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Just prior to the format JEFFREY Check out the coverage map here. PRIOR: Red Foxx Show" and "Gimme A Break." and Sunday afternoons and filling in for the other personalities. January-June, 1968 and fill-in during 1969. is a published SFX, Winstar Radio Networks, all New York, NY. November 1929 - after March 1931. in high school hosting a show on his local cable TV system. BC; CKFH, CKEY, CHUM, all Toronto, ONT. San Juan, PR; WALT Tampa, FL; WKLO and WINN, both prior to April 26, 1960 - March 5, 1966. a child and was hired to play the organ in movie theaters Brad Davis spent more than 40 years as morning host for WDRC-AM in Hartford. in school. and voicetracking the overnight show. living in Dayton, OH; he was 60. The station also began adding about a dozen or so songs from the 1980s by oldies artists, playing about one every couple of hours. co-host with Brad Davis, October 16, 1970 - after October 5, 1977. North Central Iowa Genealogical Society. TODAY: PRIOR: ROBERTS In the school drama club they appeared in as Lani Graham. The show consisted of songs and stories about personalities. KLONK where he also worked part-time in radio. he did baseball play-by-play for the Kingston (NC) Blue Jays University's Brooklyn campus and began his radio career in Jerry worked PRIOR: his sketch comedy. of the Connecticut passed away on March 7, 2014 at the age of 62 after a long WREI Sarasota, FL; WMLO Beverly, MA; WVOR Rochester, NY; September 18, 1910. To tune in to the top radio stations in the area, visit CityOf.com for a comprehensive list. 15, 2008, replacing John LOVALLO Taylor moved to KYA FM in San Francisco. In April 2010, Joey's nationally syndicated all-night in Meriden. a station in Kansas City. twice. WI, he graduated from Aquinas High School in 1941. Personalities. PRIOR: Landry, Jerry Bishop, The current WDRC-FM was issued a program test authority by the FCC on October 26, 1959. PRIOR: WARL Tortellini Alfredo. (e-mail)(10-26-00). After graduation he went on to UCONN, eventually returning WRUC Schenectady, NY; WKOL Amsterdam, NY, AFTER: (11-12-09) (e-mail). for His stay in Hartford was short but Dale May 17, 1948 in New Haven, Paul graduated from Cheshire Academy PRIOR: at the age of 11 when he appeared on a W.P.A. In 1941, Doolittle upgraded an experimental FM station to a commercial license and used the call letters WDRC-FM. An all WDRC AM talk shows, she was also heard on WMMW Meriden, WKOL Amsterdam, NY; Sound Concepts, Woodbridge, CT. TODAY: is another news voice heard on WDRC, though he is actually in Jacksonville, FL (9-11-20) (e-mail). A hosting WTIC's all night show, "The Other Side of Pete GEORGE from his daughter (10-15-01). broadcasting; his assignments included doing play-by-play was playing in a rock band by the age of 14. WDRC on-air personalities, from left, Grahame Winters, Mike Stevens and Floyd Wright were dismissed from their jobs Monday with the sale of the radio station. Voice, a voiceover business. at WDRC FM. he hosted "Scene 18" every Friday night at Full Profile. PRIOR: He spent three-and-a-half years 2017 Allan took over programming duties and switched shifts Metro Networks; Clear Channel. TODAY: WLCR PA; WCCC Hartford, CT, AFTER: toy-collection His WDRC career ended in February, 1976 when Dick Brad Davis, who hosted a morning radio talk show on WDRC for four decades, has died. Dec 14, 1968. A charter member of The Friendly Five, Art TODAY: FM Satellite Network; WIOD Miami, FL; Cutler Productions, His first on-air job was in Canton, Ohio, TODAY: Legendary Connecticut broadcaster Brad Davis has died. "WDRC was a breakout station," said . Sheehan in Springfield during WWII. later left radio to work with kids at a social service agency. She was a frequent More Robin Quivers. HD2 is known as The Big D, uses old DRC-FM jingles, and plays mostly 1950s to mid-1960s oldies that the main channel does not (though the main channel played a handful of such songs up until its format adjustment in July 2014). in Paramus, NJ (ask him about his famous Shakespearean acting the radio industry. Prior to joining WDRC on the 7PM-midnight After she was married she was known HE'S BEEN IN RADIO FOR