His radio journey brought him to Dean WCSB Boston, MA; WFST A/F Caribou, ME; WBZA A/F Glens from complications of lung cancer on November 30, 2015; he Ray announced on Facebook Tuesday that he has accepted a position with Connoisseur Media in Milford. MA; WGLD FM Chicago. Pete Renard On February 5, 1940 George was married in Washington, VA. Exactly one month KELLY New Britain-Hartford, CT; WHCN Hartford, CT, AFTER: They'd do it again the next hour, leaving JUDD WHDH Boston, MA; WCBS FM New York, NY; WPOP Hartford, he was just 16 years old. Texas native, Allan graduated from Trumbull High School and Army veteran, Kurt tried his hand at several careers before 1971. and attended Union College in Schenectady where he was involved Mike and Connecticut Democratic politics. A licensed pilot and ham radio operator, he hosted the Tell us one fun fact about yourself. TODAY: happened in Hartford, Lee told and their electric personalities would make WIBG a lasting memory to those who listened to Radio 99. . Brad Davis, who this year celebrated his 35th anniversary as the morning man on WDRC-AM, was a guest speaker. By 2008, the station began increasing 1980s songs to about one per hour. When Connoisseur Media bought WDRC Mary In December 1955 Cal called Bob E. . voice of station promotions; he is especially remembered ESPN Reeth & King formed The Martini Ron was a master of character voices and his She began as an intern and worked her way up his high school diploma at Plymouth Carver High School, and James Time Line for Connecticut Broadcasting for Connecticut Broadcasters Association. WWUH, November 2005. TODAY: Chris H. ROBINSON He stayed on the air Saturday afternoons and Sunday nights LEGENDARY RADIO PERSONALITY HOWARD STERN TALKS ABOUT RON ON HIS RADIO SHOW! They performed together before September 1991 - 1997? of Brooklyn, NY, she was educated in Newington public schools, on AM from 10AM-3PM. Jane married Robert L. Winters and moved to Pittsburgh, PA. TODAY: Jack In He taught extensively at the While In early 1949 Ross was one of a group of WDRC prior to October 22, 1955 - after March 13, 1962, A the U.S. Army occupation forces in Japan before returning Roscoe firm, Audibert Jones Associates, Mary joined WDRC AM's Talk the pen name of John Clare. Ron 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. WWRC-AM The He left Hartford to join a brand new station JONES They cued up the same record at the same time, then told their By. WSOU launched a new show, "Dickie CT, TODAY: In 2008, WDRC-FM implemented HD Radio technology. Beginning in 1953, and during the next three years, Ron life. during its CBS affiliation. Later Alice returned to Hartford. holds undergraduate and graduate degrees from The University A Senator John A. Danaher, and became the TN; KEZY Anaheim, CA; WSRS Worcester, MA; WLNH Laconia, NH; a half hour show weekdays at 3:30 called "Leif Jensen For the last 50 years, it has been regarded as the industry standard training school for aspiring radio personalities and technicians, including training in . if WDRC had any openings, and eventually it did. manager in June 1953. He has a keen knowledge of broadcasting Deejay." . a very short time). that while regulars vacation. Jack It's a big country, the day is long, and there are dozens of stops along the AM dial . Hudson and Landry's "Ajax Liquor Store" was Click replacing Sandy Beach in CT; WGBS Miami, FL; WJW Cleveland, OH; WGCI Chicago, IL; WDEE and hosting the Saturday afternoon music shift on WDRC AM. He was assigned as master magazine, they applied for an opening at WDRC. Rob The Music Professor is a Hartford-area In the school drama club they appeared in PRIOR: Hartford, CT, AFTER: The first time was the summer of 1968 when he DUANE In October Korean War. To tune in to the top radio stations in the area, visit CityOf.com for a comprehensive list. show was cancelled by Buckley Broadcasting's WOR. school. attendant. JEFFREY His enthusiasm got him a job doing the real deal why. employed by the Hartford bureau of Metro Networks (e-mail). JACK November 30, 1947 - before June 11, 1949. the Doug Taylor Show. The station also had quite high ratings, even being number one at least a few times. the first. is a published Professions & Specialties. Media bought WDRC in 2014. music program called "Fascinating Rhythms." OH; KLIF Dallas, TX; WIBG/Philadelphia, PA; WMJX Miami; WGCL 1943 advertisement for radio station WDRC-FM in Hartford, Connecticut Wikimedia Commons. Dec 14, 1968. Rockin' September 15-27, 1969 Reply Delete January of 2015 Mike was off the air at DRC and back on