Arrogant uber-lib Colin McEnroe dumped from WTIC 1080 radio (Hartford, CT) YES!!!

WTIC 1080 AM - Hartford, Connecticut ^ | December 31, 2008 | WTIC 1080 AM - "posted by Steve"

[nutmeg]

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.

After nine years at WTIC, Diane Smith, who co-hosted the morning show with Ray Dunaway, will not have her contract renewed and is leaving the station. She is interested in exploring ways to continue to work with the station, and has many other projects she is looking forward to. Diane’s statement is posted at Roger Catlin’s blog.

Colin McEnroe, who was on air between 3 p.m. and 6 p.m. has also been let go. Colin will be on the air tomorrow afternoon, and he may post more information at his forum on the Hartford Courant’s Web site.

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Jim’s show - Sound Off Connecticut - will expand by one hour and start at 9 a.m. ET. He’s excited, and probably a bit nervous. But for many, two hours was never enough!

Ray’s morning show starts at 5:30 a.m. and goes till 9 a.m. The slot from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. after Rush Limbaugh will be a local and national news program hosted by Aaron Kupec and Bill Pearse.

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[kidd]

Wow.

It couldn’t be better!

[raccoonradio]

Yes I heard about it from the radio-info.com messageboard. I thought maybe they’d put Hannity or even Howie in (mentioned
it on the Howie thread). I wasn’t sure if the Springfield/Holyoke market was considered the same as Hartford (i.e., Howie couldn’t be on a Hartford station as
well?)
I do remember one time when I went to the Hartford area
and had a tough time getting WHYN due to thunderstorms!

[raccoonradio]

And in Boston WBZ 1030 has apparently sacked overnight
Steve Leveille, weekenders Pat Desmarais and Lovell
Dyett, and sports guy Tom Cuddy (costcutting). Leveille
has called himself a liberal in the past...though it’s fun when he’s had “audio clip quiz” guy Mel Simons on. Not sure
if Desmarais was let go or not; think he’s libertarian.
Dyett is the long-running (but frequently pre-empted by
Bruins) African-American host who “loves you, loves you
madly”.

[raccoonradio]

>>they do realize that their Lefty programming isn’t paying the bills and something from the real world has to take its place.

yes and here in Boston Air America flopped (yes in Boston)
2 yrs ago, was taken off, and now “prog talk” is back—
on a weak station, and they have to BUY time for it. When
this inevitably flops they’ll say we need the Fairness
Doctrine.

[Jim Scott]

For those out there across the fruited plain who never had the benefit of listening to "Colon," here it is: imagine that Pee Wee Herman went to prep school and Yale and only got his news from Daily Kos and DU. And then give him three hours a day on Connecticut's biggest AM station.

Am I right, my Nutmegger friends?

Absolutely. Colin McEnroe was your stereotypical liberal: pretentious and arrogant. Loved to mock conservatives and, very rarely, dissed some Democrat, which the liberals he played to touted as 'proving' McEnroe was 'open-minded'. Pure delusion.

I long ago realized that liberals always try to pretend they're 'open minded' when, in fact, they are as rigid in their political ideology as any conservative ever was. Case in point: the venom from the left directed at Alaska Governor Sarah Palin when she ran for vice president.

On the other hand, conservatives in the talk radio game don't pretend. They flat-out - and proudly - state their conservative convictions and usually can not only defend them but easily tear down the left's ideology as the failed, repressive sham that it is now - with Messiah Obama as it's new leader - and always has been.

The WTIC-AM website is loaded with e-mail from lefties bemoaning the 'loss' of their beloved Colin McEnroe and their angry vows to abandon WTIC-AM forever. Boo Hoo. They also get in jabs at semi-conservative, affable Jim Vicevitch as "stupid and boring", which is the polar opposite of the truth, but hey, we're dealing with blue-state leftist robots here, so what can you expect?

To those who reside in 'Red' states and haven't had to endure living in a liberal la-la land where lefties reign in everything (except talk radio) and the state Republican party is in a coma, count your blessings!

[nutmeg]

I wasn’t sure if the Springfield/Holyoke market was considered the same as Hartford (i.e., Howie couldn’t be on a Hartford station as well?)

I would think Hartford is a separate radio market, but I'm not sure. Fortunately, I can get WHYN pretty clearly where I live so I can hear Howie Carr.

I don't think WTIC wants to spend the money on a syndicated show for the 3-6pm time slot... it seems they are in a cost-cutting mode. Also, when I've e-mailed WTIC in the past (complaining about Colin McEnroe, and asking if they'd put Hannity into the 3-6pm slot), they really balked at the suggestion, insisting how "important" it is to put a local host in that slot, because the traffic and weather reports have to be done at certain times.

