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Announcement From Jim Vicevich
http://www.radioviceonline.com/ ^ | March 31, 2010 | Jim Vicevich

Posted on 03/31/2010 9:43:06 AM PDT by Biggirl

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. I want you to know I would never think of leaving you without saying good bye, especially in turbulent times like this, but the station made the decision to keep me off the air for the final day of my contract. So this will have to be my way of saying thank you. You are the most loyal and as the SOS says, brightest, well informed audience that any talker could have.

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To: RaceBannon; scoopscandal; 2Trievers; LoneGOPinCT; Rodney King; sorrisi; MrSparkys; monafelice; ...
PLEASE e-mail WTIC radio, stating your displeasure in not re-signing Jim Vicevich, so he can continue his fabulous show "Sound Off Connecticut". He had built up a fiercely loyal fan base over the past 7 years. I would think it would be in WTIC's best interest to continue running his show.

Please mention any and all sponsors of the show you have given business to over the years because you learned about them from Jim on "Sound Off Connecticut".

Jim had listeners from all over the United States via online streaming, not just here in deep-blue Connecticut. I have only pinged Connecticut FReepers here (with a couple of exceptions), but if you have other friends - FReepers or otherwise - who are fans of "Sound Off Connecticut" with Jim Vicevich, please encourage them to e-mail WTIC radio as well.

I told WTIC that if they don't re-sign Jim Vicevich, I am done with them forever. And my history with this station goes way back to the days of Bob Steele and Jean Colbert... yeah, that's a LONG time ago!

Here is contact information for WTIC radio:

WTIC 1080 AM - Contact Us -- Scroll down to send your message to the Programming Department.

I also sent e-mails to the following:

jllee@cbs.com
dana.whalen@cbsradio.com
wticnews@cbs.com
wticpublicaffairs@cbsradio.com
geri.derosa@cbsradio.com
tkorlou@cbs.com
brian.partridge@cbsradio.com
wticcomments@cbs.com

Here's another format for the above e-mail addresses:

jllee@cbs.com; dana.whalen@cbsradio.com; wticnews@cbs.com; wticpublicaffairs@cbsradio.com; geri.derosa@cbsradio.com; tkorlou@cbs.com; brian.partridge@cbsradio.com; wticcomments@cbs.com

21 posted on 03/31/2010 10:57:53 AM PDT by nutmeg (Bart Stupak: Judas, Neville Chamberlain or Benedict Arnold?)
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To: nutmeg

there’s your answer...in an industry filled with tightwads, the radio division of CBS is the cheapest of the cheap


22 posted on 03/31/2010 11:23:45 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: nutmeg

PLEASE do not bug Brian Partridge about this situation. He is the Web guy for the group, and not management.

Don’t bug Dana either, she’s not management either (at least I don’t think so).

I know that Jim appreciates your words and efforts, but I think sending an e-mail to the comments address would be enough.

Cheers,
Steve
Radio Vice Online


23 posted on 03/31/2010 12:23:54 PM PDT by Steve495
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To: nutmeg

Your welcome nutmeg! You did what you could best do.


24 posted on 03/31/2010 12:27:07 PM PDT by Biggirl ("Jesus talked to us as individuals"-Jim Vicevich/Thanks JimV!=^..^==^..^==^..^==^..^==^..^=)
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To: Buckeye McFrog

Well, like as I said, CBS is not afraid to pay a ton of money to Katie Couric, but in their radio side, can be a bit tight.


25 posted on 03/31/2010 12:28:43 PM PDT by Biggirl ("Jesus talked to us as individuals"-Jim Vicevich/Thanks JimV!=^..^==^..^==^..^==^..^==^..^=)
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To: Steve495
I know that Jim appreciates your words and efforts, but I think sending an e-mail to the comments address would be enough.

Thanks for the message, Steve! I didn't realize you were on FR. :o)

So an e-mail to the Programming Department and to wticcomments@cbs.com is OK?

I will re-ping my list with your message when I hear back from you... thanks again.

26 posted on 03/31/2010 5:38:45 PM PDT by nutmeg (Bart Stupak: Judas, Neville Chamberlain or Benedict Arnold?)
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To: Biggirl
Well, like as I said, CBS is not afraid to pay a ton of money to Katie Couric, but in their radio side, can be a bit tight.

