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11/26/2025

A Happy Thanksgiving 2025 to all our WJMJ friends, & listeners!

Hope all are safe and continuing to get Covid boosters, flu and RSV shots as recommended and practice Social Distancing in this time of Covid surges and numerous holiday gatherings such as Thanksgiving..

According to a report published this week from Newsweek:

"COVID-19 cases were increasing or are likely to in Colorado, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Vermont, and West Virginia.
In four other states, they were declining or likely to decline in California, Hawaii, Maine, and Washington. In 22 states, the number of infections was not changing.
While the threat is not as urgent as it used to be, there are still people getting infected with COVID-19 across the country, with infections rising during the summer. An occasion like Thanksgiving, when big groups of people spend a long time in confined spaces, represents a chance for the virus to spread."

I hope you'll join me, Larry Dasilva, Thanksgiving Day, 6 am - 11 am EST, Friday from 6 am - 11 am, EST, as well as our usual 'Sunday Brunch' from Noon - 2 pm EST for news, weather and a great mix of music on 88.9, WJMJ !!

For those across the U.S. and overseas, please join me online to listen at Tunein. com. or WJMJ. org

Thank you to the BEST radio audience!

Your support during WJMJ's Fall 2025 Radiothon really came through for us.

During these extremely difficult economic times in our world today, with your support, we surpassed our goal of $230,000.

Thanks to your extraordinary generosity, we raised an amazing $234,001 in pledges for your favorite radio station WJMJ, Catholic Radio... Where Faith Meets Life®

Thank You from the bottom of our hearts for your continued and generous support of 88.9, WJMJ !

11/25/2025

Another job well done ! Thanks to the WJMJ crew and the fantastic listeners who made it all happen !! 👏🥳🎶👍

11/24/2025

We Need You — Day 5, November 24th, Final Day of the 88.9 WJMJ Radiothon! 🚨

We’re not quite there yet — and we’re counting on you to put us over the top with your pledges of support before time runs out!

📻 Tune in and join Jerry Kristafer & Joe D'Ambrosio this morning, and the rest of the team, for our final fundraising push.

Every dollar makes a difference!

📞 Call to donate:
➡️ Hartford: 860-242-8800
➡️ Toll-Free: 1-877-342-5956
💻 Or give online at wjmj.org

📲 Scan the QR code to pledge now.

Let’s finish strong together!

11/23/2025

Day 4 of 88.9 WJMJ's Semiannual Radiothon!

Join Larry Dasilva & Tom Zarecki at Noon Sunday, November 23rd.

Pledge right now to support WJMJ: 860.242.8800 (Hartford) or 1-
877-342-5956 (toll-free). Scan QR or visit wjmj.org.

11/22/2025

As the 2025 WJMJ Fall Radiothon continues through Monday, November 24th,…We want to extend a heartfelt THANK YOU!

We are truly grateful for every call and every pledge. 💙📻

But this is just the beginning!

Every donation — large or small — helps keep uplifting music, inspiring messages, and our mission alive on the air.

You can make your pledge anytime at WJMJ.org, or call us beginning each morning:

📞 860-242-8800 (Hartford area)

📞 1-877-342-5956 (Toll-Free)

Let’s make the ongoing 2025 WJMJ Fall Radiothon even stronger! 💛


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11/19/2025

I always stress to people in conversations that you don't have to spend a fortune in order to experience the theater arts and feel more culturally aware and fulfilled.

November 2024, at the Bushnell in Hartford, CT, I had the pleasure of seeing "Les Miserables" , the play known the world over based on the novel by French author Victor Hugo, published in French in 1862.

As I also say, poetry, stage plays, readings, films, talks. exhibits, paintings, live events and more are yours for the taking in your sight, mind and being if you look around and open your eyes.

I hope you'll join me, Larry Dasilva, on the radio for our regular Sunday 'Lunch Brunch', from Noon - 2 pm, EST, for news, weather and great mix of music on 88.9, WJMJ.

For those across the U.S. and overseas, please join me online at Tunein. com. , Key Word: WJMJ or at WJMJ. org.

Don't forget mark you calendar.

The countdown is on!

WJMJ’s Fall Radiothon begins Thursday, Nov. 20 — your chance to keep the music and messages going strong with your pledges of financial support.

Tune in.

Call in.

Be part of something special!

11/17/2025

Ahhhh....the 1980's and youth !!

The decade that brought you MTV, the compact disc, Ronald Reagan, Prince Charles and Princess Diana, Sandra Day O'Connor becomes the first woman on the United States Supreme Court, E, T., Thrller, the Internet, Live Aid, AIDS, The Challenger disaster, Chernobyl, Prozac, Tiananmen Square, and the Berlin Wall falls.

Meanwhile, back in the states, Kathy Garver makes her mark in cartoon voice-over work as "Firestar" in 'Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends'

Back East, Larry Dasilva begins his radio career @ WADS-AM in CT after stints in college radio @ WPKN-FM and WSHU-FM.

Now these two forces collide!!!!!

