Catching up with Vinnie Penn: CT comedian to headline Next Stop: New Haven fundraiser Sarajane Sullivan FacebookTwitterEmail Vinnie PennContributed photo Nutmeggers who have turned their radios on over the past 20 years are probably familiar with Vinnie Penn. He’s a DJ with a weekday morning talk show called “The Vinnie Penn Project” on iHeartradio affiliate station 960/WELI and a 25-year veteran comedian — though, according to Penn, a few of his former teachers may argue he got his start at a desk in grade school. “CT radio listeners, both when I was doing Top 40 and now doing news/talk, are the best,” Penn said via email.