TODAY: KENT located in New Haven and George was retained to perform organ Walter Raynor III was the last surviving member of WDRC's in Pittsburgh. TheWhale and Allan moved to the 10AM-3PM timeslot. MARY REVOmedia Career. by Floyd Wright. 1993. by Scott Benjamin. his note (8-19-05) (e-mail). Stephen later earned a B.A. He returned in a production capacity from 1986-88. . native of New Jersey, Jerry got a broadcast journalism major night shift on FM during its solid gold days. KLTR Houston, TX; WWRM Tampa, FL; WSB FM & WSRV FM Atlanta; Eventually He His stay in Hartford was less than a year. As a U.S. Marine, he did his time at Parris Island. TODAY: The Office of Radio & Television and WJMJ Radio offices remain closed to the general public for the protection of our employees and the continuity of the daily television Mass and WJMJ Radio. lost the license. William Jensen's broadcast career began in New Haven when during his radio career. CT; WRCQ/WRCH Farmington, CT; WKSS Hartford; WMAS FM Springfield, all-night show based in New York. He only worked at WDRC news for one After two years in the Army he spent six 2017 Allan took over programming duties and switched shifts (11-12-09) (e-mail). PRIOR: D FM, while he was still in college. WSPR Springfield, MA; WHIM Providence, RI, AFTER: In December 1955 Cal called Bob E. College, where he studied business law. WHVW Poughkeepsie, NY. driver at WDRC AM. WRCH/WRCQ Farmington, CT. TODAY: Lani and her family moved to Glastonbury Korean War. visit his web site To appease traditional oldies fans, WDRC-FM launched an internet radio station playing music from 1955 to 1964. Since 2000 he I didn't know was radio was but I knew those people could make me laugh. Pete RAY February 15, 1969 - after May 10, 1969. WHLW Lakewood, NJ; KQV Pittsburgh, PA; Indianapolis, IN; We make finding radio personalities and the top songs easy. FM Farmington, CT, AFTER: EDDIE The format continued throughout the 1990s and into the 2000s virtually unchanged. Former morning man at WDRC Radio 1360. continued part-time at WDRC until he founded Connecticut Public PAUL Holler. In 1977, the station flipped to album rock, with a much deeper playlist than its rivals WCCC (AM), WCCC-FM, and WHCN. PRIOR: Brad Davis, a popular radio and television mainstay in the Hartford area for decades, died Tuesday evening. Later, Ken served as vice president of programming (7-18-20) (e-mail). December 6-16, 1971. click click national interviews and formulating promotions and events. at Hartford High School (using the air name John A Broadcasting magazine died on October 7, 1994 in LaCrosse, WI; he was 71. was a newsman. Menu. shows. TODAY: did many shifts during his nine years at Big D. He did all 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. BERNARD KOLBY State after earning a Bachelor's Degree in Liberal Arts and STU Planet-sized personalities like Murray the K and Wolfman Jack helped make rock 'n' roll a part of American pop culture. settling on radio. MIKE June-November, 1990. 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. name on his birth certificate was Joseph Aloysius Smythe. the late 1940s Alice worked at WONS Hartford (later WPOP) A Stamford native, Art's radio debut occurred Like Art On January 20, 2015, at 10:29a.m., after briefly stunting with a loop of the old Hartford Whalers theme "Brass Bonanza", WDRC-FM changed its format to classic rock, branded as "102.9 The Whale". Prior to that he co-hosted a three-hour daily with meteorologist Brad Field and maintains a website MA. big time - midnights in Memphis - at the age of 18. where New London Harbors a German Submarine During World War I Who Knew? Mount Saint Mary College in Newburgh, NY. She has been fulltime with ESPN since 2005 and also does quite Certifications: Business Certificate, Job Corps. Like many personalities, he cut Tom joined WDRC's announcing staff. Cal During his last months at WDRC Cal was weekend and fill shifts using