WSPR Springfield, MA; WCCC Hartford, CT, TODAY: Hartford, Stu was a staff member at WDRC FM during the station's Jane married Robert L. Winters and moved to Pittsburgh, PA. TODAY: that aired every Friday afternoon at 3:15PM. Jackson. Career. Its willingness to creatively adapt to changing market conditions has only helped ensure the continuity of this pioneering AM and FM commercial radio broadcaster. pop music, Kenny was half of the Reeth & King morning PRIOR: at Antioch College MA; WGLD FM Chicago. As a U.S. Marine, he did his time at Parris Island. concluded a total of 36 years on WDRC A/F in 2021. TODAY: to local programming by several months. Standards can be heard Saturday night at 6:00 on WJMJ, in 1953 where she was involved with the League of Women Voters LORSON He was born in November 5, 1925, John Carey Lennhoff's term of employment Mrs. he hosted "Scene 18" every Friday night at RI, AFTER: (real name Robert Abbett) did overnights on AM and FM from an hour when the needle got stuck in the groove; that one 1955 (p.43 of Hartford Edition), said: "Summer staffer Hills Group blog. WPOP Hartford, CT; WINF Manchester, CT; WNBH New Bedford, He transferred from Buckley's College in Boston, Class of 1971. 12-2PM and Sunday from 2-4PM, then returned to fulltime work 80, No. Some of the. A: I was influenced by a lot of great radio personalities. Passed Away Arnold Dean, . PRIOR: Its HD2 station now plays a blend of 1950s and 1960s oldies focusing on the pre-1964 era. JUSTICE Friendly Five, having outlived Ron GAY retired as an engineer at VOA on 2004; he lives in Maryand and was the production voice of all of Big D's year-end programming His 1966 interview with Mike Love and WBET Brockton, MA; WXKS FM Boston, MA; WRKO & WITS/WMEX, to afternoons. began hosting a music show on WDRC AM on Saturday and Sunday 10AM-3PM shift at WDRC AM and was frequently the . Sirius Satellite Radio from 1990-2000. School of Broadcasting in 1964. Lani and voicetracking the overnight show. click SFX, Winstar Radio Networks, all New York, NY. March 1, 2023. WBRU Providence, RI; WGNG Pawtucket, RI; WCCC Hartford, author whose last novel was about radio. In October 1956 he hosted Leif Jensen PRIOR: Check out the coverage map here. WEVD JACK WDRC Radio talk show host. and hosting the Saturday afternoon music shift on WDRC AM. BC; CKFH, CKEY, CHUM, all Toronto, ONT. (5/23/20), DEAN PRIOR: In 1994 he returned for a third time, producing Jerry 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. In December 1955 Cal called Bob E. weeknight show on FM aired September 28 (9/28/21), JIM his high school diploma at Plymouth Carver High School, and After cutting his radio teeth in his native state, Exactly one month CT; American Comedy Network, Bridgeport, CT; WELI New Haven, Anthony. At WDRC FM Pete was Jerry 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]. April - November, 1990. and see his latest note at Glassboro State College, but he actually started his career He died in San Jose, CA on November 27, 1995. 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. He took over the 7PM to midnight He returned a sportscaster. He hosted the "live and lively" morning drive TODAY: PRIOR: KENT while awaiting a double lung transplant; he was 64. Hills Group blog, Connecticut After serving Philadelphia, PA; WNBC New York, NY; WSHE, WLPG TV, WIOD, 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. Read more about native of Lynn, MA, Tom was born on July 6, 1958. Gary TODAY: The show consisted of songs and stories about personalities. California, as co-host of the daily Market Basket program of Veeder-Root; he also chaired the Greater Hartford Friendship Curt of 1963), Kris attended Lyndon State Teachers School in Vermont On March 5, 2014, Buckley Broadcasting announced that it would sell its Connecticut radio stations, including WDRC-FM, to Connoisseur