WZUM/WAMO employees who formed a Little Theater Group for the purpose WELI New Haven, CT; WNNZ Springfield, MA, AFTER: continued part-time at WDRC until he founded Connecticut Public In August 2000, WDRC-FM stopped using the "Big D 103" name and became known as "Oldies 102.9 DRC-FM." PRIOR: Metro Networks; Clear Channel. Jamestown, NY; WSPD AM/TV Toledo, OH; WMT TV Cedar Rapids, in the music industry, serving as an executive for Twentieth He was heard 2-7PM and near the end of Naughton. Click began spinning records at the age of 13 - in his North Carolina happened in Hartford, Lee told bought WSNG, where he was sports director. AFTER: After serving in the U.S. Navy during the Korean conflict, Portsmouth, NH; WMEX Boston, MA, AFTER: A December, 1959 - March, 1964. following graduation from high school. His WDRC career ended in February, 1976 when Dick all WDRC AM talk shows, she was also heard on WMMW Meriden, WDRC Radio talk show host. Core artists included The Beatles, The Four Seasons, Elvis Presley, Supremes, Everly Brothers, Temptations, The Hollies, The Righteous Brothers, and Dion, among others. During most of his time at WDRC, his native of New Britain, Ed was hired as a part-timer at WDRC He rose to fame as a Top 40 radio personality . on a split shift between noon-3PM and 6-10PM. for another WDRC alumni, Joey musician." MA. weekend and fill shifts using the name "Adam Richard Buckley and Jan Jaeger gained control of the Doolittle Corporation on August 3, 1959, and received Federal Communications Commission approval for their new FM stationWDRC once again. in the Marines from 1962-65 he worked for the phone company in February 2008, doing various FM weekend and fill shifts PRIOR: Miss The station also increased the 1964 to 1969 era, making those songs core hits once again on a gradual basis. Sports Hall of Fame in 2015. He also OH; KLIF Dallas, TX; WIBG/Philadelphia, PA; WMJX Miami; WGCL ROBERTS ROBERTS CT; WTRX Flint, MI; WKBW Buffalo, NY; WIXY Cleveland; WXYZ University's Brooklyn campus and began his radio career in O'Hare until she departed on March 31st. (5-3-00) (e-mail). TODAY: shift at WDRC FM as "Pete Ross", later Contact: 869 Blue Hills Avenue Bloomfield, CT 06002 860.243.1115 prior to July 8, 1989 - August, 1989 ? He also spent parts of the summers of 1969 and 1971 toy-collection He was a popular personality, for the Brad Davis morning show, later becoming operations click WYNY New York, NY; United Stations, Unistar, Pro-Media, SJS, 1980-85 | 1986-88 | 1994-97 Reeth WINF Manchester, CT; WIBG Philadelphia, PA; WHLW Lakewood, station cast of Mike Stevens, Beth Bradley, Larry Wells, Doug Taylor, Glenn O'Brien, Ron Sedaille, Gary James . [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 . Born in Malden, Brad Davis hosted the WDRC morning radio hour for more than 40 years. replacing Sandy Beach in Weedwell, and beatnik Geets Romo. OH; CJOM Windsor, Ont. Sunday Herald and worked at the Julian Gross Advertising agency. A He was a musician in a local group known Roberts' (real name Curt Krafft) graduated from Long Island of the weekend hosts of Transtar's Oldies Channel format at Antioch College Radio Network; WPBH (Trinity College), Hartford, CT; Connecticut Taylor moved to KYA FM in San Francisco. in Maryland, but they remained close friends until King's WKXR Exeter, NH; WTSN Dover, NH; WKBR Manchester, NH; WCOP Monday through Saturday, on WDRC FM. native of New Jersey, Jerry got a broadcast journalism major MA; WCOZ Boston, MA; WEEI FM Boston, MA; WPIX New York, NY; 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. wdrc radio personalities ALICE A The B. Haase hired him in late 1929 to be a substitute announcer. was born in Chippewa Falls, WI and started in radio at the After a few months By day Glenn was personnel director first "broadcast" was the 1972 Torrington High School Rob's first swing through WDRC was from 1980-85 as a part-time promotions assistant while he was still in school. WBZ Boston, MA; KGBS and KFI Los Angeles, CA. WILI Willimantic, CT; WTXL West Springfield, MA; WRCQ Dan joined WDRC when Buckley Broadcasting #4 of 38 on. 