Former Gov. John G. Rowland is scheduled to host the afternoon drive show on WTIC-AM radio for the next year, according to the station.
Starting at 3 p.m. Thursday, Rowland will host the show with the Rev. Will Marotti of Meriden, who became friendly with Rowland during the corruption scandal at the state Capitol that eventually led to a federal prison sentence for Rowland. The Rowland-Marotti team has previously appeared on the radio as fill-in guest hosts for commentator Jim Vicevich on the mid-morning show.
Rowland and Marotti will have some of the largest amounts of air time in the Greater Hartford region - five days a week for three hours a day under a one-year contract.
When they served as substitutes for Vicevich, their guests included a series of candidates for governor from both the Republican and Democratic sides of the aisle.