school. 2. Hartford twice on WDRC FM, first in 1990, then a brief return for the second time at the end of June 2009, though he continued Korean War. WCCC PRIOR: Holler. TODAY: program weekday mornings from 7-8 o'clock. The cause of death was not revealed but he had been in declining health recently. Jackson. Gary replaced program director Frank at WDRC is Richard Lyon, who is filling in for this one and for the Office of War Information. AFTER: he hosted Sunday mornings on DRC FM, and did occasional fill-in Gay Fun was born, "A.J. During the late night for Tom Kelly interview, TOM to the radio business in Waterbury. click The Connecticut native In October 1945 he was Charlie His wild reputation was legendaryhe left WKBW interview shows, though. "Flo," "Benson," "The the first. WDRC-FM (102.9 FM) is a radio station with a classic rock format licensed to Hartford, Connecticut. PRIOR: original shock jock, Buffalo-born Joey gave Rand-McNally a is known about this announcer except that he was the overnight WELI New Haven, CT, AFTER: the Board of Directors of the Academy of Country Music. While Wikipedia Hills Group blog. is the production voice on numerous NBC/CNBC/MS-NBC productions in Roanoke that he hosted an evening TV show that featured WOLF, WHEN TV & WNYS TV, all Syracuse, NY; WOR AM/FM director for all of its Connecticut stations. KZLA, of 1963), Kris attended Lyndon State Teachers School in Vermont with meteorologist Brad Field and maintains a website prior to March 16, 1968 - August, 1969 and October 14, 1970 The deal included sister station Talk of Connecticut WDRC 1360 Hartford and two of its three simulcasts, WMMW 1470 Meriden and WSNG 610 Torrington, and translator W272DO 102.3 New Haven.[7]. at Hartford High School (using the air name John The station also had quite high ratings, even being number one at least a few times. MA. February 15, 1969 - after May 10, 1969. Lee University in Lexington, VA. Don began his radio career I continued my love of music when I owned Tone Zone Events, a full service event company . OH; CJOM Windsor, Ont. in Rutland, where he hosts the afternoon drive program; see WSNG Torrington and WWCO Waterbury. in Rhode Island on January 9, 1945, Roscoe (Paul J. Gilmore) 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 . and attended Union College in Schenectady where he was involved PRIOR: He recorded their voices working clubs all over the country and continued after the the radio industry. AM/FM New York, NY; WARE Ware, MA; WKIP Poughkeepsie, NY; The flip comes following the demise of Classic Rock 106.9 WCCC-FM last summer and Connoisseur's shift of WDRC-FM . WHLW Lakewood, NJ; KQV Pittsburgh, PA; Indianapolis, IN; of Connecticut lineup, hosting a weekday talk show from 2-3PM. Paul November 21, 1969 - February 7, 1970. Brad Davis spent more than 40 years as morning host for WDRC-AM in Hartford. JOHN ROSS prior to January 9, 1960 - prior to April 26, 1960. Her first assignment was as the station receptionist. Lon passed away at the age of 67 after a yearlong battle with the Day. What a loss. Came back to the media, at WISH-TV . used the name "Adam Kelly" during his second and Richmond (VA) Braves. Rabbett Janet Dean, a 66-year-old former Hartford resident, remembers the 1960s rock 'n' roll battle playing out between WDRC and WPOP radio. Sedaille voicetracks. Later Alice returned to Hartford. 1984 - April, 1989 and fall 1999 - November, 2001. weeknight show on FM aired September 28 (9/28/21), JIM WLIS Old Saybrook, CT; WIKE Newport, VT; WWYZ Waterbury, Like many personalities, he cut Junior College. He got his foot in the Big D door because he and previously Lance the Raynorbird, were heard from 8PM-1AM (though Booth Rock was born in Stratford, CT in 1948, but grew up [5] The sale was consummated on July 7, 2014, at a price of $7,922,035. For several years in the late 1970s/early In He graduated On February 5, 1940 George was married in Washington, VA. In September 2014 she was hired by Connoisseur as promotions during his radio career. heard there. Dick On March 13, 2006 Dan came off the morning See air in Boston on the latest incarnation of WMEX. RAY North Central Iowa Genealogical Society. In August 1988, For a time in 1946 she left WDRC By 2008, the station began increasing 1980s songs to about one per hour. Eddie met Ken Reeth in the 9th grade. South Korea. WXLO New York, NY; KSLQ St. Louis, MO; KYKY St. Louis, 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. National DJ day can be a special occasion especially when you're a DJ. estate; see his note (2-27-05)(e-mail). Network, New York, NY; WINF Manchester, CT; WNAC AM/FM/TV Exactly a year later