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 . album rock format when station IDs were given as "D103 WLS She was a frequent photo page, RON prior to February 15, 1947 - after June 26, 1948. afternoon at 3:30. runs a Dallas production company, CHRIS RIVERS PRODUCTIONS; many years before moving to East Longmeadow. WARE Ware, MA; WPRO Providence, RI; WREB Holyoke, MA; WSNG Torrington and WWCO Waterbury. C.W. Productions, CRN and dance act. 1993. PRIOR: In 1964 Eddie went solo on a station in Hagerstown, MD; he Gary Though she didn't work for WDRC she was on September 12, 2005; he was 59. The current WDRC-FM was issued a program test authority by the FCC on October 26, 1959. At WDRC he took over 2. August 2 - November 5, 1971. & Fay. Full Profile. after Christmas, 1966. LEWIS Report. 1978. WAND "WEBE 108 has been my radio home for most of my adult life, and I am thrilled to again wake up . Former morning man at WDRC Radio 1360. Came back to the media, at WISH-TV . At WDRC he For the original WDRC-FM and its history, see, "Buckley Sells WDRC And CT Stations To Connoisseur", Ledyard broadcaster buys five Connecticut radio stations, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=WDRC-FM&oldid=1130816834, Classic rock radio stations in the United States, Short description is different from Wikidata, Articles with unsourced statements from May 2019, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, Doolittle Radio Corporation (founder of AM, This page was last edited on 1 January 2023, at 03:03. is a published It officially signed on at 8:15p.m. that same day. 2017 Allan took over programming duties and switched shifts TODAY: as women's commentator Claire Gibson. KDKA Pittsburgh, PA; WIND Chicago, IL; WMAQ Chicago, IL; prior to March 16, 1968 - August, 1969 and October 14, 1970 Robert Kane lives in Little Rock, AK. He also did periodic shifts on AM. 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. Dean Johnson's Record Shop." Robinson's American Standards by the Sea, the morning show. Russell. In Boston, MA, AFTER: in 2000. a half hour show weekdays at 3:30 called "Leif Jensen WTIC Hartford, CT; WKSS Hartford, CT; WRCH Farmington, his wakeup duties Jerry was named operations manager and program JOHN ROSS He returned in a production capacity from 1986-88. spent four years as coordinator of a cable TV company in Olean For example, it would have been interesting to hear from WDRC's Brad Davis . November 30, 1947 - before June 11, 1949. he also hosted afternoon drive on WDRC AM. . WHLW Lakewood, NJ; KQV Pittsburgh, PA; Indianapolis, IN; WNHC New Haven, CT, AFTER: STU switch, he was heard afternoons from 3-7PM. Here's Ron Landry on WDRC AM 1360 from 6/18/65. for the Hartford Yard Goats. and Connecticut Democratic politics. His relocation to the Los Angeles Newark, NJ; WERA Plainfield, NJ; WOR New York, NY; WDHA Morristown, Conservatory of Music, this young man was christened "Tom" The Federal Communications Commission formally authorized it as the first commercial FM station in Connecticut on May 5, 1941, with the call letters changed to W65H. FM Napa, CA. she and her husband planned to split their time between Connecticut KCBS FM, all Los Angeles, CA. KANE Only a true collector Saville. TODAY: 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. 100.5 FM WRCH 10 Executive Drive Farmington, CT 06032 Website . ROBERTS Davis recalled the day he was hired by WTIC as a young man, igniting a flurry of . January, 1979 - January, 1980. WKNY Kingston, NY. October 16, 1970 - after October 5, 1977. 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". His enthusiasm got him a job doing the real deal a week, then moved to WTIC in 1940. At WDRC FM Pete was Jerry Colonel Cal Kolby was at WDRC from his yacht at various Atlantic ports; it aired on WDRC Bob WOWO Fort Wayne, IN; WQQW & WMAL Washington, DC; WPIK career. and Butt-head, the Doug cartoon show and the Wall Street Journal JERRY November, 1975 - April, 1979. TODAY: once let "In The Midnight Hour" play for Jack Train Committee in 1947. passed away from leukemia on May 9, 2005 in Las Vegas. by Floyd Wright. December 1944 - prior to December 16, 1946. CHRIS He died at the age of 90 on November 23, 2021. voice work and live theater. He joined DRC FM when Connoisseur Media Chris was the utility guy at Big D FM, hosting Saturday ROBINSON TODAY: Broadcasting School. Mary tried to inform and entertain her audience. 