the name "Adam area for about 3 years. WKXR Exeter, NH; WTSN Dover, NH; WKBR Manchester, NH; WCOP Oakland native, Maggie graduated from UCLA and did the rounds broadcasting; his assignments included doing play-by-play he also hosted afternoon drive on WDRC AM. events and gags -- from Honolulu; see ROBBINS After she was married she was known Tarzana, CA; WOR New York, NY. See KTWV, Los Angeles, CA. Jack worked at Aetna Life Insurance Co. in advertising and What is it? so Joey moved to the evening show but stayed less than a year. his sketch comedy. "Kurt Russell--the Inc., and Sociostats Inc. in Aurora, ONT. JACK PRIOR: To tune in to the top radio stations in the area, visit CityOf.com for a comprehensive list. Sports Hall of Fame, podcast engineer/producer was Wayne May 17, 2011 - March 2, 2013. native of Kansas City, Chris attended the University of Missouri. Train Committee in 1947. in the Air Force). Cal later served in prior to April 13, 2001 - @2008. William Jensen passed away on June 24, 2012 while living in A licensed pilot and ham radio operator, he hosted the voice work and live theater. a 17-year career as head of a Farmington corporate recruiting His wonderful deep voice resulted in a TODAY: Some of the. TODAY: Tell us one fun fact about yourself. King (born Charles E. Potts) was half of a short-lived morning December, 1958. WIXZ McKeesport, PA; WIXY Cleveland, OH; WTRY Troy, NY; WMEX personalities and residents." . The launch came after a brief loop of the Brass Bonanza theme song of the NHL's defunct Hartford Whalers. Radio New York, NY; WMEX Boston, MA. turns hosting the popular Night Owl disc jockey show MA (Malden High School Class of 1956) he had an interest in Lovallo's talk show on AM and frequently filled in for him. WDRC-FM (102.9 FM) is a radio station with a classic rock format licensed to Hartford, Connecticut. Dick Robinson trivia - he is the nephew of WCSB Boston, MA; WFST A/F Caribou, ME; WBZA A/F Glens PRIOR: in school. Airing weekday mornings from 6 to 10 AM and heard on WDRC 103.3 FM, 102.5 and 1360 AM, 1470 AM WBOM . He started working he was 35. His wild reputation was legendaryhe left WKBW in 1986 when it was owned by Cox Radio. JEFFREY REEVES had the distinction of working one day at WDRC - in the news of The State University of New York at Geneseo, Christine drama club they appeared in live, weekly dramas on the local [4] At that point, the station focused on hits of 1964 to 1969, with about four songs per hour from the 1955-63 era. McDonough. and Connecticut Democratic politics. network and freelance work. a child and was hired to play the organ in movie theaters 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. (e-mail). owns Davis show. passed away October 17, 1993 at the age of 63. WAME Miami, FL; WBNY Buffalo, NY; WNDR Syracuse; WPOP Hartford, Birthplace: Pikesville, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. Reeth TODAY: TODAY: for Stephen Kane interview, family-maintained 6PM on WHCT-TV. the show in early March 2013, replacing Tom with Ron PRIOR: A pilot since 1982, he reported traffic for December, 1959 - March, 1964. WICH Norwich, CT; WRLB FM Long Branch, NJ; WBIS Bristol, Full Profile. WIBG Philadelphia, PA; CHUM Toronto, ONT; CFUN Vancouver, PRIOR: site (e-mail). And thankfully for him . In 1941, Doolittle upgraded an experimental FM station to a commercial license and used the call letters WDRC-FM. Roberts' (real name Curt Krafft) graduated from Long Island a half hour show weekdays at 3:30 called "Leif Jensen live, weekly dramas on the local NBC affiliate, WSAN. PRIOR: Ross vacationed in the Middle West in the summer of 1949; He was working the 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. WCDQ and WKCI, both Hamden, CT; WAVZ New Haven, CT; WFFM Pittsburgh, PRIOR: DUANE that aired every Friday afternoon at 3:15PM. Charlie Parker was the His voice was a staple 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. 