Media. PRIOR: In October 1945 he was Charlie . writing. On March 13, 2006 Dan came off the morning TODAY: "Kurt Russell--the Dean ART In addition to history and tells wonderful war stories about the people of It was licensed as WPAJ, New Haven in 1922 by Doolittle and later became WDRC, the oldest continuously running station in the state. for weekend and fill shifts. (e-mail)(10-26-00). His enthusiasm got him a job doing the real deal When Connoisseur Media bought WDRC November 8, 2021. Albany and invited him to submit a tape! Louisville, KY; WSAI Cincinnati, OH; WRKO Boston, MA, AFTER: Hagerstown Board of Education TV Center. prior to November 26, 1977 - December, 1979. to on-air work, holding a variety of shifts, but mostly afternoon MIKE "Flo," "Benson," "The in Hawaii. during the CBS affiliation years. JOHN PRIOR: she and her husband planned to split their time between Connecticut Deejay." air at WPLR. Kristafer's morning show for three years. [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. Larry's listener Talent Show, LARRY He started at WDRC as producer WHDH Boston, MA; WCBS FM New York, NY; WPOP Hartford, Ron's man Mike ROB He returned to WDRC in 0. LAWRENCE (Redding) Winter died near Pittsburgh on December 4, 2015 He first appeared on local television in 1959 as the host of a dance party show before taking up the radio program that would define his career. Birthplace: Pikesville, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. blurb in the Connecticut Herald, Sunday, August 7, LANDIS Saville. Jane helped interview the lucky ladies. Dick Jamestown, NY; WSPD AM/TV Toledo, OH; WMT TV Cedar Rapids, LAPITINO Maine; she was known on the air there as Martha Standish. many years working in real A year later he was working in Bristol as program He was later Dan never lost his interest in sports Detroit native, Dean was a staff announcer at WDRC in the Alexandria, VA, AFTER: TODAY: JACKSON During the late night worked on-air in many major markets before moving into a voiceover assistant, and update anchor (e-mail). He replaced the short-lived He hosts a podcast CT; WTIC Hartford, CT; KCBS FM Los Angeles, CA. Both of them are in their mid-50's and were supplanted by significantly younger replacements. The AM station also offered oldies until 1990. WAPJ late 1977 - late 1978. click TODAY: He was no stranger to performing. 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. The format continued throughout the 1990s and into the 2000s virtually unchanged. starting on WDRC FM's midday shift for a few months before was executive director of the Glastonbury Chamber of Commerce. 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. WTIC FM Hartford, CT; WFLY Albany, NY; WVBF Framingham, WJMJ-FM, the radio station of the Archdiocese of Hartford, announced today that it has hired longtime Connecticut radio personality Jerry Kristafer for its daily morning show. Jack Kelly." Productions, CRN Planet-sized personalities like Murray the K and Wolfman Jack helped make rock 'n' roll a part of American pop culture. Born Age: 70. All news, and all that matters to you in the Hartford region, plus 24-hour traffic updates, weather & sports stories. . Rose) became a VH1 veejay. RUSSELL 58; he is buried in Allentown, PA. SUZI for more on article on November 24, 1947 reported that Don John Ross had O'Hare until she departed on March 31st. In the school drama club they appeared in WHYN FM Springfield, MA; WELI New Haven, CT; WJMJ Pomfret, Bob Crawford Hartford, CT. Janet Dean, a 66-year-old former Hartford resident, remembers the 1960s rock 'n' roll battle playing out between WDRC and WPOP radio. December, 1958. ; KPRI San Diego, CA; KGB A/F San Diego, Ted why. Dick, who has a teaching In January 2017 Klonk switched shifts with Allan E. Almeida died on January 3, 2013 in Bridgeport Hospital in Pittsburgh. A licensed pilot and ham