way to go colin!

the only time i used to change my car dial radio from 90.5 (our hartford local npr station) to another station was on the way home from work each weekday. i'd turn it to am wtic (whatever their numbers were). why? colin's program was on. he had an afternoon show. a witty break in a day of drudgery. wtic started firing people a while ago. as it turns out they fired almost everyone who had a brain, including colin. i knew colin and npr were a perfect fit and i knew in my mind from day one, this WOULD happen.

so congratulations colin and you KNOW i'll be listening next week (at work, at my desk as long as i'm NOT in a meeting)


Radio Host Colin McEnroe Gets WNPR Show
By ROGER CATLIN The Hartford Courant
Eight months after having his popular radio talk show canned by WTIC-AM on New Year's Eve, radio host and newspaper columnist Colin McEnroe returns to local airwaves next week, this time on public radio.

"The Colin McEnroe Show" begins Monday on WNPR, the arm of Connecticut Public Broadcasting Inc. with several points on the radio across the state, including 90.5 FM in Hartford.

His daily one-hour show at 1 p.m., originating at the WNPR studios in Hartford, replaces the nationally syndicated "Here and Now."

McEnroe's first guest Monday will be New York Times editorial page columnist Gail Collins, who began her career at the Hartford Advocate.

McEnroe, 54, said in an interview that his new hour will have the flavor of his old show on the commercial airwaves, and distinguish itself from other Connecticut-based WNPR weekday shows such as "Where We Live" and "The Faith Middleton Show" by keeping things light and starting with a monologue each day.

Most shows will be rooted in state issues, he said, though he'll be free to bring in ideas and authors from elsewhere, as well as take calls...........

pic: Colin McEnroe (PATRICK RAYCRAFT, HARTFORD COURANT / September 24, 2008)

i didn't know wtic was so effed up

but it is. i knew they were bordering though

it starts with them playing that george noory dude in the morning (when i say morning i mean 2 or 3 am here). the button is pre-set and it's usually on wtic when i turn on my car radio on my way to work in the morning. WHY? well because i've had it on wtic listening to colin mcenroe on my way home from work each day.

i actually LIKE listening to colin. i don't always agree with him, but i think he's intelligent, funny, witty, caustic and something special. if it's before 3:00 pm and i actually get that blob, flush limburger my hair stands on end. it's all ok when colin comes on though. he was a true treasure and wtic just made one gigantic mistake

i don't get a chance to listen to diane and ray in the morning so i can't say if i would have liked them or not. i do like her from watching and listening to her prior work. BUT TO EFFING FIRE HER TO GIVE VICEVICH MORE TIME? WTF is up with that? i happen to know 'buddy' (not well, i knew his first wife and met him a few times through her) and i didn't like him then and i sure as shite haven't grown to like him NOW.

i'll listen to wtic today because it's colin's last show. after that, EFF THEM. (and i'm thinking here, is tic leaning a bit to the right now? flush and buddy and goddess only knows who else...........hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm......... i think i may have something here after all!!!)

colin, they made a mistake. a bad one. i will miss you on wtic BUT i hope this will lead to something mo' better for you (and for US, your 'adoring' public)

WTIC AM Purge: Diane Smith, Colin McEnroe
By
Roger Catlin
on December 30, 2008
The end of the year sweeps out two more local voices from Hartford talk radio.

New Year's Eve will be the last day for Diane Smith who has been half of "Mornings with Ray and Diane" for nine years on Hartford's WTIC AM. Out at the end of the year, too, is afternoon raconteur and fellow Courant blogger and columnist Colin McEnroe.


"After months of reporting on every aspect of the global economic slowdown," Smith said in an e-mailed announcement Tuesday, "I have a new angle to report: After 9 years on the air at WTIC-AM NewsTalk 1080, I will sign off as co-host of "Mornings with Ray and Diane" at 10am on 12/31/08."


She says she's in talks with the station to explore ways to continue to contribute. In the meantime, she is at work at developing a new weekly series for CPTV, "Connecticut on the Road" as she continues her series "Positively Connecticut" which will produce a fifth book for Globe Pequot Press.

"Most of all," she says, "I hope to find new ways to continue my unofficial role as a goodwill ambassador for Connecticut."........

Colin McEnroe, Diane Smith Laid Off at WTIC-AM"
By
Christopher Keating
on December 30
In a stunning announcement, longtime radio hosts Colin McEnroe and Diane Smith are leaving their posts at WTIC- AM radio.

McEnroe, a longtime columnist at The Hartford Courant, is a fixture in the afternoons from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. with a mix of newsmaker interviews and a conglomeration of witticisms that includes anything that comes to his mind at the moment. Smith is the morning radio partner of host Ray Dunaway at the most influential news and sports station in the state.

McEnroe clearly has had his own niche in the local radio world since 1992, frequently bantering with former Democratic gubernatorial candidate Bill Curry as one of the most frequent guests through the years.

Steve Grant is reporting at www.courant.com that the station confirmed Tuesday that McEnroe and Smith have been laid off. Grant says that the new lineup begins Monday, January 5, with an afternoon "news block'' that will be anchored by reporters Bill Pearse and Aaron Kupec - focusing on both national and local stories.......

here's a link to colin's blog with two of his latest postings. the comments sections are to be read:

ruh roh!
and
balms away

oh and PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE let wtic KNOW why you will no longer be listening to wtic.....
here is the CONTACT INFO page

some cops in avon

racist or not? i know what i personally know (having worked in avon for more than 1/2 of my life). i also know if ANYONE feels guilty about bringing these emails to light, THEY SHOULD NOT

andy thibault at the cool justice report links us up to some articles

and here's colin mcenroe's story (he is the one that filed the initial complaint i believe)

#1 ) i am shocked

that i didn't hear about this until NOW (the avon cop's emails and barack obama)

like i commented on andy's blog; the cool justice report i worked in avon for more than 1/2 of my life. i saw what i saw when i worked there (meaning i saw who got stopped and who didn't).

how can ANYONE with half a brain pass misinformation on (of the sort that was happening with barack obama). i saw people (on videos, i never saw one in person) foaming at the mouth to get a noose out (and i'm NOT exaggerating either). i saw certain other people (one of whom was sareveil) egg these neo-facist neo-nazis on.

do people REALLY think barack obama is the devil? i don't know. i KNOW SOME PEOPLE THINK I AM (really they do. i'm not just saying that to make a point for this story. i've written that about me before)

Court Documents: Schwapp v. Town of Avon

Avon Cops Forwarded An Obama Smear Before The Election

School To Jail Tracking System For People Of Color In Connecticut

Failing to obey the posted limit (colin's original posting)

listen to andy and colin

plan a poety gathering while they were on the air yesterday

go here for the podcast link

andy's blog the cool justice report

colin's blog to wit