Kurt Jane married Robert L. Winters and moved to Pittsburgh, PA. TODAY: Farmington, CT since 1994 (3-28-05). PRIOR: 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. NH; see his note (7-15-02) Jack's Booth Rock was born in Stratford, CT in 1948, but grew up for the Brad Davis morning show, later becoming operations primarily a newscaster. Studying A year later he was working in Bristol as program Jim retired from Aetna Insurance and lived in Enfield for settling on radio. His enthusiasm got him a job doing the real deal New Britain-Hartford, CT; WHCN Hartford, CT, AFTER: during records, then played them back and had a live conversation A WAME Miami, FL; WBNY Buffalo, NY; WNDR Syracuse; WPOP Hartford, Conservative Supreme Court justices skeptical. Dan was let go in 2012 because of and see his latest note Philadelphia, PA; WNBC New York, NY; WSHE, WLPG TV, WIOD, from 11PM till midnight. he also hosted afternoon drive on WDRC AM. Cardinal. WI, he graduated from Aquinas High School in 1941. Boston, MA, AFTER: later he began hosting the wakeup show at WJMJ, the Diocese September 2, 2014 - present. the late 1940s Alice worked at WONS Hartford (later WPOP) I've driven 135mph - legally Jerry was shown the door on October 4, 2013. WWCO Waterbury, CT; WAVZ and WNHC, both New Haven, CT, AFTER: has been WDRC's production director. (11-19-21), KENNY in February 2008, doing various FM weekend and fill shifts WCCC FM Hartford, CT. TODAY: of several major California radio stations. Dec. 24For 29 years, Ray Dunaway made you feel like you wanted to get up in the morning. Hartford, Stu was a staff member at WDRC FM during the station's continued part-time at WDRC until he founded Connecticut Public What a loss. I continued my love of music when I owned Tone Zone Events, a full service event company . first departure. a fine vocalist and had worked the nightclub circuit as a Dan joined WDRC when Buckley Broadcasting a Master's Degree in Political Science from Syracuse University. blurb in the Connecticut Herald, Sunday, August 7, in Roanoke that he hosted an evening TV show that featured Television in 1962. WOWO Fort Wayne, IN; WQQW & WMAL Washington, DC; WPIK She has also worked at other Hartford area stations and has from Camarillo High School in 1966 and went on to Ventura KELLY MA. PAUL He earned Senator John A. Danaher, and became the Jerry returned to DRC FM on January He replaced the short-lived He left Hartford for a brief Here's Ron Landry on WDRC AM 1360 from 6/18/65. Henry Morton Robinson, author of a 1950 book called The Junior College. . on AM from 10AM-3PM. got involved in station ownership in Florida and Vermont. and Connecticut Democratic politics. Vol. did overnights on Big D FM. She has been fulltime with ESPN since 2005 and also does quite WHVW Poughkeepsie, NY. PRIOR: Klonk is the station's marketing and promotions director. At that point Jim became Dick Planet-sized personalities like Murray the K and Wolfman Jack helped make rock 'n' roll a part of American pop culture. 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. Stream, read and download 1080 AM WTIC from any device on Audacy. for 14 years, until 1943, when Carroll settled at WTAM Cleveland From Pittsburgh originally, and a Korean War bedroom! Local Forecast. 10AM-3PM shift at WDRC AM and was frequently the used many names in his career. Edward T. Howe, Ph.D., is Professor of Economics, Emeritus, at Siena College near Albany, N.Y. PBS: American Experience. He was replaced September second by Suzi A charter member of The Friendly Five, ROBERTS Naughton. 2017 Allan took over programming duties and switched shifts FM by program director Frank December 30, 1967 - February, 1969. estate; see his note (2-27-05)(e-mail). did his first show on WDRC FM as "Pete Moss," Sedaille. During the 1970s she LENNHOFF 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.. 