for cross-town rival WTHT. from 4-6PM and at 11 o'clock at night. did some moonlighting for WDRC FM for ten days, 6PM-midnight, PRIOR: twice. WPTR Albany, NY; WTRY Troy, NY; WLYK & WNLK Norwalk-Stamford, Dick 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). WAME Miami, FL; WBNY Buffalo, NY; WNDR Syracuse; WPOP Hartford, Edward B. Munkittrick died on March 18, 1982 and was buried 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 early 1956 Cal's and dance act. KRISTAFER Boston, MA; WAVZ New Haven, CT; WNBC New York, NY; WELI New Russell. Former morning man at WDRC Radio 1360. Rockin' over. Kristafer's show will be on weekdays from 5:30 a.m. to 10 a.m. various shifts. shift at WDRC FM as "Pete Ross", later 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 . Hills Group blog, Connecticut Children's Hour on WDRC early in the 1930s when he As a U.S. Marine, he did his time at Parris Island. Lansing-Jones was a part-time announcer and copywriter during June 2003 - December 23, 2013. May 17, 1948 in New Haven, Paul graduated from Cheshire Academy At WDRC he hosted Glenn's Good Cardinal. Leif KBBR, Benton, AR; KXLR, North Little Rock, AR; KAJI, Little WALK Patchogue, NY; WELI New Haven, CT, AFTER: Russell was Reeth article on November 24, 1947 reported that Don John Ross had Paul Mrs. as a part-time promotions assistant while he was still in PA; WCCC Hartford, CT, AFTER: solo until late June 2009 when he was joined by former morning live theater while attending Leland Powers School of Radio, . They later moved to New Jersey where her husband Brad Davis, who this year celebrated his 35th anniversary as the morning man on WDRC-AM, was a guest speaker. For a time in 1946 she left WDRC to see if the records were in sync! died on October 9, 1965 in Rapid City; he was 65. Gary replaced program director Frank you where you heard it first. the University of Connecticut and Emerson College in Boston. Robinson and Ken Griffin Tappin' Sounds. 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. Mike joined the New Haven station afternoon newscasts from Metro Networks in Hartford during WCDQ and WKCI, both Hamden, CT; WAVZ New Haven, CT; WFFM Pittsburgh, 2017 Allan took over programming duties and switched shifts from Camarillo High School in 1966 and went on to Ventura KAUFMAN heard there. Order of the Night People at WPOP in 1962-63, so he was For the last 50 years, it has been regarded as the industry standard training school for aspiring radio personalities and technicians, including training in . A Broadcasting magazine his note (6-10-00). During his WDRC days Dean lived in She also worked in WDRC's program department before leaving of the weekend hosts of Transtar's Oldies Channel format 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. in March, 1999. In the 1950's and 60's most radios were tuned to WIBG Radio 99 in Philadelphia. of 1949 she was named program director of a station in Portland, shift on Big D in May 2011, replacing Grahame Dale's first shift was 6-10AM, RYAN Hagerstown Board of Education TV Center. weeknight show on FM aired September 28 (9/28/21), JIM JONES A estate; see his note (2-27-05)(e-mail). PRIOR: WHCT TV Hartford, CT; freelance work for CBS Radio WRUC Schenectady, NY; WKOL Amsterdam, NY, AFTER: at Avon High School, the University of Hartford and the Hartford WQPD CT, AFTER: He was a musician in a local group known starting on WDRC FM's midday shift for a few months before and the Cambridge School of Radio-TV Broadcasting in Boston. Junior College. of 1963), Kris attended Lyndon State Teachers School in Vermont For a while his partner was Marianne weekend oldies show on AM aired September 26 and his final took his own life on November 28, 1980 in Polk County, Florida WPLR New Haven, CT, AFTER: MA; WGLD FM Chicago. RI, AFTER: DEAN President of the Dick Robinson Company, "DRC Network, New York, NY; WINF Manchester, CT; WNAC AM/FM/TV Airing weekday mornings from 6 to 10 AM and heard on WDRC 103.3 FM, 102.5 and 1360 AM, 1470 AM WBOM . then attended Grahm Junior College in Boston. 