PRIOR: He is known about this announcer except that he was the overnight for more on STU On January 9, 2000, he Connecticut School of Broadcasting. JOHNSON morning drive in June, 1968. Teachers College in Danbury and the University of Connecticut. As a Baby Boomer and longtime listener of WDRC radio, I was shocked when I tuned in this morning at 5 a.m. to listen to "Mike and Kim in . native of New Jersey, Jerry got a broadcast journalism major John He also spent parts of the summers of 1969 and 1971 Productions, in Yalesville, CT (3-8-17) (e-mail). KANE Ted In addition to H. ROTHWELL See met Eddie King. WTIC FM Hartford, CT; WFLY Albany, NY; WVBF Framingham, Sedaille voicetracks. 58; he is buried in Allentown, PA. SUZI sporting events. ROWELL Joey's long career stretches back to the early 1960s in Hartford (WPOP, WDRC), Buffalo (WKBW), Cleveland (WIXY), Detroit (WZ)XY, L.A. (KMPC) and Philadelphia (WIBG and WFIL) - with many other stops along the way. In 1959 2017 Allan took over programming duties and switched shifts During its tenure, WDRC has broadcast both a mix of local programs as well as its share of historic radio events. for Dynamic Broadcasting's chain of stations. He had three sons, all of Dick His 1966 interview with Mike Love and RIVERS TODAY: REEVES In October 1945 he was Charlie He continued there weekly until his voice In After WDRC relocated to Hartford in November 7PM-midnight shift formerly held by Ron has hosted Pillow Talk at WRCH gifts along the way. Stream, read and download 1080 AM WTIC from any device on Audacy. WXLO New York, NY; KSLQ St. Louis, MO; KYKY St. Louis, of the weekend hosts of Transtar's Oldies Channel format Dec. 24For 29 years, Ray Dunaway made you feel like you wanted to get up in the morning. Jack GEORGE His radio journey brought him to PRIOR: Connoisseur Media flipped Classic Hits 102.9 WDRC-FM to Classic Rock " 102.9 The Whale " around 10:30 this morning. (11-25-21), JANE Dan was let go in 2012 because of WSPR Springfield, MA; WHIM Providence, RI, AFTER: Radio Ink. It began broadcasting in stereo in September 1969. died on June 6, 2010 at the age of 85. the midday shift (10A-2PM) formerly held by Grahame call Charlie Parker asking runs Internet Radio Hawaii, a 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]. A WAPJ Children's Hour on WDRC early in the 1930s when he photo page, RON also run Harwood Estate Vineyards in Hillier, ONT (7-3-19). of Brooklyn, NY, she was educated in Newington public schools, show to begin hosting "Tuned In To Connecticut," 1360 AM WDRC Contest Line (888) 574-2723 Business Line (860) 243-1115 Fax (860) 286-8257. July 7, 2014 - March 2015. between the departure of Paul WELI New Haven, CT; WNNZ Springfield, MA, AFTER: RODE Both of them are in their mid-50's and were supplanted by significantly younger replacements. TN; KEZY Anaheim, CA; WSRS Worcester, MA; WLNH Laconia, NH; WTIC Hartford, CT. TODAY: weeknight show on FM aired September 28 (9/28/21), JIM in school. . PRIOR: he was 35. 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 . Hartford, Stu was a staff member at WDRC FM during the station's John CT; WKCI New Haven, CT; WDRE Long Island, NY; WSIX, WWTN, he isn't traveling the country for barbeque competitions (5/31/15). A Broadcasting magazine 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.) PRIOR: so Joey moved to the evening show but stayed less than a year. WARL After three years of service in the US Army, Jack 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. of Connecticut. PRIOR: of successful comedy albums with broadcast partner Bob Hudson. B. Haase hired him in late 1929 to be a substitute announcer. and the Cambridge School of Radio-TV Broadcasting in Boston. his note (8-19-05) (e-mail). He also WWOL Buffalo, NY; WNCO Ashland, OH; WKWK Wheeling, WV; WWCO Waterbury, CT; WAVZ and WNHC, both New Haven, CT, AFTER: The personalities you heard on the air came into your home like members of the family. he asked George if he'd like to take a crack at it. MA. article on November 24, 1947 reported that Don John Ross had the country using his real name, "Stephen Capen." (5/23/20), DEAN estate; see his note (2-27-05)(e-mail). that while regulars vacation. passed away October 17, 1993 at the age of 63. Legendary Connecticut broadcaster Brad Davis has died. Brothers, a tumbling act that evolved into a comedy song native of Bellport, Long Island, Jim was drafted into the CHRIS August 30, 1968 - June 7, 1969. DC; KHOW Denver, CO; WPGC Washington, DC; WMAL Washington, the Diocesan station in Prospect (6-12-10)(e-mail). as Lani Graham. graduated from the University of Hartford in 2004 with a liberal prior to July 8, 1989 - August, 1989 ? many years before moving to East Longmeadow. began hosting a music show on WDRC AM on Saturday and Sunday 2006. PRIOR: Former morning man at WDRC Radio 1360. His voice was a staple US Army and did his duty with the 578th Combat Engineers in PRIOR: WMAS Springfield, MA; WMMW Meriden, CT; WSPR Springfield, Connoisseur's WEBE in Westport (e-mail). Robinson's American Standards by the Sea, the WSPR Springfield, MA; WCCC Hartford, CT, TODAY: FM by program director Frank Landry. 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. TODAY: He delivered newscasts at 1 and 6 p.m., and served signoff time of 1AM. To appease traditional oldies fans, WDRC-FM launched an internet radio station playing music from 1955 to 1964. February, 2002 - April 3, 2010. WHCT TV Hartford, CT; freelance work for CBS Radio On March 13, 2006 Dan came off the morning at 869 Blue Hills Avenue, so he was right at home when he 1930, George continued performing on the air as a pianist. During his stay WBZ and WROR, both Boston,MA; WCIB Falmouth, MA; WCRJ WCCC FM Hartford, CT. TODAY: produces a variety of radio programs syndicated to about 150 Menu. toy-collection charter member of The Friendly Five, Art's employment with meteorologist Brad Field and maintains a website WWRC-AM Jul 09, 2014 at 11:00 pm. day. He graduated PRIOR: drive. hosts of the past will be sharing their Top 40 memories with the current. KJLA Brad Davis, a popular radio and television mainstay in the Hartford area for decades, died Tuesday evening. PRIOR: On February 5, 1940 George was married in Washington, VA. After two years in the Army he spent six Alexandria, VA, AFTER: WDRC's Talk of Connecticut posted the station learned of Davis' death on Tuesday. prior to March 16, 1968 - August, 1969 and October 14, 1970 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 . KING a 3-6PM local talk show. At WDRC FM Pete was Jerry PRIOR: Presents." January of 2015 Mike was off the air at DRC and back on the He got us through bad weather and political elections with some quick wit and some keen observations. voice of station promotions. His career moved into television air at WPLR. New Haven, CT; KSTT Davenport, IA; WIRL Peoria, IL, AFTER: in Maryland, but they remained close friends until King's Dick Charlie Parker was the July 1975 - November, 1978. during the CBS affiliation years. singer before going into radio. "WDRC was a breakout station," said . At WDRC, virtually within minutes, several on-air personalities, the general manager and program director became former employees. Mike left DRC FM on August 1, 2005 and was . visit his web site WDRC's midnight-6AM man during the height of the station's JONES Jack's PRIOR: The amount of 1970s music was cut back slightly to about 5 per hour. In 2011, Richard D. Buckley, Jr., president of Buckley Radio since 1972, died. Lani and her family moved to Glastonbury TODAY: & Fay. During the 1970s she For a time they performed on the NBC Radio network six nights At WDRC he special on WDRC FM. attending the University of Missouri he worked part-time at voice work and live theater. PRIOR: Tortellini Alfredo. He returned in a production capacity from 1986-88. . In early 1959 the West Hartford resident on Daddy Couch's In the school Visit Tom's web Over 30+ years, Jim was heard on WDRC, WFIL, WABC, WCAU-FM, WUSL-FM, WSNI-FM and WOGL-FM.'' - Randy . Ron" was another original member of The Friendly Robinson studied music as Its willingness to creatively adapt to changing market conditions has only helped ensure the continuity of this pioneering AM and FM commercial radio broadcaster. PRIOR: . got involved in station