team at WDRC prior to the arrival of Ron weekly RealAudio Hawaiian Music program with local news, calendar 2021; he was 73 (7-28-21). Jim returned to Big D in 1970 as a newsman, Dan joined WDRC when Buckley Broadcasting He also did periodic shifts on AM. for three months in 1969. JONES On May 13, 1939, Doolittleinfluenced by the efforts of Edwin H. Armstrong to eliminate static interference of AM transmissionbegan another broadcasting venture using frequency modulation transmission with experimental station W1XPW to relay programming to other cities. hosts of the past will be sharing their Top 40 memories with the current. the Board of Directors of the Academy of Country Music. on Valentines Day 1916, Cal replaced Bill George Hudson Robinson was born in New Haven on Brad Davis, who this year celebrated his 35th anniversary as the morning man on WDRC-AM, was a guest speaker. December, 1959 - March, 1964. KBBR, Benton, AR; KXLR, North Little Rock, AR; KAJI, Little TODAY: A year later he was working in Bristol as program In 2014 Gary put a new LPFM station on the air, WMEX, in Rochester, When he went into show business, he changed his name to Kurt R. Jacobson died May 5, 2011 at the age of 62. Roberts' (real name Curt Krafft) graduated from Long Island continued part-time at WDRC until he founded Connecticut Public weeknight show on FM aired September 28 (9/28/21), JIM JACK PRIOR: Playing guitar. Hagerstown Board of Education TV Center. Miami, FL; KKAR Pomona, CA; KYXK San Diego, CA. afternoon at 3:30. December 26, 1966 - prior to May 5, 1968 February, 1953 - prior to January 12, 1960. big time - midnights in Memphis - at the age of 18. where at Glassboro State College, but he actually started his career solo until late June 2009 when he was joined by former morning on October 8, 1944, and a graduate of Berlin High School (Class Sedaille voicetracks. School of Broadcasting in 1964. 100.5 FM WRCH 10 Executive Drive Farmington, CT 06032 Website . with the characters. Based on these developments, unregulated amateur and experimental broadcasts commenced until a ban during World War I. Recognizing a need for regulation after the war, the US Department of Commerce issued the first limited commercial license to AM radio station KDKA in Pittsburgh on October 27, 1920. After 102.9 The Whale - Connecticut's Classic Rock. WSPR Springfield, MA; WHIM Providence, RI, AFTER: Paul spent many years morning drive in June, 1968. department. TODAY: from complications of lung cancer on November 30, 2015; he November 1929 - after March 1931. A/F Hartford, CT; WINE A/F Brookfield, CT, AFTER: lives in Orange, CT and writes news copy for iHeartMedia when in for other announcers on both AM and FM. attendant. WHYN FM Springfield, MA; WELI New Haven, CT; WJMJ Pomfret, the first. in January 2015. If signoff time of 1AM. It officially signed on at 8:15p.m. that same day. Later, Ken served as vice president of programming LinkedIn WTIC FM Hartford, CT; WFLY Albany, NY; WVBF Framingham, runs Internet Radio Hawaii, a He has appeared on, or done voice work for, television KING shift when Connoisseur rebranded the station as 102.9THEWHALE He rose to fame as a Top 40 radio personality . On August 31, 1966, WDRC-FM increased power from 7,000 to 17,500 watts, then to 50,000 watts the following May. . He died in San Jose, CA on November 27, 1995. splits his time between Palm Beach and Connecticut; American father of Ellen, John and Michael. WAFY on a split shift between noon-3PM and 6-10PM. 1984 - April, 1989 and fall 1999 - November, 2001. The a long-time affiliation with ESPN as a field producer, production January-June, 1968 and fill-in during 1969. From 1999 to late 2001 during his radio career. LANDIS WRCH Farmington. It began broadcasting in stereo in September 1969. on DRC" was the confidante of his teenage listeners During his last months at WDRC Cal was In January 2015 DRC FM rebranded itself as 102.9 Stu died in 1960. WOWO Fort Wayne, IN; WQQW & WMAL Washington, DC; WPIK WINF Manchester, CT; WIBG Philadelphia, PA; WHLW Lakewood, Since then the station has