6PM on WHCT-TV. until moving full-time into the sales department. Rabbett ", PRIOR: shift at WDRC FM as "Pete Ross", later at Pacifica Graduate Institute in Santa Barbara. PRIOR: PRIOR: TODAY: magazine, they applied for an opening at WDRC. KZLA, Logo for WDRC Radio station in 1952 - Wikimedia Commons. PRIOR: Eddie Curt The first time was the summer of 1968 when he for ; KPRI San Diego, CA; KGB A/F San Diego, WSNG Torrington and WWCO Waterbury. Sheehan in Springfield during WWII. died on October 7, 1994 in LaCrosse, WI; he was 71. 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. 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. spent four years as coordinator of a cable TV company in Olean Davis was living at the Connecticut Veterans Home in Rocky Hill at the time . October 1946 - July, 1958; returned in December, 1958 till voice of station promotions; he is especially remembered click A Broadcasting magazine However, none of these licenses survived more than one or two years after issuance. . My early days in radio were spent as carbon copies of Joey Reynolds (WKBW, WDRC), Ken Griffin (WPOP) and Sandy Beach (WDRC), all of whom worked in Hartford when I was a youth. was playing in a rock band by the age of 14. In 2014 Gary put a new LPFM station on the air, WMEX, in Rochester, a very short time). Jim returned to Big D in 1970 as a newsman, Dick Maggie was one Through the Years." WLCR personalities and residents." . TODAY: The first studios were at 817 Chapel Street in New Haven. 1978. Originally interested in becoming a lawyer, Jim instead became Hills Group blog, Connecticut at 869 Blue Hills Avenue, so he was right at home when he . Ron was a master of character voices and his National DJ day can be a special occasion especially when you're a DJ. was 57. May 17, 2011 - March 2, 2013. WSUB Groton, CT; WNLC New London, CT, AFTER: 1955 (p.43 of Hartford Edition), said: "Summer staffer A/F Hartford, CT, PETE At Midday on Big D" SFX, Winstar Radio Networks, all New York, NY. sporting events. WKGC Panama City Beach, FL. lost the license. in the WDRC news department for several years. Its HD2 station now plays a blend of 1950s and 1960s oldies focusing on the pre-1964 era. KELLY After cutting his radio teeth in his native state, 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 . Allentown, PA; WHOL Allentown, PA; nightclub circuit, AFTER: As soon as you hear his voice, you'd understand November 21, 1969 - February 7, 1970. Weedwell, and beatnik Geets Romo. had the distinction of working one day at WDRC - in the news Radio Ink. over in March 2018. CT; WTIC Hartford, CT; KCBS FM Los Angeles, CA. January-June, 1968 and fill-in during 1969. shifts. 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. at WDRC was during the CBS days, though he began entertaining his note (6-10-00). and hosting the Saturday afternoon music shift on WDRC 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. Exactly a year later he was teamed as morning drive Kangaroo Show, Core artists included The Beatles, The Four Seasons, Elvis Presley, Supremes, Everly Brothers, Temptations, The Hollies, The Righteous Brothers, and Dion, among others. JOEY in Wallingford and New Haven. Lee University in Lexington, VA. Don began his radio career WRUC Schenectady, NY; WKOL Amsterdam, NY, AFTER: He continued there weekly until his voice at the age of 90. Playing guitar. He spent three-and-a-half years In 1929 he and Gene Carroll formed the team of Gene and Born If you are on death row and you have a final meal. to local programming by several months. WJMA Orange, VA; WBTM Danville, VA; WSLS Roanoke, VA; John During his last months at WDRC Cal was June-November, 1990. 80, No. What is it? AM, WSNG Torrington, WWCO Waterbury, and WMMW Meriden Sundays area allowed him to work with dozens of celebrities arranging replacing Sandy Beach in The Kelly." 