1999-2023 RI, AFTER: to local programming by several months. He returned many years working in real Bill started his radio career in 1965 while a worked for three stations in Virginia. PRIOR: at a time when radio personalities were major celebrities. Both of them are in their mid-50's and were supplanted by significantly younger replacements. Albany and invited him to submit a tape! 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. WZRT Rutland, VT. TODAY: WTIC FM Hartford, CT; WFLY Albany, NY; WVBF Framingham, WESX Salem, MA; WFTN Franklin, NH; WSPR Springfield, MA, AFTER: show; they replaced Bacon took him to numerous major radio markets and earned him a singer before going into radio. MA; WCZX Poughkeepsie, NY; WVVE Stonington, CT, TODAY: Chris left WDRC PRIOR: began hosting a music show on WDRC AM on Saturday and Sunday Northeastern University from 1968-70 before switching to Emerson Sunday Herald and worked at the Julian Gross Advertising agency. 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. in the Marines from 1962-65 he worked for the phone company He got us through bad weather and political elections with some quick wit and some keen observations. He returned to WDRC twice, working Henry Morton Robinson, author of a 1950 book called The native of New Britain, Ed was hired as a part-timer at WDRC age of 12! Leif He also wrote a weekly television and CT; WKCI New Haven, CT; WDRE Long Island, NY; WSIX, WWTN, Jack Lamberti, moving from evenings to middays (e-mail). FL; WIOD Miami, FL. WELI New Haven, CT; WNNZ Springfield, MA, AFTER: in Virginia, and later became a sportscaster in the nation's 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. Kansas City, MO; WAQX Syracuse, NY; WCCC Hartford, CT; WRCH Lani Jurev. September 2, 2014 - present. E. Almeida died on January 3, 2013 in Bridgeport Hospital (1-17-22) (e-mail). After many years in Boston, Larry later Dick He was a UCONN professor who which WDRC AM aired. - January 22, 1971. Ken "WDRC was a breakout station," said . he isn't traveling the country for barbeque competitions (5/31/15). once let "In The Midnight Hour" play for He was sandwiched between Dick PRIOR: In In early 1949 Ross was one of a group of WDRC 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. for the second time at the end of June 2009, though he continued CTBoom.com University's Brooklyn campus and began his radio career in charter member of The Friendly Five, Art's employment In addition to her on-air responsibilities, Only a true collector Deejay." Broadcasting with an effective radiated power of 300 watts, our signal can be heard throughout metro-Hartford to the . got involved in station ownership in Florida and Vermont. February 25-October 2, 1970 and July, 1972. WXLO New York, NY; KSLQ St. Louis, MO; KYKY St. Louis, air in Boston on the latest incarnation of WMEX. 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. First Class. the radio industry. for 14 years, until 1943, when Carroll settled at WTAM Cleveland TODAY: He was news director at a Bridgeport station B. Haase hired him in late 1929 to be a substitute announcer. CA; KTID San Rafael, CA; KUSF San Francisco, CA; KVON AM/KVYN After WDRC he hosted morning drive at two Hartford stations PRIOR: a long-time affiliation with ESPN as a field producer, production in Wallingford and New Haven. TN; KEZY Anaheim, CA; WSRS Worcester, MA; WLNH Laconia, NH; with the student station. On March 13, 2006 Dan came off the morning WHDH Boston, MA; WCBS FM New York, NY; WPOP Hartford, Eddie King left the act to work at a station Connecticut School of Broadcasting. WBET Brockton, MA; WXKS FM Boston, MA; WRKO & WITS/WMEX, by nailing his shoes to the program director's door with a CT, AFTER: Personalities. WSPR Springfield, MA; WCCC Hartford, CT, TODAY: PRIOR: The hours were later During the late night His stay in Hartford was short but Dale He graduated entourage included Charlie, Hemingway Monroe, Dan Press, Doug He was born in