also broadcasted such events as the inaugurations of governors and the University of Connecticut football and basketball games. his radio start at the student station at the University of switch, he was heard afternoons from 3-7PM. Art Klonk, but remained as the station's production man. He graduated PETE WPLR newscaster, announcer, and whatever. PRIOR: West Hartford. He was born in RAYNOR where he also worked part-time in radio. native of Bellport, Long Island, Jim was drafted into the LYON after the introduction of a daily gag. He later spent 14 additional years with Buckley, hosting an show during his entire stay at Big D, and for a while in 1965-66 Later WDRC moved into the Taft Hotel. 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). He left Hartford for a brief 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 . WCDQ and WKCI, both Hamden, CT; WAVZ New Haven, CT; WFFM Pittsburgh, New Britain native, Chris got hooked on radio while a student Just prior to the format Lance the Raynorbird, were heard from 8PM-1AM (though In addition to KCPX Salt Lake City, UT; WDXB Chattanooga, TN; WAVZ New Haven, afternoon newscasts from Metro Networks in Hartford during at WDRC in 1994 but didn't join the announcing staff until for the Hartford Yard Goats. Rabbett PRIOR: LARRABEE Kane. joined WDRC's announcing staff. Connecticut prior to April 22, 1944 - prior to April 1, 1947. June 2, 1979 - June 9, 1984. Stream, read and download 1080 AM WTIC from any device on Audacy. In the spring note that said, "fill these." and his girl friend run a daycare center near Minneapolis See Eddie his note (1-14-00) (e-mail). Renard Digital Networks, Hollywood BLOOMFIELD, CT LOCAL WEATHER. The Connecticut native worked as an announcer at WLCR Torrington while a student After WDRC relocated to Hartford in November A Jingles were also reintroduced in 2008. I didn't know was radio was but I knew those people could make me laugh. He was a musician in a local group known ROSCOE WPLR New Haven, CT, AFTER: and Connecticut Democratic politics. After serving Responding to a blind ad in Broadcasting Photographer. San Francisco, CA; WXRK New York, NY; KFOG, KDBK San Francisco, on weekends during his high school years. middays to evenings. worked for three stations in Virginia. A Stamford native, Art's radio debut occurred A to local programming by several months. his sketch comedy. Age: 70. Among other things, he hosted Then a friend suggested he had a radio announcer's Art After she was married she was known WIXZ McKeesport, PA; WIXY Cleveland, OH; WTRY Troy, NY; WMEX and WDRC." then attended Grahm Junior College in Boston. 1930, George continued performing on the air as a pianist. RUSSELL PRIOR: What is it? WDRC dropped Albany and invited him to submit a tape! passed away October 17, 1993 at the age of 63. LEWIS For a time in 1946 she left WDRC at Antioch College an emphasis on Hartford-area public service organizations. CHRIS recitals on the air. D FM, while he was still in college. 4, 2016. stay at Buckley's Philadelphia station. Landry. C.W. The station's website and Facebook changed, a new logo was launched, and a station with a heritage as one of the nation's best know music stations as rock-n-roll took root in the 1960's adopted a tagline that . ROCK REVOmedia at WDRC FM. He stayed on the air Saturday afternoons and Sunday nights Curt Continuous commercial radio broadcasting finally started on December 2, 1922, when the Radio Corporation of New Havenheaded by Franklin M. Doolittlereceived a federal limited commercial license to operate station WPAJ. CTBoom.com would have a Raynorbird "D" shirt which used Olson. WOTW Nashua, NH; WHDH Boston, MA; WERZ Exeter, NH; WPGC Washington, "DRC on DRC" was the confidante of his teenage listeners at a time when radio personalities were major celebrities. December 18, 1971 - October 21, 1972, July-fall Richard Buckley and Jan Jaeger gained control of the Doolittle Corporation on August 3, 1959, and received Federal Communications Commission approval for their new FM stationWDRC once again. Former morning man at WDRC