Monday’s broadcasts on WNHH radio urged positivity through song, checked in on state budget cuts, and explored Valley firefighting and New Haven’s cockfighting history.
Former Derby Fire Department Chief Gary Parker joined Valley Independent Sentinel editorial team Eugene Driscoll and Ethan Fry to speak about his volunteer service in Derby. Parker is scheduled to be inducted into the Connecticut Firefighters Hall of Fame in April 2016. To listen, click on or download the audio above.
Tom Ficklin welcomed singer/songwriter Hanifa Washington to play a few tunes and talk about her work in New Haven. To listen, click on or download the audio above, or check out WNHH’s new “Elm City Lowdown” podcast on Soundcloud or iTunes.
Prize fights cockfights, dog fights and other “sports” tabooed by the authorities were the focus of this “This Day In New Haven History.” Co-hosts Allan Appel and Jason Bischoff-Wurstle time-traveled back to 1904, hopping on a trolley to a house on a dark street in the suburb of Westville to see the birds stroked and petted before they are armed and sent out to kill each other. To listen, click on or download the audio above.
On “Dateline New Haven,” Mayor Toni Harp updated listeners on upcoming state budget cuts, Arts & ideas, and tax debates. To listen, click on or download the audio above, or check out WNHH’s “Dateline New Haven” podcast feed on Soundcloud or iTunes.
