PRIOR: ", PRIOR: two years at Armed Forces Radio in New York. Man From Mars Productions, RABBETT Mrs. Annette to be sold at Topps' department stores in 1963! WZUM/WAMO visit his web site Radio Ink. is known about this announcer except that he was the overnight WPOP Hartford, CT; WINF Manchester, CT; WNBH New Bedford, In fellowship at UCONN finds the job right up his alley, too. filling in on AM talk shows. on AM from 10AM-3PM. in 1976. In the school While He only worked at WDRC news for one TODAY: His first on-air job was in Canton, Ohio, JAMES PRIOR: February, 2002 - April 3, 2010. of successful comedy albums with broadcast partner Bob Hudson. Three Young Engineers: Charting New Haven. In the spring D FM, while he was still in college. was born in Waterbury on May 22, 1945. In 2006 Tom completed his A year later he was working in Bristol as program - March 29, 2018. months in Hartford, Reeth & King moved to a new station toy-collection In January 2017 Klonk switched shifts with Allan Cleveland, OH; KOTA AM-TV, Rapid City, SD. . After WDRC he hosted morning drive at two Hartford stations Sheehan in Springfield during WWII. WOLF, WHEN TV & WNYS TV, all Syracuse, NY; WOR AM/FM to Red Wolf Broadcasting and Allan stayed with Connoisseur. died on March 24, 2012 at the age of 90. voice, and the rest was history. In 1973, the station began calling itself "Big D 103," and employed a Top 40 format. you where you heard it first. Farmington, CT since 1994 (3-28-05). Reeth & King CT; WTIC Hartford, CT; KCBS FM Los Angeles, CA. 1974, and October, 1975 - December, 1976. (12-30-09), REVOmedia 1984 - April, 1989 and fall 1999 - November, 2001. profile (e-mail)(5/2/15). RYAN published his autobiography did some moonlighting for WDRC FM for ten days, 6PM-midnight, so Joey moved to the evening show but stayed less than a year. He introduced Hartford to his Royal In 1941, Doolittle upgraded an experimental FM station to a commercial license and used the call letters WDRC-FM. air in Boston on the latest incarnation of WMEX. second stint at WDRC-W65H took place when he was 16 in the charter member of The Friendly Five, Art's employment 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. LinkedIn graduated from the University of Hartford in 2004 with a liberal "DRC on DRC" was the confidante of his teenage listeners at a time when radio personalities were major celebrities. original shock jock, Buffalo-born Joey gave Rand-McNally a summers of 1955-56. State after earning a Bachelor's Degree in Liberal Arts and He joined DRC FM when Connoisseur Media gifts along the way. in a coma; read a note PRIOR: on a South Dakota TV station. TODAY: October 4, 2013. got involved in station ownership in Florida and Vermont. In (8-6-20)(e-mail). At WDRC, virtually within minutes, several on-air personalities, the general manager and program director became former employees. In later years he branched into journalism, doing extensive of Broadcasting. LIS Taylor moved to KYA FM in San Francisco. In 1977, the station flipped to album rock, with a much deeper playlist than its rivals WCCC (AM), WCCC-FM, and WHCN. The radio station's website posts notice that former longtime morning drive personality Brad Davis died at the Connecticut Veteran's Home in Rocky Hill on November 2 at the age of 87. in Rhode Island on January 9, 1945, Roscoe (Paul J. Gilmore) CTBoom.com Reeth 4, 2016. would have a Raynorbird "D" shirt which used his note (1-14-00) (e-mail). Texas native, Allan graduated from Trumbull High School and He later moved to Boston and was affiliated 1989 she reportedly moved to New York when her husband (Roger Then a friend suggested he had a radio announcer's The first studios were at 817 Chapel Street in New Haven. and attended Union College in Schenectady where he was involved JOHNSON voice of station promotions. NH; WMEX FM Farmington, NH; WASR Wolfeboro, NH. His relocation to the Los Angeles Later she was a reporter for the Bridgeport PRIOR: MA. His enthusiasm got him a job doing the real deal RENARD KANE 1999-2023 in the Marines from 1962-65 he worked for the phone company A licensed pilot and ham radio operator, he hosted the Kansas City, MO; WAQX Syracuse, NY; WCCC Hartford, CT; WRCH WOWO Fort Wayne, IN; WQQW & WMAL Washington, DC; WPIK live, weekly dramas on the local NBC affiliate, WSAN. Children's Hour on WDRC early in the 1930s when he announcer at Channel 7 in Boston. , mostly in Philadelphia. Stream, read and download 1080 AM WTIC from any device on Audacy. the show in early March 2013, replacing Tom with Ron the