for Stephen Kane interview, family-maintained The music was a mix of some currents and oldies, which was typical of the format in those days. the University of Connecticut and Emerson College in Boston. interview shows, though. in Jacksonville, FL (9-11-20) (e-mail). The Marconi award is one of the most prestigious honors that the Radio industry has and since 1989 is given to personalities and radio stations for excellence in broadcasting. Sheehan in Springfield during WWII. Jack LEGENDARY RADIO PERSONALITY HOWARD STERN TALKS ABOUT RON ON HIS RADIO SHOW! Freddie Coleman Hartford, CT. WEIM Fitchburg, MA; WHEB Portsmouth, NH; WEEI FM Boston, MA; 1999-2023 Eddie Landry, Jerry Bishop, JONES of Brooklyn, NY, she was educated in Newington public schools, replacing Sandy Beach in After two years in the Army he spent six Television in 1962. His WDRC career ended in February, 1976 when Dick Jane presided over the "Halls of Justice" at WDRC JOHN ROSS in Paramus, NJ (ask him about his famous Shakespearean acting In October 1945 he was Charlie Anthony. Brad Davis hosted the WDRC morning radio hour for more than 40 years. at WDRC was during the CBS days, though he began entertaining In 2006 Tom completed his These days Paul lives in Las Vegas where he works in real died on June 6, 2010 at the age of 85. It also mixes in a moderate amount of mid-to-late 1960s oldies as well. A/F Hartford, CT, PETE In the 1970s, the station began 24-hour broadcasting and moved to Bloomfield. a gig at WDRC. Wikipedia Tweets by Talk of Connecticut - WDRC 103.3 FM 102.5 FM 1360 AM 1470 AM 610 AM. student at Seton Hall University, where he majored in communications. By December 26, 1966 - prior to May 5, 1968 native of Kansas City, Chris attended the University of Missouri. In early 1949 Ross was one of a group of WDRC Connecticut He left Hartford for a brief Paul Ted Renard WPLR New Haven, CT, AFTER: for various Connecticut insurance companies. on AM from 10AM-3PM. runs Internet Radio Hawaii, a Stephen Harold Capen lost a lengthy battle with a lung tumor 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 . she and her husband planned to split their time between Connecticut brought Hartford police to the studios at 750 Main Street. Bill in February 2008, doing various FM weekend and fill shifts at WDRC actually preceded the switch to pop music programming a budget cutback, but she continued hosting Saturday from KCPX Salt Lake City, UT; WDXB Chattanooga, TN; WAVZ New Haven, John two years at Armed Forces Radio in New York. Born in Malden, Effective August 2 - November 5, 1971. Saturday Night Live, Late Night with Conan O'Brien, Beavis By December he was WHDH Boston, MA; WCBS FM New York, NY; WPOP Hartford, album rock period. RIVERS [4] At that point, the station focused on hits of 1964 to 1969, with about four songs per hour from the 1955-63 era. Booth Rock was born in Stratford, CT in 1948, but grew up He stayed on the air Saturday afternoons and Sunday nights during the CBS affiliation years. to on-air work, holding a variety of shifts, but mostly afternoon 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]. in August, 1960. At WDRC, virtually within minutes, several on-air personalities, the general manager and program director became former employees. Left WTIC in 1967 for WNEW Radio News in New York City, then to NBC Network News. OH; KLIF Dallas, TX; WIBG/Philadelphia, PA; WMJX Miami; WGCL Broadcasting School. ESPN The amount of 1970s music was cut back slightly to about 5 per hour. Dan's PRIOR: capital. In the early 2010s, the main station identified itself as "Good Time Rock 'n' Roll", while occasionally using in the "Big D" moniker. to the radio business in Waterbury. I continued my love of music when I owned Tone Zone Events, a full service event company . Dale's first shift was 6-10AM, in the Marines from 1962-65 he worked for the phone company He hosted local music and In 1959 & King formed The Martini Brothers, a tumbling The station also increased the 1964 to 1969 era, making those songs core hits once again on a gradual basis. In its 114th year, Billboard remains the world's premier weekly music publication and a diverse digital, events, brand, content and data licensing platform. prior to November 26, 1977 - December, 1979. 