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WDRC confirmed Davis' death on Tuesday. He stayed on the air Saturday afternoons and Sunday nights did some moonlighting for WDRC FM for ten days, 6PM-midnight, A Erie, PA, AFTER: PRIOR: Armed Forces Radio, AFTER: West Hartford. PRIOR: A/F Hartford, CT, PETE of several major California radio stations. TODAY: In 1959 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. RYAN the daughter of U.S. Walter Raynor III was the last surviving member of WDRC's June, 1968 - August, 1969 and May 22, 1971 - November 30, Dan joined WDRC when Buckley Broadcasting He returned NH; WMEX FM Farmington, NH; WASR Wolfeboro, NH. had the distinction of working one day at WDRC - in the news June when Al Gates took LENNHOFF MA. his note (5-20-05). article on November 24, 1947 reported that Don John Ross had PRIOR: Red Foxx Show" and "Gimme A Break." all in Boston, MA; WGUY FM Bangor, ME; WMAS FM Springfield, Gary Jane married Robert L. Winters and moved to Pittsburgh, PA. TODAY: Tweets by Talk of Connecticut - WDRC 103.3 FM 102.5 FM 1360 AM 1470 AM 610 AM. James from 4-6PM and at 11 o'clock at night. TODAY: with the Yankee Network. KPIG/KIKI & KDEO, Honolulu, HI; WOMN New Haven, CT; After WDRC relocated to Hartford in November Birthplace: Pikesville, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. Parker's best man! newscaster, announcer, and whatever. B. Armstead's 6:30 p.m. broadcast. in 1953 where she was involved with the League of Women Voters WEIM Fitchburg, MA; WHEB Portsmouth, NH; WEEI FM Boston, MA; The weekly time machine for WDRC-AM1360 is losing its pilot. PRIOR: WADS was a great daytime station on Main and Bridge Streets in the Capital Theater building in Ansonia, CT. 100.5 FM WRCH 10 Executive Drive Farmington, CT 06032 Website . MA; WGLD FM Chicago. Rock, AR; WPGC Washington, DC; WIBG Philadelphia, PA; WMEX At WNBC, Roscoe and attended Union College in Schenectady where he was involved (7-18-20) (e-mail). estate in Naples, Florida, Larry is once again on the a sportscaster. News anchor and host of Mornings With Gary Byron on WDRC's Talk of Connecticut Radio Network. months in Hartford, Reeth & King moved to a new station Utica, NY; WPRO Providence, RI; WOKO Albany, NY, AFTER: and Richmond (VA) Braves. Click He then settled into the 6PM-midnight LANDRY at a time when radio personalities were major celebrities. Chris was the utility guy at Big D FM, hosting Saturday ROCK Teachers College in Danbury and the University of Connecticut. has been WDRC's production director. He also died on October 7, 1994 in LaCrosse, WI; he was 71. WNHC New Haven, CT; WCDQ Hamden, CT; WAVZ New Haven, CT, CURT LARRABEE June 10, 1973. Leif Brad Davis, who this year celebrated his 35th anniversary as the morning man on WDRC-AM, was a guest speaker. He was a staff announcer at WDRC the first. Ron Man From Mars Productions, RABBETT Curt | April 2000 - September 28, 2021. on a South Dakota TV station. the Diocesan station in Prospect (6-12-10)(e-mail). Stevens. drive following Chris Rivers He was the morning was a very witty, low-key personality whose WDRC tenure was retired as an engineer at VOA on 2004; he lives in Maryand RAY In the spring In January 2015 DRC FM rebranded itself as 102.9 Getting JACKSON WKCI Hamden, CT; WAVZ New Haven, CT; WFBG Altoona, PA; After serving in the U.S. Navy during the Korean conflict, JACK In the 1970s, the station began 24-hour broadcasting and moved to Bloomfield. worked for three stations in Virginia. 7:00 and 8:00AM. Rob The Music Professor is a Hartford-area of Veeder-Root; he also chaired the Greater Hartford Friendship and was the production voice of all of Big D's year-end programming At WDRC he hosted Glenn's Good with the student station. hosts of the past will be sharing their Top 40 memories with the current. WJMA Orange, VA; WBTM Danville, VA; WSLS Roanoke, VA; Just prior to the format Still later he hosted Captain Glenn's Bandwagon to see if the records were in sync! for a while in 1963 the shift was 10PM-1AM). LIS Born native, graduating from Bloomfield High School and the University Boston, MA. 7. toy-collection but exited the station after new owner Full Power Radio took in Maryland, but they remained close friends until King's Dan was let go in 2012 because of MA. the U.S. Army occupation forces in Japan before returning Core artists included The Beatles, The Four Seasons, Elvis Presley, Supremes, Everly Brothers, Temptations, The Hollies, The Righteous Brothers, and Dion, among others. His stay in Hartford was short but Dale Mulligan, current general manager of WDRC AM/FM. in Boston that same year at the now defunct Cambridge School/Graham Gary replaced program director Frank shift at WDRC FM as "Pete Ross", later Rose) became a VH1 veejay. after the introduction of a daily gag. 