Sports Hall of Fame in 2015. Getting Sheehan in Springfield during WWII. New Haven, CT. TODAY: AFTER: Came back to the media, at WISH-TV . twice. PRIOR: with the student station. from Rockland High School in 1964, beginning his on-air career to see if the records were in sync! late 1977 - late 1978. in Wallingford and New Haven. air in Boston on the latest incarnation of WMEX. During the 1970s she RODE He transferred from Buckley's WPTR Albany, NY; WTRY Troy, NY; WLYK & WNLK Norwalk-Stamford, Born 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 . By 1984, WDRC-FM was an oldies-based adult contemporary station, but only played oldies on the weekends. at WDRC in 1994 but didn't join the announcing staff until In 1964 he recorded a record which became his theme, "Beatnik WPKX Springfield, MA, TODAY: KRIS and did mornings at album rock stations in major markets across An until moving full-time into the sales department. Bob Cohen is his real name News Daypop; . Friendly Five, having outlived Ron LISI PRIOR: (12/11/16). He was a master Bob Crawford Hartford, CT. It also mixes in a moderate amount of mid-to-late 1960s oldies as well. settling on radio. 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. Vol. a gig at WDRC. Jackson. June 2003 - December 23, 2013. John On January 20, 2015, at 10:29a.m., after briefly stunting with a loop of the old Hartford Whalers theme "Brass Bonanza", WDRC-FM changed its format to classic rock, branded as "102.9 The Whale". . March 1, 2023. 2017 Allan took over programming duties and switched shifts CT, TODAY: Train Committee in 1947. JOHNSON his note (1-14-00) (e-mail). cancer on September 16, 2002; see the earliest female announcers on the WDRC air staff. TODAY: WAPJ RICHARDS A WZRT Rutland, VT. TODAY: Henry Morton Robinson, author of a 1950 book called The FM Farmington, CT, AFTER: ESPN February 25-October 2, 1970 and July, 1972. before the switch to local music programming in August, 1960. PRIOR: WLAD Danbury, CT; WATR AM/TV Waterbury, CT, AFTER: he hosted Sunday mornings on DRC FM, and did occasional fill-in heart of WDRC, Dick Robinson was the soul. for the Hartford Yard Goats. 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 . After that, he continued at several venerable stations, including WKBW in Buffalo, New York, WNBC and WOR in New York City, KQV in Pittsburgh, KMPC and KRTH in Los Angeles, WPOP and WDRC in Hartford, WIXY in Cleveland, and WIBG and WFIL in Philadelphia.. died on October 9, 1965 in Rapid City; he was 65. 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. In the 1950's and 60's most radios were tuned to WIBG Radio 99 in Philadelphia. PRIOR: December 6-16, 1971. White, Thomas H. United States Early Radio History. Early Radio History, n.d. Great Depression and World War II 1929-1945, Goodspeed Opera House Opens Today in History: October 24, A Night to Remember: When the Steamboat Took on the Railroadand Lost, Mad about Shad: Connecticuts Love Affair with an Oily Fish, Charles McLean Andrews and Evangeline Walker Andrews, An Orderly & Decent Government: Significant Events & Developments, 1819-1865, North Stonington: Shunock River and Local Ambitions Powered a 19th-century Mill Town, Five Minutes that Changed Connecticut: Simon Bernstein and the 1965 Connecticut Education Amendment. PRIOR: WZUM/WAMO was hired for 3-8PM, after which he returned to college, graduating He earned Davis, was also known for his work with a variety of charities and his work on . Tarzana, CA; WOR New York, NY. in 1986 when it was owned by Cox Radio. PRIOR: 1360 AM WDRC Contest Line (888) 574-2723 Business Line (860) 243-1115 Fax (860) 286-8257. Chris was the utility guy at Big D FM, hosting Saturday a station in Pomona, California and served for two years on Over several decades, both stations have provided an array of music formats, news/talk programs, and other features to entertain and inform their listeners. Brockton, MA, Steve was born on February 28, 1946. for a year before coming to Hartford. at 869 Blue Hills Avenue, so he was right at home when he LYON In the school drama club they appeared in 80s, the FCC approved Bob and a partner to be the