20- Amy Hoak- Personal Finance Reporter MarketWatch.com Re: Housing trends on the country. More people are turning to DIY projects and where is the housing market right now.
7:20- Keith Phaneuf- Reporter for the Journal Inquirer. Legislative talk.
7:50- Brian Renstron. Partner, Consulting Services at Blum Shapiro. Re: Tax filing tips, what you should have ready and what has changed since last year in the tax code.
8:20-Senator Colapietro. Re: State liquor sales on Sundays, CT Blue Law. Also Bristol Center Mall, where are we on that.
Monday, 2/9
6:20- Jennifer King- Research Specialist- Berkeley Law. Re: Study on Surveillance cameras in public
7:20- Jim Bergenn- Partner with Shipman & Goodwin- His practice is comprised of complex litigation - both criminal and civil - white collar crime and government investigations.
8:20- Massie Ritsch, Communications Director Center for Responsive Politics. Re: The companies that have been awarded taxpayers' money from congress's bailout bill spent $77 million on lobbying and $37 million on federal campaign contributions, Center finds. The return on investment: 267,208 percent.
8:50- Bonnie Stewart- Vice president of government affairs for The Connecticut Business & Industry Association.
Friday, 2/6
6:20- Tom Lavelle- Public Information Officer. Re: The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston will be sponsoring a foreclosure prevention workshop in Hartford on Satruday, February 14th.
7:20- Secretary of the State Susan Bysiewicz. Re: State budget and Gov Run.
8:20- Dr. Paul Offit- Author of “Autisms Faulse Prophets”.Dr. Paul Offit believes that vaccines do not cause autism and while he cannot say exactly what does, he provides the proof and evidence that immunizations are not responsible. Chief of Infectious Diseases at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, also the co-inventor of a vaccine against rotavirus, a disease that kills more than 600,000 children a year.
Thursday, 2/5
6:20- John Olson- AFL-CIO President. Re: Union thoughts on Gov Rells Budget address.
7:20- Gov. M Jodi Rell- Budget Talk.
8:20- Dr. Angela Logomasini .Director of Risk & Environmental Policy at the Competitive Enterprise Institute. Re: Bottled Water is a necessity, you might not believe it but it is.
Wednesday, 2/4
6:20- Mayor Jarjura- Waterbury Mayor. Re: A ruling to pay the pensions of retires may bankrupt the city.
7:20- Speaker Jim Amann- Former Speaker of the House. Re: Session issues and Gov race.
7:50- Leo Canty, vice president, AFT-Connecticut. AFT LEADERS TRAVEL TO CAPITOL HILL TO URGE SWIFT SENATE PASSAGE OF AMERICAN RECOVERY AND REINVESTMENT ACT - say funds will help education and public services back home.
Tuesday, 2/3
6:20- Jack Betkoski-DPUC Commissioner. Home owners can lower electric bills by choosing a different electricity supplier.
7:20- Tom Monahan- NBC Chief Political Correspondant. Re: Gov Rell’s address to the house last night.
7:50- Dr. Michael Tiger- Hartford and Enfield Pulmonologist. Re: Last chance to get flu shots.
8:20- Kodi Smith- Locations Department Manager for Connecticut Film Center, LLC based out of Stamford. Provider of financial services, production services, and facilities for the motion picture and television industries. Re: Kodi scout the state trying to find locations for movies to be shot in the state, scouting for a film staring Sarah Jessica Parker and Hugh Grant right now. How do you make an area in Ct look like Wyoming.
8:50- David Lightman- McClatchy Newspaper in Washington D.C. Re: about the stimulus package, and the new troubles surrounding HHS Secretary nominee Tom Daschle's tax problems.
Monday, 2/2
6:20- Steve Wolfberg- Cronin and Company- Super Bowl Ads. We call-
7:20- Fred Carstensen- Professor, Department of Economics & Director of the Connecticut Center for Economic Analysis at the University of Connecticut,
7:50- Ray Long North East Director from NRG- Re; announce a donation they're making to the Girl Scouts.