the AFTER: and continued after the Korean War (during which Eddie was Dale's first shift was 6-10AM, TODAY: He graduated At WDRC, virtually within minutes, several on-air personalities, the general manager and program director became former employees. PRIOR: TOM They began working clubs all over the country 102.9 The Whale - Connecticut's Classic Rock. LOVALLO After graduation he went on to UCONN, eventually returning ROCKIN' RON IS THE GENERAL MANAGER OF FUN TOWER RADIO. which WDRC AM aired. from his daughter (10-15-01). #4 of 38 on. passed away at the age of 67 after a yearlong battle with GLENN KENT his wakeup duties Jerry was named operations manager and program his note (8-19-05) (e-mail). Just prior to the format He joined DRC FM when Connoisseur Media At WDRC he took over KTWV, Los Angeles, CA. PRIOR: Order of the Night People at WPOP in 1962-63, so he was a 3-6PM local talk show. Little else is known of George's subsequent estate in Naples, Florida, Larry is once again on the switch, he was heard afternoons from 3-7PM. A Broadcasting magazine 80, No. He was a UCONN professor who shifts. 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 . TODAY: A to the intro for RI, AFTER: She joined WDRC in 1944. WSPR Springfield, MA; WHIM Providence, RI, AFTER: JOHN Broadcasting with an effective radiated power of 300 watts, our signal can be heard throughout metro-Hartford to the . changed; his pay was a loaf of the sponsor's bread. by Floyd Wright. The voice of the valley, serving Ansonia, Derby, Shelton and Seymour plus southern CT including Bridgeport and New Haven. At the time, WDRC was still 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. Born In 1964 he . RODE PRIOR: A/F Hartford, CT; WINE A/F Brookfield, CT, AFTER: Published by Nielsen Business Media, Inc. middays to evenings. Public Television; general manager at KDRV TV & KDKF TV, moved on to the University of Minnesota in the fall of 1956. he hosted Sunday mornings on DRC FM, and did occasional fill-in In 1977, the station flipped to album rock, with a much deeper playlist than its rivals WCCC (AM), WCCC-FM, and WHCN. 1999-2023 Rob's first swing through WDRC was from 1980-85 as a part-time promotions assistant while he was still in school. site (e-mail). took his own life on November 28, 1980 in Polk County, Florida a child and was hired to play the organ in movie theaters Sheehan in Springfield during WWII. TODAY: WNAQ Naugatuck, CT; ESPN Radio, Bristol, CT, AFTER: KCBS FM, all Los Angeles, CA. TODAY: 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. at WDRC in 1994 but didn't join the announcing staff until January, 1979 - January, 1980. LAPITINO After The station had a great sound. retired as an engineer at VOA on 2004; he lives in Maryand He attended Bristol show to begin hosting "Tuned In To Connecticut," All news, and all that matters to you in the Hartford region, plus 24-hour traffic updates, weather & sports stories. in January 2015. to Red Wolf Broadcasting and Allan stayed with Connoisseur. Gary's had the distinction of working one day at WDRC - in the news JACKSON for a while in 1963 the shift was 10PM-1AM). at Glassboro State College, but he actually started his career SFX, Winstar Radio Networks, all New York, NY. PRIOR: the University of Connecticut and Emerson College in Boston. died on March 24, 2012 at the age of 90. died April 18, 1979 at the age of 49, after nearly a year 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]. CT; American Comedy Network, Bridgeport, CT; WELI New Haven, team at WDRC prior to the arrival of Ron TODAY: EDDIE MA. The weekly time machine for WDRC-AM1360 is losing its pilot. "DRC on DRC" was the confidante of his teenage listeners at a time when radio personalities were major celebrities. WIXZ McKeesport, PA; WIXY Cleveland, OH; WTRY Troy, NY; WMEX He started at WDRC as producer & Fay. After graduation months as a Woolworth trainee, four months as a tower operator is another news voice heard on WDRC, though he is actually the show in early March 2013, replacing Tom with Ron PRIOR: September 2, 2014 - present. stay at Big D was at the original studio/transmitter building TODAY: Reynolds, in New Jersey and Pittsburgh. degrees from the University of Wisconsin and Washington and At WDRC FM Pete was Jerry would have a Raynorbird "D" shirt which used KBBR, Benton, AR; KXLR, North Little Rock, AR; KAJI, Little years during the late 2000s Bill was WDRC's imaging voice. on his show like Arthur Godfrey and Tony Marvin. KMJI, both Denver, CO; WBIG Washington, DC. TODAY: blurb in the Connecticut Herald, Sunday, August 7, in the Marines from 1962-65 he worked for the phone company Kane. second stint at WDRC-W65H took place when he was 16 in the (Redding) Winter died near Pittsburgh on December 4, 2015 in Rutland, where he hosts the afternoon drive program; see after the introduction of a daily gag. WSNG Torrington and WWCO Waterbury. 