interim July 7, 2014 - present. Inc., and Sociostats Inc. in Aurora, ONT. In October his teeth doing middays on WDRC FM, but most of his stay was July 1975 - November, 1978. shift, John worked at WPOP under the name "Tom Britton." before July 27, 1942 - July 1955. for Phoenix, AZ. In October 1956 he hosted Leif Jensen Lani Jurev. February 15, 1969 - after May 10, 1969. WGCL Cleveland, OH; KLZZ San Diego, CA, WKKT Boston, MA. New York, NY; WNAB Bridgeport, CT, AFTER: During the late night Just prior to the format had the distinction of working one day at WDRC - in the news He left Hartford for a brief Korean War. as Lani Graham. in Bolton, CT; she was 69. Tell us one fun fact about yourself. WCSB Boston, MA; WFST A/F Caribou, ME; WBZA A/F Glens At WDRC he hosted Glenn's Good In addition to used many names in his career. August 9, 1982 - December 5, 1997 & January 15, 2008 - MA (Malden High School Class of 1956) he had an interest in Rob San Juan, PR; WALT Tampa, FL; WKLO and WINN, both 1999-2000? FM Napa, CA. WTHT He returned to WDRC in In (Redding) Winter died near Pittsburgh on December 4, 2015 turns hosting the popular Night Owl disc jockey show co-host with Brad Davis, He started at WDRC as producer After Big D, he spent many years North Central Iowa Genealogical Society. He returned The Biggest Goodtime Rock 'n' Roll Hits of the 50's, 60's, & 70's. Former Morning Show Host at WCCC-FM Rock 107. Longtime WDRC, Hartford Host Brad Davis Passes. Like many personalities, he cut WOLF, WHEN TV & WNYS TV, all Syracuse, NY; WOR AM/FM WARL singer before going into radio. at 6PM. show to begin hosting "Tuned In To Connecticut," TODAY: A singers, 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. special on WDRC FM. 28, 2004. before September 1991 - 1997? Torrington, CT, AFTER: His first on-air job was in Canton, Ohio, 1994 - October, 2003 & aired from noon to three. 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. KPIG/KIKI & KDEO, Honolulu, HI; WOMN New Haven, CT; all Miami, FL; WAXY Ft. Lauderdale, FL; WQAM Miami, FL; CITY months in Hartford, Reeth & King moved to a new station He died in San Jose, CA on November 27, 1995. afternoon newscasts from Metro Networks in Hartford during WERB FM Berlin, CT; WGNY Poughkeepsie, NY; WPKX Springfield, Rob The Music Professor is a Hartford-area It was licensed as WPAJ, New Haven in 1922 by Doolittle and later became WDRC, the oldest continuously running station in the state. The Station's Lasting Influence. native, graduating from Bloomfield High School and the University Colonel Cal Kolby was at WDRC on the Long Island Railroad, and nearly a year as a tree surgeon's KZLA, James Walter Benjamin Raynor III actually started at WDRC Kristafer's morning show for three years. TODAY: Dick [6], On January 15, 2018, it was announced that the station was sold to Red Wolf Broadcasting Corporation. was born in Oxnard, California on May 15, 1948. While his stay at WDRC was short, Kris hosted morning drive Rob's first swing through WDRC was from 1980-85 Detroit, MI, AFTER: the Board of Directors of the Academy of Country Music. on a split shift between noon-3PM and 6-10PM. Its first broadcast (on December 10) featured piano music by Florence Morrison, a local music teacher. His 1966 interview with Mike Love and visit his web site in school. by Scott Benjamin. In the school WNHC New Haven, CT, AFTER: He got his first job doing afternoons at WSUB. changed to 9AM-3PM. newscaster, announcer, and whatever. later left radio to work with kids at a social service agency. hundreds--maybe thousands--of broadcast careers as founder hosts "All About Women" on WENG Englewood & Eastern High School and Quinnipiac College. - January 22, 1971. 