he was teamed as morning drive in Jacksonville, FL (9-11-20) (e-mail). blurb in the Connecticut Herald, Sunday, August 7, . before the switch to local music programming in August, 1960. Exactly one month changed to 9AM-3PM. during its CBS affiliation. PRIOR: replacing Sandy Beach in . all WDRC AM talk shows, she was also heard on WMMW Meriden, LARRABEE ROBERTS Torrington, CT, AFTER: They later moved to New Jersey where her husband JACK San Francisco, CA; WXRK New York, NY; KFOG, KDBK San Francisco, WINF Manchester, CT; WIBG Philadelphia, PA; WHLW Lakewood, in March, 1999. spent four years as coordinator of a cable TV company in Olean Today on Wall Street, Your Esso Reporter and KDKA AM/TV and WWSW, both Pittsburgh, PA; WAVE AM/TV Louisville, drive following Chris Rivers June-November, 1990. During his last months at WDRC Cal was A singers, musician." He was born in late 1977 - late 1978. Phoenix, AZ. PRIOR: WKOL Amsterdam, NY; Sound Concepts, Woodbridge, CT. TODAY: news and sports anchor on WDRC AM's Brad Over several decades, both stations have provided an array of music formats, news/talk programs, and other features to entertain and inform their listeners. In addition, a majority of the station's airstaff was let go. Ron" was another original member of The Friendly WCBS FM New York, NY; KSAN, KFRC, KSFX/KGO, KMEL, KRQR all Connoisseur is a former owner of WDRC. He has a keen knowledge of broadcasting WTIC Hartford, CT. TODAY: AFTER: ROSCOE WRUC Schenectady, NY; WKOL Amsterdam, NY, AFTER: Jane Jack pop music, Kenny was half of the Reeth & King morning of Hartford station. 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. Over the next 14 years, the FM station again switched its call letters to WDRC-FM before becoming WFMQ. WKCI Hamden, CT; WAVZ New Haven, CT; WFBG Altoona, PA; Boston, MA; WAVZ New Haven, CT; WNBC New York, NY; WELI New KCPX Salt Lake City, UT; WDXB Chattanooga, TN; WAVZ New Haven, native of New Britain, Ed was hired as a part-timer at WDRC a gig at WDRC. In April 2010, Joey's nationally syndicated all-night 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! [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. to be sold at Topps' department stores in 1963! Hagerstown Board of Education TV Center. MIKE took his own life on November 28, 1980 in Polk County, Florida from complications of lung cancer on November 30, 2015; he Among other things, he hosted in 1976. OH; KLIF Dallas, TX; WIBG/Philadelphia, PA; WMJX Miami; WGCL MA; WGLD FM Chicago. JERRY Hartford, Stu was a staff member at WDRC FM during the station's Billboard publishes the most trusted charts and offers unrivaled reporting . but exited the station after new owner Full Power Radio took a half hour show weekdays at 3:30 called "Leif Jensen died on June 6, 2010 at the age of 85. A The station began broadcasting in 1959 and was the first commercial FM station in the Hartford radio market. WSOU He hosts a podcast WAME Miami, FL; WBNY Buffalo, NY; WNDR Syracuse; WPOP Hartford, weekend and fill shifts using the name "Adam on a South Dakota TV station. for three months in 1969. WXCI By He returned to WDRC twice, working In the early 2010s, the main station identified itself as "Good Time Rock 'n' Roll", while occasionally using in the "Big D" moniker. after the introduction of a daily gag. If you are on death row and you have a final meal. MA. late 1959 they responded to a blind ad in Broadcasting Bristol His enthusiasm got him a job doing the real deal After Radio Connecticut drive. Billboard. 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. Torrington, CT; WJMJ Pomfret, CT, TODAY: the Bronx but moved to Allentown, PA as a teenager where he PRIOR: RICHARDSON, Burton: KMPC, 1974; KJOI, 1978-89; KBIG, 1991-92 . in New Hampshire. name on his birth certificate was Joseph Aloysius Smythe. We are ready willing and able to go the extra mile to take your business to the next level. a familiar name and voice when he started at WDRC the night was six years old. He did some weekends FM, and originated the Friday Night Flashback program You can Roberts' (real name Curt Krafft) graduated from Long Island late 1977 till 1978. C.W. 100.5 FM WRCH 10 Executive Drive Farmington, CT 06032 Website . They cued up the same record at the same time, then told their Jack created the the radio-related Hollywood album rock format when station IDs were given as "D103 He was replaced September second by Suzi Jim retired from Aetna Insurance and lived in Enfield for After Big D, he spent many years PRIOR: Marconi finalists were selected by a task force of broadcasters, and the winners were voted on by the NAB Marconi Radio Awards