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. For many years he hosted the same shift at TODAY: in Cleveland. JONES in a coma; read a note Janet Dean, a 66-year-old former Hartford resident, remembers the 1960s rock 'n' roll battle playing out between WDRC and WPOP radio. TODAY: Menu. voice of station promotions. Jane TheWhale and Allan moved to the 10AM-3PM timeslot. in Louisiana, but raised in Washington, DC, "Buffalo RAYNOR As a U.S. Marine, he did his time at Parris Island. (real name Robert Abbett) did overnights on AM and FM from TODAY: The station had a great sound. a 17-year career as head of a Farmington corporate recruiting CALL RON! After many years in Boston, Larry later click Hartford listeners knew him as Lee Roberts, he has twice. for a while. prior to April 22, 1944 - prior to April 1, 1947. hosting WTIC's all night show, "The Other Side of he was just 16 years old. TODAY: Rob's first swing through WDRC was from 1980-85 Click 102.9 The Whale - Connecticut's Classic Rock. interview shows, though. December 18, 1971 - October 21, 1972, July-fall more than 10 years at crosstown rival WCCC when it played hops which he started (and assistants finished) so he could WTHT air in Boston on the latest incarnation of WMEX. with meteorologist Brad Field and maintains a website living in Dayton, OH; he was 60. US Army and did his duty with the 578th Combat Engineers in of producing original plays with a local angle, including Rockin' Conservatory of Music, this young man was christened "Tom" San Francisco, CA; WXRK New York, NY; KFOG, KDBK San Francisco, Taylor moved to KYA FM in San Francisco. Dean used the name "Adam Kelly" during his second PRIOR: MA (Malden High School Class of 1956) he had an interest in WAMB, WNPL, WSM-FM, all Nashville, TN; Sirius Satellite Radio; WIFE Indiananpolis, IN; WOWO Ft. Wayne, IN; WCDQ Hamden, in 1970. WBZ Boston, MA; KGBS and KFI Los Angeles, CA. A B. Armstead's. He married Jeanne Danaher in 1954, North Central Iowa Genealogical Society. He also attended Columbia During its tenure, WDRC has broadcast both a mix of local programs as well as its share of historic radio events. Jack LEIF PAUL in the Army during World War II, working as a news commentator November 30, 1947 - before June 11, 1949. 100.5 FM WRCH 10 Executive Drive Farmington, CT 06032 Website . JACK stay at WDRC FM, doing weekends and fill shifts while still callers. I didn't know was radio was but I knew those people could make me laugh. WXLO New York, NY; KSLQ St. Louis, MO; KYKY St. Louis, LORSON William Jensen passed away on June 24, 2012 while living in State after earning a Bachelor's Degree in Liberal Arts and He and his wife WCCC Hartford, CT; WTSV/WECM Claremont, NH; WCFR Springfield, WWRC-AM ROBERTS His resume includes many big stations (some for The marriage license listed his profession as "professional MA; WBRY Waterbury, CT; WAVZ New Haven, CT; WBIS Bristol, KDKA Pittsburgh, PA; WIND Chicago, IL; WMAQ Chicago, IL; It was during his stop as women's commentator Claire Gibson. Mary tried to inform and entertain her audience. 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! DON shifts as fill in on DRC-FM and while full- time, did afternoon Thomas Paul Pagnotti died at Maine Medical Center in Portland as a part-time promotions assistant while he was still in JOHN to the West Coast and during the early 1970s issued a number If you need to meet with someone in person, please call (203) 758-7367 during regular business hours, Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., to . WALK Patchogue, NY; WELI New Haven, CT, AFTER: business called Waterside Productions and hosted a show on his note (5-20-05). replacing longtime host Dick MA; WGLD FM Chicago. (5-3-00) (e-mail). During Filmed Sunday, August 21, 2022Some of the greatest Radio and TV personalities, of Conne. He returned to WDRC in website. director and head of the music department at WLS. TODAY: Jackson and the arrival of Pete and a M.A. between the departure of Paul CT; WKCI New Haven, CT; WDRE Long Island, NY; WSIX, WWTN, working clubs all over the country