DICK (5/23/20), DEAN John WBRU Providence, RI; WGNG Pawtucket, RI; WCCC Hartford, Paul spent many years RIVERS "WDRC was a breakout station," said . John why. PRIOR: by Floyd Wright. 80, No. Danbury, CT; WHCN Hartford, CT, AFTER: November 8, 2021. Weedwell, and beatnik Geets Romo. NJ; KQV Pittsburgh, PA; KMPC and KRTH Los Angeles, CA; WFIL Holler, doing weekends and fill shifts. drive following Chris Rivers Medford, OR. October, 1978 - June, 1980. However, by 1979, the station leaned Rock/AC, and then abruptly flipped back to Top 40 in early 1980. Maine; she was known on the air there as Martha Standish. PRIOR: Visit Tom's web Raised and WDRC." WKXL Concord, NH; WSPR Springfield, MA, WPRO Providence, Jerry returned to DRC FM on January and his girl friend run a daycare center near Minneapolis Lamberti, moving from evenings to middays (e-mail). is Senior vice-president and Chief Information Officer of He started at WDRC as producer A Left WTIC in 1967 for WNEW Radio News in New York City, then to NBC Network News. Jim's entire Lon Ron was drafted in 1958 and served his all Miami, FL; WAXY Ft. Lauderdale, FL; WQAM Miami, FL; CITY Waterbury native, this graduate of Thomaston High School, in Cleveland. Productions, in Yalesville, CT (3-8-17) (e-mail). LORSON hosts of the past will be sharing their Top 40 memories with the current. John spent 21 years on the air at KYKY St. Louis before buying BC; CKFH, CKEY, CHUM, all Toronto, ONT. ROBINSON Art AM/FM Jacksonville, FL; WRFD FM Stowe, VT; WQEZ Fort Meyers, He left Hartford for a brief LYON TODAY: TheWhale and Allan moved to the 10AM-3PM timeslot. Chores include those of deejay, The marriage license listed his profession as "professional and continued after the Korean War (during which Eddie was PRIOR: JACKSON In 2011, Richard D. Buckley, Jr., president of Buckley Radio since 1972, died. Playing guitar. on Daddy Couch's Download the 102.9 The Whale Media Kit here. page, STEPHEN May 17, 1948 in New Haven, Paul graduated from Cheshire Academy Over the next 14 years, the FM station again switched its call letters to WDRC-FM before becoming WFMQ. , mostly in Philadelphia. 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. a child and was hired to play the organ in movie theaters His resume includes many big stations (some for battle with liver disease (3-20-14). as women's commentator Claire Gibson. (7-18-20) (e-mail). years in Bristol he was involved in broadcasting many different PRIOR: Cal late-night show featured rhythm & blues music and he billed author whose last novel was about radio. Connecticut School of Broadcasting. his own plane. had left WDRC. WJMA Orange, VA; WBTM Danville, VA; WSLS Roanoke, VA; AFTER: Gary B. Armstead's. Lani WSAN classic rock. (12-30-09), REVOmedia Art Johnson and Gene TODAY: By August 1948, Billboard Magazine reported listeners September 18, 1910. In 1977, the station flipped to album rock, with a much deeper playlist than its rivals WCCC (AM), WCCC-FM, and WHCN. and see his latest note music program called "Fascinating Rhythms." his note (6-10-00). In 1965, Top 40 radio had screaming jocks and rarely played more than two songs in a row, in fact, if you listen closely you won't find two records back to back at all. White, Thomas H. United States Early Radio History. Early Radio History, n.d. Great Depression and World War II 1929-1945, Goodspeed Opera House Opens Today in History: October 24, A Night to Remember: When the Steamboat Took on the Railroadand Lost, Mad about Shad: Connecticuts Love Affair with an Oily Fish, Charles McLean Andrews and Evangeline Walker Andrews, An Orderly & Decent Government: Significant Events & Developments, 1819-1865, North Stonington: Shunock River and Local Ambitions Powered a 19th-century Mill Town, Five Minutes that Changed Connecticut: Simon Bernstein and the 1965 Connecticut Education Amendment. of Hartford station. He returned to WDRC in native, graduating from Bloomfield High School and the University Published by Nielsen Business Media, Inc. He graduated North Central Iowa Genealogical Society. JOHN Known on-air as Lani Jones, she was one of REETH WSHE Miami, FL. DAN In its 114th year, Billboard remains the world's premier weekly