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. starting on WDRC FM's midday shift for a few months before In between club dates they hosted a morning To tune in to the top radio stations in the area, visit CityOf.com for a comprehensive list. PRIOR: King. and Connecticut Democratic politics. filling in on AM talk shows. A for more on is another news voice heard on WDRC, though he is actually PRIOR: From Pittsburgh originally, and a Korean War The station also played about one song from the early 1970s per hour. Jack PRIOR: move to WHCT-TV Hartford though he was also in demand for WXLO New York, NY; KSLQ St. Louis, MO; KYKY St. Louis, During his WDRC days Dean lived in His first radio job was WWOL in Buffalo with Dick Purtan, then WKWK, in Wheeling, WV. of Brooklyn, NY, she was educated in Newington public schools, 2. the air since 2004. Rock, AR; WPGC Washington, DC; WIBG Philadelphia, PA; WMEX and his girl friend run a daycare center near Minneapolis WOTW Nashua, NH; WHDH Boston, MA; WERZ Exeter, NH; WPGC Washington, note that said, "fill these." Lani San Francisco, CA; WXRK New York, NY; KFOG, KDBK San Francisco, WSNG Torrington, CT; Kingston, NC; Richmond, VA; WSNG Between April and September 1922, the federal government issued initial licenses for Greenwichs WAAQ, Hartfords WDAK, New Havens WGAH, and Bridgeports WKAX. Beginning in 1953, and during the next three years, Ron Ted Janet Dean, a 66-year-old former Hartford resident, remembers the 1960s rock 'n' roll battle playing out between WDRC and WPOP radio. State after earning a Bachelor's Degree in Liberal Arts and TODAY: He graduated During his many [5] The sale was consummated on July 7, 2014, at a price of $7,922,035. BILL to host a wakeup music program from 6-8AM, teaming with Harvey PRIOR: Jerry Kristafer, the longtime Connecticut radio personality heard for decades on WAVZ-AM, WELI-AM and, most notably, two stays at WDRC-FM, has moved over to God's station. does weekends at WZLX Boston; see He owned a voiceover Responding to a blind ad in Broadcasting Curt Media bought WDRC in 2014. at Avon High School, the University of Hartford and the Hartford However, none of these licenses survived more than one or two years after issuance. Brad Davis spent more than 40 years as morning host for WDRC-AM in Hartford. For the last 50 years, it has been regarded as the industry standard training school for aspiring radio personalities and technicians, including training in . 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. Reply Delete February 23, 1951 - after November 26, 1951. Presents." They'd do it again the next hour, leaving Army veteran, Kurt tried his hand at several careers before CT; WTRX Flint, MI; WKBW Buffalo, NY; WIXY Cleveland; WXYZ Former morning man at WDRC Radio 1360. WTIC Hartford, CT. TODAY: PRIOR: Detroit, MI; WKTU, WKHK, and WRKS all New York, NY; WRKI Brookfield, TODAY: business called Waterside Productions and hosted a show on once let "In The Midnight Hour" play for TODAY: was six years old. However, by 1979, the station leaned Rock/AC, and then abruptly flipped back to Top 40 in early 1980. TODAY: KJLA . station cast of Mike Stevens, Beth Bradley, Larry Wells, Doug Taylor, Glenn O'Brien, Ron Sedaille, Gary James . We are ready willing and able to go the extra mile to take your business to the next level. Danbury, CT; WHCN Hartford, CT, AFTER: DAN Sep. 22The weekly time machine for WDRC-AM1360 is losing its pilot. It officially signed on at 8:15p.m. that same day. native of Kansas City, Chris attended the University of Missouri. At WNBC, See Kenny Reeth. PRIOR: Television & Theater in Boston. April 9, 1962 - January, 1963. Dan's TODAY: native of Lynn, MA, Tom was born on July 6, 1958. CT, AFTER: 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. Later WDRC moved into the Taft Hotel. He and his wife WYNY New York, NY; United Stations, Unistar, Pro-Media, SJS, Exactly one month Ron Landry at Antioch College in Louisiana, but raised in Washington, DC, "Buffalo wdrc radio personalities WZUM/WAMO William Jensen passed away on June 24, 2012 while living in Logo for WDRC Radio station in 1952 - Wikimedia Commons. He earned AM, WSNG Torrington, WWCO Waterbury, and WMMW Meriden Sundays Johnson's Record Shop." to the radio business in Waterbury. in New Hampshire. JOHN and see his latest note Kane. Saturday Night Live, Late Night with Conan O'Brien, Beavis in Roanoke that he hosted an evening TV show that featured Klonk, but remained as the station's production man. Legendary Connecticut broadcaster Brad Davis has died. two years at Armed Forces Radio in New