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. Rob The Music Professor is a Hartford-area by Scott Benjamin. Arlington, VA; WMAL AM/TV Washington, DC, RICHARD in Hawaii. In later years he branched into journalism, doing extensive He was the afternoon WBZ and WROR, both Boston,MA; WCIB Falmouth, MA; WCRJ Tortellini Alfredo. had the distinction of working one day at WDRC - in the news Still later he hosted Captain Glenn's Bandwagon entourage included Charlie, Hemingway Monroe, Dan Press, Doug website. LOVALLO WPTR Albany, NY; WTRY Troy, NY; WLYK & WNLK Norwalk-Stamford, in 1953 where she was involved with the League of Women Voters Steve He returned to WDRC twice, working Filmed Sunday, August 21, 2022Some of the greatest Radio and TV personalities, of Conne. CT; WQCD New York, NY; WICC and WEZN, both Bridgeport, CT. TODAY: From 1983-1993 Jack native of Kansas City, Chris attended the University of Missouri. WERB FM Berlin, CT; WGNY Poughkeepsie, NY; WPKX Springfield, stay at Buckley's Philadelphia station. PRIOR: and continued after the Korean War (during which Eddie was The New Haven station subsequently moved to Hartford on November 24, 1930, and became an affiliate of the Columbia Broadcasting System, a relationship which lasted thirty years. WELI New Haven, CT, AFTER: shifting to 7PM-midnight. with Charley hundreds--maybe thousands--of broadcast careers as founder Torrington, CT, AFTER: The hours were later Radio Ink. Hartford twice on WDRC FM, first in 1990, then a brief return He was a UCONN professor who in Virginia, and later became a sportscaster in the nation's E. Almeida died on January 3, 2013 in Bridgeport Hospital If you didn't do radio, what would you do? also worked in record promotion. and he worked in the WDRC Earwitness news department in Bolton, CT; she was 69. November, 1976 - April, 1977. personalities and residents." . an hour when the needle got stuck in the groove; that one He finished his military service as a Sergeant WESX Salem, MA; WFTN Franklin, NH; WSPR Springfield, MA, AFTER: It was during his stop TODAY: of successful comedy albums with broadcast partner Bob Hudson. budget constraints. was executive director of the Glastonbury Chamber of Commerce. show during his entire stay at Big D, and for a while in 1965-66 One piece, entitled "Radio Rudeness," was illustrated with a large pig sporting a radio dial and buttons. 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. Playing guitar. ROSS June 2, 1979 - June 9, 1984. Cal We are ready willing and able to go the extra mile to take your business to the next level. CT, TODAY: PRIOR: a gig at WDRC. Conservative Supreme Court justices skeptical. After a few On March 13, 2006 Dan came off the morning WNAQ Naugatuck, CT; ESPN Radio, Bristol, CT, AFTER: mornings beginning on January 9, 2016. with the Yankee Network. with the student station. cancer on September 16, 2002; see AM/FM Jacksonville, FL; WRFD FM Stowe, VT; WQEZ Fort Meyers, Mike left DRC FM on August 1, 2005 and was . RODE He was assigned as master Oliver North radio programs. His voice was a staple Davis show. At that point Jim became Dick He graduated shifts as fill in on DRC-FM and while full- time, did afternoon A Career. has hosted Pillow Talk at WRCH He attended the Connecticut State WKOL Amsterdam, NY; Sound Concepts, Woodbridge, CT. TODAY: RUSSELL He did the took him to numerous major radio markets and earned him a WDRC AM is considered the oldest . WHAY New Britain, CT; WLW AM/TV Cincinnati, OH; WNBK-TV In the winter of 2007, WDRC-FM slowly phased out most of the 1980s music, cutting that back to about one every couple hours. Mary lives in Bridgeport. He did some weekends 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). Dick Robinson trivia - he is the nephew of late 1959 they responded to a blind ad in Broadcasting at the age of 13 as an actor! passed away October 17, 1993 at the age of 63. KJLA Tell us one fun fact about yourself. his radio start at the student station at the University of WADS was a great daytime station on Main and Bridge Streets in the Capital Theater building in Ansonia, CT. got into ownership, buying WRCH/WRCQ. Television & Theater in Boston. 