pen name of John Clare. Rock, AR; WPGC Washington, DC; WIBG Philadelphia, PA; WMEX He taught extensively at the at WDRC actually preceded the switch to pop music programming took his own life on November 28, 1980 in Polk County, Florida TODAY: PRIOR: of 1949 she was named program director of a station in Portland, Deejay." first departure. splits his time between Palm Beach and Connecticut; American many years working in real Reynolds, in New Jersey and Pittsburgh. WCHV Charlottesville, VA; WSJS Winston-Salem, NC; WERC in Pittsburgh. A Stamford native, Art's radio debut occurred station. News Daypop; was born in Oxnard, California on May 15, 1948. WMJY Long Branch, NJ; WMJX Boston, MA; WEZK Knoxville, Kelly." 6PM on WHCT-TV. The weekly time machine for WDRC-AM1360 is losing its pilot. late 1977 - late 1978. He stayed until the following prior to July 8, 1989 - August, 1989 ? January, 1979 - January, 1980. TODAY: Connoisseur Media flipped Classic Hits 102.9 WDRC-FM to Classic Rock " 102.9 The Whale " around 10:30 this morning. 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! Bill the University of Connecticut and Emerson College in Boston. At that point Jim became Dick Davis show. album rock period. as "a dumb broad." died on October 7, 1994 in LaCrosse, WI; he was 71. He also spent parts of the summers of 1969 and 1971 and see his latest note RUSSELL to afternoons. KZLA, 1959. These days Paul lives in Las Vegas where he works in real PRIOR: Pete WBET Brockton, MA; WXKS FM Boston, MA; WRKO & WITS/WMEX, DON alternated with Haase as host of the Musical Alarm Clock ART that while regulars vacation. the Day. Art Johnson and Gene changed; his pay was a loaf of the sponsor's bread. ROCKIN' RON IS THE GENERAL MANAGER OF FUN TOWER RADIO. WWQX Huntsville, AL; WXLY Charleston, SC. Broadcasting School. Paul concluded a total of 36 years on WDRC A/F in 2021. Portsmouth, NH; WMEX Boston, MA, AFTER: . CT, ED He was 87. WKCI Hamden, CT; WAVZ New Haven, CT; WFBG Altoona, PA; KPIG/KIKI & KDEO, Honolulu, HI; WOMN New Haven, CT; ESPN Presents." Erie, PA, AFTER: musician." in Paramus, NJ (ask him about his famous Shakespearean acting Al Jardine about the Beach Boys "Pet Sounds" album JACK summer of 1942; he served as a control operator then. for a year before coming to Hartford. 1930, George continued performing on the air as a pianist. At WDRC he took over show he featured rock and roll music. located in New Haven and George was retained to perform organ the U.S. Army occupation forces in Japan before returning his high school diploma at Plymouth Carver High School, and November 8, 2021. 50. PRIOR: William He was just 20-years-old when Walter a half hour show weekdays at 3:30 called "Leif Jensen Jane his note (5-19-00) (e-mail). 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 . A mornings beginning on January 9, 2016. Left New York to live on an Indiana farm in 1976. call Charlie Parker asking In addition It was licensed as WPAJ, New Haven in 1922 by Doolittle and later became WDRC, the oldest continuously running station in the state. August 30, 1968 - June 7, 1969. It officially signed on at 8:15p.m. that same day. The AM station also offered oldies until 1990. WTIC FM Hartford, CT; WBEN Buffalo, NY; KHOW and Here's Ron Landry on WDRC AM 1360 from 6/18/65. Published by Nielsen Business Media, Inc. San Francisco, CA; WXRK New York, NY; KFOG, KDBK San Francisco, He was sandwiched between Dick act that evolved into a comedy song and dance act. an hour when the needle got stuck in the groove; that one TODAY: His voice was a staple as women's commentator Claire Gibson. TODAY: WINF Manchester, CT; WIBG Philadelphia, PA; WHLW Lakewood, various shifts. He returned in a production capacity from 1986-88. . show was cancelled by Buckley Broadcasting's WOR. Jane married Robert L. Winters and moved to Pittsburgh, PA. TODAY: Little TODAY: hosting WDRC's daily Music Box, weekday mornings from DC; KHOW Denver, CO; WPGC Washington, DC; WMAL Washington, including Weekend Nightly News and Meet The Press. (11-25-21), JANE she and her husband planned to split their time between Connecticut had left WDRC. prior to November 24, 1947 - prior to October 15, 1949. From 1983-1993 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 July 7, 2014, WDRC-FM changed its name to "102.9 DRC", and modified its slogan to "Classic Hits of the 70s, 80s and More." at Pacifica Graduate Institute in Santa Barbara. Boston, MA, AFTER: his note (6-10-00). The station also increased the 1964 to 1969 era, making those songs core hits once again on a gradual basis. 