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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…
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…
The 48th Annual Greater Hartford St. Patrick’s Day Parade on Saturday, March 9, 2019
Join 102.9 The Whale at the 48th Annual Greater Hartford St. Patrick’s Day Parade at 11a! Come down to the parade route early and get your seat! The parade begins at Capitol Avenue by the State Capitol, takes a left on Main Street, a left on Asylum, a left on Ford Street, and then ends…
“Did I Write That?”
Mick Jones of Foreigner wrote the song: “I Want to Know What Love Is” on the album: Agent Provocateur in 1984. He wrote it about circumstances in his own life, but that it has taken on more meaning than he’d initially imagined. Here he talks about the effect it has had on listeners: “So many…
Make it sound like Egypt
Neil Young and Crazy Horse played their first live show together 50 years ago today (February 12th, 1969) at the Bitter End in New York. Their first album was Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere in 1969. The first song we heard from them was “Cinnamon Girl” Neil Young wanted it to sound as big as…
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…
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…
The 48th Annual Greater Hartford St. Patrick’s Day Parade on Saturday, March 9, 2019
Join 102.9 The Whale at the 48th Annual Greater Hartford St. Patrick’s Day Parade at 11a! Come down to the parade route early and get your seat! The parade begins at Capitol Avenue by the State Capitol, takes a left on Main Street, a left on Asylum, a left on Ford Street, and then ends…
“Did I Write That?”
Mick Jones of Foreigner wrote the song: “I Want to Know What Love Is” on the album: Agent Provocateur in 1984. He wrote it about circumstances in his own life, but that it has taken on more meaning than he’d initially imagined. Here he talks about the effect it has had on listeners: “So many…
Make it sound like Egypt
Neil Young and Crazy Horse played their first live show together 50 years ago today (February 12th, 1969) at the Bitter End in New York. Their first album was Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere in 1969. The first song we heard from them was “Cinnamon Girl” Neil Young wanted it to sound as big as…