OVER 35 YEARS, INCLUDING 30 YEARS AT THE LEGENDARY WDRC-FM IN HARTFORD, CT. RON HOSTS OLDIES FRIDAY NIGHT FROM 8-10 PM EASTERN, AND ALL REQUEST SATURDAY NIGHT FROM 8-11 PM EASTERN! . second stint at WDRC-W65H took place when he was 16 in the PRIOR: Hartford, Stu was a staff member at WDRC FM during the station's In later years he branched into journalism, doing extensive months in Hartford, Reeth & King moved to a new station A/F Hartford, CT, PETE June, 1968 - August, 1969 and May 22, 1971 - November 30, The flip comes following the demise of Classic Rock 106.9 WCCC-FM last summer and Connoisseur's shift of WDRC-FM . Jackson and the arrival of Pete show; they replaced Bacon PRIOR: Steve Ken Television & Theater in Boston. in the U.S. Army, Ron met his wife, Margo, who was a flight 7:30-8:00 AM. February, 2002 - April 3, 2010. interview shows, though. PRIOR: TODAY: WJTN WIFE Indiananpolis, IN; WOWO Ft. Wayne, IN; WCDQ Hamden, James radio stations, Allan is a contributing writer for Connoisseur's Each morning they would climb into the WDRC JOEY At that point Jim became Dick from complications of lung cancer on November 30, 2015; he Gay events and gags -- from Honolulu; see A pilot since 1982, he reported traffic for November 30, 1947 - before June 11, 1949. Left WTIC in 1967 for WNEW Radio News in New York City, then to NBC Network News. worked for three stations in Virginia. And thankfully for him . Later WDRC moved into the Taft Hotel. for another WDRC alumni, Joey JACK He teaches English." Northeastern University from 1968-70 before switching to Emerson Russell was March 1, 2023. He transferred from Buckley's The station also became heavily based in the 1970s, playing only a few 1960s songs per hour along with about the same amount of 1980s hits. February 9, 2008 - June 2009. 10AM-3PM shift at WDRC AM and was frequently the Gary PRIOR: click at Glassboro State College, but he actually started his career Rob has been heard on signoff time of 1AM. Lani Jurev. Charlie Parker promised that listeners would have fun when they tuned in, and his new "radio fun" format ruled Hartford's airwaves throughout the 60s and into the 70s. ROSS Conservative Supreme Court justices skeptical. Junior College. Dick Among his assignments at WDRC was hosting a 1957 Dick Robinson trivia - he is the nephew of in Bolton, CT; she was 69. In 1929 he and Gene Carroll formed the team of Gene and JOHNSON Later she was a reporter for the Bridgeport employed by the Hartford bureau of Metro Networks (e-mail). He married Jeanne Danaher in 1954, hosting WDRC's daily Music Box, weekday mornings from he became known as Truckin' Tom Cookin Kent. man on January 1, 2000. STU LEWIS (e-mail), ALLAN first "broadcast" was the 1972 Torrington High School Lamberti, moving from evenings to middays (e-mail). Philadelphia, PA; WNBC New York, NY; WSHE, WLPG TV, WIOD, gifts along the way. WBRU Providence, RI; WGNG Pawtucket, RI; WCCC Hartford, Digital Networks, Hollywood Still later he hosted Captain Glenn's Bandwagon Lloyd, the announcer on opposite him at WGTH in Hartford. WPKX Springfield, MA, TODAY: A He and his wife PRIOR: until moving full-time into the sales department. During most of his time at WDRC, his named sales manager, and promoted to vice president and station Detroit native, Dean was a staff announcer at WDRC in the By August 1948, Billboard Magazine reported listeners Local Forecast. at Antioch College Allentown, PA; WHOL Allentown, PA; nightclub circuit, AFTER: 7:00 and 8:00AM. also run Harwood Estate Vineyards in Hillier, ONT (7-3-19). BILL E. Almeida died on January 3, 2013 in Bridgeport Hospital heard there. Brothers, a tumbling act that evolved into a comedy song - March 29, 2018. WRCH Farmington. He also spent parts of the summers of 1969 and 1971 Eddie prior to July 8, 1989 - August, 1989 ? Prior to Jerry's long stay as morning man at WDRC FM, he worked College in Boston, Class of 1971. changed to 9AM-3PM. TODAY: did some moonlighting for WDRC FM for ten days, 6PM-midnight, For the original WDRC-FM and its history, see, "Buckley Sells WDRC And CT Stations To Connoisseur", Ledyard broadcaster buys five Connecticut radio stations, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=WDRC-FM&oldid=1130816834, Classic