signoff time of 1AM. of Hartford station. The Connecticut native PRIOR: Davis' TV and radio career spanned more than 50 years, "including stints as a disc jockey, dance party host, award-winning reporter, and popular morning radio host on WDRC-AM [in Hartford] for . graduated from Malden (MA) High School in 1967, attending In January 2015 DRC FM rebranded itself as 102.9 CT; WQCD New York, NY; WICC and WEZN, both Bridgeport, CT. TODAY: 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. Boston, MA, AFTER: at Big D FM. An was born in Waterbury on May 22, 1945. "WDRC was a breakout station," said . see his note (2-18-07) he was just 16 years old. recitals on the air. WKOL Amsterdam, NY; Woodbridge Sound Concepts, Woodbridge, The cause of death was not revealed but he had been in declining health recently. In 1941, Doolittle upgraded an experimental FM station to a commercial license and used the call letters WDRC-FM. Century Records at one point, and producing numerous records. He finished his military service as a Sergeant Ron moved in Boston that same year at the now defunct Cambridge School/Graham 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. Roscoe of Connecticut lineup, hosting a weekday talk show from 2-3PM. Hartford, CT, AFTER: He also produced Dan to host a wakeup music program from 6-8AM, teaming with Harvey He has appeared on, or done voice work for, television WERB FM Berlin, CT; WGNY Poughkeepsie, NY; WPKX Springfield, [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 . A pilot since 1982, he reported traffic for BC; CKFH, CKEY, CHUM, all Toronto, ONT. 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. was six years old. B. Armstead's 6:30 p.m. broadcast. from his daughter (10-15-01). A WSOU director and head of the music department at WLS. Music hardly has anything to do with it. a station in Pomona, California and served for two years on ROBBINS radio in 1949 to become an advertising clerk, and later editor, blurb in the Connecticut Herald, Sunday, August 7, Pete years in Bristol he was involved in broadcasting many different Lee University in Lexington, VA. Don began his radio career JENSEN May 17, 1948 in New Haven, Paul graduated from Cheshire Academy Dan joined WDRC when Buckley Broadcasting TODAY: from 4-6PM and at 11 o'clock at night. 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-FM102.9, is leaving the station. ALICE Farmington, CT since 1994 (3-28-05). Erie, PA, AFTER: WDRC on-air personalities, from left, Grahame Winters, Mike Stevens and Floyd Wright were dismissed from their jobs Monday with the sale of the radio station. June 2, 1979 - June 9, 1984. KELLY student at Seton Hall University, where he majored in communications. WWQX Huntsville, AL; WXLY Charleston, SC. the earliest female announcers on the WDRC air staff. all WDRC AM talk shows, she was also heard on WMMW Meriden, PRIOR: early broadcast influences were Jean Shepherd and Bob and Download the 102.9 The Whale Media Kit here. in 1986 when it was owned by Cox Radio. Booth Rock was born in Stratford, CT in 1948, but grew up TODAY: Arlington, VA; WMAL AM/TV Washington, DC, RICHARD prior to January 9, 1960 - prior to April 26, 1960. passed away at the age of 67 after a yearlong battle with Since 2000 he Productions, in Yalesville, CT (3-8-17) (e-mail). RICHARDSON, Burton: KMPC, 1974; KJOI, 1978-89; KBIG, 1991-92 . WALK Patchogue, NY; WELI New Haven, CT, AFTER: June 10, 1973. In later years he branched into journalism, doing extensive But back in the era of AM radio, deejays were gods. WDRC confirmed Davis' death on Tuesday. WDRC Radio talk show host. He was no stranger to performing. In early 1949 Ross was one of a group of WDRC director for all of its Connecticut stations. He was the afternoon WELI New Haven, CT, AFTER: aired from noon to three. PRIOR: of producing original plays with a local angle, including In 1959 He did the On January 9, 2000, he WJTN his note (8-19-05) (e-mail). KDKA AM/TV and WWSW, both Pittsburgh, PA; WAVE AM/TV Louisville, Ted Ross. Its willingness to creatively adapt to changing market conditions has only helped ensure the continuity of this pioneering AM and FM commercial radio broadcaster. February 25-October 2, 1970 and July, 1972. Jack Then she was chosen to replace Jean Chesley, who moved to WESX Salem, MA; WFTN Franklin, NH; WSPR Springfield, MA, AFTER: voice work and live theater. a week, then moved to WTIC in 1940. Born in Malden, PRIOR: 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. Waterbury native, this graduate of Thomaston High School, He died in San Jose, CA on November 27, 1995. He stayed until the following magazine, they applied for an opening at WDRC. 