8:00-9:00- Congressman Joe Courtney-D-2nd Dis. Live in Studio.
Saturday, 1/31
8:00-9:00- Community Connection
Friday, 1/30
6:20- Ms. Shelly Matfess- Director of Pupil Personnel Services Manchester School System. Re: New law on in school suspensions are being brought to the table, but the school system can not take that king of cost right now.
7:20- Bill Henderson- President of Communications Workers of America Union Local 1298. Re: At&t Layoffs.
7:50- Dan Haar-Climb Every Mountain: Hartford’s Budget Challenge.
8:20- Jennifer Bogo- Popular Mechanics Science Editor. Re: Cows to Kilowatts Article.
Thursday, 1/29
8:20- Rep John Piscopo. Re: Global warming issues.
8:50- Cary Tepper-Booth Freret Imlay & Tepper PC. Re: What does the DTV push back mean for people, and what are they planning on doing now with the push back that they could not have done prior. Now that it is not being pushed back what does this do.
Tuesday, 1/27
6:20- Liisa Kuhn. An Assistant Professor at the UCONN Health Center. Women of Initiative-
6:50- Michael Savage Executive Director of The Connecticut Association of Schools Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference. Re: What is a team supposed to do in a blow out situation.
7:20- Sen. John McKinney-R- Expansion of the CT bottle bill.
7:50- Elizabeth Lewis, Sr. Exhibit Designer. Re: CT Historical Society new exhibit. She Shoots… She Scores! Women’s Basketball in CT. Event tonight at 5:30pm.
8:20- Jim Flemming- Emissions Bill, and fuel efficiency standard. What would the effect be on dealerships.
Wednesday, 1/28
7:20- Tom Kirk, CRRA president- Re: Bottle bill and stream line recycling.
7:50- Dave Mancuso, AT&T Spokesperson-
8:50-Joe D- Chicago reactions on Blago trial.
Monday, 1/26
6:20- Dr. Danna Jennings-the Institute for Neurodegenerative Disorders in Hartford, Hartford/New Haven has been tapped as one of the trial sites for an investigational Alzheimer's drug aimed at slowing disease progression. The ICARA study (Bapi 301 study)is to study the safety and effectiveness of this new treatment option.
7:20- Attorney Daniel Klau is a partner with Pepe & Hazard. He is often quoted on first amendment and privacy issues. Dan is an adjunct professor at the University of Connecticut School of Law (where he teaches privacy law). Re: Ruling in the case about high school blogger Avery Doninger in which the judge ruled that schools have the right to discipline students for off-campus internet activity.
7:50- Bruce White, professor and chair of information systems management in the School of Business at Quinnipiac University. Re: Protection of private information and identity theft. He calls.
8:20- Jeff Benedict- Little Pink House: A True Story of Defiance and Courage. Book out today.
Friday, 1/23
6:20-Mark Updegrove- Former Newsweek publisher and Time editor Mark Updegrove is an expert on presidential policies.
7:20- Joseph Bazzano- Accountant At Bazzano & Rosenbloom in Bloomfield. Re: What would most likely be the outcome to the average person had they made the kind of errors Treasury Secretary nominee Tim Geithner did on their taxes?
7:50- John Patrick, CEO of Farmington Savings Bank. Re: current state of finance, and community banks in particular. Also a forum on is 21 the Answer? A Discussion About Lowering the Drinking Age”.
8:20- Prof.Demetrios Giannaros-University of Hartford and the Barney School of Business, Department of Economics, Finance and Insurance. Re: Economy in U.K and how it is effecting and being effected by the U.S Economy.