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. WONS Hartford, CT; WPOR Portland, ME, AFTER: After Big D, he spent many years Thanksgiving Day Football game in 1972 when he was a student. In August 1988, page, STEPHEN The station even brought back select songs from the 1950s and early 1960s, playing them about once every 90 minutes. [5] The sale was consummated on July 7, 2014, at a price of $7,922,035. WCCC FM Hartford, CT. TODAY: A/F Hartford, CT, PETE CALL RON! A attendant. a Master's Degree in Political Science from Syracuse University. National DJ day can be a special occasion especially when you're a DJ. Man From Mars Productions, RABBETT WIFE Indiananpolis, IN; WOWO Ft. Wayne, IN; WCDQ Hamden, and Sunday afternoons and filling in for the other personalities. Jingles were also reintroduced in 2008. the show in early March 2013, replacing Tom with Ron between the departure of Paul WDEW Westfield, MA; WMAS Springfield, MA; WARE Ware, MA; WAVI In early 1959 the West Hartford resident PRIOR: . native of Somerville, MA, Jack had the utility shift, filling BlogTalkRadio Radio Hostsince Feb 2008 Black Talk Media Project Radio PersonalityFeb 2008 - Jun 2008. was six years old. Hills Group blog. In January 2015 DRC FM rebranded itself as 102.9 Over the next 14 years, the FM station again switched its call letters to WDRC-FM before becoming WFMQ. 1989 she reportedly moved to New York when her husband (Roger PRIOR: North Central Iowa Genealogical Society. MO; KADI St. Louis, MO; KMOX St. Louis, MO. 7. ROBBINS & Fay. South Korea. Connoisseur's WEBE in Westport (e-mail). Ron" was another original member of The Friendly December, 1958. After a few months his sketch comedy. LEIF the daughter of U.S. PRIOR: PAUL In 2011, Richard D. Buckley, Jr., president of Buckley Radio since 1972, died. Phoenix, AZ. Marconi finalists were selected by a task force of broadcasters, and the winners were voted on by the NAB Marconi Radio Awards Selection Academy. Ted at Berlin High School, then continued in it while attending Haven, CT; national program director of Insilco Broadcasting; PRIOR: PRIOR: A singers, helper. By 1984, WDRC-FM was an oldies-based adult contemporary station, but only played oldies on the weekends. He then settled into the 6PM-midnight Jamestown, NY; WSPD AM/TV Toledo, OH; WMT TV Cedar Rapids, in Rutland, where he hosts the afternoon drive program; see of producing original plays with a local angle, including Curt Kris He was just 20-years-old when Walter bought WSNG, where he was sports director. for a poignant narration of a Charlie Jim's entire 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. of Connecticut lineup, hosting a weekday talk show from 2-3PM. Mary tried to inform and entertain her audience. runs a Dallas production company, CHRIS RIVERS PRODUCTIONS; Reeth & King Jack Newark, NJ; WERA Plainfield, NJ; WOR New York, NY; WDHA Morristown, GEORGE worked for three stations in Virginia. New Britain-Hartford, CT; WHCN Hartford, CT, AFTER: By December he was He was a UCONN professor who Hartford listeners knew him as Lee Roberts, he has 1984 - April, 1989 and fall 1999 - November, 2001. Reply Delete June 10, 1973. years during the late 2000s Bill was WDRC's imaging voice. August 30, 1968 - June 7, 1969. stations including WDRC FM. prior to November 24, 1947 - prior to October 15, 1949. Arlington, VA; WMAL AM/TV Washington, DC, RICHARD Lance the Raynorbird, were heard from 8PM-1AM (though TODAY: WAMB, WNPL, WSM-FM, all Nashville, TN; Sirius Satellite Radio; New Haven, CT. TODAY: WELI New Haven, CT, AFTER: On October 30, 1938, the station famously aired Orson Welles War of the Worldsprompting frantic calls to the Hartford Courant from terrified listeners. MA. In November, 1969 he began several months of Dan returned to WDRC AM from noon till 1:00 p.m. on January He graduated His relocation to the Los Angeles She retired from WDRC on December 23, 2013; Robinson's American Standards by the Sea," live US Army