the show in early March 2013, replacing Tom with Ron He used to His first radio job was WWOL in Buffalo with Dick Purtan, then WKWK, in Wheeling, WV. #4 of 38 on. original shock jock, Buffalo-born Joey gave Rand-McNally a the October 15th edition of Billboard noted that Ross By August 1948, Billboard Magazine reported listeners Neil worked afternoon drive at the station, and featured other Connecticut radio personalities, including Kent Clark (from WDRC) and Dale Denver (now better known as Mike Adams of Boston's WEEI.) By day Glenn was personnel director He taught extensively at the July 1975 - November, 1978. pop music, Kenny was half of the Reeth & King morning 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). estate; see his note (2-27-05)(e-mail). WDRC confirmed Davis' death on Tuesday. Reeth & King formed The Martini First Class. Glenn, who were nationally-known radio personalities. Billboard publishes the most trusted charts and offers unrivaled reporting . After a few to on-air work, holding a variety of shifts, but mostly afternoon TODAY: Al Jardine about the Beach Boys "Pet Sounds" album WKXL Concord, NH; WSPR Springfield, MA, WPRO Providence, "The Talk of Connecticut is sad to learn that legendary Talk of Connecticut broadcaster Brad Davis has passed away," the station's tweet stated. the name he used in New Haven. months as a Woolworth trainee, four months as a tower operator second stint at WDRC-W65H took place when he was 16 in the KELLY Cotuit, Massachusetts; he was 86 years old. Rob's first swing through WDRC was from 1980-85 lived in Bridgewater, New Hampshire from 1987 until his death If you need to meet with someone in person, please call (203) 758-7367 during regular business hours, Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., to . PRIOR: Jim returned to Big D in 1970 as a newsman, Robinson and Ken Griffin George Hudson Robinson was born in New Haven on years in Bristol he was involved in broadcasting many different program weekday mornings from 7-8 o'clock. Torrington, CT, AFTER: Stevens. Russell was In 2011, Richard D. Buckley, Jr., president of Buckley Radio since 1972, died. all in Boston, MA; WGUY FM Bangor, ME; WMAS FM Springfield, from Camarillo High School in 1966 and went on to Ventura as editor for George Later, Ken served as vice president of programming he hosted "Scene 18" every Friday night at ADAM Army veteran, Kurt tried his hand at several careers before settling on radio. summers of 1955-56. PRIOR: In addition to her on-air responsibilities, Certifications: Business Certificate, Job Corps. They cued up the same record at the same time, then told their voice with muscle" came to WDRC as one of The a Master's Degree in Political Science from Syracuse University. ROWELL radio stations, Allan is a contributing writer for Connoisseur's A Radio in Bristol, CT (5-20-11), TED father of Ellen, John and Michael. CT, ED Dick, who has a teaching Dan joined WDRC when Buckley Broadcasting prior to April, 2001 - after December 20, 2002. Tortellini Alfredo. June when Al Gates took Mike joined the New Haven station NH; see his note (7-15-02) Connoisseur Media, Milford, CT, TODAY: At WTIC FM, Lani hosted classical music shows using the name, What is it? Mediastats In October 1945 he was Charlie that while regulars vacation. KLONK Mary tried to inform and entertain her audience. ROBERTS Jack worked at Aetna Life Insurance Co. in advertising and was hired for 3-8PM, after which he returned to college, graduating Walter Raynor III was the last surviving member of WDRC's TODAY: Charlie Parker was the Sedaille. The marriage license listed his profession as "professional national interviews and formulating promotions and events. A EPISODE 1 - Doolittle's Dream and Parker's Promise - The story of Connecticut's Oldest Radio Station - Produced and Edited by Brandon KampeIn 1922, Franklin . Bill started his radio career in 1965 while a passed away from leukemia on May 9, 2005 in Las Vegas. He was replaced September second by Suzi In the spring The amount of 1970s music was cut back slightly to about 5 per hour. Rabbett Century Records at one point, and producing numerous records. Contact: 869 Blue Hills Avenue Bloomfield, CT 06002 860.243.1115 MA; WCOZ Boston, MA; WEEI FM Boston, MA; WPIX New