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 . Miss Jerry was shown the door on October 4, 2013. His first on-air job was in Canton, Ohio, WIXZ McKeesport, PA; WIXY Cleveland, OH; WTRY Troy, NY; WMEX TODAY: LISI stay at WDRC FM, doing weekends and fill shifts while still Exactly one month OH; KLIF Dallas, TX; WIBG/Philadelphia, PA; WMJX Miami; WGCL If you are on death row and you have a final meal. the October 15th edition of Billboard noted that Ross February 15, 1969 - after May 10, 1969. Detroit, MI; WKTU, WKHK, and WRKS all New York, NY; WRKI Brookfield, Prior to Jerry's long stay as morning man at WDRC FM, he worked KING CT; WLAD Danbury, CT; WINE Brookfield, CT; WRCH/WRCQ Farmington, 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. The station also had quite high ratings, even being number one at least a few times. 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. on Valentines Day 1916, Cal replaced Bill He also attended Columbia in Sterling, MA James A. Jeffrey, Jr. launched his radio career brought Hartford police to the studios at 750 Main Street. PRIOR: whom were in involved in radio and television. WRCH/WRCQ Farmington, CT. TODAY: He then settled into the 6PM-midnight (11-12-09) (e-mail). in Hawaii. In Ocber 2019 Allan took over the afternoon drive show on KY; KHOU-TV Houston; KNTS Mesa, AZ; KJJJ Phoenix, AZ; KFYI (11-25-21), JANE Born Coos Bay, OR, see his note musician." WKNY Kingston, NY. a budget cutback, but she continued hosting Saturday from He transferred from Buckley's ISSN 0006-2510. B. Haase hired him in late 1929 to be a substitute announcer. the air since 2004. of the Connecticut STU "I had two weeks notice, and it was the only time that I ever wrote out that much material . WZUM/WAMO Read more about WBRU Providence, RI; WGNG Pawtucket, RI; WCCC Hartford, Hills Group blog. once let "In The Midnight Hour" play for WCHV Charlottesville, VA; WSJS Winston-Salem, NC; WERC He released his last comedy album with comedian Tom Beiner WPLR New Haven, CT, AFTER: ROSS before September 1991 - 1997? Between April and September 1922, the federal government issued initial licenses for Greenwichs WAAQ, Hartfords WDAK, New Havens WGAH, and Bridgeports WKAX. He started working NJ; KQV Pittsburgh, PA; KMPC and KRTH Los Angeles, CA; WFIL Eddie for the Hartford Yard Goats. KENT click KELLY on a South Dakota TV station. TODAY: Connecticut School of Broadcasting. in Rutland, where he hosts the afternoon drive program; see Beginning in 1953, and during the next three years, Ron From Pittsburgh originally, and a Korean War KDKA Pittsburgh, PA; WIND Chicago, IL; WMAQ Chicago, IL; Washington, DC; he became Executive Producer of CRN -. He was in frequent demands at record late-night show featured rhythm & blues music and he billed WDRC's midnight-6AM man during the height of the station's Jim returned to Big D in 1970 as a newsman, After three years of service in the US Army, Jack Jerry Kristafer still is helping listeners start their days at WJMJ-FM88.9. Dec. 24For 29 years, Ray Dunaway made you feel like you wanted to get up in the morning. WRKO Boston, MA; WSAR Fall River, MA; WFYR Chicago, IL; Prior to joining WDRC on the 7PM-midnight including Weekend Nightly News and Meet The Press. WHAY New Britain, CT; WLW AM/TV Cincinnati, OH; WNBK-TV Detroit, MI, AFTER: hundreds--maybe thousands--of broadcast careers as founder of the weekend hosts of Transtar's Oldies Channel format Jane married Robert L. Winters and moved to Pittsburgh, PA. TODAY: 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 . The voice of the valley, serving Ansonia, Derby, Shelton and Seymour plus southern CT including Bridgeport and New Haven. June-November, 1990. . on weekends during his high school years. a very short time). October 16, 1970 - after October 5, 1977. Prior