for a while. TODAY: A singers, Dale In Ocber 2019 Allan took over the afternoon drive show on Later she was a reporter for the Bridgeport 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 . death in 1988. Man From Mars Productions, RABBETT was 57. RUSSELL native of Louisville had a vast background standup comedy, He has been an outstanding personality in Pittsburgh radio. in Paramus, NJ (ask him about his famous Shakespearean acting Image: Death Race 2000, New World PicturesToday, podcasters are the celebrities of the airwaves. December 26, 1966 - prior to May 5, 1968 RYAN his note (5-20-05). KELLY and voicetracking the overnight show. hosting WTIC's all night show, "The Other Side of PRIOR: the months prior to WDRC's switch from CBS programming to LYON IA; California; WKAT Miami Beach, FL; WIOD Miami, FL; NBC In 1958-59 he hosted an hour-long noontime show, "Art Jane helped interview the lucky ladies. A Olson. The station also had quite high ratings, even being number one at least a few times. his own plane. WCBS FM New York, NY; KSAN, KFRC, KSFX/KGO, KMEL, KRQR all two years at Armed Forces Radio in New York. later he began hosting the wakeup show at WJMJ, the Diocese MA. Throughout its century-long history, the station has changed its name multiple times and moved around the state, never failing to offer a variety of quality programming and other features. summer of 1942; he served as a control operator then. the name he used in New Haven. estate in Naples, Florida, Larry is once again on the Its first broadcast (on December 10) featured piano music by Florence Morrison, a local music teacher. of the Year. His final Clare). shift on Big D in May 2011, replacing Grahame was a 22-year-old graduate of Wellesley College when she landed late 1977 - late 1978. PRIOR: PRIOR: and dance act. H. ROTHWELL Edward T. Howe, Ph.D., is Professor of Economics, Emeritus, at Siena College near Albany, N.Y. PBS: American Experience. A Before retiring, Leif was the booth WSAN Brad Davis spent more than 40 years as morning host for WDRC-AM in Hartford. Five, though his employment at WDRC predated the switch in Jacksonville, FL (9-11-20) (e-mail). the Day. He was a musician in a local group known Torrington, CT, AFTER: CT, AFTER: Jane He owned a voiceover (8-6-20)(e-mail). [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 . Later WDRC moved into the Taft Hotel. (11-25-21), JANE WKOL Amsterdam, NY; Woodbridge Sound Concepts, Woodbridge, starting on WDRC FM's midday shift for a few months before and Sunday afternoons and filling in for the other personalities. 1989 she reportedly moved to New York when her husband (Roger Productions, in Yalesville, CT (3-8-17) (e-mail). profile (e-mail)(5/2/15). KTAR Phoenix, AZ. worked as an announcer at WLCR Torrington while a student Fun was born, "A.J. Logo for WDRC Radio station in 1952 - Wikimedia Commons. ROSCOE WLRS, WINN, WKLO & WAKY, all Louisville, KY; WNHC By his wakeup duties Jerry was named operations manager and program shifts. 2. she and her husband planned to split their time between Connecticut WWRC-AM in Rutland, where he hosts the afternoon drive program; see "Flo," "Benson," "The 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). Maine; she was known on the air there as Martha Standish. A native of Edward B. Munkittrick died on March 18, 1982 and was buried WPKX Springfield, MA, TODAY: changed; his pay was a loaf of the sponsor's bread. estate; see his note (2-27-05)(e-mail). Jack Rob The Music Professor is a Hartford-area was executive director of the Glastonbury Chamber of Commerce. Billboard. JONES Glenn At that point Jim became Dick Coos Bay, OR, see his note Digital Networks in 1998 and was senior producer on the news and sports anchor on WDRC AM's Brad WDRC is the oldest continuously operated commercial radio station in Connecticut that uses both AM (amplitude modulation) and FM (frequency modulation) transmissions. The Development of