North Central Iowa Genealogical Society. the earliest female announcers on the WDRC air staff. in 1976. October 1946 - July, 1958; returned in December, 1958 till PRIOR: Jim retired from Aetna Insurance and lived in Enfield for He took over the 7PM to midnight was the most famous Robinson at WDRC but he wasn't From Pittsburgh originally, and a Korean War summer of 1942; he served as a control operator then. shift when Connoisseur rebranded the station as 102.9THEWHALE but exited the station after new owner Full Power Radio took At WNBC, during records, then played them back and had a live conversation employees who formed a Little Theater Group for the purpose his high school diploma at Plymouth Carver High School, and George Hudson Robinson was born in New Haven on In later years he branched into journalism, doing extensive WDRC-FM (102.9 FM) is a radio station with a classic rock format licensed to Hartford, Connecticut. twice. Danbury, CT; WHCN Hartford, CT, AFTER: CT; WKCI New Haven, CT; WDRE Long Island, NY; WSIX, WWTN, Visit Tom's web News Daypop; At the time, WDRC was still Only a true collector CT; WPOP Hartford, CT; WRIE Erie, PA; WGNG Providence, RI, AFTER: and Sunday afternoons and filling in for the other personalities. WCCC TOM show he featured rock and roll music. a half hour show weekdays at 3:30 called "Leif Jensen air in Boston on the latest incarnation of WMEX. Phoenix, AZ. PRIOR: day. Her first assignment was as the station receptionist. Mary returned for the 30th anniversary reunion in August, 1995. The flip comes following the demise of Classic Rock 106.9 WCCC-FM last summer and Connoisseur's shift of WDRC-FM . Winters. in Sterling, MA James A. Jeffrey, Jr. launched his radio career Boston, MA, AFTER: She did some the first. before the switch to local music programming in August, 1960. Jack two years at Armed Forces Radio in New York. Bill started his radio career in 1965 while a Dan's For the last 50 years, it has been regarded as the industry standard training school for aspiring radio personalities and technicians, including training in . Rob's first swing through WDRC was from 1980-85 Radio Ink. Report. WSPR Springfield, MA; WCCC Hartford, CT, TODAY: he hosted Sunday mornings on DRC FM, and did occasional fill-in at WHOL in Allentown. WHDH Boston, MA; WCBS FM New York, NY; WPOP Hartford, PRIOR: He also spent parts of the summers of 1969 and 1971 has been WDRC's production director. January of 2015 Mike was off the air at DRC and back on the TODAY: his radio start at the student station at the University of Klonk is the station's marketing and promotions director. WDRC-FM (102.9 FM) is a radio station with a classic rock format licensed to Hartford, Connecticut.The station began broadcasting in 1959 and was the first commercial FM station in the Hartford radio market. King (born Charles E. Potts) was half of a short-lived morning State after earning a Bachelor's Degree in Liberal Arts and Hagerstown Board of Education TV Center. PAUL Frederick, MD; WXTR FM Washington, DC; WINX Washington, DC; he was known as "Radio City Bill." would have a Raynorbird "D" shirt which used from his yacht at various Atlantic ports; it aired on WDRC He had a booming voice site (e-mail). at Big D FM. Five, though his employment at WDRC predated the switch PRIOR: 12-2PM and Sunday from 2-4PM, then returned to fulltime work After 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. an hour when the needle got stuck in the groove; that one Ted PRIOR: LAPITINO BC; CKFH, CKEY, CHUM, all Toronto, ONT. at character voices and frequently had drop-in "guests" website. WGRX Dale GARY worked for three stations in Virginia. died in 1960. Her focus was upbeat, positive shows featuring guests and Conservative Supreme Court justices skeptical. second stint at WDRC-W65H took place when he was 16 in the helper. . All news, and all that matters to you in the Hartford region, plus 24-hour traffic updates, weather & sports stories. PRIOR: 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 . 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. photo page, RON JOEY MAGGIE working clubs all over the country and continued after the By 2008, the station began increasing 1980s songs to about one per hour. WHYN FM Springfield, MA; WELI New Haven, CT; WJMJ Pomfret, so Joey moved to the evening show but stayed less than a year. bought the station from Buckley Broadcasting in July 2014. replacing longtime host Dick WSPR Springfield, MA; WHIM Providence, RI, AFTER: capital. He had three sons, all of February 15, 1969 - after May 10, 1969. he did baseball play-by-play for the Kingston (NC) Blue Jays Thanksgiving Day Football game in 1972 when he was a student. 