You make an excellent point here, FRiend...

27 posted on 03/31/2010 5:39:19 PM PDT by nutmeg (Bart Stupak: Judas, Neville Chamberlain or Benedict Arnold?)
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To: Steve495; Biggirl; nutmeg

I wrote to wticcomments@cbs.com just to express my disappointment in no longer being able to hear Jim’s program on WTIC. Sound off Connecticut was the only reason I turned on WTIC M-F 9-noon and left it on WTIC until 3.
Jim gone, I’m gone.

Steve, very sorry that things could not be worked out. Feel quite saddened by the news and will miss it very much. Sure hope Jim will find greener pastures elsewhere. I’ll follow him, he is a delightful host, entertaining, fun, had the best guests and the music was fantastic.


28 posted on 03/31/2010 6:33:17 PM PDT by mojo114 (Forward to November.)
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To: mojo114; Steve495; Biggirl; RaceBannon; Man50D
Steve, very sorry that things could not be worked out. Feel quite saddened by the news and will miss it very much. Sure hope Jim will find greener pastures elsewhere. I’ll follow him, he is a delightful host, entertaining, fun, had the best guests and the music was fantastic.

mojo114, thanks for e-mailing WTIC. We'll see if our e-mails do any good (I sure hope so!).

I second your comments regarding "Sound Off Connecticut" and host Jim Vicevich. It's a sad day for all of us here in Connecticut - and beyond. Many days I enjoyed SOC more than Rush Limbaugh's show, and that's saying a lot!

Jim was a fabulous host, and gave callers (like my husband and some of my FReeper friends) ample time to express their comments. Jim was even involved "on the street" with us - his listeners - via tea parties, rallies and town halls. His guests were incredible... the best on radio, IMO! The music and sound clips were amazing, and spot on every time. Jim's taste in music opened up an entire new world of music for my husband and me. We attended two of his "Sound Off Connecticut" summer concerts and his house party featuring Cadillac Sky last summer.

And our thanks (and prayers) go out to the Sound Off Sister, who provided us with valuable legal assistance during the 14-month-long health care debate. I never heard anything similar on ANY other radio show, nor even on Fox News.

I agree... if WTIC is done with Jim, I'm done with WTIC. And my history with WTIC goes back to my grandparents.

I will also follow Jim via his blog RadioVice Online, and look forward to the day when he is back on the radio - where he was meant to be, IMO.

29 posted on 03/31/2010 9:41:01 PM PDT by nutmeg (Bart Stupak: Judas, Neville Chamberlain or Benedict Arnold?)
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To: Steve495; RaceBannon; scoopscandal; 2Trievers; LoneGOPinCT; Rodney King; sorrisi; MrSparkys; ...
Please disregard the list of e-mail addresses I posted in #21 above. The two best e-mail addresses for WTIC radio are listed below:

WTIC 1080 AM - Contact Us -- Scroll down to send your message to the Programming Department.

Also: wticcomments@cbs.com

30 posted on 03/31/2010 9:50:10 PM PDT by nutmeg (Bart Stupak: Judas, Neville Chamberlain or Benedict Arnold?)
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To: Biggirl
Jim Vicevich did a good political/cultural talk show and had a large audience. A real loss for Connecticut talk radio.

WTIC-AM has long been in decline on many fronts and this loss may help finish them as a viable broadcast entity. Rush Limbaugh will probably be dropped soon as a 'cost-cutting' measure and at that point, WTIC-AM can turn off the lights and call it a day. Sad.

31 posted on 04/01/2010 8:54:32 AM PDT by Jim Scott
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To: Jim Scott

Sadly, I suspect, this sacking of Jim will cause WTIC AM to not only lose more listeners, but business as well. One person I feel very bad for is Ray Donaway. Look for him not too far away, to look at retire back to KS where he comes from. I may look at WHUS for UConn games. WTIC AM/See BS Radio shot itself in the foot letting Jim go.


