CHIP MCCABE, Director of Marketing at Hartford Business Improvement District, joined Brad and Paul to talk about some of the winter events that are happening over the next couple weeks for people on breaks from work and school.

The 5th district seat is HOT right now, with multiple candidates all vying for one seat, including Robert Hyde and David X Sullivan. David joined Gary on the air to talk about the 5th district as a whole.

MICHAEL FREIMUTH, Executive Director Capital Region Development Authority talked to Paul and Brad about: Vaunted NCAA basketball tournament returns to unlikely home in Hartford's XL Center. Hartford's XL Center is one of 14 locations positioned to reap the economic benefits of hosting part of this year's so-called "March Madness" tournament, which annually ranks as the second-largest postseason sporting event in terms of ad revenue behind the Super Bowl.