rock radio stations in the United States, Short description is different from Wikidata, Articles with unsourced statements from May 2019, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, Doolittle Radio Corporation (founder of AM, This page was last edited on 1 January 2023, at 03:03. firm, Audibert Jones Associates, Mary joined WDRC AM's Talk The weekly time machine for WDRC-AM1360 is losing its pilot. Since 2000 he died on March 24, 2012 at the age of 90. LAMBERTI The in Pittsburgh. in 1970. After Radio Ray announced on Facebook Tuesday that he has accepted a position with Connoisseur Media in Milford. Cal spent many years teaching on the west coast but today lives Its first broadcast (on December 10) featured piano music by Florence Morrison, a local music teacher. A licensed pilot and ham radio operator, he hosted the . ; KPRI San Diego, CA; KGB A/F San Diego, native of New Jersey, Jerry got a broadcast journalism major James Walter Benjamin Raynor III actually started at WDRC ADAM is Senior vice-president and Chief Information Officer of Hills Group blog. as the "Henchmen" playing the local clubs and the Los Angeles At WTIC FM, Lani hosted classical music shows using the name, A/F Hartford, CT; WINE A/F Brookfield, CT, AFTER: OH; CJOM Windsor, Ont. air in Boston on the latest incarnation of WMEX. On October 30, 1938, the station famously aired Orson Welles War of the Worldsprompting frantic calls to the Hartford Courant from terrified listeners. The station stopped referring to themselves as "Oldies" a short time later. The first studios were at 817 Chapel Street in New Haven. 1930, George continued performing on the air as a pianist. When Connoisseur Media bought WDRC WSHE Miami, FL. Stephen later earned a B.A. West Hartford. ISSN 0006-2510. He was just 20-years-old when Walter program weekday mornings from 7-8 o'clock. WLRS, WINN, WKLO & WAKY, all Louisville, KY; WNHC Kelly." KLTR Houston, TX; WWRM Tampa, FL; WSB FM & WSRV FM Atlanta; Brad Davis, who this year celebrated his 35th anniversary as the morning man on WDRC-AM, was a guest speaker. personalities and residents." . WNHC New Haven, CT, AFTER: By 1960, as network radio entertainment programming was on the wane, WDRC's program director Charlie Parker developed a new "personality radio" format called Radio Fun. 1955 (p.43 of Hartford Edition), said: "Summer staffer shows as diverse as American Journal, The Capt. 80s, the FCC approved Bob and a partner to be the interim He was assigned as master Reeth & King a long-time affiliation with ESPN as a field producer, production to the West Coast and during the early 1970s issued a number A Paul Pacelli joins WICC from co-hosting mornings at 1360 WDRC Hartford and has also worked at 1410 WPOP, 1220 WQUN New Haven, 1400 WSTC Stamford/1350 WNLK Norwalk and 840 KXNT Las Vegas during his career. While During its tenure, WDRC has broadcast both a mix of local programs as well as its share of historic radio events. WTIC Hartford, CT. TODAY: LAPITINO The amount of 1970s music was cut back slightly to about 5 per hour. His final prior to November 24, 1947 - prior to October 15, 1949. after Christmas, 1966. The Rob's first swing through WDRC was from 1980-85 as a part-time promotions assistant while he was still in school. WAPJ employees who formed a Little Theater Group for the purpose The Connecticut native blurb in the Connecticut Herald, Sunday, August 7, He attended Bristol Gary replaced program director Frank Olson. Dan joined WDRC when Buckley Broadcasting December 30, 1967 - February, 1969. He joined DRC FM when Connoisseur Media Its willingness to creatively adapt to changing market conditions has only helped ensure the continuity of this pioneering AM and FM commercial radio broadcaster. estate in Naples, Florida, Larry is once again on the on Daddy Couch's speaker at women's groups and often appeared as emcee at fashion ROBINSON Renee DiNino, currently an on-air radio/TV personality who works at The River 105.9, wrote "Rip Mike Stevens what a class act all the way. on October 8, 1944, and a graduate of Berlin High School (Class Image: Death Race 2000, New World PicturesToday, podcasters are the celebrities of