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WICC The Voice of Connecticut

A heritage radio station covering Bridgeport and greater Fairfield County. This podcast focuses on the communities, people and news for your neighborhood.

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14:23

Melissa in the Morning: Cloudflare Outage

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2025/11/19

The Cloudflare outage has been resolved but not before impacting websites, social media sites, ChatGPT, online gaming, Dropbox, Shopify and much more. How did this happen and how can we prevent it in future? We asked our cyber security expert, Dr. Vahid Behzadan, from University of New Haven. IMAGE CREDIT: Carolyn Meyer / University of New Haven

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16:16

Melissa in the Morning: New Housing Bill Concerns

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2025/11/19

Coincidence? Connecticut Republicans and Fairfield County residents say “I don’t think so!” The New York Post just released an article questioning the new affordable housing bill passed in the special session last week. Does it effectively create a better housing situation for Connecticut residents, or did it get the green light too soon benefiting our neighboring state of New York? We spoke with Senator Jason Perillo representing Connecticut’s 21st District. Image Credit: Senator Jason Perillo /

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11:56

Melissa in the Morning: Opioid Addiction PSA

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2025/11/19

A lot of people are in denial about addiction and substance abuse. And when you think about how common that is, think about this: last year, 80% of people in the U.S. with substance use disorders received no treatment for it. It makes what is already a big problem, even bigger! That’s why local health departments collaborated and launched a public awareness campaign to address misconceptions surrounding opioid addiction and to encourage more residents to access life-saving treatment and services. We

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20:34

Melissa in the Morning: Energy News

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2025/11/19

Eversource is set to increase prices in 2026 and PURA’s former chairwoman is still front-page news in Connecticut. We spoke with our energy contributor, Bryson Hull, Deputy Northeast Director for Consumer Energy Alliance. IMAGE CREDIT: Eric Urbanowicz

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12:15

Melissa in the Morning: The Healing Chickadee

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2025/11/19

Grieving is a strange feeling. We don’t talk about it enough but it’s a process 100 percent of human beings will go through. We learned about Connecticut-based non-profit, Soulful Sydney, Inc, dedicated to children’s emotional health and offering programs tailored to help kids learn to grieve and prepare properly for loss. The program we focused on in this interview is called The Healing Chickadee. We spoke with Terry Murphy, the founder Chief Enthusiast of Soulful Sydney, Inc. For more

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35:19

CT Today With Paul Pacelli - Ryan Fazio Or Erin Stewart?

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2025/11/18

Host Paul Pacelli opened Tuesday's "Connecticut Today" looking at the campaign launch videos from the two major GOP gubernatorial candidates - former New Britain Mayor Erin Stewart and Greenwich State Sen. Ryan Fazio (00:47). Hartford Courant columnist Kevin Rennie discussed the ongoing controversy surrounding PURA - the state's Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (14:41). Yankee Institute blogger Meghan Portfolio updated the state's impending purchase of Waterbury Hospital (23:34). CBS News

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36:37

CT Today With Paul Pacelli - Did Chris Murphy...

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2025/11/18

Host Paul Pacelli opened a new week on "Connecticut Today" playing two recent statements from CT Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy, implying President Trump's alleged involvement with the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein (00:54). CBS News Chief White House Correspondent Nancy Cordes (16:08) and former Time Magazine Senior Reporter Alain Sanders (18:18) gave us their thoughts on an impending U.S. House vote to release the Epstein Files. Finally, we checked in with CTNewsJunkie columnist and

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16:25

Melissa in the Morning: Crash Responder Safety

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2025/11/18

It’s National Crash Responder Safety Week to raise awareness around roadway safety during traffic incidents. We checked in with Josh Morgan from the CT Department of Transportation about the importance of slow down, move over. We also talked about upcoming public meetings for an I-95 Stamford study. For more information: https://portal.ct.gov/dot/ctdot-press-releases/2025/public-meetings-for-i-95-stamford-planning-and-environment-linkages-study?language=en_US IMAGE CREDIT: Melissa Sheketoff