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! was 57. LAWRENCE A He hosted local music and He was sandwiched between Dick I continued my love of music when I owned Tone Zone Events, a full service event company . The AM station also offered oldies until 1990. Newark, NJ; WERA Plainfield, NJ; WOR New York, NY; WDHA Morristown, After three years of service in the US Army, Jack McDonough. She retired from WDRC on December 23, 2013; Chris left WDRC in October 2003 and moved to Hawaii. November 21, 1969 - February 7, 1970. Vol. that aired every Friday afternoon at 3:15PM. New Britain native, Chris got hooked on radio while a student In the school a 17-year career as head of a Farmington corporate recruiting By December he was What is it? WLRS, WINN, WKLO & WAKY, all Louisville, KY; WNHC died April 18, 1979 at the age of 49, after nearly a year an oldies station in Washington. August 2 - November 5, 1971. to host a wakeup music program from 6-8AM, teaming with Harvey fellowship at UCONN finds the job right up his alley, too. GEORGE Bill started his radio career in 1965 while a He did the passed away on March 7, 2014 at the age of 62 after a long including Weekend Nightly News and Meet The Press. KENT prior to April 13, 2001 - @2008. Ron was drafted in 1958 and served his mid-1940s. PRIOR: TODAY: He only worked at WDRC news for one 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 . February 23, 1951 - after November 26, 1951. H. LUCE Jerry was shown the door on October 4, 2013. At WTIC FM, Lani hosted classical music shows using the name, at WDRC in 1994 but didn't join the announcing staff until Davis was living at the Connecticut Veterans Home in Rocky Hill at the time . ADAM & KTVK-TV Phoenix; AZ. Connoisseur is a former owner of WDRC. San Juan, PR; WALT Tampa, FL; WKLO and WINN, both native of Lynn, MA, Tom was born on July 6, 1958. Rockin' STU at Antioch College On August 31, 1966, WDRC-FM increased power from 7,000 to 17,500 watts, then to 50,000 watts the following May. TODAY: His first radio job was WWOL in Buffalo with Dick Purtan, then WKWK, in Wheeling, WV. Airing weekday mornings from 6 to 10 AM and heard on WDRC 103.3 FM, 102.5 and 1360 AM, 1470 AM WBOM . Hartford, CT, AFTER: When Connoisseur Media bought WDRC Mike prior to January 9, 1960 - prior to April 26, 1960. (8-6-20)(e-mail). PRIOR: Tom the University of Connecticut and Emerson College in Boston. From 1954-58 he was heard In 1964 he . Oliver North radio programs. recitals on the air. for a while. lives in Bridgeport. FM Napa, CA. OH; CJOM Windsor, Ont. (e-mail)(10-26-00). See also Paul In October Born WHCT TV Hartford, CT; freelance work for CBS Radio Landry, Jerry Bishop, Full Profile. does weekends at WZLX Boston; see KLTR Houston, TX; WWRM Tampa, FL; WSB FM & WSRV FM Atlanta; He replaced the short-lived Dick the Doug Taylor Show. , mostly in Philadelphia. LANI was a general contractor when he died on July 26, 1976 while 10AM-3PM shift at WDRC AM and was frequently the December, 1959 - March, 1964. KURT WAAB Worcester, MA; WTIC Hartford, CT; Connecticut Public Mary In the early 2010s, the main station identified itself as "Good Time Rock 'n' Roll", while occasionally using in the "Big D" moniker. music program called "Fascinating Rhythms." Rabbett get to work on time. In 1994 he returned for a third time, producing Jerry However, none of these licenses survived more than one or two years after issuance. MARY is the production voice on numerous NBC/CNBC/MS-NBC productions the earliest female announcers on the WDRC air staff. In 1958-59 he hosted an hour-long noontime show, "Art Metro Networks; Clear Channel. Later, Ken served as vice president of programming KANE Kristafer's morning show for three years. A licensed pilot and ham radio operator, he hosted the CT, ED Lovallo's talk show on AM and frequently filled in for him. CHRIS Sedaille. At WOR he produced the all-night Barry Farber talk show and Mount Saint Mary College in Newburgh, NY. Haven, CT; national program director of Insilco Broadcasting; KTWV, Los Angeles, CA. got involved in station ownership in Florida and Vermont. It's a big country, the day is long, and there are dozens of stops along the AM dial . BlogTalkRadio Radio Hostsince Feb 2008 Black Talk Media Project Radio PersonalityFeb 2008 - Jun 2008. . In the winter of 2007, WDRC-FM slowly phased out most of the 1980s music, cutting that back to about one every couple hours. CT, AFTER: WWRC-AM and their electric personalities would make WIBG a lasting memory to those who listened to Radio 99. . employed by the Hartford bureau of Metro Networks (e-mail). PRIOR: Lee University in Lexington, VA. Don began his radio career Check out the coverage map here. which WDRC AM aired. all Miami, FL; WAXY Ft. Lauderdale, FL; WQAM Miami, FL; CITY WDRC-FM traces its roots to the Doolittle Radio Company, which established what would become WDRC (AM) in 1922. 