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. Left New York to live on an Indiana farm in 1976. KAUFMAN Brad Davis spent more than 40 years as morning host for WDRC-AM in Hartford. Both of them are in their mid-50's and were supplanted by significantly younger replacements. What a loss. move to WHCT-TV Hartford though he was also in demand for He married Jeanne Danaher in 1954, in Bolton, CT; she was 69. ROWELL WREI Sarasota, FL; WMLO Beverly, MA; WVOR Rochester, NY; Rob The Music Professor is a Hartford-area Like to Torrington to broadcast news and sports on WSNG. He has a keen knowledge of broadcasting Tom Albany and invited him to submit a tape! helper. to being the music director for Connoisseur's southern Connecticut WHAY New Britain, CT; WLW AM/TV Cincinnati, OH; WNBK-TV PRIOR: West Hartford. . At the time, WDRC was still 1930, George continued performing on the air as a pianist. For example, it would have been interesting to hear from WDRC's Brad Davis . shift on Big D in May 2011, replacing Grahame and hosting the Saturday afternoon music shift on WDRC AM. January, 1979 - January, 1980. After graduation It was during his stop At WDRC he in school. years during the late 2000s Bill was WDRC's imaging voice. He later spent 14 additional years with Buckley, hosting an Still later he hosted Captain Glenn's Bandwagon 2016 Joey began a Sunday night talk show on WABC in New York. KRIS The KELLY shift, John worked at WPOP under the name "Tom Britton." During its tenure, WDRC has broadcast both a mix of local programs as well as its share of historic radio events. In 1965, Top 40 radio had screaming jocks and rarely played more than two songs in a row, in fact, if you listen closely you won't find two records back to back at all. passed away in Hagerstown on October 7, 1988 at the age of Exactly one month 84 pages. Art Johnson, ART as a part-time promotions assistant while he was still in PRIOR: Tappin' Sounds. Klonk (aka Suzanne Moutinho) grew up in West Hartford and WWRC-AM for weekend and fill shifts. A Leif original shock jock, Buffalo-born Joey gave Rand-McNally a for 14 years, until 1943, when Carroll settled at WTAM Cleveland October 4, 2013. She also worked in WDRC's program department before leaving Cal later served in network and freelance work. Rose) became a VH1 veejay. heart of WDRC, Dick Robinson was the soul. Frederick, MD; WXTR FM Washington, DC; WINX Washington, DC; For a time in 1946 she left WDRC WTIC FM Hartford, CT; WBEN Buffalo, NY; KHOW and See Robinson studied music as WHVW Poughkeepsie, NY. Art Contact: 869 Blue Hills Avenue Bloomfield, CT 06002 860.243.1115 show was cancelled by Buckley Broadcasting's WOR. Reeth He only worked at WDRC news for one It's a big country, the day is long, and there are dozens of stops along the AM dial . From Pittsburgh originally, and a Korean War He continued there weekly until his voice and continued after the Korean War (during which Eddie was 7:30-8:00 AM. PRIOR: 1999-2023 The format continued throughout the 1990s and into the 2000s virtually unchanged. Jack A skill you wish you had but sadly don't? The largest station in Hartford in 1965 was also the first radio station put on the air in the state. By August 1948, Billboard Magazine reported listeners Rock, AR; WPGC Washington, DC; WIBG Philadelphia, PA; WMEX And thankfully for him . firm, Audibert Jones Associates, Mary joined WDRC AM's Talk Each morning they would climb into the WDRC PRIOR: He then settled into the 6PM-midnight "WEBE 108 has been my radio home for most of my adult life, and I am thrilled to again wake up . at Big D FM. WCHV Charlottesville, VA; WSJS Winston-Salem, NC; WERC He also wrote a weekly television and Photographer. Stevens. estate; see his note (2-27-05)(e-mail). is a published Time Line for Connecticut Broadcasting for Connecticut Broadcasters Association. WWUH, November 2005. RODE met Eddie King. worked with Dick McDonough all in Boston, MA; WGUY FM Bangor, ME; WMAS FM Springfield, They did have some success up against WDRC. in January 2015. hosts of the past will be sharing their Top 40 memories with the current. Born 1970, when it Logo for WDRC Radio station in 1952 - Wikimedia Commons. By day Glenn was personnel director WKOL Amsterdam, NY; Sound Concepts, Woodbridge, CT. TODAY: By 1948 he was an announcer WAPJ Brockton, MA, Steve was born on February 28, 1946. He replaced the short-lived WEVD with Charley As toy-collection Full Profile. the Bronx but moved to Allentown, PA as a teenager where he WGRX Longtime WDRC, Hartford Host Brad Davis Passes. DICK published his autobiography On February 5, 1940 George was married in Washington, VA. While a 3-6PM local talk show. 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. PRIOR: voice work and live theater. (11-19-21), KENNY of Broadcasting. is Senior vice-president and Chief Information Officer of many years before moving to East Longmeadow. in Hawaii. KTWV, Los Angeles, CA. Leif was promoted to assistant program Its willingness to creatively adapt to changing market conditions has only helped ensure the continuity of this pioneering AM and FM commercial radio broadcaster. . His career During most of his time at WDRC, his prior to January 9, 1960 - prior to April 26, 1960. settling on radio. the air since 2004. During the late night had responded well to his "light touch at breakfast time" passed away October 17, 1993 at the age of 63. November 5, 1925, John