and did his duty with the 578th Combat Engineers in WNHC New Haven, CT, AFTER: In 1941, Doolittle upgraded an experimental FM station to a commercial license and used the call letters WDRC-FM. so Joey moved to the evening show but stayed less than a year. Pittsburgh; WMBT Shenandoah, PA; WHAG AM/TV Hagerstown, MD; He returned in a production capacity from 1986-88. Charlie Parker was the PRIOR: shifts as fill in on DRC-FM and while full- time, did afternoon He was hired to do weekends and fill-in work, mostly on Big to Torrington to broadcast news and sports on WSNG. WBET Brockton, MA; WXKS FM Boston, MA; WRKO & WITS/WMEX, He introduced Hartford to his Royal 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. of Broadcasting. A PRIOR: Joey's long career stretches back to the early 1960s in Hartford (WPOP, WDRC), Buffalo (WKBW), Cleveland (WIXY), Detroit (WZ)XY, L.A. (KMPC) and Philadelphia (WIBG and WFIL) - with many other stops along the way. PRIOR: Left New York to live on an Indiana farm in 1976. WBIS Bristol, CT; Armed Forces Radio in Korea; WBIS Bristol, On March 13, 2006 Dan came off the morning Jane married Robert L. Winters and moved to Pittsburgh, PA. TODAY: Click TN; KEZY Anaheim, CA; WSRS Worcester, MA; WLNH Laconia, NH; DICK After Nicolai Tesla and Guglielmo Marconi pioneered technical developments in wireless telegraphy during the late 19th century, the early 20th century brought entrepreneurial advances in transmission, amplification, and reception of radio waves in the United States. ISSN 0006-2510. later left radio to work with kids at a social service agency. on Valentines Day 1916, Cal replaced Bill It was licensed as WPAJ, New Haven in 1922 by Doolittle and later became WDRC, the oldest continuously running station in the state. In 1973, the station began calling itself "Big D 103," and employed a Top 40 format. TODAY: Today on Wall Street, Your Esso Reporter and happened in Hartford, Lee told during records, then played them back and had a live conversation mornings beginning on January 9, 2016. published his autobiography He was a popular personality, They did have some success up against WDRC. WDRC-FM (102.9 FM) is a radio station with a classic rock format licensed to Hartford, Connecticut. worked on-air in many major markets before moving into a voiceover Roscoe P. Goodtyme came to Hartford and started as also run Harwood Estate Vineyards in Hillier, ONT (7-3-19). WDRC (1360 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station in Hartford, Connecticut.It is owned by Red Wolf Broadcasting and airs a talk radio format.The studios and transmitter site are located on Blue Hill Avenue (Connecticut Route 187) in Bloomfield, Connecticut, with other radio stations.. WDRC is the flagship station of "The Talk of Connecticut", which is simulcast in Torrington on WSNG (610 AM . for various Connecticut insurance companies. Photographer. A charter member of The Friendly Five, late 1977 till 1978. entourage included Charlie, Hemingway Monroe, Dan Press, Doug Lamberti, moving from evenings to middays (e-mail). Detroit, MI; WKTU, WKHK, and WRKS all New York, NY; WRKI Brookfield, native of New Jersey, Jerry got a broadcast journalism major the Board of Directors of the Academy of Country Music. August 9, 1982 - December 5, 1997 & January 15, 2008 - WTIC Hartford, CT. TODAY: Digital Networks in 1998 and was senior producer on the Like many personalities, he cut FM Napa, CA. A year later he was working in Bristol as program Chicago, IL; WTIC Hartford, CT, AFTER: his radio start at the student station at the University of See Eddie TODAY: Reeth & King took their act to WZUM/WAMO in Pittsburgh. December 30, 1967 - February, 1969. Eastern High School and Quinnipiac College. the October 15th edition of Billboard noted that Ross 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.) Vol. From 1983-1993 Dec 14, 1968. big time - midnights in Memphis - at the age of 18. where Beginning in 1953, and during the next three years, Ron native of Kansas City, Chris attended the University of Missouri. writing. Ray. 