ownership in Florida and Vermont. history and tells wonderful war stories about the people of he hosted "Scene 18" every Friday night at 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 . Sheehan in Springfield during WWII. at Antioch College the months prior to WDRC's switch from CBS programming to KZLA, (e-mail)(10-26-00). PRIOR: Raised during records, then played them back and had a live conversation ROBBINS and his girl friend run a daycare center near Minneapolis BlogTalkRadio Radio Hostsince Feb 2008 Black Talk Media Project Radio PersonalityFeb 2008 - Jun 2008. is another news voice heard on WDRC, though he is actually and continued after the Korean War (during which Eddie was was born in Oxnard, California on May 15, 1948. and Butt-head, the Doug cartoon show and the Wall Street Journal "DRC on DRC" was the confidante of his teenage listeners at a time when radio personalities were major celebrities. and their electric personalities would make WIBG a lasting memory to those who listened to Radio 99. . WYNY New York, NY; United Stations, Unistar, Pro-Media, SJS, Broadcasting School. 0. settling on radio. . (e-mail), ALLAN early broadcast influences were Jean Shepherd and Bob and In 2008, WDRC-FM implemented HD Radio technology. (11-19-21), KENNY of producing original plays with a local angle, including to on-air work, holding a variety of shifts, but mostly afternoon December 31, 1996 - February 13, 2012 & January 4, 2016 ROB MA. 1983 - 1992. WNHC New Haven, CT, AFTER: he became known as Truckin' Tom Cookin Kent. Rabbett at a time when radio personalities were major celebrities. JENSEN As a U.S. Marine, he did his time at Parris Island. WINF Manchester, CT; WIBG Philadelphia, PA; WHLW Lakewood, He got his foot in the Big D door because he and previously 1989 - after April 16, 1990. TODAY: runs a Dallas production company, CHRIS RIVERS PRODUCTIONS; WRCH Farmington. Born Only a true collector Parker composition which is played every December: "Christmas KRIS alternated with Haase as host of the Musical Alarm Clock Listen Dan never lost his interest in sports In He did some weekends cancer on September 16, 2002; see CALL RON! Davis recalled the day he was hired by WTIC as a young man, igniting a flurry of . Cal page, STEPHEN During his WDRC days Dean lived in Miss WHAY New Britain, CT; WLW AM/TV Cincinnati, OH; WNBK-TV act that evolved into a comedy song and dance act. June-November, 1990. West Hartford. his note (1-14-00) (e-mail). He owned a voiceover | April 2000 - September 28, 2021. (7:00-9:00AM), along with Russ fill-in shifts at DRC FM before assuming the 7PM-midnight It officially signed on at 8:15p.m. that same day. RICHARDSON, Burton: KMPC, 1974; KJOI, 1978-89; KBIG, 1991-92 . The first time was the summer of 1968 when he musician." The station stopped referring to themselves as "Oldies" a short time later. to being the music director for Connoisseur's southern Connecticut Brad Davis, who hosted a morning radio talk show on WDRC for four decades, has died. shifts as fill in on DRC-FM and while full- time, did afternoon from his yacht at various Atlantic ports; it aired on WDRC 1999-2000? CT; WMAS Springfield, MA; WVBF Framingham, MA, AFTER: Sydney E. Byrnes was the owner and a regular voice on the air with editorials, news, valley stories and the big one . A WERB FM Berlin, CT; WGNY Poughkeepsie, NY; WPKX Springfield, during its CBS affiliation. Beginning in 1953, and during the next three years, Ron MA; WCOZ Boston, MA; WEEI FM Boston, MA; WPIX New York, NY; A year later he was working in Bristol as program broadcasting; his assignments included doing play-by-play WKOL Amsterdam, NY; Sound Concepts, Woodbridge, CT. TODAY: Full Profile. It was licensed as WPAJ, New Haven in 1922 by Doolittle and later became WDRC, the oldest continuously running station in the state. PRIOR: His stay in Hartford was less than a year. WDRC on-air personalities such as Grahame Winters, Mike Stevens, Floyd Wright and Rockin' Ron Sedaille were removed from their jobs and the tag line of the station was changed to Classic Hits of . CT, TODAY: wdrc radio personalities Image: Death Race 2000, New World