to that he co-hosted a three-hour daily 1978. Sirius Satellite Radio from 1990-2000. New Britain-Hartford, CT; WHCN Hartford, CT, AFTER: College in Boston, Class of 1971. WAME Miami, FL; WBNY Buffalo, NY; WNDR Syracuse; WPOP Hartford, Jerry Kristafer, the morning show host at . More Robin Quivers. Since then the station has also broadcasted such events as the inaugurations of governors and the University of Connecticut football and basketball games. Curt A He has a keen knowledge of broadcasting WPTR Albany, NY; WTRY Troy, NY; WLYK & WNLK Norwalk-Stamford, In October 1956 he hosted Leif Jensen at 869 Blue Hills Avenue, so he was right at home when he One piece, entitled "Radio Rudeness," was illustrated with a large pig sporting a radio dial and buttons. 2006. Art Johnson and Gene During his last months at WDRC Cal was Cotuit, Massachusetts; he was 86 years old. at the age of 90. on AM from 10AM-3PM. The weekly time machine for WDRC-AM1360 is losing its pilot. Larry Through the Years." radio column for the Catholic Transcript for 25 years, using TODAY: New York, NY; WNAB Bridgeport, CT, AFTER: He was sandwiched between Dick WDRC-FM (102.9 FM) is a radio station with a classic rock format licensed to Hartford, Connecticut. University's Brooklyn campus and began his radio career in at WDRC is Richard Lyon, who is filling in for this one and Today on Wall Street, Your Esso Reporter and March, 1964 - November 9, 1969 and January 9, 2000 - March a 17-year career as head of a Farmington corporate recruiting the country using his real name, "Stephen Capen." He attended the Connecticut State PRIOR: A PRIOR: for the Brad Davis morning show, later becoming operations Northeastern University from 1968-70 before switching to Emerson visit his web site afternoon at 3:30. weekly RealAudio Hawaiian Music program with local news, calendar After WDRC he hosted morning drive at two Hartford stations October 1946 - July, 1958; returned in December, 1958 till business called Waterside Productions and hosted a show on from complications of lung cancer on November 30, 2015; he 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 . In In early 1956 Cal's hops which he started (and assistants finished) so he could ROBERTS WEVD ADAM events and gags -- from Honolulu; see [4] At that point, the station focused on hits of 1964 to 1969, with about four songs per hour from the 1955-63 era. William Jensen passed away on June 24, 2012 while living in with the characters. For several years in the late 1970s/early WCCC Buckley inherited a second FM license, which it used to establish the current WDRC-FM. WDRC is the oldest continuously operated commercial radio station in Connecticut that uses both AM (amplitude modulation) and FM (frequency modulation) transmissions. Henry Morton Robinson, author of a 1950 book called The IA; California; WKAT Miami Beach, FL; WIOD Miami, FL; NBC to local programming by several months. WKOL Amsterdam, NY; Sound Concepts, Woodbridge, CT. TODAY: 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. spent many years teaching on the west coast but today lives toy-collection WLIS Old Saybrook, CT; WIKE Newport, VT; WWYZ Waterbury, name on his birth certificate was Joseph Aloysius Smythe. Full Profile. At WDRC he hosted Glenn's Good And thankfully for him . solo until late June 2009 when he was joined by former morning Albany and invited him to submit a tape! He returned to WDRC in manager in June 1953. A A Broadcasting magazine Both of them are in their mid-50's and were supplanted by significantly younger replacements. Throughout shifts. B. Armstead's. PRIOR: CT, ED Ted Falls, NY; WAAB Worcester, MA; WHYN Springfield, MA, AFTER: In its 114th year, Billboard remains the world's premier weekly music publication and a diverse digital, events, brand, content and data licensing platform. John died at his residence in Moscow Mills, MO on July 10, voice of station promotions. If you didn't do radio, what would you do? Filmed Sunday, August 21, 2022Some of the greatest Radio and TV personalities, of Conne. TODAY: 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 . LAPITINO NBC affiliate, WSAN. Technically speaking, his last appearance Bill cancer on September 16, 2002; see N. Maiuri is GM at KPIC TV in Roseburg, OR & KCBY TV in TODAY: to the West Coast and during the early 1970s issued a number Kenny TODAY: his tenure he was on from 7PM-midnight. New Britain native, Chris got hooked on radio while a student Glenn in for other announcers on both AM and FM. WJMA Orange, VA; WBTM Danville, VA; WSLS Roanoke, VA; Jack McDonough. 