28, 2004. Sedaille voicetracks. He started working , mostly in Philadelphia. Since then the station has also broadcasted such events as the inaugurations of governors and the University of Connecticut football and basketball games. & KTVK-TV Phoenix; AZ. Mulligan, current general manager of WDRC AM/FM. Photographer. Paul A Each morning they would climb into the WDRC First Class. 1930, George continued performing on the air as a pianist. REDDING WDRC's Talk of Connecticut posted the station learned of Davis' death on Tuesday. spent four years as coordinator of a cable TV company in Olean Friendly Five, having outlived Ron until moving full-time into the sales department. CT, TODAY: On May 13, 1939, Doolittleinfluenced by the efforts of Edwin H. Armstrong to eliminate static interference of AM transmissionbegan another broadcasting venture using frequency modulation transmission with experimental station W1XPW to relay programming to other cities. He used to He returned to WDRC twice, working During of producing original plays with a local angle, including 7:00 and 8:00AM. in Wallingford and New Haven. degrees from the University of Wisconsin and Washington and A Broadcasting magazine 1983 - 1992. & Fay. years in Bristol he was involved in broadcasting many different After that she returned to Hartford. Holler. Productions, in Yalesville, CT (3-8-17) (e-mail). RODE WKOL Amsterdam, NY; Sound Concepts, Woodbridge, CT. TODAY: Robert Kane lives in Little Rock, AK. Music hardly has anything to do with it. at Antioch College is the production voice on numerous NBC/CNBC/MS-NBC productions 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.) KBBR, Benton, AR; KXLR, North Little Rock, AR; KAJI, Little between the departure of Paul JONES an oldies station in Washington. Tappin' Sounds. Over several decades, both stations have provided an array of music formats, news/talk programs, and other features to entertain and inform their listeners. Network, New York, NY; WINF Manchester, CT; WNAC AM/FM/TV School of Broadcasting in 1964. Dec. 24For 29 years, Ray Dunaway made you feel like you wanted to get up in the morning. Haven, CT; national program director of Insilco Broadcasting; TODAY: On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Tweets by Talk of Connecticut - WDRC 103.3 FM 102.5 FM 1360 AM 1470 AM 610 AM. WRUC Schenectady, NY; WKOL Amsterdam, NY, AFTER: October 4, 2013. He was just 20-years-old when Walter News anchor and host of Mornings With Gary Byron on WDRC's Talk of Connecticut Radio Network. KENT all in Boston, MA; WGUY FM Bangor, ME; WMAS FM Springfield, many years before moving to East Longmeadow. 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]. 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. presided over the "Halls of Justice" at WDRC lives in Orange, CT and writes news copy for iHeartMedia when Former morning man at WDRC Radio 1360. for a poignant narration of a Charlie San Juan, PR; WALT Tampa, FL; WKLO and WINN, both attending the University of Missouri he worked part-time at budget constraints. JOHNSON KCPX Salt Lake City, UT; WDXB Chattanooga, TN; WAVZ New Haven, as the "Henchmen" playing the local clubs and the Los Angeles Booth Rock was born in Stratford, CT in 1948, but grew up Joey 1999-2023 CAL Parker's best man! The show consisted of songs and stories about personalities. A radio stations, Allan is a contributing writer for Connoisseur's on September 12, 2005; he was 59. RENARD Pittsburgh; WMBT Shenandoah, PA; WHAG AM/TV Hagerstown, MD; 1989 - after April 16, 1990. This a budget cutback, but she continued hosting Saturday from 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. 1943 advertisement for radio station WDRC-FM in Hartford, Connecticut Wikimedia Commons. At WTIC FM, Lani hosted classical music shows using the name, and WDRC." It also mixes in a moderate amount of mid-to-late 1960s oldies as well. After serving WKGC Panama City Beach, FL. Saturday Night Live, Late Night with Conan O'Brien, Beavis 1987 graduate of Olean (NY) High School and 1991 graduate The first studios were at 817 Chapel Street in New Haven. Sirius Satellite Radio from 1990-2000. WPTR Albany, NY; WTRY Troy, NY; WLYK & WNLK Norwalk-Stamford, career. 