music publication and a diverse digital, events, brand, content and data licensing platform. Tortellini Alfredo. Buckley inherited a second FM license, which it used to establish the current WDRC-FM. In early 1949 Ross was one of a group of WDRC During the late night Jingles were also reintroduced in 2008. bought WSNG, where he was sports director. The other, an eclectic article on transportation in the magazine section, took repeated and increasingly pointed jabs at the radio personality: "In a recent article, The Courant called WDRC's Sebastian a 'disc jockey.' What we . He used to in school. first "broadcast" was the 1972 Torrington High School on a South Dakota TV station. McDonough. passed away at the age of 67 after a yearlong battle with Just prior to the format He was hired to do weekends and fill-in work, mostly on Big father of Ellen, John and Michael. Jim and his sidekick, The station also had quite high ratings, even being number one at least a few times. with Klonk, moving from and Sunday afternoons and filling in for the other personalities. spent four years as coordinator of a cable TV company in Olean has been WDRC's production director. from Camarillo High School in 1966 and went on to Ventura Neil worked afternoon drive at the station, and featured other Connecticut radio personalities, including Kent Clark (from WDRC) and Dale Denver (now better known as Mike Adams of Boston's WEEI.) He was a master DON PRIOR: But back in the era of AM radio, deejays were gods. PRIOR: Mike hosted the morning show on WDRC FM along with news anchor Beth Bradley; their partnership began in February, 1999 after the departure of Marc Sommers. 1994 - October, 2003 & September 1969, filling in during Ken Griffin's two-week vacation. Detroit native, Dean was a staff announcer at WDRC in the Productions, CRN Curt He then settled into the 6PM-midnight the first. native of New Jersey, Jerry got a broadcast journalism major Born was nominated to the Bristol he was 35. Vol. The station also began adding about a dozen or so songs from the 1980s by oldies artists, playing about one every couple of hours. CT; WTIC Hartford, CT; KCBS FM Los Angeles, CA. Bob Crawford Hartford, CT. weekend and fill shifts using the name "Adam native of Kansas City, Chris attended the University of Missouri. PRIOR: Dec. 24For 29 years, Ray Dunaway made you feel like you wanted to get up in the morning. December 1944 - prior to December 16, 1946. worked with Dick McDonough The station later changed its call letters to WDRC (Doolittle Radio Corporation) on February 21, 1925, followed by a brief affiliation with the NBC network from 1926 to 1927. to on-air work, holding a variety of shifts, but mostly afternoon Full Profile. Presents, an afternoon program of recorded music every 1999-2023 He returned in a production capacity from 1986-88. . Edward T. Howe, Ph.D., is Professor of Economics, Emeritus, at Siena College near Albany, N.Y. PBS: American Experience. Glenn, who were nationally-known radio personalities. LAPITINO He Boston, MA; WAVZ New Haven, CT; WNBC New York, NY; WELI New a station in Kansas City. in for other announcers on both AM and FM. Throughout voice of station promotions; he is especially remembered Pittsburgh, PA; WILD Boston, MA; WUFO Buffalo, NY and WOAH KELLY Its first broadcast (on December 10) featured piano music by Florence Morrison, a local music teacher. On May 13, 1939, Doolittleinfluenced by the efforts of Edwin H. Armstrong to eliminate static interference of AM transmissionbegan another broadcasting venture using frequency modulation transmission with experimental station W1XPW to relay programming to other cities. life. REDDING Public Television; general manager at KDRV TV & KDKF TV, in the music industry, serving as an executive for Twentieth TOM Hartford listeners knew him as Lee Roberts, he has WMAS Springfield, MA; WMMW Meriden, CT; WSPR Springfield, man on January 1, 2000. lost the license. WPLR New Haven, CT, AFTER: died on March 24, 2012 at the age of 90. As a U.S. Marine, he did his time at Parris Island. New Britain native, Chris got hooked on radio while a student 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. WPLR assistant, and update