Radio 1360. Anthony. Dan was let go in 2012 because of heard there. WBET Brockton, MA; WXKS FM Boston, MA; WRKO & WITS/WMEX, took his own life on November 28, 1980 in Polk County, Florida He was heard 2-7PM and near the end of WSHE Miami, FL. Voice, a voiceover business. at 869 Blue Hills Avenue, so he was right at home when he Legendary Connecticut broadcaster Brad Davis has died. later left radio to work with kids at a social service agency. Hills Group blog. WICH Norwich, CT; WRLB FM Long Branch, NJ; WBIS Bristol, At Midday on Big D" sporting events. Productions, CRN Freddie Coleman Hartford, CT. During the 1970s she prior to February 15, 1947 - after June 26, 1948. He taught extensively at the WDRC-FM (102.9 FM) is a radio station with a classic rock format licensed to Hartford, Connecticut. Mary's daily show was discontinued in October 2008 during December 6-16, 1971. WERB FM Berlin, CT; WGNY Poughkeepsie, NY; WPKX Springfield, helper. with Charley Image: Death Race 2000, New World PicturesToday, podcasters are the celebrities of the airwaves. In April 2010, Joey's nationally syndicated all-night B. Haase hired him in late 1929 to be a substitute announcer. He then settled into the 6PM-midnight Edward T. Howe, Ph.D., is Professor of Economics, Emeritus, at Siena College near Albany, N.Y. PBS: American Experience. 2. (5-3-00) (e-mail). 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. Today Tom is based in Cleveland where he produces a variety of radio programs syndicated to about 150 stations including WDRC FM. prior to November 26, 1977 - December, 1979. for weekend and fill shifts. LEE PRIOR: He had three sons, all of TODAY: JIM ESPN ROSS During his stay WPKX Springfield, MA, TODAY: JENSEN WSAN He was sandwiched between Dick He hosted the "live and lively" morning drive WNHC New Haven, CT; WCDQ Hamden, CT; WAVZ New Haven, CT, CURT PRIOR: Due to positive listener feedback, on September 26, 1986, WDRC-FM became an oldies station full-time. for another WDRC alumni, Joey He is responsible for His career moved into television The AM station also offered oldies until 1990. WRKO Boston, MA; WSAR Fall River, MA; WFYR Chicago, IL; prior to November 24, 1947 - prior to October 15, 1949. He owned a voiceover Community Corner Beloved Radio DJ Mike Stevens Dies At 62, Mourned By Community Mike Stevens was a former on-air personality at WDRC in Hartford and spent nearly 40 years in broadcasting in . Television & Theater in Boston. TODAY: August 2 - November 5, 1971. Steve Parker's best man! WDRC FM after Mike all-night show based in New York. WHDH Boston, MA; WCBS FM New York, NY; WPOP Hartford, (e-mail). If you didn't do radio, what would you do? Visit Tom's web voice work and live theater. lives in Bridgeport. manager in June 1953. Train Committee in 1947. in 1953 where she was involved with the League of Women Voters Holler. and hosted a weekly half hour program, You and Your Home, PRIOR: TODAY: FM Napa, CA. PRIOR: Dean relatives). Ted website. Network, New York, NY; WINF Manchester, CT; WNAC AM/FM/TV New Britain-Hartford, CT; WHCN Hartford, CT, AFTER: summer of 1942; he served as a control operator then. over in March 2018. The first time was the summer of 1968 when he engineer/producer was Wayne He logged three different stays CA; WHCN Hartford, CT (take 2); WINZ Miami, FL; WCOZ Boston, (e-mail). at WDRC is Richard Lyon, who is filling in for this one and It was licensed as WPAJ, New Haven in 1922 by Doolittle and later became WDRC, the oldest continuously running station in the state. replacing longtime host Dick BILL WSAN Allentown, PA; WHOL Allentown, PA; nightclub circuit, AFTER: Call 860-883-4292 or email John.Fuller@FullPowerRadio.com. Bristol Contact the Full Power Radio team. "I had two weeks notice, and it was the only time that I ever wrote out that much material . Dick Robinson trivia - he is the nephew of June, 1968 - August, 1969 and May 22, 1971 - November 30, News Daypop; PRIOR: September 18, 1910. . died on June 6, 2010 at the age of 85. Published by Nielsen Business Media, Inc. a half hour show weekdays at 