Competitor WDRC 1360 (Hartford) did a fine job with its traffic and weather reports when they had Hannity on the air, though. (WDRC now has local conservative Dan Lovallo on from 3-6pm.)

I do remember one time when I went to the Hartford area and had a tough time getting WHYN due to thunderstorms!

Yeah, I'm surprised WHYN fades out so easily... I don't know if it's a 50,000 watt station. If I drive to the next town over (Simsbury, CT), WHYN starts getting static-y. Weird...

[nutmeg]

So a bunch of libs have been sacked at WBZ as well? Wow...

[nutmeg]

For those out there across the fruited plain who never had the benefit of listening to "Colon," here it is: imagine that Pee Wee Herman went to prep school and Yale and only got his news from Daily Kos and DU. And then give him three hours a day on Connecticut's biggest AM station.

Yep, accurate description of THE LATE Colin McEnroe show!

Hope the door smacked him on the arse on the way outta WTIC's studios... ;-)

[nutmeg]

TIC does better traffic, you can call in accidents to TIC, but DRC doesn’t take callers givng updates

I suppose you're right, although I've lost count how many times I've been sitting at a standstill on I-91 and Mike Allen chirps: "No problems on I-91 north or south". What the heck does he have a helicopter for if he can't even see and report obvious traffic jams?

Also... I've seen horrendous obvious traffic jams that happened around 6pm or after, but no matter... Mike Allen signs off after the 6pm news, no matter what. NO traffic reports after the 6pm news in the Hartford area. Ridiculous.

I know, since I drive 84 to school back and forth I call in all the time, half the accidents that are called in during the day about Waterbury are from me. :)

Good for you! Unfortunately that doesn't benefit me very much, as I'm rarely anywhere near Waterbury. But you're doing CT drivers an excellent service! :o)

[nutmeg]

To those who reside in 'Red' states and haven't had to endure living in a liberal la-la land where lefties reign in everything (except talk radio) and the state Republican party is in a coma, count your blessings!

One of these years, when hubby and I won't be tied here because of job and family responsibilities, we're gonna get out of here and move to a Red State. We've both just about had it, living among these libs and paying their high taxes. Connecticut being the new Gay State is the last straw.

It worries me just which states will stay Red, though, with the changing demographics in certain states, ie Florida and Texas. New Hampshire and (I guess) Nevada have gone over to the dark (blue) side, I guess... :-(

Maybe South Carolina...?

[RaceBannon]

Aint I sumthin?? :)

[RaceBannon]

WHYN is only a 5000 watt station, right? It is tough to get it in Windsor Locks,let alone Hartford!

While Howie does a great job, and has national knowlege, but he doesn’t know Hartford area politics at all and would need a sidekick or something to open up a new market, he does too well in Boston because he KNOWS Boston!

Unless, Howie starts to market to NATIONAL instead of local?

[nutmeg]

While Howie does a great job, and has national knowlege, but he doesn’t know Hartford area politics at all and would need a sidekick or something to open up a new market, he does too well in Boston because he KNOWS Boston!

Unless, Howie starts to market to NATIONAL instead of local?

Howie Carr's show is already nationally (or PART nationally) syndicated. I think he's on the air throughout New England, and in a few states in the south. (Do you know, raccoonradio?)

I don't think politics in the Hartford area are anywhere as "interesting" as those in Boston! I have to admit that sometimes I change the channel to Hannity or music when Howie goes on and on about politics on Beacon Hill. I don't really know the specifics of the politicians he's talking about, and he doesn't always educate his audience about these Boston RATs' "quirks". Too many "inside jokes" I just don't get...

[raccoonradio]

Howie was syndicated on some selected stations in the past but not anymore. He had stations in Salt Lake City, Seattle
(KIRO-FM which later became a country station), somewhere
in Minn., a Cincinnati suburb, and for a time even
WROW in Albany but now it’s pretty much New England.

To the best of my recollection, Howie’s on in Boston (WRKO),
Holyoke (WHYN), Worc. (WCRN) and Cape Cod (WXTK) MA;
WVMT in Burlington VT; a few NH stations like WNTK and
WUVR in Lake Sunapee and Hanover NH, and some ME stations
like WGAN Portland, and stations in Presque Isle and Augusta. No Conn. stations at this time...

[raccoonradio]

oops, that should say syndicated OUTSIDE OF NEW ENGLAND
on some selected stations in the past...