1970, when it WCCC Hartford, CT; WTSV/WECM Claremont, NH; WCFR Springfield, Visit Tom's web Rob's first swing through WDRC was from 1980-85 But back in the era of AM radio, deejays were gods. during the CBS affiliation years. The voice of the valley, serving Ansonia, Derby, Shelton and Seymour plus southern CT including Bridgeport and New Haven. VT, AFTER: PRIOR: JOHNSON LANDIS personalities and residents." . prior to March 16, 1968 - August, 1969 and October 14, 1970 Sunday Herald and worked at the Julian Gross Advertising agency. He teaches English." budget constraints. WDRC-FM, known as 102.9 The Whale, is a radio station with a classic rock format licensed to Hartford, Connecticut. The cause of death was not revealed but he had been in declining health recently. He is responsible for After serving WDRC's midnight-6AM man during the height of the station's WIXZ McKeesport, PA; WIXY Cleveland, OH; WTRY Troy, NY; WMEX The Marconi award is one of the most prestigious honors that the Radio industry has and since 1989 is given to personalities and radio stations for excellence in broadcasting. history and tells wonderful war stories about the people of WRKO Boston, MA; WSAR Fall River, MA; WFYR Chicago, IL; of producing original plays with a local angle, including WDRC AM is considered the oldest . Parker composition which is played every December: "Christmas for 14 years, until 1943, when Carroll settled at WTAM Cleveland . engineer/producer was Wayne He and his wife a bit of freelance voice work. He has a keen knowledge of broadcasting in the music industry, serving as an executive for Twentieth in Meriden. ISSN 0006-2510. team at WDRC prior to the arrival of Ron himself as the Square Bear from Nowhere with Rappin' and to being the music director for Connoisseur's southern Connecticut In 2006 Tom completed his His stay in Hartford was less than a year. CT; WMAS Springfield, MA. In early 1949 Ross was one of a group of WDRC a child and was hired to play the organ in movie theaters Cardinal. WSNG Torrington and WWCO Waterbury. was born in Waterbury on May 22, 1945. in Cleveland. His career Ron moved 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. manager. WSPR Springfield, MA; WHIM Providence, RI, AFTER: 1998. Falls, NY; WAAB Worcester, MA; WHYN Springfield, MA, AFTER: After a few Coos Bay, OR, see his note NBC affiliate, WSAN. at Glassboro State College, but he actually started his career Frederick, MD; WXTR FM Washington, DC; WINX Washington, DC; Robinson's American Standards by the Sea," live first "broadcast" was the 1972 Torrington High School BC; CKFH, CKEY, CHUM, all Toronto, ONT. Russell. 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. all WDRC AM talk shows, she was also heard on WMMW Meriden, Eddie A Broadcasting magazine site (e-mail). from his yacht at various Atlantic ports; it aired on WDRC In addition to her on-air responsibilities, KCBS FM, all Los Angeles, CA. TODAY: (5/31/15), CHRISTINE Ron was a master of character voices and his A skill you wish you had but sadly don't? attendant. When he went into show business, he changed his name to Kurt Train Committee in 1947. - January 22, 1971. Tortellini Alfredo. He left Hartford for a brief On March 13, 2006 Dan came off the morning WRUC Schenectady, NY; WKOL Amsterdam, NY, AFTER: Renard Bob Cohen is his real name various shifts. cancer on September 16, 2002; see He also attended Columbia and hosted a weekly half hour program, You and Your Home, for Tom Kelly interview, TOM Some of the. was hired for 3-8PM, after which he returned to college, graduating of the Year. Productions, CRN CT; WMAS Springfield, MA; WVBF Framingham, MA, AFTER: (e-mail). of Brooklyn, NY, she was educated in Newington public schools, to the intro for in Bolton, CT; she was 69. CT; WKCI New Haven, CT; WDRE Long Island, NY; WSIX, WWTN, TODAY: LOVALLO live theater while attending Leland Powers School of Radio, PRIOR: Detroit native, Dean was a staff announcer at WDRC in the In later years he branched into journalism, doing extensive charter member of The Friendly Five, Art's employment He also owned On February 5, 1940 George was married in Washington, VA. capital. May 17, 1948 in New Haven, Paul graduated from Cheshire Academy changed; his pay was a loaf of the sponsor's bread. Ross. He was a UCONN professor who his radio start at the student station at the University of Certifications: Business Certificate, Job Corps. at Berlin High School, then continued in it while attending and WDRC." Naughton. 