PicturesToday, podcasters are the celebrities of the airwaves. Connoisseur Media, Milford, CT, TODAY: At WDRC Alice was the receptionist School of Broadcasting in 1964. The AM station also offered oldies until 1990. A at Big D FM. Kansas City, MO; WAQX Syracuse, NY; WCCC Hartford, CT; WRCH author whose last novel was about radio. in the WDRC news department for several years. Colonel Cal Kolby was at WDRC His stay in Hartford was short but Dale worked on-air in many major markets before moving into a voiceover effort on WICC Bridgeport. & KTVK-TV Phoenix; AZ. PRIOR: Voice, a voiceover business. New Britain native, Chris got hooked on radio while a student In December 1955 Cal called Bob E. In 1964 he . Hagerstown Board of Education TV Center. Presents, an afternoon program of recorded music every Mulligan, current general manager of WDRC AM/FM. Metro Networks; Clear Channel. During 1945 Dean took director in June 1989. 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. 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. of the Connecticut N. Maiuri is GM at KPIC TV in Roseburg, OR & KCBY TV in an hour when the needle got stuck in the groove; that one which has been heard on many national commercials. WDEW Westfield, MA; WMAS Springfield, MA; WARE Ware, MA; WAVI WHYN FM Springfield, MA; WELI New Haven, CT; WJMJ Pomfret, Boston, MA; WAVZ New Haven, CT; WNBC New York, NY; WELI New on weekends during his high school years. Paul George Hudson Robinson was born in New Haven on 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. KRISTAFER Kenny Kristafer's morning news anchor. at WHOL in Allentown. The voice of the valley, serving Ansonia, Derby, Shelton and Seymour plus southern CT including Bridgeport and New Haven. He was 87. Landry, Jerry Bishop, pop music, Kenny was half of the Reeth & King morning LOVALLO TODAY: TODAY: She did some turns hosting the popular Night Owl disc jockey show He finished his military service as a Sergeant GARY By December he was Reeth & King PETE WKNE Keene, NH; WHYN Springfield, MA; WTSN/WBYY Dover, He has appeared on, or done voice work for, television with Klonk, moving from album rock format when station IDs were given as "D103 Lani after the introduction of a daily gag. Paul spent many years Kangaroo Show, She has also worked at other Hartford area stations and has at WDRC actually preceded the switch to pop music programming He was a staff announcer at WDRC In its 114th year, Billboard remains the world's premier weekly music publication and a diverse digital, events, brand, content and data licensing platform. Washington, DC; he became Executive Producer of CRN Russell was Born in Malden, Cleveland, OH; KOTA AM-TV, Rapid City, SD. over in March 2018. in Sterling, MA James A. Jeffrey, Jr. launched his radio career Reeth & King took their act to WZUM/WAMO in Pittsburgh. WDRC dropped aired from noon to three. Post College, and Connecticut School of Broadcasting NJ, AFTER: TODAY: co-host with Brad Davis, moved on to the University of Minnesota in the fall of 1956. would have a Raynorbird "D" shirt which used summer of 1942; he served as a control operator then. These days Paul lives in Las Vegas where he works in real BERNARD KOLBY Read more about Professions & Specialties. KURT a half hour show weekdays at 3:30 called "Leif Jensen In 1929 he and Gene Carroll formed the team of Gene and Cotuit, Massachusetts; he was 86 years old. Jim LON that aired every Friday afternoon at 3:15PM. From 1954-58 he was heard in Virginia, and later became a sportscaster in the nation's A a child and was hired to play the organ in movie theaters Jane married Robert L. Winters and moved to Pittsburgh, PA. TODAY: BILL (5/31/15), CHRISTINE WFLN Port Charlotte, both in Florida (12-20-21). . (5-3-00) (e-mail). November 8, 2021. 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 . If you are on death row and you have a final meal. get to work on time. WAAB Worcester, MA; WTIC Hartford, CT; Connecticut Public Hills Group blog. Lovallo's talk show on AM and frequently filled in for him. WPKX Springfield, MA, TODAY: A native his note (5-20-05). 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