Coming in January, 2026, Stars & Legendsct Productions is happy to announce the premiere of "Katchy Klassics with Kathy & Larry", a new podcast co-hosted by Hollywood actress, voice-over artist, author and producer, Kathy Garver, ("Family Affair", "Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends") and Connecticut radio personality and television talk show host, Larry Dasilva.

"Katchy Klassics" will feature interviews with entertainers from the world of film, television, stage, and music who made their mark in the entertainment world as well as media legends who have many stories to tell about themselves and those they've worked with.

We'll even do an occasional rewatch of episodes of the "Family Affair" TV series that featured Kathy.

Look for "Katchy Klassics with Kathy & Larry", coming to Spotify podcast audio channel and the video version of the series on the Katchy Klassics' YouTube channel.

We'll be announcing our first scheduled show guest sometime in the near future.

We are so looking foward to it !!

11/13/2025

It's a 'Double Play' 3rd weekend of November, 2025 to all our friends, viewers and listeners !!

I hope you'll join me, Larry Dasilva, sitting in for Joe D'Ambrosio on the radio, Saturday morning, November 15th from 6 - 10 am EST, as well as our regular Sunday 'Lunch Brunch', November 16th, , from Noon - 2 pm EST, for news, weather and great mix of music on 88.9, WJMJ
For those across the U.S. and overseas, please join me online at WJMJ.org or @ Tunein. com. , Key Word: WJMJ.

Don't forget mark you calendar.

The countdown is on!

WJMJ’s Fall Radiothon begins Nov. 20 — your chance to keep the music and messages going strong.

Tune in.

Call in.

Be part of something special!

11/11/2025

Major congrats to my upcoming podcast partner Kathy Garver for
being nominated last week for the Grammy award for Best Audio Book, Narration, and Storytelling Recording for her rendition of singer/songwriter/author, Carol Connors' book, "Elvis, Rocky and Me !"

I am sure that both ladies are over the moon excited to receive the recognition and kiddos as well to their book publisher, Bear Manor Media, with whom I have dealt with many times over the years in interviewing many of their excellent authors.

The Grammy's are in February, 2026, so wish Kathy, as well as Carol, the best to take home the Gramophone. trophy symbolizing excellence in the music industry.

Also, coming in January, 2026, the premiere of "Katchy Klassics with Kathy & Larry", a new podcast co-hosted by Kathy Garver and Larry Dasilva,.

We'll let you in a on little secret, look for Carol Connors to be a early guest on the podcast !!

11/08/2025

In October, 2024, spent on evening at HotRods Spotlight Lounge in Middletown, CT not far from Wesleyan University.

There, we attended a Dame of Drones Party with Chelsea and Coreyanne Piper Armstrong and a special guest drummer!!

A great time was had by all who attended.

Chelsea, a past member of "Celtica Nove" is missed as in 2025 she has headed back to California and Coreyanne, a resident of CT, continues to perform with various collaborations throughout the Northeast.

I hope you'll join me, Larry Dasilva on Sunday, November 9th, for the Sunday Lunch Brunch from Noon - 2 pm EST, for news, weather and great mix of music on 88.9, WJMJ.

For those across the U.S. and overseas, please join me online at Tunein. com. Key Word: WJMJ or @ WJMJ. org.

My thanks to my station family @ WJMJ and you, most of all, the listeners !!

Together, we'll continue to have a great time on 88.9, WJMJ........Catholic Radio, Where Faith Meets Life !!

11/02/2025

Halloween Friday has come and gone but some of us still have some costumed activities to attend.

For instance, Larry Dasilva is dressing up as the late TV artist, Bob Ross.

Ms. Kathy Garver has chosen for her costume, to go as the female version of Oscar Wilde's, "Picture of Dorian Gray".

I think both images are spot, don't you ?!?!?

Coming in January, 2026, Stars & Legendsct Productions is happy to announce the premiere of "Katchy Klassics with Kathy & Larry", a new podcast co-hosted by Hollywood actress, voice-over artist, author and producer, Kathy Garver, ("Family Affair", "Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends") and Connecticut radio personality and television talk show host, Larry Dasilva.

"Katchy Klassics" will feature interviews with
entertainers from the world of film, television, stage, and music who made their mark in the entertainment world as well as media legends who have many stories to tell about themselves and those they've worked with.

We'll even do an occasional rewatch of episodes of the "Family Affair" TV series that featured Kathy.

Look for "Katchy Klassics with Kathy & Larry", coming to Spotify podcast audio channel and the video version of the series on the Katchy Klassics' YouTube channel.

We'll be announcing our first scheduled show guest sometime in the near future.

We are so looking foward to it !!

(Bob Ross image courtesy of S Savino)

11/01/2025

A Happy Halloween to one and all !!!!!!

A sight to be seen last Saturday up in Litchfield, CT as we witnessed the Witchberry Spell Casters team up with the Sisters of Witchfield to walk through the downtown shops and eateries greeting patrons and passing out candies to young and old and then perform several numbers for the locals and passers by.

Who said witches can't be talented ??

A great time was had by all and kiddos to our sister-in-law, Cindy Painter, who helps lead the Spell Casters and has some magical powers of her own !!!

Be safe out there.

Enjoy the video !!