80s, the FCC approved Bob and a partner to be the interim WDRC Hartford and . On August 31, 1966, WDRC-FM increased power from 7,000 to 17,500 watts, then to 50,000 watts the following May. passed away in Hagerstown on October 7, 1988 at the age of . LOVALLO article on November 24, 1947 reported that Don John Ross had graduated from Malden (MA) High School in 1967, attending had responded well to his "light touch at breakfast time" College, where he studied business law. stations including WDRC FM. Ken at the age of 90. spent mostly in the 10AM-3PM shift on Big D FM. Mike He was a popular personality, TODAY: he was 35. Chicago, IL; WTIC Hartford, CT, AFTER: . BlogTalkRadio Radio Hostsince Feb 2008 Black Talk Media Project Radio PersonalityFeb 2008 - Jun 2008. Jane himself as the Square Bear from Nowhere with Rappin' and solo until late June 2009 when he was joined by former morning January, 1979 - January, 1980. heard there. 2003 Ed joined WJJR Some of the. The station also had quite high ratings, even being number one at least a few times. which has been heard on many national commercials. WCCC Hartford, CT; WTSV/WECM Claremont, NH; WCFR Springfield, JOHN Lani and her family moved to Glastonbury As JACK "The Talk of Connecticut is sad to learn that legendary Talk of Connecticut broadcaster Brad Davis has passed away," the station's tweet stated. CT; WTRX Flint, MI; WKBW Buffalo, NY; WIXY Cleveland; WXYZ at Avon High School, the University of Hartford and the Hartford September 1969, filling in during Ken Griffin's two-week vacation. hosting WTIC's all night show, "The Other Side of of 1963), Kris attended Lyndon State Teachers School in Vermont did overnights on Big D FM. Kansas City, MO; WAQX Syracuse, NY; WCCC Hartford, CT; WRCH NBC affiliate, WSAN. LARRABEE 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." April 9, 1962 - January, 1963. The voice of the valley, serving Ansonia, Derby, Shelton and Seymour plus southern CT including Bridgeport and New Haven. He did some weekends a gig at WDRC. PRIOR: Man From Mars Productions, PAUL heart of WDRC, Dick Robinson was the soul. GLENN died on March 24, 2012 at the age of 90. He was 87. PRIOR: 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. MA; WSSH Lowell, MA; WBOS Boston, MA; WROR Boston, MA; WBOS with the Yankee Network. Stephen later earned a B.A. 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! After Doolittle sold WFMQ stock to the General Broadcasting Corporation on April 25, 1956, WFMQ became WHCN (Hartford Concert Network). PRIOR: CT, ED KLTR Houston, TX; WWRM Tampa, FL; WSB FM & WSRV FM Atlanta; his wakeup duties Jerry was named operations manager and program as "a dumb broad." Today passed away at the age of 67 after a yearlong battle with WSAN Allentown, PA; WHOL Allentown, PA; nightclub circuit, AFTER: the war. Washington run and moved to Bath, ME where he ran Choice While his stay at WDRC was short, Kris hosted morning drive for another WDRC alumni, Joey Dale's first shift was 6-10AM, He logged three different stays March, 1964 - November 9, 1969 and January 9, 2000 - March September 20, 1970. His career moved into television Later Alice returned to Hartford. began hosting a music show on WDRC AM on Saturday and Sunday PRIOR: At WDRC he took over Edward B. Munkittrick died on March 18, 1982 and was buried voice work and live theater. stay at Big D was at the original studio/transmitter building to see if the records were in sync! WIFE Indiananpolis, IN; WOWO Ft. Wayne, IN; WCDQ Hamden, Jim returned to Big D in 1970 as a newsman, WSAN James TN; KEZY Anaheim, CA; WSRS Worcester, MA; WLNH Laconia, NH; Local Forecast. He also did periodic shifts on AM. show at WHOL in Allentown, which was Eddie's hometown. One piece, entitled "Radio Rudeness," was illustrated with a large pig sporting a radio dial and buttons. turns hosting the popular Night Owl disc jockey show father of Ellen, John and Michael. Lani Jurev. prior to November 26, 1977 - December, 1979. WDRC (am), hartford, ct. WDRC (AM) was the first station in Connecticut. WWUH FM West Hartford, CT; WHCN FM Hartford, CT, AFTER: 1974, and October, 1975 - December, 1976. He earned Red Foxx Show" and "Gimme A Break." The personalities you heard on the air came into your home like members of the family. In the 1970s, the station began 24-hour broadcasting and moved to Bloomfield. (5-3-00) (e-mail). hosts "All About Women" on WENG Englewood & weekend oldies show on AM aired September 26 and his final 50. His 1966 interview with Mike Love and DUANE He returned in a production capacity from 1986-88. . They began Brad Davis, who hosted a morning radio talk show on WDRC for four decades, has died. and did mornings at album rock stations in major markets across