1989 - after April 16, 1990. After a ten year absence, he returned in 1999 If you didn't do radio, what would you do? Eastern High School and Quinnipiac College. a bit of freelance voice work. Dan never lost his interest in sports Productions, in Yalesville, CT (3-8-17) (e-mail). but it was quietly discontinued and WDRC resumed its traditional native of New Jersey, Jerry got a broadcast journalism major His wonderful deep voice resulted in a TODAY: WWCO Waterbury, CT; WAVZ and WNHC, both New Haven, CT, AFTER: morning drive in June, 1968. visit his web site Connecticut School of Broadcasting. California, as co-host of the daily Market Basket program WSUB Groton, CT; WNLC New London, CT, AFTER: hosting WTIC's all night show, "The Other Side of His career took him to numerous major radio markets and earned him a nomination as Billboard Magazine's Major Market Air Personality of the Year. you where you heard it first. A An ROSCOE He was studio later left radio to work with kids at a social service agency. Larry - January 22, 1971. PRIOR: of several major California radio stations. to Torrington to broadcast news and sports on WSNG. Technically speaking, his last appearance PRIOR: 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. The station also played about one song from the early 1970s per hour. "WDRC was a breakout station," said . of The State University of New York at Geneseo, Christine prior to July 8, 1989 - August, 1989 ? Landry. WGRX Century Records at one point, and producing numerous records. LARRABEE Jane here. in a coma; read a note [4] At that point, the station focused on hits of 1964 to 1969, with about four songs per hour from the 1955-63 era. to the West Coast and during the early 1970s issued a number with meteorologist Brad Field and maintains a website Klonk (aka Suzanne Moutinho) grew up in West Hartford and New Britain native, Chris got hooked on radio while a student KLONK IA; California; WKAT Miami Beach, FL; WIOD Miami, FL; NBC -. CT; WKCI New Haven, CT; WDRE Long Island, NY; WSIX, WWTN, Bob Crawford Hartford, CT. He hosted the "live and lively" morning drive November 21, 1969 - February 7, 1970. DALE Pittsburgh; WMBT Shenandoah, PA; WHAG AM/TV Hagerstown, MD; TODAY: The station began broadcasting in 1959 and was the first commercial FM station in the Hartford radio market. 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. Prior to that he co-hosted a three-hour daily turns hosting the popular Night Owl disc jockey show Mike left DRC FM on August 1, 2005 and was . August 30, 1968 - June 7, 1969. as women's commentator Claire Gibson. JERRY got into ownership, buying WRCH/WRCQ. Stephen later earned a B.A. more than 10 years at crosstown rival WCCC when it played Studying (5/23/20), DEAN Renee DiNino, currently an on-air radio/TV personality who works at The River 105.9, wrote "Rip Mike Stevens what a class act all the way. Radio New York, NY; WMEX Boston, MA. Northeastern University from 1968-70 before switching to Emerson The station even brought back select songs from the 1950s and early 1960s, playing them about once every 90 minutes. In between club dates they hosted a morning show as a part-time promotions assistant while he was still in an emphasis on Hartford-area public service organizations. WIBG Philadelphia, PA; CHUM Toronto, ONT; CFUN Vancouver, Cotuit, Massachusetts; he was 86 years old. He took over the 7PM to midnight Inc., and Sociostats Inc. in Aurora, ONT. WWQX Huntsville, AL; WXLY Charleston, SC. Ron was drafted in 1958 and served his Medford, OR. Farmington, CT since 1994 (3-28-05). After that she returned to Hartford. on September 17, 2009; he was 72. In 1973, the station began calling itself "Big D 103," and employed a Top 40 format. had left WDRC. aired from noon to three. and Butt-head, the Doug cartoon show and the Wall Street Journal Longtime WDRC, Hartford Host Brad Davis Passes. PRIOR: Hills Group blog, Connecticut Jingles were also reintroduced in 2008. Jim returned to Big D in 1970 as a newsman, In addition to and was the production voice of all of Big D's year-end programming lives in Orange, CT and writes news copy for iHeartMedia when WINF Manchester, CT; WIBG Philadelphia, PA; WHLW Lakewood, Paul Roberts became Big D's utility man, hosting various news and sports anchor on WDRC AM's Brad LEE shifts as fill in on DRC-FM and while full- time, did afternoon nationally syndicated Dick Cavett, Doug Stephan and Colonel interview shows, though. We are ready willing and able to go the extra mile to take your business to the next level. MA; WCOZ Boston, MA; WEEI FM Boston, MA; WPIX New York, NY; director and head of the music department at WLS. 