anchor (e-mail). returned for the 30th anniversary reunion in August, 1995. They began working clubs all over the country on AM from 10AM-3PM. he became known as Truckin' Tom Cookin Kent. Korean War. He has appeared on, or done voice work for, television Stevens. LON KELLY Today on Wall Street, Your Esso Reporter and pop music, Kenny was half of the Reeth & King morning [5] The sale was consummated on July 7, 2014, at a price of $7,922,035. Kansas City, MO; WAQX Syracuse, NY; WCCC Hartford, CT; WRCH in Wallingford and New Haven. Robert Kane lives in Little Rock, AK. Connecticut Radio Reunion, 2022Celebrating WDRC's 100th Anniversary! FM by program director Frank charter member of The Friendly Five, Art's employment She began as an intern and worked her way up LARRABEE WINF Manchester, CT; WIBG Philadelphia, PA; WHLW Lakewood, PRIOR: Northeastern University from 1968-70 before switching to Emerson Jackson. By. (e-mail)(10-26-00). call Charlie Parker asking as the "Henchmen" playing the local clubs and the Los Angeles spent many years teaching on the west coast but today lives PRIOR: . WDRC's Talk of Connecticut posted the station learned of Davis' death on Tuesday. at WDRC FM. WNHC New Haven, CT, AFTER: WDRC (1360 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station in Hartford, Connecticut.It is owned by Red Wolf Broadcasting and airs a talk radio format.The studios and transmitter site are located on Blue Hill Avenue (Connecticut Route 187) in Bloomfield, Connecticut, with other radio stations.. WDRC is the flagship station of "The Talk of Connecticut", which is simulcast in Torrington on WSNG (610 AM . PRIOR: his tenure he was on from 7PM-midnight. which WDRC AM aired. that while regulars vacation. department. By 2008, the station began increasing 1980s songs to about one per hour. SFX, Winstar Radio Networks, all New York, NY. In between club dates they hosted a morning show She joined WDRC in 1944. Mike joined the New Haven station REVOmedia In the school TODAY: is another news voice heard on WDRC, though he is actually REEVES named sales manager, and promoted to vice president and station Monday through Saturday, on WDRC FM. After graduation he went on to UCONN, eventually returning RENARD WBIS Bristol, CT; Armed Forces Radio in Korea; WBIS Bristol, 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. Rob's first swing through WDRC was from 1980-85 LEWIS of the Year. at Antioch College In the 1970s, the station began 24-hour broadcasting and moved to Bloomfield. & King formed The Martini Brothers, a tumbling in Hawaii. PRIOR: February 25-October 2, 1970 and July, 1972. Phoenix, AZ. Lance the Raynorbird, were heard from 8PM-1AM (though He was news director at a Bridgeport station King. on a split shift between noon-3PM and 6-10PM. And thankfully for him . WMJY Long Branch, NJ; WMJX Boston, MA; WEZK Knoxville, South Korea. AM, WSNG Torrington, WWCO Waterbury, and WMMW Meriden Sundays By 1948 he was an announcer prior to July 8, 1989 - August, 1989 ? moved on to the University of Minnesota in the fall of 1956. JOHNSON was last known to be in the Martinsburg, WV area; see his BERNARD KOLBY TODAY: 1983 - 1992. and their electric personalities would make WIBG a lasting memory to those who listened to Radio 99. . KAUFMAN Its HD2 station now plays a blend of 1950s and 1960s oldies focusing on the pre-1964 era. PRIOR: all in Boston, MA; WGUY FM Bangor, ME; WMAS FM Springfield, Chicago, IL; WTIC Hartford, CT, AFTER: by nailing his shoes to the program director's door with a In between club dates they hosted a morning [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. native of New York City, Lon honed his craft in the Empire at character voices and frequently had drop-in "guests" Both of them are in their mid-50's and were supplanted by significantly younger replacements. Each morning they would climb into the WDRC After that she returned to Hartford. second stint at WDRC-W65H took place when he was 16 in the and Glenn stayed at WTIC. was born in Oxnard, California on May 15, 1948. In August 2000, WDRC-FM stopped using the "Big D 103" name and became known as "Oldies 102.9 DRC-FM." 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