Thursday, 1/22
6:20- Saint Joseph College’s Bob Smith, or “Dr. Bob” Director of the Carol Autorino Center for the Arts and Humanities at Saint Joseph College. Re: Saint Joseph College will present The Gospel Festival of New England -- a brand new celebration for the greater Hartford area produced in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. The Gospel Festival of New England is a joyous and spiritually uplifting evening of music by five of the region’s finest Gospel choirs. Date of Event Friday, January 23, 2009 at 7:30 p.m
7:20- Don Williams- Budget Numbers.
7:50- Attorney Daniel Klau is a partner with Pepe & Hazard. He is often quoted on first amendment and privacy issues, Dan is an adjunct professor at the University of Connecticut School of Law (where he teaches privacy law). Re: Ruling in the case about high school blogger Avery Doninger in which the judge ruled that schools have the right to discipline students for off-campus internet activity.
8:20- Gov. M Jodi Rell- Re: State budget numbers. Hiring freeze yet 824 new hires.
8:50- Open phone on First Day as New President.
Wednesday, 1/21
6:20- Chris Healy- Republican Party Chair. Re: Ex-Speaker Jim Amen turning down job proposal by Chris Donavan.
7:20- David Yalof- Associate Professor-Constitutional law, Judicial Politics, the Presidency, American Government. Re: President Obama’s start in office, what we should look for and what to expect.
7:50- David Lightman- McClatchy Papers. In D.C. Re: Inauguration review from D.C..
8:20- Melissa Marinan- Melissa Marinan, a lifelong Simsbury resident. Re: Starting Feb. 5, a new weekly newspaper, The Valley Press, will be distributed free to all single-family homes in Avon, Burlington, Canton, Farmington, and Simsbury. Based in Simsbury, The Valley Press will be delivered on Thursdays via U.S. mail.
8:50- State Rep John Larson- Re: aftermath of Obama Mania.
Tuesday, 1/20 Inauguration Day
7:20- Paden Livingston, and Professor Scott McLean - Student and Political Science Prof. at Quinnipiac University to talk about the experience in Washington D.C.
7:50- Jerry Farrell- Department of Consumer Protection. “Law Day Contest”. It is open to ALL Connecticut school students from grades 1 through 8 and the topic is of course “TOY SAFETY”.
8:20-Stan Simpson- Hartford Courant Columnist. Re: Inauguration. Perspective.
8:50- Howard Arenstein- CBS News radio correspondent and as Radio Bureau Manager for CBS News, Washington. Re: What we should look for with the Obama Inauguration
Monday, 1/19
6:20- Matt Towery- expert pollster, national columnist and author of Paranoid Nation. He currently serves as chairman and CEO of InsiderAdvantage.com Re: A Look at the Untold Stories which Led to Barack Obama’s Historical Election and the Collapse of the Republican Party.
6:50- Kyle Carney- UConn Student who won a trip to the Super Bowl in a Turf contest.
7:20- Dr. Nick Perna- Economist for Webster Bank- Economy News.
7:50-Bridget Albert- Bridget hails from Chicago and knows a thing or two about cocktails. She is the top ranking female mixologist in the country and has written a book, Market Fresh Mixology. Re: Created the signature cocktails for the Hawaii Inaugural Ball being held at The Mandarin Oriental Hotel. Her cocktails, The American Dream and Air Force One, are sure to shake things up during the ball.
8:20- Steve Wolfberg- Super bowl Ads. Re: How is the economy effecting the big players, who is going to be missing and what changes have they made to get the biggest bang for a buck.
Saturday, 1/17 Ray at Wine Fest
8:35-Lydia Shire & Michael Brehart (Duckhorn Wine Company)
8:50-Christina Pirello
9:05-Michael Guinan
9:20-Jacques Torres
9:35-Todd English
9:50-Robert Irvine
Friday, 1/16
6:50- Will Rhys (Reese)- Education Director and Festival “orchestrator” . GOODSPEED’S 4th ANNUAL FESTIVAL OF NEW ARTISTS EVENTS
7:50- Captain Wood- Salvation Army. Re: Cold Weather and Shelters. He calls.
