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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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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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11:34

Melissa in the Morning: A Top Charitable State

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2025/11/12

Apparently, Connecticut is filled with people opening their hearts and their wallets to neighbors in need. According to a recent report from WalletHub, Connecticut was ranked the 13th most charitable state in the country, and the second in New England. We spoke with Karla Fortunato, President of the Connecticut Council for Philanthropy, about the news and how people can get into volunteering.For more information: https://ctphilanthropy.org/ Image Credit: Getty Images

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16:00

Melissa in the Morning: Jaqueline’s Case

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2025/11/12

Jaqueline Torres-Garcia was a 12-year-old girl whose body was found outside an abandoned New Britain home earlier this fall. Police shared that the little girl was murdered last year. Investigative reporter, Jeff Derderian, has been digging into this story and combing through videos and documents on the case. We spoke with him about the latest on the case. Image Courtesy of Jeff Derderian and WTNH

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10:41

Melissa in the Morning: Supporting Veterans

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2025/11/12

November is Veterans Month, and we know Connecticut is home to some incredible non-profits dedicated to supporting veterans. But did you know the American Red Cross isn’t just an organization about blood donations and responding in natural disasters? Apparently, the Red Cross specifically serves hundreds of thousands of military and veteran families through the Hero Care Network. We spoke with Steve Branch, Senior Director of Military and International Services for the Red Cross Connecticut and

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12:06

Melissa in the Morning: License Plate Readers

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2025/11/12

The Connecticut ACLU is demanding that cities and towns stop using automatic license plate readers. The organization is calling for a pause of the use of these devices by police departments over allegations that personal data is being misused. We asked former chief of police in Fairfield, Gary MacNamara, who also sits on law enforcement committees at the state level. Image Credit: Getty Images

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35:21

CT Today With Paul Pacelli - Should We Turn Off All...

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2025/11/11

"Connecticut Today" host Paul Pacelli started Tuesday's show looking at a demand from the Connecticut ACLU that local license plate scanners be turned off until legal safeguards are put in place regarding the use of any data collected by those units (00:46). Alexis Harrison joined us from CT169Strong to chat about latest "affordable housing" bill from the General Assembly (14:54). Yankee Institute blogger Meghan Portfolio briefed us on the State of Connecticut's bid to possibly buy some failing

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12:02

Melissa in the Morning: Retirement Report

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2025/11/11

A new survey from Retirement Living shows Connecticut is considered one of the worst states to retire in. The report sites cost of living, healthcare disparity, taxation and quality of life. We spoke with Senator Tony Hwang, ranking senator on the Aging Committee.Image Credit: Getty Images

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15:01

Melissa in the Morning: P-Card Oversight

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2025/11/11

A state auditors’ report just revealed more purchasing card (P-Card) noncompliance instances in the Connecticut State Colleges and Universities (CSCU) system. What can be done to fix this ongoing problem? We asked Ranking Member on the Higher Education Committee, Senator Henri Martin. To read the full report: https://wp.cga.ct.gov/apa/wp-content/cgacustom/reports/Southern%20Connecticut%20State%20University_20251105_FY2021,2022.pdf Image Credit: Getty Images

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16:50

Melissa in the Morning: New (and Improved?) Housing Bill

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2025/11/11

Since House Bill 5002 was vetoed by the governor, a new housing bill has been crafted and will be voted on during the special session this week. What are the key differences between the two pieces of legislation and why is there more support this time around? We spoke with Joe DeLong, Executive Director and CEO of the Connecticut Conference of Municipalities. Image Credit: Getty Images

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16:42

Melissa in the Morning: “The Place is on Fire”

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2025/11/11

Maybe the workplace isn’t on fire all the time, but it is sometimes… Not according to Gen-Z workers, according to a recent Washington Post article. We talked about it with career strategist, Julie Bauke. For information on new tech internships for college students in the tristate: https://starteryou.com/ Image Credit: Getty Images

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21:59

The Beat & The Badge: Just The Wind

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2025/11/11

Melissa Sheketoff and Gary MacNamara demo podcast series on crime prevention

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30:32

CT Today With Paul Pacelli - Was The Government...

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2025/11/10

"Connecticut Today" host Paul Pacelli kicked off a new week with news of a tentative agreement to end an ongoing federal government shutdown that, essentially, gives some angry Democrats very little back in legislative leverage (00:42). CBS News reporter Olivia Rinaldi joined us from D.C. to talk about that tentative deal (14:56), while CTNewsJunkie.com columnist and Substack.com blogger Terry Cowgill weighed in on this year's municipal elections (19:16) Image Credit: iStock / Getty Images

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13:21

Melissa in the Morning: Be a “Good Witness”

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2025/11/10

There’s a lot of drama in the beach area of Fairfield for university students and police are dumping a lot of resources into supporting the community and investigate claims of break-in’s. We spoke with former Fairfield Police Chief Gary MacNamara about the importance of being a “good witness” and reporting effectively. Image Credit: Melissa Sheketoff

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14:56

Melissa in the Morning: 99 Pages

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2025/11/10

This week, lawmakers are expected in Hartford for a two-day special session. One of the biggest items to focus on will be affordable housing. Friday afternoon, the governor announced that all lawmakers would get a copy of the proposed legislation ahead of the session. Sources say the document is nearly 100 pages long. We welcome back Senator Jeff Gordon, Ranking Senator on the Planning and Development Committee. Image Credit: Getty Images

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15:36

Melissa in the Morning: New Motions

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2025/11/10

A Waterbury man claims he was held captive for 20 years. His stepmother, Kimberly Sullivan, is facing charges in the case. Recently, there have been a lot of new motions in court, so we checked in with Sullivan’s attorney, Ioannis Kaloidis. Image Credit: Getty Images

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16:20

Melissa in the Morning: Third Term Announcement and...

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2025/11/10

We spoke with News 8’s political reporter Mike Cerulli about the governor’s announcement to run for a third term in office. We also talked about the upcoming special session and his thoughts on the new house bill. To read the bill in full:

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36:35

Wake Up With Finch And Kane - November 9, 2025

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2025/11/09

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