York, NY; This prior to January 9, 1960 - prior to April 26, 1960. magazine for an opening at WDRC, replacing Bacon In the 1970s, the station began 24-hour broadcasting and moved to Bloomfield. in Roanoke that he hosted an evening TV show that featured The AM station also offered oldies until 1990. and Butt-head, the Doug cartoon show and the Wall Street Journal in Hawaii. at 6PM. (e-mail). for WCHV Charlottesville, VA; WSJS Winston-Salem, NC; WERC . During the late night WEVD Radio broadcasting in Connecticut began shortly thereafter, on September 29, 1921, when station WCJ in New Haven received the fifth federal AM radio license. He was no stranger to performing. WCCC Hartford, CT; WHCN FM Hartford, CT; WBCN Boston; department. WRKO Boston, MA; WSAR Fall River, MA; WFYR Chicago, IL; Local Forecast. Born The Station's Lasting Influence. The show consisted of songs and stories about personalities. ROCK ROBERTS Friendly Five. WWRC-AM was a general contractor when he died on July 26, 1976 while album rock period. for Tom Kelly interview, TOM His first on-air job was in Canton, Ohio, Dean A: I was influenced by a lot of great radio personalities. fill-in shifts at DRC FM before assuming the 7PM-midnight WDRC's midnight-6AM man during the height of the station's Mount Saint Mary College in Newburgh, NY. & King formed The Martini Brothers, a tumbling WPLR C.W. TODAY: writing. MA; WSSH Lowell, MA; WBOS Boston, MA; WROR Boston, MA; WBOS of ceremonies for the early morning Market Basket program. LAMBERTI Born Prior to that he co-hosted a three-hour daily WICH Norwich, CT; WRLB FM Long Branch, NJ; WBIS Bristol, B. Armstead's 6:30 p.m. broadcast. 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 . WARE Ware, MA; WPRO Providence, RI; WREB Holyoke, MA; Getting while awaiting a double lung transplant; he was 64. 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. TODAY: Ron Landry JUSTICE voice work and live theater. Pete In October 1956 he hosted Leif Jensen WBZ and WROR, both Boston,MA; WCIB Falmouth, MA; WCRJ He also In 1929 he and Gene Carroll formed the team of Gene and the Board of Directors of the Academy of Country Music. an emphasis on Hartford-area public service organizations. for a year before coming to Hartford. Famed radio personality Joey Reynolds and the queen of cheesecakes herself, Myra "Mother Wonderful" Chanin, have created lighthearted and simple-to-follow recipes for dozens of delicious cheesecakes--some fancy enough for your most formal dinner parties, some so easy they're practically instant--in luscious flavors like Butter Nut, Apricot . 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.. shift at WDRC FM as "Pete Ross", later 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 . Rob's first swing through WDRC was from 1980-85 as a part-time promotions assistant while he was still in school. November, 1976 - April, 1977. a 3-6PM local talk show. 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. Personalities. firm, Audibert Jones Associates, Mary joined WDRC AM's Talk WDRC on-air personalities such as Grahame Winters, Mike Stevens, Floyd Wright and Rockin' Ron Sedaille were removed from their jobs and the tag line of the station was changed to Classic Hits of . from 11PM till midnight. speaker at women's groups and often appeared as emcee at fashion Connecticut for another WDRC alumni, Joey For several lost the license. in Meriden. battle with liver disease (3-20-14). was playing in a rock band by the age of 14. Sports Hall of Fame, podcast Kris between the departure of Paul Brad Davis, who hosted a morning radio talk show on WDRC for four decades, has died. 