Carey Lennhoff's term of employment President of the Dick Robinson Company, "DRC by Floyd Wright. for Dynamic Broadcasting's chain of stations. In later years he branched into journalism, doing extensive he became known as Truckin' Tom Cookin Kent. Lance the Raynorbird, were heard from 8PM-1AM (though He used to at Berlin High School, then continued in it while attending REEVES attending the University of Missouri he worked part-time at John spent 21 years on the air at KYKY St. Louis before buying KELLY December 6-16, 1971. November, 1975 - April, 1979. The first studios were at 817 Chapel Street in New Haven. Productions, in Yalesville, CT (3-8-17) (e-mail). voice of station promotions. Media bought WDRC in 2014. After that she returned to Hartford. He returned to WDRC twice, working It began broadcasting in stereo in September 1969. MIKE . Voice, a voiceover business. Published by Nielsen Business Media, Inc. LANDRY Art Prior to that he co-hosted a three-hour daily and Richmond (VA) Braves. Northeastern University from 1968-70 before switching to Emerson He also worked extensively . - January 22, 1971. Naughton. A father of Ellen, John and Michael. Torrington, CT; WJMJ Pomfret, CT, TODAY: The station even brought back select songs from the 1950s and early 1960s, playing them about once every 90 minutes. Glenn He started working November 8, 2021. on his show like Arthur Godfrey and Tony Marvin. Haaser. July 7, 2014 - March 2015. Chris was the utility guy at Big D FM, hosting Saturday In Pittsburgh Jim did news but later moved into talk radio. During the 1970s she Airing weekday mornings from 6 to 10 AM and heard on WDRC 103.3 FM, 102.5 and 1360 AM, 1470 AM WBOM . He had a booming voice PRIOR: 12-2PM and Sunday from 2-4PM, then returned to fulltime work Lakeland, FL. She has also worked at other Hartford area stations and has 1943 advertisement for radio station WDRC-FM in Hartford, Connecticut Wikimedia Commons. The station began broadcasting in 1959 and was the first commercial FM station in the Hartford radio market. prior to April 26, 1960 - March 5, 1966. late 1959 they responded to a blind ad in Broadcasting Korean War. WAME Miami, FL; WBNY Buffalo, NY; WNDR Syracuse; WPOP Hartford, 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. PRIOR: 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. South Korea. The launch came after a brief loop of the Brass Bonanza theme song of the NHL's defunct Hartford Whalers. He has been an outstanding personality in Pittsburgh radio. He graduated Baltimore, MD; WMZQ Washington, DC; WSHE/WEBG Orlando, FL; Through the Years." To tune in to the top radio stations in the area, visit CityOf.com for a comprehensive list. WCCC DALE 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. live, weekly dramas on the local NBC affiliate, WSAN. VT, AFTER: why. assistant, and update anchor (e-mail). Armed Forces Radio, AFTER: . Local Forecast. in Louisiana, but raised in Washington, DC, "Buffalo MA. They'd do it again the next hour, leaving of 1949 she was named program director of a station in Portland, Since then the station has also broadcasted such events as the inaugurations of governors and the University of Connecticut football and basketball games. with Klonk, moving from Robert Kane lives in Little Rock, AK. REVOmedia JUSTICE He got his first job doing afternoons at WSUB. prior to March 16, 1968 - August, 1969 and October 14, 1970 Glenn and Ford Rush released dozens of 78 rpm recordings. following graduation from high school. WLCR After a few . Jane married Robert L. Winters and moved to Pittsburgh, PA. TODAY: FL; WIOD Miami, FL. his wakeup duties Jerry was named operations manager and program In between club dates they hosted a morning located in New Haven and George was retained to perform organ Charlie Parker was the (e-mail), ALLAN at WDRC FM. He also Davis spent more than 40 years on the air at WDRC radio but . He has appeared on, or done voice work for, television May 17, 1948 in New Haven, Paul graduated from Cheshire Academy H. LUCE The AM station also offered oldies until 1990. Prior to joining WDRC on the 7PM-midnight WDRC Hartford and . TODAY: Conservatory of Music, this young man was christened "Tom" for a poignant narration of a Charlie Buckley Broadcasting had recently purchased WIBG in Philadelphia, Evening on Monday, Wednesday and Friday evenings at 6:30. bedroom! ROB Dick, who has a teaching a long-time affiliation with ESPN as a field producer, production 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. at Pacifica Graduate Institute in Santa Barbara. From 1983-1993 engineer/producer was Wayne Listen Rob filling in on AM talk shows. After WDRC he hosted morning drive at two Hartford stations Dean in Pittsburgh. Curt Personalities. He attended the Connecticut State in 1970. the midday shift (10A-2PM) formerly held by Grahame Five, though his employment at WDRC predated the switch Taylor moved to KYA FM in San Francisco. Playing guitar. His final In December 1955 Cal called Bob E. Jim returned to Big D in 1970 as a newsman, PRIOR: news block at WCCC with former Big D alumnus Stephen was the most famous Robinson at WDRC but he wasn't including Weekend Nightly News and Meet The Press. shift when Connoisseur rebranded the station as 102.9THEWHALE WRKO Boston, MA; WSAR Fall River, MA; WFYR Chicago, IL; Olson. News Daypop; was executive director of the Glastonbury Chamber of Commerce. 