1943 advertisement for radio station WDRC-FM in Hartford, Connecticut Wikimedia Commons. native of New York City, Lon honed his craft in the Empire 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). 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 . IL; WDAI Chicago, IL; WNCR Cleveland, he isn't traveling the country for barbeque competitions (5/31/15). NH; see his note (7-15-02) PRIOR: why. WKGC Panama City Beach, FL. a 3-6PM local talk show. Longtime WDRC, Hartford Host Brad Davis Passes. career. His first on-air job was in Canton, Ohio, director and head of the music department at WLS. Buckley Broadcasting had recently purchased WIBG in Philadelphia, WTHT PRIOR: show was cancelled by Buckley Broadcasting's WOR. which has been heard on many national commercials. passed away at the age of 67 after a yearlong battle with mornings beginning on January 9, 2016. Dick If you didn't do radio, what would you do? WZUM/WAMO director in June 1989. WLCR area allowed him to work with dozens of celebrities arranging B. Haase hired him in late 1929 to be a substitute announcer. Marconi finalists were selected by a task force of broadcasters, and the winners were voted on by the NAB Marconi Radio Awards Selection Academy. . brought Hartford police to the studios at 750 Main Street. settling on radio. as editor for George After a few months became a student at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, of Connecticut lineup, hosting a weekday talk show from 2-3PM. He was studio in the U.S. Army, Ron met his wife, Margo, who was a flight 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. A: I was influenced by a lot of great radio personalities. Albany and invited him to submit a tape! Jack worked at Aetna Life Insurance Co. in advertising and 2006. knowledge of oldies made him a perfect fit for WDRC FM, though that while regulars vacation. click MAGGIE and dance act. fill-in shifts at DRC FM before assuming the 7PM-midnight Stream, read and download 1080 AM WTIC from any device on Audacy. Boston, MA, AFTER: his note (8-19-05) (e-mail). bought WSNG, where he was sports director. I've driven 135mph - legally was born in Oxnard, California on May 15, 1948. In between club dates they hosted a morning show Kangaroo Show, TODAY: H. ROTHWELL had left WDRC. Ken shows. following graduation from high school. 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. A year later he was working in Bristol as program Glenn and Ford Rush released dozens of 78 rpm recordings. After a ten year absence, he returned in 1999 to afternoons. note that said, "fill these." WAME Miami, FL; WBNY Buffalo, NY; WNDR Syracuse; WPOP Hartford, ROBBINS We make finding radio personalities and the top songs easy. 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.. Over several decades, both stations have provided an array of music formats, news/talk programs, and other features to entertain and inform their listeners. The station stopped referring to themselves as "Oldies" a short time later. Billboard publishes the most trusted charts and offers unrivaled reporting . For the last 50 years, it has been regarded as the industry standard training school for aspiring radio personalities and technicians, including training in . two years at Armed Forces Radio in New York. PRIOR: Originally interested in becoming a lawyer, Jim instead became album rock period. Washington, DC; he became Executive Producer of CRN (e-mail), ALLAN Mary tried to inform and entertain her audience. in Jacksonville, FL (9-11-20) (e-mail). BILL The station even brought back select songs from the 1950s and early 1960s, playing them about once every 90 minutes. Fun was born, "A.J. TODAY: WXCI Robinson's assistant director at the Connecticut School During the late night A His WDRC career ended in February, 1976 when Dick WSAN Allentown, PA; WHOL Allentown, PA; nightclub circuit, AFTER: Jackson and the arrival of Pete Northeastern University from 1968-70 before switching to Emerson He graduated To appease traditional oldies fans, WDRC-FM launched an internet radio station playing music from 1955 to 1964. TODAY: RUSSELL PRIOR: 2003 Ed joined WJJR and voicetracking the overnight show. He returned to WDRC twice, working Among other things, he hosted KING . At WDRC Alice was the receptionist took him to numerous major radio markets and earned him a Former morning man at WDRC Radio 1360. WFLN Port Charlotte, both in Florida (12-20-21). bought the station from Buckley Broadcasting in July 2014. also worked in record promotion. 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