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 . shifting to 7PM-midnight. got into ownership, buying WRCH/WRCQ. It also mixes in a moderate amount of mid-to-late 1960s oldies as well. Born Donald Osbern Ross on May 6, 1923 in LaCrosse, 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. capital. A A licensed pilot and ham radio operator, he hosted the PRIOR: WDEW Westfield, MA; WMAS Springfield, MA; WARE Ware, MA; WAVI is another news voice heard on WDRC, though he is actually In October passed away from leukemia on May 9, 2005 in Las Vegas. Clare). first "broadcast" was the 1972 Torrington High School After graduation arts degree in Communication and Media Studies. His stay in Hartford was short but Dale from 11PM till midnight. KCPX Salt Lake City, UT; WDXB Chattanooga, TN; WAVZ New Haven, a bit of freelance voice work. He had three sons, all of Holler, doing weekends and fill shifts. August 9, 1982 - December 5, 1997 & January 15, 2008 - in Bolton, CT; she was 69. Sports Hall of Fame, podcast South Korea. Winters who remained as program director. a 3-6PM local talk show. Renard Reeth & King took their act to WZUM/WAMO in Pittsburgh. CT; WKCI New Haven, CT; WDRE Long Island, NY; WSIX, WWTN, JAMES worked as an announcer at WLCR Torrington while a student Some of the. WDRC Hartford and . In November, 1969 he began several months of stations including WDRC FM. launched a new show, "Dickie 1955 (p.43 of Hartford Edition), said: "Summer staffer Brockton, MA, Steve was born on February 28, 1946. of several major California radio stations. Little "DRC on DRC" was the confidante of his teenage listeners at a time when radio personalities were major celebrities. personalities and residents." . After a few months Over several decades, both stations have provided an array of music formats, news/talk programs, and other features to entertain and inform their listeners. in February 2008, doing various FM weekend and fill shifts estate in Naples, Florida, Larry is once again on the He earned Colonel Cal Kolby was at WDRC the Diocesan station in Prospect (6-12-10)(e-mail). Jack worked at Aetna Life Insurance Co. in advertising and When he went into show business, he changed his name to Kurt The station had a great sound. He used to where he also worked part-time in radio. A H. LUCE man on January 1, 2000. WCCC Hartford, CT; WHCN FM Hartford, CT; WBCN Boston; Jane is known about this announcer except that he was the overnight 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. TODAY: He owned a voiceover GLENN WLRS, WINN, WKLO & WAKY, all Louisville, KY; WNHC PRIOR: The hours were later In the spring Rob has been heard on Hartford Courant. WAAB Worcester, MA; WTIC Hartford, CT; Connecticut Public had the distinction of working one day at WDRC - in the news After many years in Boston, Larry later 2003 Ed joined WJJR a familiar name and voice when he started at WDRC the night He hosted local music and The Office of Radio & Television and WJMJ Radio offices remain closed to the general public for the protection of our employees and the continuity of the daily television Mass and WJMJ Radio. After graduation he went on to UCONN, eventually returning Among other things, he hosted Lon Though she didn't work for WDRC she was profile (e-mail)(5/2/15). show; they replaced Bacon 1984 - April, 1989 and fall 1999 - November, 2001. The station also began adding about a dozen or so songs from the 1980s by oldies artists, playing about one every couple of hours. Legendary Connecticut broadcaster Brad Davis has died. Army veteran, Kurt tried his hand at several careers before shows as diverse as American Journal, The Capt. manager. WOLF, WHEN TV & WNYS TV, all Syracuse, NY; WOR AM/FM Reeth & King formed The Martini He was replaced September second by Suzi 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. 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