Picozzi and The Horn
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Picozzi and The Horn was a morning drive radio program in Hartford, Connecticut
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It aired from May 1986 until May 1997 on WHCN
105.9 FM.
It featured co-hosts Michael Picozzi and Gary Lee Horn.
It included rock music, news, contests, listener calls and featured running comedy bits. Among these were: The Marching Weathermen, GhandiMart, The Ground Hog, the Screamer and Stump Picozzi and The Horn. The Marching Weathermen would do the weather report in a call and repeat drill sergeant fashion, with requisite jokes. Every Monday morning they would play "Life Sucks, Then You Die" by The Fools
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Parties called Live Lunch Luaus were held on Hawaiian Shirt Fridays and broadcast live. Picozzi and The Horn were cited numerous times for charity work and community service.
A frequent call-in guest to the show in the 1980s was U.S. Senator and 2000 Vice Presidential candidate Joe Lieberman who at the time was Attorney General of the State of Connecticut. Picozzi would often comment that Liberman was "that guy who sounds like Willie on Alf." This was a reference to the similarity between Lieberman's voice and that of Max Wright, who portrayed Willie Tanner on the NBC comedy series.
Hartford, Connecticut
Hartford is the capital of the U.S. state of Connecticut. The seat of Hartford County until Connecticut disbanded county government in 1960, it is the second most populous city on New England's largest river, the Connecticut River. As of the 2010 Census, Hartford's population was 124,775, making...
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It aired from May 1986 until May 1997 on WHCN
WHCN
WHCN is a classic hits music formatted radio station based in Hartford, Connecticut. The city of license is Hartford. The Clear Channel Communications outlet broadcasts at 105.9 MHz with an effective radiated power of 16,000 watts from West Peak State Park in Meriden, CT. Its format blends...
105.9 FM.
It featured co-hosts Michael Picozzi and Gary Lee Horn.
It included rock music, news, contests, listener calls and featured running comedy bits. Among these were: The Marching Weathermen, GhandiMart, The Ground Hog, the Screamer and Stump Picozzi and The Horn. The Marching Weathermen would do the weather report in a call and repeat drill sergeant fashion, with requisite jokes. Every Monday morning they would play "Life Sucks, Then You Die" by The Fools
The Fools
The Fools are a Massachusetts rock band best known for the party atmosphere of their live performances and tongue-in-cheek original songs, covers and parodies.-History:...
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Parties called Live Lunch Luaus were held on Hawaiian Shirt Fridays and broadcast live. Picozzi and The Horn were cited numerous times for charity work and community service.
A frequent call-in guest to the show in the 1980s was U.S. Senator and 2000 Vice Presidential candidate Joe Lieberman who at the time was Attorney General of the State of Connecticut. Picozzi would often comment that Liberman was "that guy who sounds like Willie on Alf." This was a reference to the similarity between Lieberman's voice and that of Max Wright, who portrayed Willie Tanner on the NBC comedy series.