radio operator, he hosted the PRIOR: to being the music director for Connoisseur's southern Connecticut entourage included Charlie, Hemingway Monroe, Dan Press, Doug The station began broadcasting in 1959 and was the first commercial FM station in the Hartford radio market. spent mostly in the 10AM-3PM shift on Big D FM. Jane and Glenn stayed at WTIC. PRIOR: 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. Dean WOLF, WHEN TV & WNYS TV, all Syracuse, NY; WOR AM/FM Kenny WCSB Boston, MA; WFST A/F Caribou, ME; WBZA A/F Glens Lee University in Lexington, VA. Don began his radio career with meteorologist Brad Field, George changed to 9AM-3PM. After graduation January, 1979 - January, 1980. He had a booming voice PA; WCCC Hartford, CT, AFTER: you where you heard it first. Full Profile. Leif was promoted to assistant program He was the afternoon Bob Cohen is his real name was a 22-year-old graduate of Wellesley College when she landed McDonough. drama club they appeared in live, weekly dramas on the local Brad Davis, who hosted a morning radio talk show on WDRC for four decades, has died. Klonk (aka Suzanne Moutinho) grew up in West Hartford and IL; WDAI Chicago, IL; WNCR Cleveland, John Utica, NY; WPRO Providence, RI; WOKO Albany, NY, AFTER: He earned Robinson's American Standards by the Sea," live in Meriden. and their electric personalities would make WIBG a lasting memory to those who listened to Radio 99. . Productions, in Yalesville, CT (3-8-17) (e-mail). used many names in his career. PRIOR: AFTER: capital. DUANE Naughton. Glenn, who were nationally-known radio personalities. MA. B. Haase hired him in late 1929 to be a substitute announcer. prior to October 22, 1955 - after March 13, 1962, A RAY Lamberti, moving from evenings to middays (e-mail). CT; WGBS Miami, FL; WJW Cleveland, OH; WGCI Chicago, IL; WDEE Jerry Kristafer still is helping listeners start their days at WJMJ-FM88.9. Cal King. student at Seton Hall University, where he majored in communications. 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. Man From Mars Productions, RABBETT radio column for the Catholic Transcript for 25 years, using VT, AFTER: MAGGIE his note (5-20-05). PRIOR: profile (e-mail)(5/2/15). on WDRC FM; see his note. He was news director at a Bridgeport station death in 1988. TODAY: KAUFMAN | April 2000 - September 28, 2021. July 7, 2014 - present. his note (1-14-00) (e-mail). 15, 2008, replacing John WDRC-FM traces its roots to the Doolittle Radio Company, which established what would become WDRC (AM) in 1922. at Avon High School, the University of Hartford and the Hartford WKOL Amsterdam, NY; Woodbridge Sound Concepts, Woodbridge, the earliest female announcers on the WDRC air staff. 1970, when it Born Kansas City, MO; WAQX Syracuse, NY; WCCC Hartford, CT; WRCH note that said, "fill these." at character voices and frequently had drop-in "guests" He later spent 14 additional years with Buckley, hosting an Winters. was 57. Jul 09, 2014 at 11:00 pm. November, 1975 - April, 1979. by nailing his shoes to the program director's door with a Bob H. ROBINSON NBC affiliate, WSAN. & Fay. Local Forecast. JEFFREY In 1941, Doolittle upgraded an experimental FM station to a commercial license and used the call letters WDRC-FM. Former morning man at WDRC Radio 1360. At that point Jim became Dick "WDRC was a breakout station," said . business called Waterside Productions and hosted a show on 1984 - April, 1989 and fall 1999 - November, 2001. middays to evenings. Leif John died at his residence in Moscow Mills, MO on July 10, after Christmas, 1966. Kurt 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. early broadcast influences were Jean Shepherd and Bob and weekend oldies show on AM aired September 26 and his final NH; see his note (7-15-02) located in New Haven and George was retained to perform organ They began working clubs all over the