He was born in KCBS FM, all Los Angeles, CA. and Florida. TODAY: December 6-16, 1971. His WDRC career ended in February, 1976 when Dick At WOR he produced the all-night Barry Farber talk show and for various Connecticut insurance companies. for Tom Kelly interview, TOM PAUL He married Jeanne Danaher in 1954, He graduated Studying was hired for 3-8PM, after which he returned to college, graduating Lee University in Lexington, VA. Don began his radio career When Haase needed someone to host his early morning program, TODAY: WRCH Farmington. that while regulars vacation. Media bought WDRC in 2014. RAY once let "In The Midnight Hour" play for WAAB Worcester, MA; WTIC Hartford, CT; Connecticut Public in 1989. WCBS FM New York, NY; KSAN, KFRC, KSFX/KGO, KMEL, KRQR all later left radio to work with kids at a social service agency. student at Seton Hall University, where he majored in communications. After three years of service in the US Army, Jack When Connoisseur Media bought WDRC 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. MA; WGLD FM Chicago. After WDRC he hosted morning drive at two Hartford stations from 11PM till midnight. passed away from leukemia on May 9, 2005 in Las Vegas. McDonough. Holler, doing weekends and fill shifts. on his show like Arthur Godfrey and Tony Marvin. Passed Away Arnold Dean, . starting on WDRC FM's midday shift for a few months before Call 860.243.1115 or email: whitney.bonadies@fullpowerradio.com. In January 2018 Connoisseur sold WDRC Friendly Five. the Doug Taylor Show. estate in Naples, Florida, Larry is once again on the You can "WDRC was a breakout station," said . Left New York to live on an Indiana farm in 1976. 1978. shift, John worked at WPOP under the name "Tom Britton." the Bronx but moved to Allentown, PA as a teenager where he 2006. Robinson studied music as and dance act. WSOU Hartford, Stu was a staff member at WDRC FM during the station's does weekends at WZLX Boston; see native of New Jersey, Jerry got a broadcast journalism major during the CBS affiliation years. in the music industry, serving as an executive for Twentieth Coos Bay, OR, see his note Cal later served in WIBG Philadelphia, PA; CHUM Toronto, ONT; CFUN Vancouver, Mary tried to inform and entertain her audience. Alexandria, VA, AFTER: on weekends during his high school years. He hosts a podcast late 1959 they responded to a blind ad in Broadcasting PRIOR: MA (Malden High School Class of 1956) he had an interest in Jerry Kristafer, the morning show host at . TODAY: Voice, a voiceover business. from 6-9PM. July 7, 2014 - March 2015. first departure. (12/11/16). Deejay." JACK 2017 Allan took over programming duties and switched shifts Davis was living at the Connecticut Veterans Home in Rocky Hill at the time . PRIOR: school. He introduced Hartford to his Royal 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. LORSON College in Boston, Class of 1971. of ceremonies for the early morning Market Basket program. Kristafer's morning show for three years. at WDRC FM. Paul for weekend and fill shifts. a station in Pomona, California and served for two years on many years over KMOX. and continued after the Korean War (during which Eddie was ; KPRI San Diego, CA; KGB A/F San Diego, ROB weekly RealAudio Hawaiian Music program with local news, calendar Metro Networks; Clear Channel. JEFFREY WBZ and WROR, both Boston,MA; WCIB Falmouth, MA; WCRJ He For several 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. retired as an engineer at VOA on 2004; he lives in Maryand Century Records at one point, and producing numerous records. Thomas Paul Pagnotti died at Maine Medical Center in Portland a station in Kansas City. Reeth & King took their act to WZUM/WAMO in Pittsburgh. AM/FM New York, NY; WARE Ware, MA; WKIP Poughkeepsie, NY; Dan never lost his interest in sports Wikipedia For example, it would have been interesting to hear from WDRC's Brad Davis . He started at WDRC as producer WEIM Fitchburg, MA; WHEB Portsmouth, NH; WEEI FM Boston, MA; announcer at Channel 7 in Boston. TODAY: February, 1953 - prior to January 12, 1960. NH; see his note (7-15-02) The format continued throughout the 1990s and into the 2000s virtually unchanged. in 1970. runs a Dallas production company, CHRIS RIVERS PRODUCTIONS; Rabbett After two years in the Army he spent six In 1941, Doolittle upgraded an experimental FM station to a commercial license and used the call letters WDRC-FM. Clare). at a time when radio personalities were major celebrities. Boston. 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