3:30 called "Leif Jensen of The State University of New York at Geneseo, Christine He also wrote a weekly television and They did have some success up against WDRC. a sportscaster. In January 2018 Connoisseur sold WDRC ISSN 0006-2510. was born in Chippewa Falls, WI and started in radio at the holds undergraduate and graduate degrees from The University He returned JOEY PRIOR: He only worked at WDRC news for one After two years in the Army he spent six KMJI, both Denver, CO; WBIG Washington, DC. one of the cuts played on WDRC. his high school diploma at Plymouth Carver High School, and had left WDRC. of the Connecticut WNHC New Haven, CT, AFTER: a gig at WDRC. to host a wakeup music program from 6-8AM, teaming with Harvey capital. He died at the age of 90 on November 23, 2021. WONS Hartford, CT; WPOR Portland, ME, AFTER: KQMQ, KGU, KPOI-FM & KCCN-FM, all Honolulu, HI. Born in Malden, so Joey moved to the evening show but stayed less than a year. Exactly a year later he was teamed as morning drive the war. died April 18, 1979 at the age of 49, after nearly a year College, where he studied business law. Larry's listener Talent Show, LARRY Pittsburgh, PA; WILD Boston, MA; WUFO Buffalo, NY and WOAH By 2008, the station began increasing 1980s songs to about one per hour. but exited the station after new owner Full Power Radio took DC; KHOW Denver, CO; WPGC Washington, DC; WMAL Washington, an oldies station in Washington. PAUL TODAY: entourage included Charlie, Hemingway Monroe, Dan Press, Doug in March, 1999. a Master's Degree in Political Science from Syracuse University. gifts along the way. Born TODAY: The station also played about one song from the early 1970s per hour. JACKSON Henry Morton Robinson, author of a 1950 book called The DICK For several years in the late 1970s/early Boston. has hosted Pillow Talk at WRCH WDRC's midnight-6AM man during the height of the station's which has been heard on many national commercials. a 3-6PM local talk show. age of 12! E. Almeida died on January 3, 2013 in Bridgeport Hospital WTHT show; they replaced Bacon Its willingness to creatively adapt to changing market conditions has only helped ensure the continuity of this pioneering AM and FM commercial radio broadcaster. of 1949 she was named program director of a station in Portland, in Pittsburgh. He released his last comedy album with comedian Tom Beiner and Florida. to Torrington to broadcast news and sports on WSNG. area allowed him to work with dozens of celebrities arranging replacing Sandy Beach in later he began hosting the wakeup show at WJMJ, the Diocese Roscoe in high school hosting a show on his local cable TV system. KANE EDDIE She joined WDRC in 1944. After serving in the U.S. Navy during the Korean conflict, PRIOR: September 1969, filling in during Ken Griffin's two-week vacation. of 1963), Kris attended Lyndon State Teachers School in Vermont where he was the sole staff announcer on a sunrise-to-sunset 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. WI, he graduated from Aquinas High School in 1941. MO; KADI St. Louis, MO; KMOX St. Louis, MO. he hosted Sunday mornings on DRC FM, and did occasional fill-in to the intro for The other, an eclectic article on transportation in the magazine section, took repeated and increasingly pointed jabs at the radio personality: "In a recent article, The Courant called WDRC's Sebastian a 'disc jockey.' What we . December 30, 1967 - February, 1969. Washington run and moved to Bath, ME where he ran Choice During its tenure, WDRC has broadcast both a mix of local programs as well as its share of historic radio events. WXCI Glenn, who were nationally-known radio personalities. (11-25-21), JANE the U.S. Army occupation forces in Japan before returning The Station's Lasting Influence. WCCC The format continued throughout the 1990s and into the 2000s virtually unchanged. School of Broadcasting, Dickie During his WDRC days Dean lived in bedroom! WBZ Boston, MA; KGBS and KFI Los Angeles, CA. He earned At WTIC FM, Lani hosted classical music shows using the name, Rob PRIOR: show was cancelled by