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Stream on. Now you can stream The Whale on Amazon Echo! It’s easy! Just enable the skill and then say “Alexa, open The Whale”. Here’s how: Step 1: Open your Alexa app. Step 2: Select “Amazon Alexa Skills” from the upper left menu. Step 3: Search for 102.9 The Whale Step 4: Click on the…
Join Picozzi at Lynch Mitsubishi
102.9 The Whale is live this Saturday at the New Lynch Mitsubishi in Manchester! Join Picozzi starting at 10a! Score lots of prizes including tickets to an upcoming Wolfpack Game!!
It finally got there
Onetime Scorpions bassist Francis Buchholz, who plays on “Still Loving You,” celebrates his 69th birthday today (February 19th). That song had a tough time making it onto a Scorpions album. It was rejected numerous times by the band before they finally tried to play it. Scorpions guitarist Rudolf Schenker wrote the music for “Still Loving…
Too Deep
Former Styx singer and keyboardist Dennis DeYoung celebrates his 72nd birthday today (February 18th). He gets deep in his songwriting in fact Mr. Roboto pretty much caused him to leave Styx. Or caused the band to leave him. “The Best of Times” is a song he wrote for Paradise Theater and it made to number…
Win tickets to Sammy Hagar
Listen for Picozzi’s 30 Second Six Song Challenge to win tickets to Sammy Hagar’s Full Circle Jam Tour (Sammy Hagar, Michael Anthony, Jason Bonham and Vic Johnson) with Night Ranger at Foxwoods Resort Casino on May 30.
Win tickets to Get the Led Out
Listen for the 10@10 all week to win tickets to Get the Led Out at Foxwoods Resort Casino on Saturday, April 20.
Win tickets to The Guess Who & NRBQ
Listen for Klonk Social Hour 12-1pm to win tickets to The Guess Who & NRBQ at the Palace Theater in Waterbury on Saturday, March 9.
So it was a bathroom “break”
Supertramp saxophonist John Helliwell turns 74 today (February 15th). His solo on “The Logical Song” was recorded in an illogical location. They were recording the album Breakfast in America and the guitar, piano and drums were being recorded in different parts of the, isolated from each other with baffles. His saxophone was so loud, though,…
Written During Breakfast
Elton John was a guest voice on a Valentines-themed episode of The Simpsons 20 years ago today (February 14th, 1999). His career was launched with the song…”Your Song” music by Elton, lyrics by Bernie Taupin released in 1970. Bernie Taupin wrote the lyrics while eating breakfast; Elton added the music before lunch. It made it…
Klonk Social Hour
Every day at noon, you control 102.9 the Whale. Head to Twitter, Instagram, Facebook or the old fashion phone and tell us what you want to hear. It’s an on demand world..so demand it!
Download the Whale Alexa skill
Stream on. Now you can stream The Whale on Amazon Echo! It’s easy! Just enable the skill and then say “Alexa, open The Whale”. Here’s how: Step 1: Open your Alexa app. Step 2: Select “Amazon Alexa Skills” from the upper left menu. Step 3: Search for 102.9 The Whale Step 4: Click on the…
Join Picozzi at Lynch Mitsubishi
102.9 The Whale is live this Saturday at the New Lynch Mitsubishi in Manchester! Join Picozzi starting at 10a! Score lots of prizes including tickets to an upcoming Wolfpack Game!!
It finally got there
Onetime Scorpions bassist Francis Buchholz, who plays on “Still Loving You,” celebrates his 69th birthday today (February 19th). That song had a tough time making it onto a Scorpions album. It was rejected numerous times by the band before they finally tried to play it. Scorpions guitarist Rudolf Schenker wrote the music for “Still Loving…
Too Deep
Former Styx singer and keyboardist Dennis DeYoung celebrates his 72nd birthday today (February 18th). He gets deep in his songwriting in fact Mr. Roboto pretty much caused him to leave Styx. Or caused the band to leave him. “The Best of Times” is a song he wrote for Paradise Theater and it made to number…
Win tickets to Sammy Hagar
Listen for Picozzi’s 30 Second Six Song Challenge to win tickets to Sammy Hagar’s Full Circle Jam Tour (Sammy Hagar, Michael Anthony, Jason Bonham and Vic Johnson) with Night Ranger at Foxwoods Resort Casino on May 30.
Win tickets to Get the Led Out
Listen for the 10@10 all week to win tickets to Get the Led Out at Foxwoods Resort Casino on Saturday, April 20.
Win tickets to The Guess Who & NRBQ
Listen for Klonk Social Hour 12-1pm to win tickets to The Guess Who & NRBQ at the Palace Theater in Waterbury on Saturday, March 9.
So it was a bathroom “break”
Supertramp saxophonist John Helliwell turns 74 today (February 15th). His solo on “The Logical Song” was recorded in an illogical location. They were recording the album Breakfast in America and the guitar, piano and drums were being recorded in different parts of the, isolated from each other with baffles. His saxophone was so loud, though,…
Written During Breakfast
Elton John was a guest voice on a Valentines-themed episode of The Simpsons 20 years ago today (February 14th, 1999). His career was launched with the song…”Your Song” music by Elton, lyrics by Bernie Taupin released in 1970. Bernie Taupin wrote the lyrics while eating breakfast; Elton added the music before lunch. It made it…