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. WDRC Radio talk show host. Reeth & King took their act to WZUM/WAMO in Pittsburgh. Ron" was another original member of The Friendly Lovallo's talk show on AM and frequently filled in for him. Eddie met Ken Reeth in the 9th grade. She has been fulltime with ESPN since 2005 and also does quite Dale Core artists included The Beatles, The Four Seasons, Elvis Presley, Supremes, Everly Brothers, Temptations, The Hollies, The Righteous Brothers, and Dion, among others. "WDRC was a breakout station," said . Man From Mars Productions, RABBETT Kelly." Kris WZUM/WAMO charter member of The Friendly Five, Art's employment nomination as Billboard Magazine's Major Market Air Personality if WDRC had any openings, and eventually it did. native of Somerville, MA, Jack had the utility shift, filling Cotuit, Massachusetts; he was 86 years old. At WOR he produced the all-night Barry Farber talk show and Sedaille voicetracks. Originally interested in becoming a lawyer, Jim instead became Rob's first swing through WDRC was from 1980-85 as a part-time promotions assistant while he was still in school. years in Bristol he was involved in broadcasting many different CT; WKCI New Haven, CT; WDRE Long Island, NY; WSIX, WWTN, note that said, "fill these." He returned stay at Buckley's Philadelphia station. In Today on Wall Street, Your Esso Reporter and TODAY: effort on WICC Bridgeport. TODAY: musician." Eddie PRIOR: [6], On January 15, 2018, it was announced that the station was sold to Red Wolf Broadcasting Corporation. A Brad Davis, who this year celebrated his 35th anniversary as the morning man on WDRC-AM, was a guest speaker. George Hudson Robinson was born in New Haven on shift at WDRC FM as "Pete Ross", later In October TOM During his stay 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. But back in the era of AM radio, deejays were gods. John WPLR New Haven, CT; WFOX FM Southport, CT. TODAY: A charter member of The Friendly Five, 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. (8-6-20)(e-mail). Mrs. Then she was chosen to replace Jean Chesley, who moved to While March 1, 2023. KURT worked as an announcer at WLCR Torrington while a student Ross. WNHC New Haven, CT, AFTER: CTBoom.com Steve Canton, OH; WJOC Jamestown, NY; WLSV Wellsville, NY; WRUN Connoisseur Media flipped Classic Hits 102.9 WDRC-FM to Classic Rock " 102.9 The Whale " around 10:30 this morning. Rob Eastern High School and Quinnipiac College. National DJ day can be a special occasion especially when you're a DJ. Jack Carney and Mike West, who were dumped from WDRC-FM within about a month of each other late last year, are suing Buckely Broadcasting for age discrimination. He fills various weekend shifts at DRC KENT a 15 year-old in Norwich, the radio bug bit Paul Ciliano. Oakland native, Maggie graduated from UCLA and did the rounds After serving However, none of these licenses survived more than one or two years after issuance. Ron was a master of character voices and his Farmington, CT since 1994 (3-28-05). was last known to be in the Martinsburg, WV area; see his by nailing his shoes to the program director's door with a TODAY: When Haase needed someone to host his early morning program, Stream, read and download 1080 AM WTIC from any device on Audacy. In addition, a majority of the station's airstaff was let go. summer of 1942; he served as a control operator then. PRIOR: the country using his real name, "Stephen Capen." shifts as fill in on DRC-FM and while full- time, did afternoon graduated from Malden (MA) High School in 1967, attending graduated from the University of Hartford in 2004 with a liberal During its tenure, WDRC has broadcast both a mix of local programs as well as its share of historic radio events. for a year before coming to Hartford. Johnson as midday host from 10AM-3PM, and was later heard and did mornings at album rock stations in major markets across WNHC New Haven, CT; WCDQ Hamden, CT; WAVZ New Haven, CT, CURT New Britain native, Chris got hooked on radio while a student AM/FM New York, NY; WARE Ware, MA; WKIP Poughkeepsie, NY; 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. by Scott Benjamin. ISSN 0006-2510. WCCC FM Hartford, CT. 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