32 posted on 04/01/2010 9:18:56 AM PDT by Biggirl ("Jesus talked to us as individuals"-Jim Vicevich/Thanks JimV!=^..^==^..^==^..^==^..^==^..^=)
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To: Biggirl

I joined in Jim Vicevich chatroom online broadcast this morning. Had a great time. Jim gave me props for a point I made in the chat. I will stay tuned into his blog and chatroom to catch his online shows. WTIC is forever off in my house. Red Sox have other stations in their network.


33 posted on 04/01/2010 9:55:52 AM PDT by dancusa (Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy. W. Churchill)
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To: Biggirl
Jim will be greatly missed... I am all ready jones’n... Wtic will never fill that void!
34 posted on 04/01/2010 5:29:35 PM PDT by The Ignorant Fisherman
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To: RaceBannon
RB,

I like Ray.. but as you stated He's no Jimmy V.... them are some big shoes to fill... they better not put computer talk or garden talk in his place!!..lol

35 posted on 04/01/2010 5:32:14 PM PDT by The Ignorant Fisherman
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To: Biggirl

Your right! He is a threat.. to the leftist machine... Dan Lavolo is the only other true conservative talk show host out there in Ct wasteland to fill the gap.


36 posted on 04/01/2010 5:34:09 PM PDT by The Ignorant Fisherman
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To: The Ignorant Fisherman

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1114327/posts


37 posted on 04/01/2010 6:20:02 PM PDT by RaceBannon (RON PAUL: THE PARTY OF TRUTHERS, TRAITORS AND UFO CHASERS!!!)
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To: Jim Scott; Steve495; Biggirl; Man50D; RaceBannon; BillyBonebrake; dancusa; ...
Jim Vicevich did a good political/cultural talk show and had a large audience. A real loss for Connecticut talk radio.

WTIC-AM has long been in decline on many fronts and this loss may help finish them as a viable broadcast entity.

I am SO upset that Jim Vicevich isn't on the radio anymore - it just ruins my mornings. I stumbled onto his "online show" on Thursday morning (via his chat room), but I didn't even know he would be on... it was a lucky find. It was fun, but... not the same.

Jim seems to be excited that he may "expand" (?) into blog talk radio. I sure hope that's not going to be where he ends up. If so I can only be an occasional listener. I can't be tied to a computer between certain hours each day, nor do I want to deal with an iPhone or a podcast just to hear Jim V. I want to simply hear him live, Monday thru Friday, 9am - 12 noon on old-fashioned radio like I used to. I could be wrong, but blogtalk radio shows have "handfuls" of listeners, not millions.

Right now I can hear stations on my AM/FM radio clearly anywhere in my house (including cellar, basement and in the yard), office and all over CT in my car.

My husband - who used to be one of Jim's regular callers - will never be able to listen to Jim via blogtalk radio, chat room nor online streaming. It just won't work for him, although radio worked perfectly. He will sadly become one of Jim's former listeners.

I know many seniors and other tech-challenged types who will also sadly be among Jim's former listeners because they only listen to conservative talk on radio, not online. They don't do online streaming, iPhone, Twitter, chat rooms, FaceBook, etc. I've talked to many of these people lately. - They miss Jim Vicevich badly, but are already tuning into Glenn Beck's show on WHYN or WDRC. It's convenient to simply just turn on the radio in the house and car.

I'm hanging onto the hope that WTIC - or some radio station - will sign Jim up in his old time slot and let him do his thing. Jim had excellent ratings, from what I understand. Why the heck won't WTIC re-negotiate with Jim and pay him what he's worth??

Jim's show was such a huge success and he had a fiercely loyal fanbase. A good chunk of those fiercely loyal fans will be cut out if they can't hear Jim again on AM/FM radio. It's just sad....

38 posted on 04/05/2010 10:13:03 AM PDT by nutmeg (Bart Stupak: Judas, Neville Chamberlain or Benedict Arnold?)
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To: nutmeg
I thought Brad Davis was going to retire. JimV would make a great successor on TOC ( Talk of Connecticut). WDRC would make a great move to hire JimV.
39 posted on 04/05/2010 1:59:49 PM PDT by dancusa (Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy. W. Churchill)
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To: nutmeg

Totally agree with your comments. Mornings are not the same and I don’t like it either.
Getting more done though.


40 posted on 04/05/2010 2:23:53 PM PDT by mojo114 (Forward to November.)
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