Topic: Politics and Election Coverage
Posted on 11/20/2014
Connoisseur Media�s WPLR-FM New Haven personalities Chaz and AJ hosted gubernatorial candidates Dan Malloy and Tom Foley on Nov. 3. The radio hosts and candidates kept the discussion light by playing with Rock �Em Sock �Em Robots on air. Malloy and Foley debated on several other occasions: Sept. 30 on Meredith Corporation�s CBS affiliate WFSB-TV Avon, Conn.; Oct. 9 at the Connecticut Broadcasters Association (CBA) conference, which aired live on television and radio and replayed on Tribune Broadcasting Company�s Fox affiliate WTIC-TV Hartford; and Nov. 2, on LIN Media�s ABC affiliate WTNH-TV New Haven.
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