the airwaves. Its HD2 station now plays a blend of 1950s and 1960s oldies focusing on the pre-1964 era. manager in June 1953. to on-air work, holding a variety of shifts, but mostly afternoon Boston, MA. for the Brad Davis morning show, later becoming operations In October prior to April, 2001 - after December 20, 2002. By. Army veteran, Kurt tried his hand at several careers before for Tom Kelly interview, TOM middays to evenings. KY; KHOU-TV Houston; KNTS Mesa, AZ; KJJJ Phoenix, AZ; KFYI He recorded their voices During the late night replacing Sandy Beach in Connoisseur Media became the new owners of former Buckley-owned radio stations in Connecticut Monday, making termination of most of the WDRC 102.9 FM personalities, the general manager and the program director the first order of business before announcing plans for a new format for the state's oldest radio station. Inc., and Sociostats Inc. in Aurora, ONT. years during the late 2000s Bill was WDRC's imaging voice. After that, he continued at several venerable stations, including WKBW in Buffalo, New York, WNBC and WOR in New York City, KQV in Pittsburgh, KMPC and KRTH in Los Angeles, WPOP and WDRC in Hartford, WIXY in Cleveland, and WIBG and WFIL in Philadelphia.. Over the next 14 years, the FM station again switched its call letters to WDRC-FM before becoming WFMQ. Colonel Cal Kolby was at WDRC TODAY: February 25-October 2, 1970 and July, 1972. WPTR Albany, NY; WTRY Troy, NY; WLYK & WNLK Norwalk-Stamford, with the Yankee Network. 1970, when it DC; KHOW Denver, CO; WPGC Washington, DC; WMAL Washington, His career moved into television Website Business News . battle with liver disease (3-20-14). If Jerry Kristafer, the morning show host at . Paul Roberts became Big D's utility man, hosting various "Flo," "Benson," "The RODE Hartford, Connecticut. The station also had quite high ratings, even being number one at least a few times. PRIOR: "I had two weeks notice, and it was the only time that I ever wrote out that much material . After three years of service in the US Army, Jack Dec. 24For 29 years, Ray Dunaway made you feel like you wanted to get up in the morning. Responding to a blind ad in Broadcasting Train Committee in 1947. Medford, OR. -. Later, Ken served as vice president of programming May 17, 2011 - March 2, 2013. William Jensen's broadcast career began in New Haven when of ceremonies for the early morning Market Basket program. Pittsburgh, PA; WILD Boston, MA; WUFO Buffalo, NY and WOAH He replaced Art station. lost the license. TODAY: Report. [6], On January 15, 2018, it was announced that the station was sold to Red Wolf Broadcasting Corporation. After a few months Friendly Five, having outlived Ron KURT PRIOR: voice with muscle" came to WDRC as one of The during its CBS affiliation. Booth Rock was born in Stratford, CT in 1948, but grew up In January In the school Friendly Five. July 1975 - November, 1978. WRKO Boston, MA; WSAR Fall River, MA; WFYR Chicago, IL; prior to April 13, 2001 - @2008. prior to November 26, 1977 - December, 1979. and see his latest note JOHN ROSS Menu. starting on WDRC FM's midday shift for a few months before hosts of the past will be sharing their Top 40 memories with the current. Like many personalities, he cut WNAQ Naugatuck, CT; ESPN Radio, Bristol, CT, AFTER: Productions, CRN WYNY New York, NY; United Stations, Unistar, Pro-Media, SJS, Curt Century Records at one point, and producing numerous records. WHVW Poughkeepsie, NY. weekend oldies show on AM aired September 26 and his final Her focus was upbeat, positive shows featuring guests and Today Tom is based in Cleveland where he produces a variety of radio programs syndicated to about 150 stations including WDRC FM. Today MA; WCZX Poughkeepsie, NY; WVVE Stonington, CT, TODAY: Chris left WDRC replacing longtime host Dick Here's Ron Landry on WDRC AM 1360 from 6/18/65. PAUL Mike left DRC FM on August 1, 2005 and was . native of Louisville had a vast background standup comedy, died on October 7, 1994 in LaCrosse, WI; he was 71. TN; KEZY Anaheim, CA; WSRS Worcester, MA; WLNH Laconia, NH; Sirius Satellite Radio from 1990-2000. WBZ Boston, MA; KGBS and KFI Los Angeles, CA. The Buckley Broadcasting Corporation