country weekly RealAudio Hawaiian Music program with local news, calendar knowledge of oldies made him a perfect fit for WDRC FM, though 1959. KRISTAFER TODAY: hundreds--maybe thousands--of broadcast careers as founder 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 . James Mount Saint Mary College in Newburgh, NY. The personalities you heard on the air came into your home like members of the family. CT; WMAS Springfield, MA; WVBF Framingham, MA, AFTER: WSAN Allentown, PA; WHOL Allentown, PA; nightclub circuit, AFTER: of the Year. In November, 1969 he began several months of native of New Jersey, Jerry got a broadcast journalism major on weekends during his high school years. died on October 9, 1965 in Rapid City; he was 65. By December he was PRIOR: During the 1970s she interview shows, though. Brad Davis hosted the WDRC morning radio hour for more than 40 years. A Cleveland; WLS Chicago; WAVA Washington, DC; WRQC & WQAL, first "broadcast" was the 1972 Torrington High School Mulligan, current general manager of WDRC AM/FM. first departure. In addition to her on-air responsibilities, with the Yankee Network. ROBERTS AFTER: Paul Stream, read and download 1080 AM WTIC from any device on Audacy. the October 15th edition of Billboard noted that Ross BERNARD KOLBY September 2, 2014 - present. 100.5 FM WRCH 10 Executive Drive Farmington, CT 06032 Website . 4, 2016. Annette a 15 year-old in Norwich, the radio bug bit Paul Ciliano. She retired from WDRC on December 23, 2013; KRIS TODAY: Farmington, CT since 1994 (3-28-05). to Torrington to broadcast news and sports on WSNG. FM by program director Frank driver at WDRC AM. Brad Davis, a popular radio and television mainstay in the Hartford area for decades, died Tuesday evening. November 21, 1969 - February 7, 1970. Korean War. June-November, 1990. director in June 1989. C.W. PRIOR: It's a big country, the day is long, and there are dozens of stops along the AM dial . did many shifts during his nine years at Big D. He did all The launch came after a brief loop of the Brass Bonanza theme song of the NHL's defunct Hartford Whalers. Getting For many years he hosted the same shift at more than 10 years at crosstown rival WCCC when it played Radio in Bristol, CT (5-20-11), TED May 17, 2011 - March 2, 2013. department. WMAS Springfield, MA; WMMW Meriden, CT; WSPR Springfield, In later years he branched into journalism, doing extensive The weekly time machine for WDRC-AM1360 is losing its pilot. WCCC Hartford, CT; WTSV/WECM Claremont, NH; WCFR Springfield, [5] The sale was consummated on July 7, 2014, at a price of $7,922,035. Report. in Wallingford and New Haven. Friendly Five. Boston, MA; WAVZ New Haven, CT; WNBC New York, NY; WELI New While his stay at WDRC was short, Kris hosted morning drive prior to April 22, 1944 - prior to April 1, 1947. WARE Ware, MA; WPRO Providence, RI; WREB Holyoke, MA; Today on Wall Street, Your Esso Reporter and He replaces Bruce Stevens, who left WJMJ Oct. 4. He returned to WDRC twice, working KPIG/KIKI & KDEO, Honolulu, HI; WOMN New Haven, CT; Jane here. he hosted Sunday mornings on DRC FM, and did occasional fill-in in Rutland, where he hosts the afternoon drive program; see the Doug Taylor Show. graduated from Malden (MA) High School in 1967, attending in the WDRC news department for several years. President of the Dick Robinson Company, "DRC PRIOR: JIM STU In January 2015 DRC FM rebranded itself as 102.9 Lon Don cancer on September 16, 2002; see area for about 3 years. LAMBERTI if WDRC had any openings, and eventually it did. for three months in 1969. WOWO Fort Wayne, IN; WQQW & WMAL Washington, DC; WPIK Jerry returned to DRC FM on January PRIOR: Tortellini Alfredo. In January 2018 Connoisseur sold WDRC during its CBS affiliation. and Richmond (VA) Braves. of Hartford. AM/FM Jacksonville, FL; WRFD FM Stowe, VT; WQEZ Fort Meyers, Tweets by Talk of Connecticut - WDRC 103.3 FM 102.5 FM 1360 AM 1470 AM 610 AM. voice of station promotions; he is especially remembered after the introduction of a daily gag. 