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 It was the second hottest parade in the 33 years of the WILI July 4 Boom Box Parade (89F), but that didn't stop thousands of people from coming to Romantic Willimantic for our annual display of independence. The parade lasted 89 minutes. It began with Grand Marshal Wayne Norman and his WILI News Director Mike Morrissette riding in a golf cart wearing tie-died Shaboo shirts, dressed as aging hippie rockers as WILI welcomed the new Shaboo Stage, and the parade ended with David Foster and the Shaboo All-Stars playing blues. Norman had a big, bushy curly Afro wig, a 5-foot long red, white, and blue tie, and was playing (air) guitar, while Morrissette drove the golf cart while playing drums. Other parade favorites included WilliBrew's "Under the WB Sea" float, and the Traveling Fish Head Club of Northeast Connecticut. To see parade pictures, Facebook WILI Boom Box Parade.
BIG NEWS: You can now hear WILI-AM's programming simulcast on both 1400-AM and on 95.3 FM. Same great programming on both frequencies!!
ADRIANNE DeVIVO IS OUR CURRENT "RAY OF SUNSHINE" AWARD WINNER--CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS
WILI turned 60 years old on October 5, 2017. Wayne Norman interviewed our personalities of the last 60 years, we reported news and sports stories from 60 years ago, and we played music from 1957 . To hear the interviews with our former staffers, click here and scroll to October 2007. WILI's 60th anniversary cake from Mohegan Sun
THE 2018 WILI EASTERN CONNECTICUT WEATHER CALENDAR
WILI's WAYNE NORMAN TOOK A GROUP OF LISTENERS TO BLOCK ISLAND--CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS
The 32nd WILI July 4th Boom Box Parade ran 93 minutes on a beautiful day. To see Fox61's parade report, click here. See WFSB's report here. Read the Norwich Bulletin's parade story (with 122 pictures and a video) here. The The Courant's gallery of 170 parade pictures here. For more parade picture, go to WILI Boom Box Parade on Facebook
CONNECTICUT GOVERNOR JODI RELL ISSUED A PROCLAMATION DECLARING AUGUST 25, 2010 AS "WAYNE NORMAN DAY IN CONNECTICUT."
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