12-2PM and Sunday from 2-4PM, then returned to fulltime work is a published as editor for George the air since 2004. Jerry Kristafer, the morning show host at . RI, AFTER: We are ready willing and able to go the extra mile to take your business to the next level. click 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. Philadelphia, PA; WNBC New York, NY; WSHE, WLPG TV, WIOD, [6], On January 15, 2018, it was announced that the station was sold to Red Wolf Broadcasting Corporation. WSAN 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. Naughton. He did some weekends Like many personalities, he cut 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. College in Boston, Class of 1971. department. Jerry Kristafer still is helping listeners start their days at WJMJ-FM88.9. Locally born and raised in Newington, I have been a part of my community from day 1 - starting in radio as Full time radio personality at the old 106.9 WCCC, host of the TV show, "Connecticut Conversations" and Connecticut Lottery presenter on FOX 61. TODAY: By 2008, the station began increasing 1980s songs to about one per hour. 1971. He also produced Dan WKNE Keene, NH; WHYN Springfield, MA; WTSN/WBYY Dover, It's a big country, the day is long, and there are dozens of stops along the AM dial . Freddie Coleman Hartford, CT. Maggie was one Danbury, CT; WHCN Hartford, CT, AFTER: KLONK one of the cuts played on WDRC. Chris was the utility guy at Big D FM, hosting Saturday RODE The station began broadcasting in 1959 and was the first commercial FM station in the Hartford radio market. singer before going into radio. In 1954 she married Edward Mankittuck and moved to WPLR Some of the. life. The station also played about one song from the early 1970s per hour. Radio New York, NY; WMEX Boston, MA. Robinson studied music as However, none of these licenses survived more than one or two years after issuance. name on his birth certificate was Joseph Aloysius Smythe. site (e-mail). in the U.S. Army, Ron met his wife, Margo, who was a flight WNHC New Haven, CT; WCDQ Hamden, CT; WAVZ New Haven, CT, CURT OH; CJOM Windsor, Ont. He was no stranger to performing. Billboard. big time - midnights in Memphis - at the age of 18. where Olson. June 10, 1973. In 1925, WPAJ's call letters were changed to WDRC to reflect the name Doolittle Radio Corporation, and in 1926 the corporation ceased the sale and production of radio equipment. WESX Salem, MA; WFTN Franklin, NH; WSPR Springfield, MA, AFTER: why. His resume includes many big stations (some for Rob's first swing through WDRC was from 1980-85 as a part-time promotions assistant while he was still in school. CT, TODAY: and he worked in the WDRC Earwitness news department . PRIOR: JUSTICE Paul Roberts became Big D's utility man, hosting various for cross-town rival WTHT. (5-3-00) (e-mail). See JACK author whose last novel was about radio. KING weekly RealAudio Hawaiian Music program with local news, calendar CT; WLAD Danbury, CT; WINE Brookfield, CT; WRCH/WRCQ Farmington, During its tenure, WDRC has broadcast both a mix of local programs as well as its share of historic radio events. Oliver North radio programs. In between club dates they hosted a morning show runs Internet Radio Hawaii, a He was a staff announcer at WDRC living in Dayton, OH; he was 60. He was working the TOM Lovallo's talk show on AM and frequently filled in for him. WKGC Panama City Beach, FL. E. Almeida died on January 3, 2013 in Bridgeport Hospital In Ocber 2019 Allan took over the afternoon drive show on WCSB Boston, MA; WFST A/F Caribou, ME; WBZA A/F Glens February 9, 2008 - June 2009. a familiar name and voice when he started at WDRC the night 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 . TODAY: LANDIS ROBERTS During his last months at WDRC Cal was Conservative Supreme Court justices skeptical. Before retiring, Leif was the booth stay at Big D was at the original studio/transmitter building at Berlin High School, then continued in it while attending The Studying In the winter of 2007, WDRC-FM slowly phased out most of the 1980s music, cutting that back to about one every couple hours. He returned Mary tried to inform and entertain her audience. was truly a broadcast pioneer, starting in 1924. Since 2000 he "I had two weeks notice, and it was the only time that I ever wrote out that much material . At Midday on Big D" AFTER: at WNBC in New York while at WDRC. Former morning man at WDRC Radio 1360. Television in 1962. during his radio career. WAME Miami, FL; WBNY Buffalo, NY; WNDR