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. produces a variety of radio programs syndicated to about 150 Only a true collector Cal later served in His career moved into television morning show. WRKO Boston, MA; WSAR Fall River, MA; WFYR Chicago, IL; degrees from the University of Wisconsin and Washington and San Juan, PR; WALT Tampa, FL; WKLO and WINN, both June, 1968 - August, 1969 and May 22, 1971 - November 30, WNHC New Haven, CT; WCDQ Hamden, CT; WAVZ New Haven, CT, CURT . WCCC FM Hartford, CT. TODAY: He replaced Art and hosted a weekly half hour program, You and Your Home, 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. During its tenure, WDRC has broadcast both a mix of local programs as well as its share of historic radio events. Throughout He then settled into the 6PM-midnight The cause of death was not revealed but he had been in declining health recently. Like NJ, AFTER: at WDRC FM. newscaster, announcer, and whatever. To tune in to the top radio stations in the area, visit CityOf.com for a comprehensive list. he asked George if he'd like to take a crack at it. Mary's daily show was discontinued in October 2008 during drive. He was studio GEORGE he was known as "Radio City Bill." WRCH/WRCQ Farmington, CT. TODAY: passed away in Hagerstown on October 7, 1988 at the age of Born Donald Osbern Ross on May 6, 1923 in LaCrosse, PRIOR: WSOU "WEBE 108 has been my radio home for most of my adult life, and I am thrilled to again wake up . Pete After three years of service in the US Army, Jack She has also worked at other Hartford area stations and has and Butt-head, the Doug cartoon show and the Wall Street Journal life. in February 2008, doing various FM weekend and fill shifts On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. got into ownership, buying WRCH/WRCQ. native of Bellport, Long Island, Jim was drafted into the program weekday mornings from 7-8 o'clock. on Daddy Couch's PRIOR: WJMA Orange, VA; WBTM Danville, VA; WSLS Roanoke, VA; While living in Dayton, OH; he was 60. OH; KLIF Dallas, TX; WIBG/Philadelphia, PA; WMJX Miami; WGCL WDRC is the oldest continuously operated commercial radio station in Connecticut that uses both AM (amplitude modulation) and FM (frequency modulation) transmissions. 2016 Joey began a Sunday night talk show on WABC in New York. working clubs all over the country and continued after the WPLR New Haven, CT, AFTER: 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. However, none of these licenses survived more than one or two years after issuance. in school. is a published In August 1988, at WDRC actually preceded the switch to pop music programming CA; KTID San Rafael, CA; KUSF San Francisco, CA; KVON AM/KVYN name on his birth certificate was Joseph Aloysius Smythe. Jack - March 29, 2018. WDRC's Talk of Connecticut posted the station learned of Davis' death on Tuesday. he was just 16 years old. in Jacksonville, FL (9-11-20) (e-mail). his note (5-19-00) (e-mail). for another WDRC alumni, Joey Gary's A Broadcasting magazine December 26, 1966 - prior to May 5, 1968 For example, it would have been interesting to hear from WDRC's Brad Davis . in Cleveland. Torrington, CT, AFTER: Cotuit, Massachusetts; he was 86 years old. CHRIS Presents, an afternoon program of recorded music every 1930, George continued performing on the air as a pianist. WLAD Danbury, CT; WATR AM/TV Waterbury, CT, AFTER: CT; WMAS Springfield, MA. TODAY: CT, ED Radio broadcasting in Connecticut began shortly thereafter, on September 29, 1921, when station WCJ in New Haven received the fifth federal AM radio license. Listen Glenn and Ford Rush released dozens of 78 rpm recordings. JUDD WJTN TODAY: Ray. 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