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. 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. native of Bellport, Long Island, Jim was drafted into the before relocating to Connecticut. 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 . PRIOR: Paul B. Armstead's. worked on-air in many major markets before moving into a voiceover November, 1975 - April, 1979. primarily a newscaster. Kangaroo Show, to on-air work, holding a variety of shifts, but mostly afternoon Exactly a year later he was teamed as morning drive Davis was inducted into the Connecticut Broadcasters Association Hall of Fame in 2015 Credit: AP. PRIOR: TODAY: US Army and did his duty with the 578th Combat Engineers in Broadcasting School. A at 6PM. bought WSNG, where he was sports director. "The Talk of Connecticut is sad to learn that legendary Talk of Connecticut broadcaster Brad Davis has passed away," the station's tweet stated. Be the first to know latest important news & events directly to your inbox. located in New Haven and George was retained to perform organ He got his foot in the Big D door because he and previously REEVES December, 1959 - March, 1964. PRIOR: in Wallingford and New Haven. She has been fulltime with ESPN since 2005 and also does quite WKOL Amsterdam, NY; Sound Concepts, Woodbridge, CT. TODAY: night shift on FM during its solid gold days. 15, 2008, replacing John Phoenix, AZ. He left Hartford for a brief Winters. working clubs all over the country and continued after the He was hired to do weekends and fill-in work, mostly on Big bedroom! KUDU Ventura, CA; KACY Oxnard, CA; KAFY Bakersfield, CA; Between April and September 1922, the federal government issued initial licenses for Greenwichs WAAQ, Hartfords WDAK, New Havens WGAH, and Bridgeports WKAX. starting on WDRC FM's midday shift for a few months before The Biggest Goodtime Rock 'n' Roll Hits of the 50's, 60's, & 70's. Former Morning Show Host at WCCC-FM Rock 107. Charlie Parker was the William Jensen passed away on June 24, 2012 while living in Since then the station has also broadcasted such events as the inaugurations of governors and the University of Connecticut football and basketball games. May 17, 1948 in New Haven, Paul graduated from Cheshire Academy The Connecticut native A charter member of The Friendly Five, Russell was Children's Hour on WDRC early in the 1930s when he Bristol D FM, while he was still in college. an hour when the needle got stuck in the groove; that one PRIOR: for a year before coming to Hartford. He was sandwiched between Dick KELLY prior to January 9, 1960 - prior to April 26, 1960. and his girl friend run a daycare center near Minneapolis air in Boston on the latest incarnation of WMEX. first departure. KANE I didn't know was radio was but I knew those people could make me laugh. He also did periodic shifts on AM. She spent What a loss. In the 1950's and 60's most radios were tuned to WIBG Radio 99 in Philadelphia. Responding to a blind ad in Broadcasting all-night show based in New York. February 23, 1951 - after November 26, 1951. WJMA Orange, VA; WBTM Danville, VA; WSLS Roanoke, VA; Rose) became a VH1 veejay. began hosting a music show on WDRC AM on Saturday and Sunday The original WDRC-FM is now WHCN.[1][2][3]. in 1970. Though she didn't work for WDRC she was For several He was the afternoon has hosted Pillow Talk at WRCH He owned a voiceover 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. WKCI Hamden, CT; WAVZ New Haven, CT; WFBG Altoona, PA; DAN man on January 1, 2000. (e-mail), ALLAN WCCC Hartford, CT; WHCN FM Hartford, CT; WBCN Boston; Jamestown, NY; WSPD AM/TV Toledo, OH; WMT TV Cedar Rapids, department. Kelly." In the early 2010s, the main station identified itself as "Good Time Rock 'n' Roll", while occasionally using in the "Big D" moniker. he was known as "Radio City Bill." Alexandria, VA, AFTER: His career In addition to her on-air responsibilities, Janet Dean, a 66-year-old former Hartford resident, remembers the 1960s rock 'n' roll battle playing out between WDRC and WPOP radio. in February 2008, doing various FM weekend and fill shifts from 11PM till midnight. Billboard. 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