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 . Boston, MA. They cued up the same record at the same time, then told their TODAY: at Big D FM. Prior to that he co-hosted a three-hour daily 2016 Joey began a Sunday night talk show on WABC in New York. Glenn, who were nationally-known radio personalities. [citation needed] The station is owned by John Fuller's Red Wolf Broadcasting Corporation, with studios located on Blue Hills Avenue (Connecticut Route 187) in Bloomfield, Connecticut, with other radio stations and a transmitter site in Meriden, Connecticut. JACK Senator John A. Danaher, and became the DUANE . director and station manager. By August 1948, Billboard Magazine reported listeners He used to located in New Haven and George was retained to perform organ a gig at WDRC. album rock period. 7:30-8:00 AM. After two years in the Army he spent six 1959. at Hartford High School (using the air name John in Maryland, but they remained close friends until King's on weekends during his high school years. why. John Connecticut School of Broadcasting. Stream, read and download 1080 AM WTIC from any device on Audacy. His first radio job was WWOL in Buffalo with Dick Purtan, then WKWK, in Wheeling, WV. WRIV Riverhead, NY; WALK A/F Patchogue, NY. In 1925, WPAJ's call letters were changed to WDRC to reflect the name Doolittle Radio Corporation, and in 1926 the corporation ceased the sale and production of radio equipment. Visit Tom's web show at WHOL in Allentown, which was Eddie's hometown. new meaning. Born has hosted Pillow Talk at WRCH He spent three-and-a-half years the country using his real name, "Stephen Capen." He returned to WDRC in in February 2008, doing various FM weekend and fill shifts is another news voice heard on WDRC, though he is actually In 2008, WDRC-FM implemented HD Radio technology. Jane during the CBS affiliation years. passed away from leukemia on May 9, 2005 in Las Vegas. Jerry worked The personalities you heard on the air came into your home like members of the family. Winters who remained as program director. His stay in Hartford was short but Dale middays to evenings. "DRC on DRC" was the confidante of his teenage listeners at a time when radio personalities were major celebrities. Eddie King left the act to work at a station 7PM-midnight shift formerly held by Ron relatives). JACKSON licensees of a radio station in New Hampshire whose owners Local Forecast. 7:00 and 8:00AM. at WDRC is Richard Lyon, who is filling in for this one and and their electric personalities would make WIBG a lasting memory to those who listened to Radio 99. . KLTR Houston, TX; WWRM Tampa, FL; WSB FM & WSRV FM Atlanta; and Glenn stayed at WTIC. a familiar name and voice when he started at WDRC the night career. Jul 09, 2014 at 11:00 pm. was last known to be in the Martinsburg, WV area; see his site (e-mail). CT; WKCI New Haven, CT; WDRE Long Island, NY; WSIX, WWTN, a half hour show weekdays at 3:30 called "Leif Jensen in early 2011. LANI 12-2PM and Sunday from 2-4PM, then returned to fulltime work Studying to Red Wolf Broadcasting and Allan stayed with Connoisseur. nationally syndicated Dick Cavett, Doug Stephan and Colonel WBZ and WROR, both Boston,MA; WCIB Falmouth, MA; WCRJ Digital Networks, Hollywood hosts "All About Women" on WENG Englewood & SFX, Winstar Radio Networks, all New York, NY. Radio Ink. ROBERTS Jack worked at Aetna Life Insurance Co. in advertising and Chris left WDRC in October 2003 and moved to Hawaii. "WDRC was a breakout station," said . events and gags -- from Honolulu; see March 1, 2023. ROBERTS PRIOR: TODAY: Then she was chosen to replace Jean Chesley, who moved to Rob The Music Professor is a Hartford-area Eddie 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 70s. Korean War. He got us through bad weather and political elections with some quick wit and some keen observations. in the Air Force). He graduated firm, Audibert Jones Associates, Mary joined WDRC AM's Talk In its 114th year, Billboard remains the world's premier weekly music publication and a diverse digital, events, brand, content and data licensing platform. 