Ray "el rey de la noche!"....merely a Jersey Guy with a microphone, a transmitter, and an internet connection. I'm proud to host New Jersey's only all live/all local/all night show...every weeknight from 11 to 3...spreading the gospel of the Garden State to every corner of the globe via RadioPup on your smartphone...on your computer at nj1015.com...at home and in your car from the big and imposing frequency modulated stick at 101.5! I've been a resident of Manalapan since 1987, and have watched the town grow. And I don't plan to move out of here any time soon...unless the taxes become unbearable, in which case maybe I'll go back to my grandmother's little village in Nola, Italy and speak in non-incoherent Neapolitan much to the amusement of the locals.
Ray Rossi
AC/DC coming to MetLife Stadium: What’s your favorite 80s band?
Yesterday and today came together nicely this past Sunday at the 57th annual Grammy awards.
Jeff Lynn, Paul McCartney, Annie Lennox, Madonna, Tony Bennett – just to name a few – joining the ranks of newcomers who’ve received the music industry’s biggest award...
VOTE: Should there be a fee on plastic shopping bags?
Yes, we’ve been down this well-trodden road before.
The one over the use of plastic grocery bags and how injurious it is to the environment, etc.
Whereas, once upon a time, Mercer County voters had a ballot question asking whether or not a fee should be placed on using plastic bags – which, by the way, was overwhelming rejected - the town of Princeton decides to go it alone and proposes placing a
WATCH: Steve and Ray debate Brian Williams vs. Jon Stewart
So I arrive at the radio station to hear my on-air cohort Steve Trevelise say to me that “Brian Williams must be the happiest guy in America right now!”
Me: “Why’s that?”
Steve: “Well, because Jon Stewart is leaving The Daily Show...
Trump mulls final resting place: What are your final wishes?
I don’t know why we’d even gotten into this topic the other night – but it had to do with our final wishes on where to be buried – or spreading our ashes.
My wife mentioned that her mother wished for her ashes to be strewn on the beach in Coney Island, which is where she had her most pleasant memories...
VOTE: Should NJ schools teach students how to interact with police?
When NYC Mayor Bill deBlasio spoke of the time he needed to have “the talk” with his son about how to interact with police – in response to the Michael Brown and Eric Garner incidents – the voices of criticism were heard far and wide...
Vote: Which was Grammy 2015’s best performance of the night?
For a while, it looked as though Kanye West’s attempting to snatch a Grammy out of the hands of “Best Album” winner Beck, would’ve taken best performance at last night’s Grammys.
After all, we’ve seen it all before – back in ’09 when West attempted to take an MTV video award away from Taylor Swift – much to the amazement of the audience and Swift herself...
VOTE: Should Brian Williams step aside?
Funny how this past Friday I purposely watched the “NBC Nightly News” to see if there was going to be any after-effect of misremember – gate!
(Here we go with “gate again!)
Nothing would have tipped you off to the inner turmoil that was going on, both inside Brian Williams and the newsroom in general...
Mater Dei Prep to close in June: Where did you go to high school?
My alma mater, Nazareth HS in Brooklyn, was supposed to be closing its doors in 2012, citing poor enrollment, despite having a 99% graduation rate.
That had all changed as alumni had gotten together to save the proud institution.
However Mater Dei Prep in Middletown will not be so lucky as officials announced it will be closing its doors this June...
VOTE: Can you believe NBC’s Brian Williams reporting now?
The late Walter Cronkite was the “most trusted man in America;” and as anchor of the CBS Evening News, you knew you were going to get the news straight – with no embellishment.
Not so with the "most watched newsman in America" today – NBC’s Brian Williams...
VOTE: Was it a good decision to fire Sayreville HS football coach George Najjar?
History recounts that President Harry Truman used to have a plaque on his desk in the oval office that read, “The buck stops here!”
It did then, and it does now – in the case of George Najjar, now former head coach of the Sayreville War Memorial Bombers football team...