7:20- Adele Meyer- Executive Director of National Association of Retail & Thrifts Shops. Re: Stores having to test the clothes on their shelves for contaminates, causing many stores to have to just junk the inventory.
8:20- Bill Smith, VP & General Manager Minnesota Twins- Baseball in general, Rock Cats hot stove lunch today.
8:20- Kevin Rennie- Hartford Courant Writer- Re: Democratic- Meriden- state senator double-billed the state and his own political action committee for thousands of dollars' worth of expenses for travel and posh hotels over a four-year period, state records show.
8:50-Ron Bumgarner-VP of Ticketing for Red Sox. Re: Vouchers for tickets to upcoming season, also World Series trophy in town for visit.
Thursday, 1/15 Diane in Ray is Off.
6:20- Chuck Steedman- Senior Vice President & General Manager, Northland AEG. Re: Wolf Pack’s $10 adult ticket discount being extended through the end of the regular season.
7:20- Mark Silk- Director of the Leonard Greenberg Center for the Study of Religion in Public Life and Professor of Religion in Public Life. Re: Religious speakers at thje presidential inauguration.
7:50- Dr. Thomas Fromson-Re: Study that Vicks Vaporub linked to infant Breathing problems.
8:20- Maury Povich- Syndicated T.V talk show host along with Alex Johnston- CEO of CONN Can. Re: Asking Hartford parents to participate in the city’s new “all-choice” public school plan by applying before the February 17 deadline. Povich offers his message in a new public service announcement from the Connecticut Coalition for Achievement Now.
8:50- Michael Wilson- Artistic Director Hartford Stage- Dividing the East, and other Plays that will be appearing at the Hartford Stage this year.
Wednesday, 1/14
6:50- Theresa Belpulsi- Vice President of Tourism -Destination D.C. Re: Inauguration in D.C of Obama and the logistical complications.
7:20- Mayor Eddie A Perez- Re: Obama Inauguration (the Mayor will be in DC), Hartford Stimulus Package, Legislative agenda and serious crime down.
7:50- Charles Sennott (senate)- Exec Editor of Globalpost.com. An online international news operation that will measure the pulse of the world as it reacts to U.S. actions, decisions and policies.
8:20- Juan A. Figueroa-President of Universal Health Care Foundation of Connecticut.
Tuesday, 1/13
7:20- Mike Schroeder- Purchased Bristol Press and Herald.
7:50- Mike Guinan- Sun Wine Fest.
8:20- Ilicia Balaban- ConnPIRG. Re: Most states, including Connecticut, have not disclosed their transportation wish lists for public scrutiny, leaving most citizens in the dark about how their tax dollars might be spent.
Monday, 1/12
7:20- Keith Phaneuf, – Journal Inquirer. Re: Session topics.
8:20- Karen Senich- Executive Director of the Connecticut Commission on Culture & Tourism. Re: Statewide listening sessions.
Friday, 1/9
7:20- Joan McDonald, Department of Economic and Community Development Commissioner. Re: the newspapers getting saved as well as Rell's State of the State speech. State of the states Economy. She Calls.
7:50- Robert Thorson- Re: Activity in Yellowstone National Partk.
Thursday, 1/8
7:20- Lawrence Cafero-R- 142nd House District in 1992. He is now serving his eighth term as State Representative. Re: Session turn out from Wednesday
7:50- Edward Cummings- The HSO’s New Years concerts this weekend (Thurs through Sun)-It was just announced today that Edward will step down as conductor of the HSO at the end of the 2011 season.
8:20- John Olsen- President of CT AFL-CIO. Re: State budget cuts and local unions.
Wednesday, 1/7
8:20- Sen. Joe Lieberman-Re: State of the state special session.
Tuesday, 1/6
7:20- Gov M Jodi Rell-Re: State budget out look for the new year.