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15:02

Melissa in the Morning: Unglamorous Jobs

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2025/11/18

According to Bloomberg, more jobseekers appear to be going to where the jobs are, including vying for unglamorous roles. We spoke with career strategist, Julie Bauke about the findings. IMAGE CREDIT: Julie Bauke / The Bauke Group

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17:31

Melissa in the Morning: ICE Ruling

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2025/11/18

We are breaking down some of the legislation that passed during the special session last week. In the “catch all” bill, a section codifies rules for how ICE agents can make arrests and detainments on courthouse grounds. We got perspective on this and what the law can effectively do from Former FBI Agent and UNH professor, Ken Gray. IMAGE CREDIT: Carolyn Meyer / University of New Haven

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7:44

Are Sports Gamblers Worried?

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2025/11/17

Filling in on "Melissa In The Morning," host Paul Pacelli chatted with Dr. Andrew Miller, Associate Professor of Communication, Media & the Arts, and director of the sports communication and media graduate program at Sacred Heart University, about a new national poll capturing how active sports gamblers are reacting to recent arrests and betting scandals

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14:24

Melissa in the Morning: Schick Layoffs

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2025/11/17

Edgewell Personal Care, which is the parent company of Schick, announced that the manufacturer is closing its doors and laying off nearly 300 employees. The manufacturing plant in Milford will completely close the plant by the end of 2027. We spoke with Attorney Gary Phelan, employment attorney with Hurwitz, Sagarin and Slossberg in Milford.

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17:56

Melissa in the Morning: License Plate Readers Part 2

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2025/11/17

The Connecticut ACLU is demanding that cities and towns stop using automatic license plate readers. The organization is calling for a pause in the use of these devices by police departments over allegations that personal data is being misused. We spoke with the Connecticut ACLU Executive Director, David McGuire. IMAGE CREDIT: Ginny Simmons / ACLU Connecticut

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8:30

Melissa in the Morning: Weight Loss Drug Price Drop

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2025/11/17

Drugmaker Novo Nordisk says it will make the popular weight GLP-1 weight loss medication Wegovy more affordable for those without insurance coverage, dropping the price to $349 a month. The news comes weeks after the Trump Administration announced negotiating weight loss drug prices making them more accessible to consumers. We spoke with Dr. Joseph St. Pierre with Hartford Healthcare’s St. Vincent’s Medical Center about the ongoing news with price cuts on these injectables. IMAGE CREDIT: Amy

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13:40

Melissa In The Morning: Dr. Brent French

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2025/11/17

Melissa welcomed Dr. Brent French, Associate Dean of the Welch College of Business & Technology at Sacred Heart University to the program to discuss how artificial intelligence is reshaping the world of business. Image Courtesy of Sacred Heart University.

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37:41

Wake Up With Finch And Kane - November 16, 2025

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2025/11/16

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25:34

Melissa in the Morning: Special Session Day 1

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2025/11/13

All bills passed in the House during the first day of special session yesterday. The one piece of legislation getting most of the attention is the housing legislation. We spoke with House Minority Leader, Rep. Vin Candelora, about day 1 of the session. ((00:00)) We also heard from Democratic State Rep. Steve Stafstrom, for his take on day 1 of the session. (14:36)Image Credit: Getty Images

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11:27

Melissa in the Morning: Kevin Christie

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2025/11/13

We met the newly elected first selectman of Westport, Kevin Christie. Image Credit: Getty Images

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13:25

Melissa in the Morning: Shutdown Over…

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2025/11/13

All five Connecticut members of the U.S. House voted against the bill to end the federal government shutdown. The five Democratic lawmakers were on the losing side, as the Republican led House approved the bill last night and sent it to President Trump's desk for his signature. We spoke with Congressman Jim Himes following the news overnight. Image Courtesy of Congressman Jim Himes

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9:39

Melissa in the Morning: Flights Still a Disaster?

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2025/11/13

The government shutdown may be over, but the issues at airports across the country will linger at least for a few weeks. We spoke with retired commercial airline pilot, Paul Zielinski, who gave us some perspective. Image Credit: Getty Images

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