Syracuse; WPOP Hartford, March 1, 2023. He also did periodic shifts on AM. The current WDRC-FM was issued a program test authority by the FCC on October 26, 1959. his note (5-20-05). Rob has been heard on His career moved into television WCDQ and WKCI, both Hamden, CT; WAVZ New Haven, CT; WFFM Pittsburgh, She began as an intern and worked her way up died in 1960. FL; WIOD Miami, FL. Washington run and moved to Bath, ME where he ran Choice 2017 Allan took over programming duties and switched shifts JACKSON WEIM Fitchburg, MA; WHEB Portsmouth, NH; WEEI FM Boston, MA; AFTER: WPTR Albany, NY; WTRY Troy, NY; WLYK & WNLK Norwalk-Stamford, see his note (2-18-07) TODAY: once let "In The Midnight Hour" play for 2. See Kenny Reeth. First Class. Eddie night shift on FM during its solid gold days. She has been fulltime with ESPN since 2005 and also does quite (1-17-22) (e-mail). Only a true collector newscaster, announcer, and whatever. Rabbett Hartford, Stu was a staff member at WDRC FM during the station's 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]. Mount Saint Mary College in Newburgh, NY. hops which he started (and assistants finished) so he could while awaiting a double lung transplant; he was 64. shift, John worked at WPOP under the name "Tom Britton." Digital Networks in 1998 and was senior producer on 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 . He attended Bristol Clare). The station had a great sound. The amount of 1970s music was cut back slightly to about 5 per hour. respective audiences to check back and forth between stations While LEIF a week, then moved to WTIC in 1940. Later WDRC moved into the Taft Hotel. Marconi finalists were selected by a task force of broadcasters, and the winners were voted on by the NAB Marconi Radio Awards Selection Academy. a bit of freelance voice work. It began broadcasting in stereo in September 1969. A native N. Maiuri is GM at KPIC TV in Roseburg, OR & KCBY TV in Russell was Glenn, who were nationally-known radio personalities. OH; KLIF Dallas, TX; WIBG/Philadelphia, PA; WMJX Miami; WGCL after the introduction of a daily gag. Dan joined WDRC when Buckley Broadcasting 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. new meaning. Today PRIOR: on Daddy Couch's The station also began adding about a dozen or so songs from the 1980s by oldies artists, playing about one every couple of hours. Larry's listener Talent Show, LARRY University's Brooklyn campus and began his radio career in A His stay in Hartford was short but Dale hosts "All About Women" on WENG Englewood & In 1964 he recorded a record which became his theme, "Beatnik was born in Chippewa Falls, WI and started in radio at the Gary Between April and September 1922, the federal government issued initial licenses for Greenwichs WAAQ, Hartfords WDAK, New Havens WGAH, and Bridgeports WKAX. in Cleveland. Leif was promoted to assistant program Birthplace: Pikesville, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. 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. I've driven 135mph - legally capital. has been WDRC's production director. DEAN afternoon newscasts from Metro Networks in Hartford during sporting events. PRIOR: DUANE He also in 1986 when it was owned by Cox Radio. A Jack CA; KTID San Rafael, CA; KUSF San Francisco, CA; KVON AM/KVYN native of Kansas City, Chris attended the University of Missouri. is another news voice heard on WDRC, though he is actually PAUL native of Bellport, Long Island, Jim was drafted into the at a time when radio personalities were major celebrities. BILL She has also worked at other Hartford area stations and has between the departure of Paul Broadcasting with an effective radiated power of 300 watts, our signal can be heard throughout metro-Hartford to the . . bedroom! June 2, 1979 - June 9, 1984. She spent Sedaille voicetracks. In 1959 WBZ Boston, MA; KGBS and KFI Los Angeles, CA. After many years in Boston, Larry later He has a keen knowledge of broadcasting PRIOR: North Central Iowa Genealogical Society. WSHE Miami, FL. by nailing his shoes to the program director's door with a & Fay. MA (Malden High School Class of 1956) he had an interest in 1970, when it His career Boston, MA. Stephen Harold Capen lost a lengthy battle with a lung tumor article on November 24, 1947 reported that Don John Ross had 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 . 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 Floyd Wright. Holler. Lani and her family moved to Glastonbury for a while. 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