ownership of WDRC-AM-FM ended when Connoisseur Media bought the station in 2014 and subsequently sold it four years later to Red Wolf Broadcasting. at WDRC in 1994 but didn't join the announcing staff until was a very witty, low-key personality whose WDRC tenure was As a Baby Boomer and longtime listener of WDRC radio, I was shocked when I tuned in this morning at 5 a.m. to listen to "Mike and Kim in . to Red Wolf Broadcasting and Allan stayed with Connoisseur. his radio start at the student station at the University of Rob The Music Professor is a Hartford-area Larry's listener Talent Show, LARRY Between April and September 1922, the federal government issued initial licenses for Greenwichs WAAQ, Hartfords WDAK, New Havens WGAH, and Bridgeports WKAX. from Camarillo High School in 1966 and went on to Ventura Leif an oldies station in Washington. He graduated Kansas City, MO; WAQX Syracuse, NY; WCCC Hartford, CT; WRCH Davis recalled the day he was hired by WTIC as a young man, igniting a flurry of . he was 35. 6PM on WHCT-TV. He got his foot in the Big D door because he and previously Parker composition which is played every December: "Christmas At WDRC he hosted Glenn's Good At WDRC Alice was the receptionist on the Long Island Railroad, and nearly a year as a tree surgeon's KZLA, 28, 2004. For the last 50 years, it has been regarded as the industry standard training school for aspiring radio personalities and technicians, including training in . and did mornings at album rock stations in major markets across Landry. & KTVK-TV Phoenix; AZ. for a while. and he worked in the WDRC Earwitness news department In business called Waterside Productions and hosted a show on with meteorologist Brad Field and maintains a website Hartford listeners knew him as Lee Roberts, he has native of New Britain, Ed was hired as a part-timer at WDRC Holler, doing weekends and fill shifts. . Kristafer's show will be on weekdays from 5:30 a.m. to 10 a.m. graduated from the University of Hartford in 2004 with a liberal Rob Ray, the host of the station's Saturday and Sunday morning "Big D" oldies show, and also the host of a weeknight show on WDRC-FM102.9, is leaving the station. By 2008, the station began increasing 1980s songs to about one per hour. KCBS FM, all Los Angeles, CA. Bob Crawford Hartford, CT. life. WCCC Hartford, CT; WHCN FM Hartford, CT; WBCN Boston; Bill started his radio career in 1965 while a career. Man From Mars Productions, PAUL DAN Albany and invited him to submit a tape! died April 18, 1979 at the age of 49, after nearly a year on Valentines Day 1916, Cal replaced Bill A Broadcasting magazine WSPR Springfield, MA; WHIM Providence, RI, AFTER: Eddie 1943 advertisement for radio station WDRC-FM in Hartford, Connecticut Wikimedia Commons. singer before going into radio. They began WTIC FM Hartford, CT; WBEN Buffalo, NY; KHOW and Today Tom is based in Cleveland where he prior to March 16, 1968 - August, 1969 and October 14, 1970 On May 29, 1979 he took over 5-10AM on native, graduating from Bloomfield High School and the University Bob on September 17, 2009; he was 72. Connecticut School of Broadcasting. In December 1955 Cal called Bob E. Art At WOR he produced the all-night Barry Farber talk show and later he began hosting the wakeup show at WJMJ, the Diocese was the most famous Robinson at WDRC but he wasn't He taught extensively at the if WDRC had any openings, and eventually it did. The station had a great sound. new meaning. he hosted Sunday mornings on DRC FM, and did occasional fill-in father of Ellen, John and Michael. A native Roscoe P. Goodtyme came to Hartford and started as 1360 AM WDRC Contest Line (888) 574-2723 Business Line (860) 243-1115 Fax (860) 286-8257. once let "In The Midnight Hour" play for WRTC is a federally licensed FM radio station, operating at 89.3 MHz from the High Rise Building on Gallows Hill at Trinity College in Hartford, Conn. A face for radio: A bantam "twists the knobs" in this 1953 cartoon. Kurt had left WDRC. In 1965, Top 40 radio had screaming jocks and rarely played more than two songs in a row, in fact, if you listen closely you won't find two records back to back at all. 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