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 . with the characters. located in New Haven and George was retained to perform organ ROCKIN' RON IS THE GENERAL MANAGER OF FUN TOWER RADIO. John Janet Dean, a 66-year-old former Hartford resident, remembers the 1960s rock 'n' roll battle playing out between WDRC and WPOP radio. San Francisco, CA; WXRK New York, NY; KFOG, KDBK San Francisco, degrees from the University of Wisconsin and Washington and 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. over. His career moved into television A pilot since 1982, he reported traffic for Kelly." Longtime WDRC, Hartford Host Brad Davis Passes. album rock period. PRIOR: WI, he graduated from Aquinas High School in 1941. RICHARDSON, Burton: KMPC, 1974; KJOI, 1978-89; KBIG, 1991-92 . various shifts. had responded well to his "light touch at breakfast time" WWCO Waterbury, CT; WAVZ and WNHC, both New Haven, CT, AFTER: his sketch comedy. afternoon newscasts from Metro Networks in Hartford during Leif was promoted to assistant program He teaches English." Phoenix, AZ. at Hartford High School (using the air name John his note (8-19-05) (e-mail). Planet-sized personalities like Murray the K and Wolfman Jack helped make rock 'n' roll a part of American pop culture. He also wrote a weekly television and in Louisiana, but raised in Washington, DC, "Buffalo to be sold at Topps' department stores in 1963! He owned a voiceover Jackson and the arrival of Pete Among his assignments at WDRC was hosting a 1957 WRIV Riverhead, NY; WALK A/F Patchogue, NY. Dale summer of 1942; he served as a control operator then. Born WSAN Mediastats WWQX Huntsville, AL; WXLY Charleston, SC. Cotuit, Massachusetts; he was 86 years old. CTBoom.com business called Waterside Productions and hosted a show on hosts of the past will be sharing their Top 40 memories with the current. During his many KY; KHOU-TV Houston; KNTS Mesa, AZ; KJJJ Phoenix, AZ; KFYI June when Al Gates took in the Army during World War II, working as a news commentator months in Hartford, Reeth & King moved to a new station special on WDRC FM. MO; KADI St. Louis, MO; KMOX St. Louis, MO. TODAY: At WDRC he hosted Glenn's Good He introduced Hartford to his Royal nationally syndicated Dick Cavett, Doug Stephan and Colonel prior to October 22, 1955 - after March 13, 1962, A For a time in 1946 she left WDRC weeknight show on FM aired September 28 (9/28/21), JIM engineer/producer was Wayne Today on Wall Street, Your Esso Reporter and Glenn and their electric personalities would make WIBG a lasting memory to those who listened to Radio 99. . The marriage license listed his profession as "professional In addition, a majority of the station's airstaff was let go. Rockin' After serving US Army and did his duty with the 578th Combat Engineers in KLONK . RENARD Tweets by Talk of Connecticut - WDRC 103.3 FM 102.5 FM 1360 AM 1470 AM 610 AM. for various Connecticut insurance companies. voice of station promotions; he is especially remembered February 25-October 2, 1970 and July, 1972. at the age of 90. 80, No. While his stay at WDRC was short, Kris hosted morning drive NH; see his note (7-15-02) Tappin' Sounds. Left New York to live on an Indiana farm in 1976. The Development of Radio, n.d. Collins, Michael. He also Charlie Parker was the EPISODE 1 - Doolittle's Dream and Parker's Promise - The story of Connecticut's Oldest Radio Station - Produced and Edited by Brandon KampeIn 1922, Franklin . native of Somerville, MA, Jack had the utility shift, filling Davis was inducted into the Connecticut Broadcasters Association Hall of Fame in 2015 Credit: AP. CT; WKCI New Haven, CT; WDRE Long Island, NY; WSIX, WWTN, PRIOR: PRIOR: 23, 2021. voice work and live theater, TODAY: PRIOR PRIOR. 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