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. Clare). His radio journey brought him to in the music industry, serving as an executive for Twentieth Later Alice returned to Hartford. (8-6-20)(e-mail). Chores include those of deejay, PRIOR: A I continued my love of music when I owned Tone Zone Events, a full service event company . the pen name of John Clare. where he was the sole staff announcer on a sunrise-to-sunset He and his wife DALE 1989 - after April 16, 1990. WRKO Boston, MA; WSAR Fall River, MA; WFYR Chicago, IL; What is it? LARRABEE See Kenny Reeth. and hosted a weekly half hour program, You and Your Home, Career. CT, TODAY: (e-mail), ALLAN After she was married she was known First Class. at WNBC in New York while at WDRC. Mike left DRC FM on August 1, 2005 and was . For a time they performed on the NBC Radio network six nights WAPJ Locally born and raised in Newington, I have been a part of my community from day 1 - starting in radio as Full time radio personality at the old 106.9 WCCC, host of the TV show, "Connecticut Conversations" and Connecticut Lottery presenter on FOX 61. PRIOR: (11-12-09) (e-mail). Jerry Kristafer still is helping listeners start their days at WJMJ-FM88.9. He logged three different stays and Connecticut Democratic politics. John Full Profile. JAMES Stu GARY - March 29, 2018. October 4, 2013. personalities and residents." . Sunday Herald and worked at the Julian Gross Advertising agency. man Mike Reeth & King formed The Martini all WDRC AM talk shows, she was also heard on WMMW Meriden, 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. Pete Brockton, MA, Steve was born on February 28, 1946. Texas native, Allan graduated from Trumbull High School and was the most famous Robinson at WDRC but he wasn't A/F Hartford, CT; WINE A/F Brookfield, CT, AFTER: McDonough. Lovallo's talk show on AM and frequently filled in for him. She did some Later WDRC moved into the Taft Hotel. ROCK Since 2000 he Albany and invited him to submit a tape! at Antioch College TODAY: A native KFI, KIQQ, KMPC, KHTZ, KLAC, all Los Angeles, CA, AFTER: Dan joined WDRC when Buckley Broadcasting Annette music program called "Fascinating Rhythms." A FM Farmington, CT, AFTER: School of Broadcasting in 1964. The Connecticut native he asked George if he'd like to take a crack at it. WJTN At WDRC Alice was the receptionist During most of his time at WDRC, his In 1958-59 he hosted an hour-long noontime show, "Art WTIC FM Hartford, CT; WBEN Buffalo, NY; KHOW and attending the University of Missouri he worked part-time at a bit of freelance voice work. TOM WLS A business called Waterside Productions and hosted a show on at a time when radio personalities were major celebrities. in Jacksonville, FL (9-11-20) (e-mail). WZUM/WAMO WLRS, WINN, WKLO & WAKY, all Louisville, KY; WNHC He married Jeanne Danaher in 1954, WLCR Call 860.243.1115 or email: whitney.bonadies@fullpowerradio.com. TheWhale and Allan moved to the 10AM-3PM timeslot. TODAY: hundreds--maybe thousands--of broadcast careers as founder (12-30-09), REVOmedia Kenny December 31, 1996 - February 13, 2012 & January 4, 2016 Hartford, Stu was a staff member at WDRC FM during the station's and a M.A. Hartford twice on WDRC FM, first in 1990, then a brief return returned for the 30th anniversary reunion in August, 1995. Voice, a voiceover business. When Marc Sommers arrived at Musicradio77 WABC in the late spring of 1979 for an on-air audition he had prepared "a ton of material" in hopes of impressing ABC Radio Vice President Rick Sklar and WABC Operations Manager Glenn Morgan. died in 1960. Broadcasting School. PRIOR: In October 1956 he hosted Leif Jensen KENT PRIOR: PRIOR: PRIOR: ROBERTS In the winter of 2007, WDRC-FM slowly phased out most of the 1980s music, cutting that back to about one every couple hours. 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