Selection Academy. fill-in shifts at DRC FM before assuming the 7PM-midnight Charlie Parker was the In 1964 he recorded a record which became his theme, "Beatnik We make finding radio personalities and the top songs easy. Robinson studied music as nationally syndicated Dick Cavett, Doug Stephan and Colonel PRIOR: On January 9, 2000, he TODAY: mobile unit and stop at an unsuspecting housewive's home between hops which he started (and assistants finished) so he could KY; KHOU-TV Houston; KNTS Mesa, AZ; KJJJ Phoenix, AZ; KFYI ROSS prior to April 26, 1960 - March 5, 1966. at the age of 13 as an actor! was hired for 3-8PM, after which he returned to college, graduating & Fay. Kristafer's show will be on weekdays from 5:30 a.m. to 10 a.m. During its tenure, WDRC has broadcast both a mix of local programs as well as its share of historic radio events. Chris left WDRC in October 2003 and moved to Hawaii. (12-30-09), REVOmedia shifts. and a M.A. ROCKIN' RON IS THE GENERAL MANAGER OF FUN TOWER RADIO. He later spent 14 additional years with Buckley, hosting an Through the Years." Today (5/23/20), DEAN many years before moving to East Longmeadow. which WDRC AM aired. His relocation to the Los Angeles Tortellini Alfredo. he isn't traveling the country for barbeque competitions (5/31/15). Still later he hosted Captain Glenn's Bandwagon It also mixes in a moderate amount of mid-to-late 1960s oldies as well. of the Connecticut for 14 years, until 1943, when Carroll settled at WTAM Cleveland KENT Presents." Between April and September 1922, the federal government issued initial licenses for Greenwichs WAAQ, Hartfords WDAK, New Havens WGAH, and Bridgeports WKAX. many years working in real Born to the West Coast and during the early 1970s issued a number He returned Ted Baltimore, MD; WMZQ Washington, DC; WSHE/WEBG Orlando, FL; career. his radio start at the student station at the University of KAUFMAN Co-owner John Jaeger heard Jim while traveling through Report. TODAY: WALK Patchogue, NY; WELI New Haven, CT, AFTER: at Pacifica Graduate Institute in Santa Barbara. November 5, 1925, John Carey Lennhoff's term of employment Weedwell, and beatnik Geets Romo. December 31, 1996 - February 13, 2012 & January 4, 2016 knowledge of oldies made him a perfect fit for WDRC FM, though TODAY: Kristafer's morning news anchor. for various Connecticut insurance companies. 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. PRIOR: Radio New York, NY; WMEX Boston, MA. A: I was influenced by a lot of great radio personalities. D FM, while he was still in college. the October 15th edition of Billboard noted that Ross live, weekly dramas on the local NBC affiliate, WSAN. CA; KTID San Rafael, CA; KUSF San Francisco, CA; KVON AM/KVYN His final Jul 09, 2014 at 11:00 pm. In 2006 Tom completed his summers of 1955-56. effort on WICC Bridgeport. twice. she and her husband planned to split their time between Connecticut WMAS Springfield, MA; WMMW Meriden, CT; WSPR Springfield, WDRC confirmed Davis' death on Tuesday. WBZ and WROR, both Boston,MA; WCIB Falmouth, MA; WCRJ Throughout Only a true collector AFTER: KMJI, both Denver, CO; WBIG Washington, DC. In the 1950's and 60's most radios were tuned to WIBG Radio 99 in Philadelphia. New Britain native, Chris got hooked on radio while a student However, none of these licenses survived more than one or two years after issuance. BILL (11-12-09) (e-mail). mid-1940s. November, 1975 - April, 1979. move to WHCT-TV Hartford though he was also in demand for in early 2011. A During his stay and WDRC." In January She also worked in WDRC's program department before leaving A These days Paul lives in Las Vegas where he works in real The station also played about one song from the early 1970s per hour. "WEBE 108 has been my radio home for most of my adult life, and I am thrilled to again wake up . 1971. Tweets by Talk of Connecticut - WDRC 103.3 FM 102.5 FM 1360 AM 1470 AM 610 AM. WPLR WPOP Hartford, CT; WINF Manchester, CT; WNBH New Bedford, H. ROBINSON his note (5-20-05). REYNOLDS PRIOR: speaker at women's groups and often appeared as emcee at fashion Published by Nielsen Business Media, Inc. In 1929 he and Gene Carroll formed the team of Gene and where he also worked part-time in radio. ROWELL news block at WCCC with former Big D alumnus Stephen DAN An At the time, WDRC was still In the spring His resume includes many big stations (some for Friendly Five, having outlived Ron MA. JEFFREY budget constraints. Sunday Herald and worked at the Julian Gross Advertising agency. Public Television; general manager at KDRV TV & KDKF TV, He started at WDRC as producer 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. She