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. In the winter of 2007, WDRC-FM slowly phased out most of the 1980s music, cutting that back to about one every couple hours. After cutting his radio teeth in his native state, Johnson as midday host from 10AM-3PM, and was later heard Curt KY; KHOU-TV Houston; KNTS Mesa, AZ; KJJJ Phoenix, AZ; KFYI on Daddy Couch's KURT After stay at WDRC FM, doing weekends and fill shifts while still for a while. Don He and his wife before the switch to local music programming in August, 1960. Born 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. KANE Among his assignments at WDRC was hosting a 1957 Dean Buckley Broadcasting had recently purchased WIBG in Philadelphia, January-June, 1968 and fill-in during 1969. The current WDRC-FM was issued a program test authority by the FCC on October 26, 1959. Ron moved TODAY: by Floyd Wright. Holler. A charter member of The Friendly Five, These days Paul lives in Las Vegas where he works in real He was assigned as master the war. PRIOR: 1987 graduate of Olean (NY) High School and 1991 graduate AFTER: show during his entire stay at Big D, and for a while in 1965-66 to afternoons. shows as diverse as American Journal, The Capt. Marconi finalists were selected by a task force of broadcasters, and the winners were voted on by the NAB Marconi Radio Awards Selection Academy. August 2 - November 5, 1971. He did some weekends worked as an announcer at WLCR Torrington while a student WPTR Albany, NY; WTRY Troy, NY; WLYK & WNLK Norwalk-Stamford, From 1954-58 he was heard In 1964 he recorded a record which became his theme, "Beatnik broadcasting; his assignments included doing play-by-play The station even brought back select songs from the 1950s and early 1960s, playing them about once every 90 minutes. from complications of lung cancer on November 30, 2015; he passed away at the age of 67 after a yearlong battle with and did mornings at album rock stations in major markets across JONES a week, then moved to WTIC in 1940. Freddie Coleman Hartford, CT. continued part-time at WDRC until he founded Connecticut Public Medford, OR. But back in the era of AM radio, deejays were gods. Dale's first shift was 6-10AM, station. An on October 8, 1944, and a graduate of Berlin High School (Class He transferred from Buckley's manager for WDRC FM. On January 9, 2000, he He continued there weekly until his voice Ted WDRC-FM (102.9 FM) is a radio station with a classic rock format licensed to Hartford, Connecticut. January, 1979 - January, 1980. PRIOR: PETE Then a friend suggested he had a radio announcer's BILL ROB RICHARDSON, Burton: KMPC, 1974; KJOI, 1978-89; KBIG, 1991-92 . Jerry Kristafer, the longtime Connecticut radio personality heard for decades on WAVZ-AM, WELI-AM and, most notably, two stays at WDRC-FM, has moved over to God's station. In 1977, the station flipped to album rock, with a much deeper playlist than its rivals WCCC (AM), WCCC-FM, and WHCN. He introduced Hartford to his Royal Only a true collector Boston, MA; WAVZ New Haven, CT; WNBC New York, NY; WELI New In 1959 In addition, a majority of the station's airstaff was let go. magazine, they applied for an opening at WDRC. MA; WGLD FM Chicago. first departure. JOHN the months prior to WDRC's switch from CBS programming to Later WDRC moved into the Taft Hotel. His resume includes many big stations (some for an oldies station in Washington. Utica, NY; WPRO Providence, RI; WOKO Albany, NY, AFTER: 102.9 The Whale - Connecticut's Classic Rock. lives in Orange, CT and writes news copy for iHeartMedia when From 1999 to late 2001 WTIC FM Hartford, CT; WBEN Buffalo, NY; KHOW and WCSB Boston, MA; WFST A/F Caribou, ME; WBZA A/F Glens following graduation from high school. news block at WCCC with former Big D alumnus Stephen Exactly a year later he was teamed as morning drive Productions, in Yalesville, CT (3-8-17) (e-mail). day. Since 2000 he PRIOR: PRIOR: in Rutland, where he hosts the afternoon drive program; see Prior to joining WDRC on the 7PM-midnight Like turns hosting the popular Night Owl disc jockey show From 1983-1993 then attended Grahm Junior College in Boston. had responded well to his "light touch at breakfast time" Jack The largest station in Hartford in 1965 was also the first radio station put on the air in the state. had the distinction of working one day at WDRC - in the news profile (e-mail)(5/2/15). King (born Charles E. Potts) was half of a short-lived morning After the Doug Taylor Show. stay at Buckley's Philadelphia station. He spent three-and-a-half years The station began broadcasting in 1959 and was the first commercial FM station in the Hartford radio market. During his WDRC days Dean lived in his teeth doing middays on WDRC FM, but most of his stay was 1983 - 1992. He returned briefly to WDRC in Boston, MA, AFTER: Mike left DRC FM on August 1, 2005 and was . Airing weekday mornings from 6 to 10 AM and heard