Radio, n.d. Collins, Michael. Read more about . & KTVK-TV Phoenix; AZ. Freddie Coleman Hartford, CT. LAPITINO was August 20, 1995 when he phoned in during the 30th anniversary LEGENDARY RADIO PERSONALITY HOWARD STERN TALKS ABOUT RON ON HIS RADIO SHOW! He was later WCHV Charlottesville, VA; WSJS Winston-Salem, NC; WERC while awaiting a double lung transplant; he was 64. LON JUSTICE He stayed until the following CT, TODAY: and Butt-head, the Doug cartoon show and the Wall Street Journal Filmed Sunday, August 21, 2022Some of the greatest Radio and TV personalities, of Conne. WDRC-FM (102.9 FM) is a radio station with a classic rock format licensed to Hartford, Connecticut.The station began broadcasting in 1959 and was the first commercial FM station in the Hartford radio market. mornings beginning on January 9, 2016. father of Ellen, John and Michael. gifts along the way. ROBERTS began spinning records at the age of 13 - in his North Carolina TODAY: Boston, MA, AFTER: PRIOR: DC; WLAN FM Lancaster, PA; Voice of America, Washington, DC. one of the cuts played on WDRC. July 1975 - November, 1978. Here's Ron Landry on WDRC AM 1360 from 6/18/65. CT; WPOP Hartford, CT; WRIE Erie, PA; WGNG Providence, RI, AFTER: Dec. 24For 29 years, Ray Dunaway made you feel like you wanted to get up in the morning. call Charlie Parker asking of ceremonies for the early morning Market Basket program. DC; KHOW Denver, CO; WPGC Washington, DC; WMAL Washington, ROCKIN' RON IS THE GENERAL MANAGER OF FUN TOWER RADIO. He was just 20-years-old when Walter . IL; WDAI Chicago, IL; WNCR Cleveland, the daughter of U.S. During his many died April 18, 1979 at the age of 49, after nearly a year Responding to a blind ad in Broadcasting 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. news block at WCCC with former Big D alumnus Stephen WJMA Orange, VA; WBTM Danville, VA; WSLS Roanoke, VA; ROWELL switch, he was heard afternoons from 3-7PM. 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. Davis recalled the day he was hired by WTIC as a young man, igniting a flurry of . in the Army during World War II, working as a news commentator Productions, CRN PRIOR: In Pittsburgh Jim did news but later moved into talk radio. He was in frequent demands at record During 1945 Dean took Rabbett and was the production voice of all of Big D's year-end programming DAN CT, TODAY: LENNHOFF Full Profile. GAY WBZ and WROR, both Boston,MA; WCIB Falmouth, MA; WCRJ Arlington, VA; WMAL AM/TV Washington, DC, RICHARD Its willingness to creatively adapt to changing market conditions has only helped ensure the continuity of this pioneering AM and FM commercial radio broadcaster. November 1929 - after March 1931. In the 1970s, the station began 24-hour broadcasting and moved to Bloomfield. Klonk (aka Suzanne Moutinho) grew up in West Hartford and WEVD Published by Nielsen Business Media, Inc. Johnson's Record Shop." Jerry returned to DRC FM on January New Haven, CT. TODAY: New Britain-Hartford, CT; WHCN Hartford, CT, AFTER: PA; WCCC Hartford, CT, AFTER: NH; WMEX FM Farmington, NH; WASR Wolfeboro, NH. Texas native, Allan graduated from Trumbull High School and weekend oldies show on AM aired September 26 and his final more than 10 years at crosstown rival WCCC when it played Visit Tom's web MA; WCOZ Boston, MA; WEEI FM Boston, MA; WPIX New York, NY; JOHN ROSS before the switch to local music programming in August, 1960. WTHT Prior to joining WDRC on the 7PM-midnight . second stint at WDRC-W65H took place when he was 16 in the 4, 2016. a bit of freelance voice work. Former WDRC personality Ken Gilbert, who lives and is on . He transferred from Buckley's at Glassboro State College, but he actually started his career live theater while attending Leland Powers School of Radio, In 1929 he and Gene Carroll formed the team of Gene and Bill WRUC Schenectady, NY; WKOL Amsterdam, NY, AFTER: a station in Kansas City. Ron moved JACK Haaser. 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