7:50- Tom Ritter- Re: Discussing Mike Peters Legacy.
8:20- Jim Finley- Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer of CCM.
Monday, 1/5
8:50- Dr. Patrick Coll –Uconn Health Center Dr. Re:Elderly Driving. When is it time to have an elderly parent, friend stop driving.
Saturday, 1/3
8:20- Andrew Weir, VP Communications for Tourism Toronto. Re: The overwhelming fan turn out in the city of Toronto for Bowl Game.
8:35- Desmond Connor- Hartford Courant Writer. Re: Talk about bowl game.
Friday, 1/2
7:20- Jerry Farrell- Consumer Protection Commissioner- Re: People signing into contracts, Health Gyms, oil contracts.
8:20- Stanton Singh, Marketing Manager at Sheraton Centre Hotel, Re: Looking to turn building into one of the Greenest buildings in Hartford
9:10- Giannina Warren, who works with City of Toronto Special Events. Re: Re: discuss UConn Bowl activates in Toronto.
Thursday, 1/1
8:20- Thomas Pink- Lake Superior State University Issues 34th List of works that should be banished in the New Year.
Friday, 3/13
6:20- Atty. Bernard Jacques, Pepe & Hazard LLP. Re: Employee Free Choice Act, or Union Check Card program.
7:20- John Larson- CT 1st district. Re: Washington Political happenings, ie: stimulus, card check, GM now not needing money.
7:50- Jim Moriarty-St. Patrick Day Parade Grand Marshall
8:20- Kevin Rennie-Hartford Courant Columnist. Re: Dodd’s home in Ireland.
8:50 – Restaurant of the Week: La Trattoria.
Thursday, 3/12
6:20 State Representative Ryan Barry, D-Manchester Re: His proposal that would mandate mediation for all cases involving foreclosure.
7:20 State Representative and Deputy Minority Leader, Larry Cafero Re: Catholic “Reorganization Bill”.
7:50- Darlene Roberts, our Director of Fund Development- Director of Fund Development and responsible for the Bowl-for-Kids’-Sake event.
8:20 Mathew Modine Re: In “To Kill a Mockingbird” at Hartford Stage. He plays the role of Atticus Finch.
8:50- David Lightman McClatchy Newspapers. Re: Washington D.C update on all things political.
Wednesday, 3/11
6:20- Marc Lalande-Stem cell study. Re: Where are we in the fact that this is a viable source of action to use as a cure for diseases, at a stem cell conference in France this week.
7:20- Rob Simmons- Re: If the election were held Yesterday, former U.S. Rep. Rob Simmons would beat U.S. Sen. Chris Dodd for his seat, 43 to 42 percent, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released Tuesday.
7:50- Bruce Sievers, the principal of Cheney Technical High School in Manchester who also serves as head of the Connecticut Aero Tech School at Brainard Field in Hartford.
8:20-Thomas Woods, author of New York Times bestseller Meltdown: A Free Market Look at Why the Stock Market Collapsed, the Economy Tanked, and Government Bailouts Will Make Things Worse, says the bogus spending is causing the constant job loss.
8:50- Don Orsillo- Red Sox Update.
Tuesday, 3/10
7:20-KeithPhaneuf- Journal Inquirer. Re: Legislative update, what we should be looking out for and what is going on.
7:50- Chuck Steedman- SVP & GM of Northland AEG, which manages XL Center, Rentschler Field and the Hartford Wolf Pack. Re: BIG EAST and impact on Hartford update this Monday or Tuesday (Final game day), Michael Jackson tour announced yesterday, promoted by AEG. Wonder if Hartford will be getting a stop.
8:20-Bob Schapiro-ON THE FRONTLINES: DOING BUSINESS IN CHINA" DVD. . Re: A look at the difference of doing business in Chins vs the U.S and other countries.
8:50- Mayor Eddie A Perez. State of the city address.
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