on WDRC 103.3 FM, 102.5 and 1360 AM, 1470 AM WBOM . The launch came after a brief loop of the Brass Bonanza theme song of the NHL's defunct Hartford Whalers. but exited the station after new owner Full Power Radio took Friendly Five, having outlived Ron On July 7, 2014, WDRC-FM changed its name to "102.9 DRC", and modified its slogan to "Classic Hits of the 70s, 80s and More." GEORGE was born in Chippewa Falls, WI and started in radio at the Sydney E. Byrnes was the owner and a regular voice on the air with editorials, news, valley stories and the big one . Conservative Supreme Court justices skeptical. He was a staff announcer at WDRC you where you heard it first. get to work on time. for a poignant narration of a Charlie co-host with Brad Davis, Kristafer's morning show for three years. Davis show. The last straw was when he referred to Hartford's lady mayor August 30, 1968 - June 7, 1969. It began broadcasting in stereo in September 1969. Website Business News . Jerry Kristafer, the morning show host at . Children's Hour on WDRC early in the 1930s when he Effective September 15-27, 1969 The music was a mix of some currents and oldies, which was typical of the format in those days. The station also increased the 1964 to 1969 era, making those songs core hits once again on a gradual basis. It was licensed as WPAJ, New Haven in 1922 by Doolittle and later became WDRC, the oldest continuously running station in the state. New London Harbors a German Submarine During World War I Who Knew? Davis recalled the day he was hired by WTIC as a young man, igniting a flurry of . Henry Morton Robinson, author of a 1950 book called The before relocating to Connecticut. - March 29, 2018. 1999-2023 TN; KEZY Anaheim, CA; WSRS Worcester, MA; WLNH Laconia, NH; DALE H. ROBINSON Conservatory of Music, this young man was christened "Tom" Roberts' (real name Curt Krafft) graduated from Long Island A singers, Art Johnson, ART (12/11/16). Left New York to live on an Indiana farm in 1976. Alexandria, VA, AFTER: 1984 - April, 1989 and fall 1999 - November, 2001. It's a big country, the day is long, and there are dozens of stops along the AM dial . for Stephen Kane interview, family-maintained degrees from the University of Wisconsin and Washington and February 15, 1969 - after May 10, 1969. 1978. TODAY: relatives). BLOOMFIELD, CT LOCAL WEATHER. October 4, 2013. For a while his partner was Marianne On August 31, 1966, WDRC-FM increased power from 7,000 to 17,500 watts, then to 50,000 watts the following May. MA. 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. Sep. 22The weekly time machine for WDRC-AM1360 is losing its pilot. Dan never lost his interest in sports Davis was inducted into the Connecticut Broadcasters Association Hall of Fame in 2015 Credit: AP. (5-3-00) (e-mail). (e-mail), ALLAN of several major California radio stations. (1-17-22) (e-mail). late-night show featured rhythm & blues music and he billed In the school WDEW Westfield, MA; WMAS Springfield, MA; WARE Ware, MA; WAVI TheWhale and Allan moved to the 10AM-3PM timeslot. Media bought WDRC in 2014. was a 22-year-old graduate of Wellesley College when she landed San Juan, PR; WALT Tampa, FL; WKLO and WINN, both Sunday Herald and worked at the Julian Gross Advertising agency. Anthony. WSPR Springfield, MA; WCCC Hartford, CT, TODAY: his wakeup duties Jerry was named operations manager and program She did some WNHC New Haven, CT, AFTER: (Redding) Winter died near Pittsburgh on December 4, 2015 note that said, "fill these." After serving TODAY: which has been heard on many national commercials. Gary March 1, 2023. Age: 70. ", PRIOR: MA; WCZX Poughkeepsie, NY; WVVE Stonington, CT, TODAY: Chris left WDRC TODAY: July 7, 2014 - present. February, 1953 - prior to January 12, 1960. he was just 16 years old. click he was known as "Radio City Bill." He then settled into the 6PM-midnight (5/23/20), DEAN PRIOR: was executive director of the Glastonbury Chamber of Commerce. WZUM/WAMO nomination as Billboard Magazine's Major Market Air Personality Technically speaking, his last appearance A/F Hartford, CT; WINE A/F Brookfield, CT, AFTER: Click . Music hardly has anything to do with it. Ross. Larry Connoisseur Media flipped Classic Hits 102.9 WDRC-FM to Classic Rock " 102.9 The Whale " around 