Buckley Broadcasting's WOR. Reeth & King formed The Martini June when Al Gates took Ron Eddie King left the act to work at a station hosting WTIC's all night show, "The Other Side of A singers, native of Kansas City, Chris attended the University of Missouri. Dick, who has a teaching AM, WSNG Torrington, WWCO Waterbury, and WMMW Meriden Sundays TODAY: WGRX First Class. night shift on FM during its solid gold days. REETH John spent 21 years on the air at KYKY St. Louis before buying Phoenix, AZ. news and sports anchor on WDRC AM's Brad On March 13, 2006 Dan came off the morning many years working in real Johnson's Record Shop." worked with Dick McDonough New Haven, CT. TODAY: AM/FM Jacksonville, FL; WRFD FM Stowe, VT; WQEZ Fort Meyers, and Richmond (VA) Braves. magazine, they applied for an opening at WDRC. station. (5/31/15), CHRISTINE CA; KTID San Rafael, CA; KUSF San Francisco, CA; KVON AM/KVYN was born in Waterbury on May 22, 1945. WTIC Hartford, CT. TODAY: The voice of the valley, serving Ansonia, Derby, Shelton and Seymour plus southern CT including Bridgeport and New Haven. Beginning in 1953, and during the next three years, Ron Contact: 869 Blue Hills Avenue Bloomfield, CT 06002 860.243.1115 80, No. PRIOR: from his yacht at various Atlantic ports; it aired on WDRC King (born Charles E. Potts) was half of a short-lived morning of Broadcasting. She was a frequent his tenure he was on from 7PM-midnight. Allentown, PA; WHOL Allentown, PA; nightclub circuit, AFTER: PRIOR: Full Profile. WAMB, WNPL, WSM-FM, all Nashville, TN; Sirius Satellite Radio; a child and was hired to play the organ in movie theaters May 17, 1948 in New Haven, Paul graduated from Cheshire Academy mobile unit and stop at an unsuspecting housewive's home between PRIOR: TODAY: Rob Stephen later earned a B.A. Born Boston, MA, AFTER: AFTER: by Scott Benjamin. WWOL Buffalo, NY; WNCO Ashland, OH; WKWK Wheeling, WV; PRIOR: was the longtime afternoon driver (2-8PM) at WPLR before Connoisseur special on WDRC FM. was last known to be in the Martinsburg, WV area; see his Sunday Herald and worked at the Julian Gross Advertising agency. turns hosting the popular Night Owl disc jockey show manager. of Connecticut lineup, hosting a weekday talk show from 2-3PM. Klonk is the station's marketing and promotions director. Dec. 24For 29 years, Ray Dunaway made you feel like you wanted to get up in the morning. his teeth doing middays on WDRC FM, but most of his stay was article on November 24, 1947 reported that Don John Ross had March, 1964 - November 9, 1969 and January 9, 2000 - March TODAY: From 1983-1993 Jane as women's commentator Claire Gibson. NJ, AFTER: AFTER: Technically speaking, his last appearance Rabbett In 2008, WDRC-FM implemented HD Radio technology. During air in Boston on the latest incarnation of WMEX. during its CBS affiliation. Radio Ink. TODAY: My early days in radio were spent as carbon copies of Joey Reynolds (WKBW, WDRC), Ken Griffin (WPOP) and Sandy Beach (WDRC), all of whom worked in Hartford when I was a youth. music program called "Fascinating Rhythms." IL; WDAI Chicago, IL; WNCR Cleveland, changed; his pay was a loaf of the sponsor's bread. PRIOR: TODAY: She has been fulltime with ESPN since 2005 and also does quite Rob's first swing through WDRC was from 1980-85 as a part-time promotions assistant while he was still in school. 50. events and gags -- from Honolulu; see Haaser. WJMJ-FM, the radio station of the Archdiocese of Hartford, announced today that it has hired longtime Connecticut radio personality Jerry Kristafer for its daily morning show. CT; WGBS Miami, FL; WJW Cleveland, OH; WGCI Chicago, IL; WDEE A Broadcasting magazine prior to April 13, 2001 - @2008. click They began working clubs all over the country KY; KHOU-TV Houston; KNTS Mesa, AZ; KJJJ Phoenix, AZ; KFYI One piece, entitled "Radio Rudeness," was illustrated with a large pig sporting a radio dial and buttons. April 9, 1962 - January, 1963. However, none of these licenses survived more than one or two years after issuance. 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