99.1 PLR celebrates 50 years! This week we are celebrating another great year in our history: 1982! That year 99.1 PLR welcomed The Police to New Haven Coliseum. The Police hit the road in 1982 to promote their fourth studio album, “Ghost In The Machine,” which featured hit songs such as Every Little thing She…
99.1 PLR celebrates 50 years! This week we are celebrating another great year in our history: 1982! Who remembers rock concerts at Yale’s Woolsey Hall? There hasn’t been one there in a quite a while, but back in ’60s, ’70s and ’80s it wasn’t unusual to see bands like The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Steve Miller…
99.1 PLR celebrates 50 years! This week we are celebrating another great year in our history: 1982! That year PLR presented Queen at New Haven Coliseum. Queen hit the road for its “Hot Space” Tour and brought special guest Billy Squire with them. Queen was supporting its tenth studio album, “Hot Space,” which featured the…
99.1 PLR celebrates 50 years! This week we are celebrating another great year in our history: 1982! That year PLR presented Judas Priest at New Haven Coliseum. Judas Priest was on its “World Vengeance” North American Tour and brought special guest Iron Maiden with them. Judas Priest was supporting its eighth studio album, “Screaming For…
99.1 PLR celebrates 50 years! This week we are celebrating another great year in our history: 2009! That year PLR welcomed The J. Geils Band to Mohegan Sun Arena for a very special New Year’s Eve performance. It was the first time in over a decade these Massachusetts rocks had played in Connecticut. The J.…
99.1 PLR celebrates 50 years! This week we are celebrating another great year in our history: 2009! That year PLR welcomed Candlebox to Toad’s Place. Candlebox hit the road to support its fourth studio album, “Into The Sun,” and were playing their first show in New Haven in over a decade. Previously they had headlined…
99.1 PLR celebrates 50 years! This week we are celebrating another great year in our history: 2009! That year PLR welcomed KISS to Mohegan Sun Arena. KISS hit the road for their “Alive 35” World Tour to celebrate the band’s 35th anniversary. They were also promoting their nineteenth studio album “Sonic Boom,” which was released…
99.1 PLR celebrates 50 years! This week we are celebrating another great year in our history: 2009! That year PLR welcomed Tesla to Toad’s Place. Tesla hit the road in support of its sixth studio album, “Forever More,” and were back in New Haven for the first time in over a decade. Today we look…
PLR is 50! All of 2021, we are celebrating our 50th Anniversary. Check out the PLR archives here and check out some of the station’s great history. Listen daily at 11am, 1pm, 5pm and 9pm as we highlight some of the great music from all 50 years. This week is 2009. Every day, we will dip into…
Chaz talked with Doc Rock, one of the original WPLR jocks, about the launch of PLR 50 years ago back in 1971.