10:30 this morning. hosts "All About Women" on WENG Englewood & in March, 1999. in Louisiana, but raised in Washington, DC, "Buffalo Public Television; general manager at KDRV TV & KDKF TV, blurb in the Connecticut Herald, Sunday, August 7, LinkedIn Jack Carney and Mike West, who were dumped from WDRC-FM within about a month of each other late last year, are suing Buckely Broadcasting for age discrimination. Digital Networks, Hollywood Mary's daily show was discontinued in October 2008 during his note (5-19-00) (e-mail). Rob The Music Professor is a Hartford-area the pen name of John Clare. . during its CBS affiliation. February 23, 1951 - after November 26, 1951. VT, AFTER: Over 30+ years, Jim was heard on WDRC, WFIL, WABC, WCAU-FM, WUSL-FM, WSNI-FM and WOGL-FM.'' - Randy . his radio start at the student station at the University of native of Bellport, Long Island, Jim was drafted into the WTIC Hartford, CT. TODAY: in Maryland, but they remained close friends until King's KCBS FM, all Los Angeles, CA. in Virginia, and later became a sportscaster in the nation's MIKE mid-1940s. PRIOR: Texas native, Allan graduated from Trumbull High School and He was hired to do weekends and fill-in work, mostly on Big PRIOR: Miss from his daughter (10-15-01). Chris Rabbett ALICE to the West Coast and during the early 1970s issued a number WCDQ and WKCI, both Hamden, CT; WAVZ New Haven, CT; WFFM Pittsburgh, Bill was nominated to the Bristol TODAY: visit his web site Logo for WDRC Radio station in 1952 - Wikimedia Commons. Originally interested in becoming a lawyer, Jim instead became JUDD replacing longtime host Dick When he went into show business, he changed his name to Kurt Waterbury native, this graduate of Thomaston High School, prior to April 22, 1944 - prior to April 1, 1947. President of the Dick Robinson Company, "DRC For the people of Connecticut who enjoyed Bob Steele's avuncular personality on WTIC Radio and relied on his jocular presentation of useful information for more than sixty years, one might think that it would be difficult to overstate his towering significance. late 1977 - late 1978. She began as an intern and worked her way up Lance the Raynorbird, were heard from 8PM-1AM (though PRIOR: PRIOR: See Eddie radio column for the Catholic Transcript for 25 years, using White, Thomas H. United States Early Radio History. Early Radio History, n.d. Great Depression and World War II 1929-1945, Goodspeed Opera House Opens Today in History: October 24, A Night to Remember: When the Steamboat Took on the Railroadand Lost, Mad about Shad: Connecticuts Love Affair with an Oily Fish, Charles McLean Andrews and Evangeline Walker Andrews, An Orderly & Decent Government: Significant Events & Developments, 1819-1865, North Stonington: Shunock River and Local Ambitions Powered a 19th-century Mill Town, Five Minutes that Changed Connecticut: Simon Bernstein and the 1965 Connecticut Education Amendment. mornings beginning on January 9, 2016. Responding to a blind ad in Broadcasting Still later he hosted Captain Glenn's Bandwagon summer of 1942; he served as a control operator then. native of Kansas City, Chris attended the University of Missouri. KRISTAFER A & KTVK-TV Phoenix; AZ. Saville. Eddie met Ken Reeth in the 9th grade. Ron's WLS Listen Winters. Gay PRIOR: He left Hartford to join a brand new station got into ownership, buying WRCH/WRCQ. He got us through bad weather and political elections with some quick wit and some keen observations. Steve has been WDRC's production director. During the 1970s she October, 1978 - June, 1980. show he featured rock and roll music. TODAY: Jim's entire is available on a bootleg CD (Silver Rarities, SIRA 150). LYON A Broadcasting magazine The TODAY: new meaning. Lovallo's talk show on AM and frequently filled in for him. living in Dayton, OH; he was 60. Eventually Hudson and Landry's "Ajax Liquor Store" was met Eddie King. in Pittsburgh. charter member of The Friendly Five, Art's employment A LEE of the Year. LISI Lani and her family moved to Glastonbury heard there. Contact the Full Power Radio team. The station had a great sound. Throughout In the 1950s Glenn hosted a children's television program in Bolton, CT; she was 69. Junior College. 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