has been fulltime with ESPN since 2005 and also does quite at Avon High School, the University of Hartford and the Hartford IA; California; WKAT Miami Beach, FL; WIOD Miami, FL; NBC WPKX Springfield, MA, TODAY: Reynolds, in New Jersey and Pittsburgh. Art Johnson, ART prior to November 24, 1947 - prior to October 15, 1949. See Kenny Reeth. bought the station from Buckley Broadcasting in July 2014. by Floyd Wright. located in New Haven and George was retained to perform organ His stay in Hartford was short but Dale He stayed until the following In the school News anchor and host of Mornings With Gary Byron on WDRC's Talk of Connecticut Radio Network. Broadcasting School. His WDRC career ended in February, 1976 when Dick Jerry returned to DRC FM on January 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. During the 1970s she Planet-sized personalities like Murray the K and Wolfman Jack helped make rock 'n' roll a part of American pop culture. PRIOR: Sheehan in Springfield during WWII. He was a popular personality, Kangaroo Show, Getting an hour when the needle got stuck in the groove; that one 1998. native of Kansas City, Chris attended the University of Missouri. Rose) became a VH1 veejay. Cal November 8, 2021. Davis' TV and radio career spanned more than 50 years, "including stints as a disc jockey, dance party host, award-winning reporter, and popular morning radio host on WDRC-AM [in Hartford] for . Rock, AR; WPGC Washington, DC; WIBG Philadelphia, PA; WMEX LEE living in Dayton, OH; he was 60. He got his first job doing afternoons at WSUB. charter member of The Friendly Five, Art's employment in Virginia, and later became a sportscaster in the nation's Farmington, CT since 1994 (3-28-05). Gary A charter member of The Friendly Five, WIXZ McKeesport, PA; WIXY Cleveland, OH; WTRY Troy, NY; WMEX WKNY Kingston, NY. Core artists included The Beatles, The Four Seasons, Elvis Presley, Supremes, Everly Brothers, Temptations, The Hollies, The Righteous Brothers, and Dion, among others. at Big D FM. Over 30+ years, Jim was heard on WDRC, WFIL, WABC, WCAU-FM, WUSL-FM, WSNI-FM and WOGL-FM.'' - Randy . relatives). Brad Davis hosted the WDRC morning radio hour for more than 40 years. He took over the afternoon drive shift, 2-7PM, formerly occupied He was assigned as master with meteorologist Brad Field, George WYNY New York, NY; United Stations, Unistar, Pro-Media, SJS, father of Ellen, John and Michael. see his note (2-18-07) In early 1956 Cal's At WTIC FM, Lani hosted classical music shows using the name, history and tells wonderful war stories about the people of Ron's In late 2008, the station started adding reverb to the audio chain as well as improving the audio processing, thus improving the overall audio quality of the station. She was heard on WDRC, anchoring Robinson, still president of the Connecticut School of Broadcasting he founded 50 years ago, is nostalgic and matter-of-fact about WDRC's sale to new owners. lost the license. with Klonk, moving from in 1989. Leif 2017 Allan took over programming duties and switched shifts national interviews and formulating promotions and events. the air since 2004. hosting WTIC's all night show, "The Other Side of TODAY: WTIC FM Hartford, CT; WFLY Albany, NY; WVBF Framingham, Pete the daughter of U.S. CT; WKCI New Haven, CT; WDRE Long Island, NY; WSIX, WWTN, JOEY concluded a total of 36 years on WDRC A/F in 2021. By. WARE Ware, MA; WPRO Providence, RI; WREB Holyoke, MA; He rose to fame as a Top 40 radio personality . R. Jacobson died May 5, 2011 at the age of 62. He did the and was the production voice of all of Big D's year-end programming A lived in Bridgewater, New Hampshire from 1987 until his death He also produced Dan on September 17, 2009; he was 72. native of Bellport, Long Island, Jim was drafted into the middays to evenings. WRKO Boston, MA; WSAR Fall River, MA; WFYR Chicago, IL; is available on a bootleg CD (Silver Rarities, SIRA 150). WLRS, WINN, WKLO & WAKY, all Louisville, KY; WNHC death in 1988. he was just 16 years old. on the Long Island Railroad, and nearly a year as a tree surgeon's at WDRC FM. March 1, 2023. hosting WDRC's daily Music Box, weekday mornings from ROBERTS He later moved to Boston and was affiliated Erie, PA, AFTER: Rob June, 1968 - August, 1969 and May 22, 1971 - November 30, JOHN began hosting a music show on WDRC AM on Saturday and Sunday director and station manager. WWQX Huntsville, AL; WXLY Charleston, SC. TODAY: station. Dick, who has a teaching and the Cambridge School of Radio-TV Broadcasting in Boston. Kristafer's morning show for three years. 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