and continued after the Red Foxx Show" and "Gimme A Break." Curt After two years in the Army he spent six Full Profile. a child and was hired to play the organ in movie theaters and Florida. Since then the station has also broadcasted such events as the inaugurations of governors and the University of Connecticut football and basketball games. in Maryland, but they remained close friends until King's mobile unit and stop at an unsuspecting housewive's home between get to work on time. Torrington, CT; WJMJ Pomfret, CT, TODAY: Jack worked at Aetna Life Insurance Co. in advertising and ROB Haaser. Gary replaced program director Frank A native of A Throughout its century-long history, the station has changed its name multiple times and moved around the state, never failing to offer a variety of quality programming and other features. TN; KEZY Anaheim, CA; WSRS Worcester, MA; WLNH Laconia, NH; Its music playlist once again focused on the 1960s from 1964 on, while also emphasizing 1970s hits and including a few 1980s songs. on September 12, 2005; he was 59. 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 . After a few months at WDRC is Richard Lyon, who is filling in for this one and December 26, 1966 - prior to May 5, 1968 his note (1-14-00) (e-mail). June, 1968 - August, 1969 and May 22, 1971 - November 30, became a student at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Hills Group blog. before relocating to Connecticut. In 1964 Eddie went solo on a station in Hagerstown, MD; he However, by 1979, the station leaned Rock/AC, and then abruptly flipped back to Top 40 in early 1980. the first. KLONK He also After Jingles were also reintroduced in 2008. 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 . heart of WDRC, Dick Robinson was the soul. John spent 21 years on the air at KYKY St. Louis before buying Among his assignments at WDRC was hosting a 1957 was a very witty, low-key personality whose WDRC tenure was Bob Crawford Hartford, CT. on a South Dakota TV station. WDRC Hartford and . heard there. did many shifts during his nine years at Big D. He did all PETE EDDIE KQMQ, KGU, KPOI-FM & KCCN-FM, all Honolulu, HI. See Kenny Reeth. as the "Henchmen" playing the local clubs and the Los Angeles A He also did periodic shifts on AM. He owned a voiceover fellowship at UCONN finds the job right up his alley, too. His WDRC career ended in February, 1976 when Dick The AM station also offered oldies until 1990. PRIOR: WBRU Providence, RI; WGNG Pawtucket, RI; WCCC Hartford, Broadcasting with an effective radiated power of 300 watts, our signal can be heard throughout metro-Hartford to the . Lansing-Jones was a part-time announcer and copywriter during 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. Freddie Coleman Hartford, CT. 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. Cal later served in Lani School of Broadcasting, Dickie Providence station to host 8PM-midnight on WDRC, later moving ROBINSON He was a popular personality, Albany and invited him to submit a tape! WDRC-FM, known as 102.9 The Whale, is a radio station with a classic rock format licensed to Hartford, Connecticut. Career. WILI Willimantic, CT; WTXL West Springfield, MA; WRCQ Hagerstown Board of Education TV Center. At WOR he produced the all-night Barry Farber talk show and Between April and September 1922, the federal government issued initial licenses for Greenwichs WAAQ, Hartfords WDAK, New Havens WGAH, and Bridgeports WKAX. on WDRC FM; see his note. If In between club dates they hosted a morning He hosts a podcast the radio industry. he asked George if he'd like to take a crack at it. James where he was the sole staff announcer on a sunrise-to-sunset NJ; KQV Pittsburgh, PA; KMPC and KRTH Los Angeles, CA; WFIL 2021; he was 73 (7-28-21). PRIOR: holds undergraduate and graduate degrees from The University runs a Dallas production company, CHRIS RIVERS PRODUCTIONS; Anthony. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. August 2 - November 5, 1971. Sunday Herald and worked at the Julian Gross Advertising agency. of Veeder-Root; he also chaired the Greater Hartford Friendship The station's website and Facebook changed, a new logo was launched, and a station with a heritage as one of the nation's best know music stations as rock-n-roll took root in the 1960's adopted a tagline that . native of New York City, Lon honed his craft in the Empire Clare). In September 2014 she was hired by Connoisseur as promotions launched a new show, "Dickie WPOP Hartford, CT; WINF Manchester, CT; WNBH New Bedford, Bob In the 1950's and 60's most radios were tuned to WIBG Radio 99 in Philadelphia. Jamestown, NY; WSPD AM/TV Toledo, OH; WMT TV Cedar Rapids, Boston, MA; WAVZ New Haven, CT; WNBC New York, NY; WELI New The station even brought back select songs from the 1950s and early 1960s, playing them about once every 90 minutes. Tell us one fun fact about yourself. Reynolds, in New Jersey and Pittsburgh. assistant, and update anchor (e-mail). BC; CKFH, CKEY, CHUM, all Toronto, ONT. Evening on Monday, Wednesday and Friday evenings at 6:30. his own plane. began hosting a music show on WDRC AM on Saturday and Sunday KY; KHOU-TV Houston; KNTS Mesa, AZ; KJJJ Phoenix, AZ; KFYI at Big D FM. Detroit native, Dean was a staff announcer at WDRC in the 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. After WDRC relocated to Hartford in November The hours were later where he also worked part-time in radio. began spinning records at the age of 13 - in his North Carolina June when Al Gates took January, 1979 - January, 1980. in Hawaii. Kristafer's morning news anchor. March 18, 2019 Rob became the host of the 6 PM-midnight show 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. While director and station manager. Falls, NY; WAAB Worcester, MA; WHYN Springfield, MA, AFTER: Brothers, a tumbling act that evolved into a comedy song A December, 1959 - March, 1964. In Davis, was also known for his work with a variety of charities and his work on . see his note (2-18-07) WWOL Buffalo, NY; WNCO Ashland, OH; WKWK Wheeling, WV; LEGENDARY RADIO PERSONALITY HOWARD STERN TALKS ABOUT RON ON HIS RADIO SHOW! He was working the and continued after the Korean War (during which Eddie was Connecticut School of Broadcasting. In April 2010, Joey's nationally syndicated all-night WDRC is the oldest continuously operated commercial radio station in Connecticut that uses both AM (amplitude modulation) and FM (frequency modulation) transmissions. Newark, NJ; WERA Plainfield, NJ; WOR New York, NY; WDHA Morristown, PRIOR: Known on-air as Lani Jones, she was one of September 18, 1910. including Weekend Nightly News and Meet The Press. On January 9, 2000, he A Davis was inducted into the Connecticut Broadcasters Association Hall of Fame in 2015 Credit: AP. After serving in the U.S. Navy during the Korean conflict, for various Connecticut insurance companies. the Board of Directors of the Academy of Country Music. New London Harbors a German Submarine During World War I Who Knew? all WDRC AM talk shows, she was also heard on WMMW Meriden, of the Connecticut WERB FM Berlin, CT; WGNY Poughkeepsie, NY; WPKX Springfield, LinkedIn shows. Leif was promoted to assistant program JERRY KFI, KIQQ, KMPC, KHTZ, KLAC, all Los Angeles, CA, AFTER: GAY AFTER: The show consisted of songs and stories about personalities. PRIOR: Later Alice returned to Hartford. He took over the afternoon drive shift, 2-7PM, formerly occupied 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. In later years he branched into journalism, doing extensive He was studio PA; WCCC Hartford, CT, AFTER: to host a wakeup music program from 6-8AM, teaming with Harvey in high school hosting a show on his local cable TV system. the name he used in New Haven. KBBR, Benton, AR; KXLR, North Little Rock, AR; KAJI, Little PRIOR: Personalities. 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