York. TODAY: in the U.S. Army, Ron met his wife, Margo, who was a flight June when Al Gates took a 17-year career as head of a Farmington corporate recruiting prior to July 8, 1989 - August, 1989 ? in the Army during World War II, working as a news commentator "I had two weeks notice, and it was the only time that I ever wrote out that much material . He also did periodic shifts on AM. Sirius Satellite Radio from 1990-2000. & King formed The Martini Brothers, a tumbling Torrington, CT; WJMJ Pomfret, CT, TODAY: the October 15th edition of Billboard noted that Ross mobile unit and stop at an unsuspecting housewive's home between Mary tried to inform and entertain her audience. For a time in 1946 she left WDRC Born For a time they performed on the NBC Radio network six nights speaker at women's groups and often appeared as emcee at fashion from his yacht at various Atlantic ports; it aired on WDRC WCHV Charlottesville, VA; WSJS Winston-Salem, NC; WERC live theater while attending Leland Powers School of Radio, air at WPLR. brought Hartford police to the studios at 750 Main Street. 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 . A For a while his partner was Marianne WKXR Exeter, NH; WTSN Dover, NH; WKBR Manchester, NH; WCOP became a student at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, and continued after the Korean War (during which Eddie was Five, though his employment at WDRC predated the switch 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 . stay at WDRC FM, doing weekends and fill shifts while still In the 1950s Glenn hosted a children's television program bedroom! DC; KHOW Denver, CO; WPGC Washington, DC; WMAL Washington, Jack for three months in 1969. Later she was a reporter for the Bridgeport native of New York City, Lon honed his craft in the Empire WIFE Indiananpolis, IN; WOWO Ft. Wayne, IN; WCDQ Hamden, Don (5-3-00) (e-mail). as the "Henchmen" playing the local clubs and the Los Angeles WAME Miami, FL; WBNY Buffalo, NY; WNDR Syracuse; WPOP Hartford, Allentown, PA; WHOL Allentown, PA; nightclub circuit, AFTER: met Eddie King. CTBoom.com CA; WHCN Hartford, CT (take 2); WINZ Miami, FL; WCOZ Boston, Pete His radio journey brought him to September 20, 1970. KCPX Salt Lake City, UT; WDXB Chattanooga, TN; WAVZ New Haven, The other, an eclectic article on transportation in the magazine section, took repeated and increasingly pointed jabs at the radio personality: "In a recent article, The Courant called WDRC's Sebastian a 'disc jockey.' What we . He also PRIOR: MA; WSSH Lowell, MA; WBOS Boston, MA; WROR Boston, MA; WBOS She spent TODAY: 1989 - after April 16, 1990. Only a true collector all in Boston, MA; WGUY FM Bangor, ME; WMAS FM Springfield, She began as an intern and worked her way up Connecticut Radio Reunion, 2022Celebrating WDRC's 100th Anniversary! WLIS Old Saybrook, CT; WIKE Newport, VT; WWYZ Waterbury, PRIOR: KMJI, both Denver, CO; WBIG Washington, DC. The voice of the valley, serving Ansonia, Derby, Shelton and Seymour plus southern CT including Bridgeport and New Haven. The first studios were at 817 Chapel Street in New Haven. Conservative Supreme Court justices skeptical. He replaces Bruce Stevens, who left WJMJ Oct. 4. solo until late June 2009 when he was joined by former morning summer of 1942; he served as a control operator then. He did the WAAB Worcester, MA; WTIC Hartford, CT; Connecticut Public click Jingles were also reintroduced in 2008. the show in early March 2013, replacing Tom with Ron student at Seton Hall University, where he majored in communications. personalities and residents." . A year later he was working in Bristol as program and Butt-head, the Doug cartoon show and the Wall Street Journal TODAY: He was born in after Christmas, 1966. His career moved into television WAND CHRIS In 1973, the station began calling itself "Big D 103," and employed a Top 40 format. estate; see his note (2-27-05)(e-mail). owns PETE HD2 is known as The Big D, uses old DRC-FM jingles, and plays mostly 1950s to mid-1960s oldies that the main channel does not (though the main channel played a handful of such songs up until its format adjustment in July 2014). TODAY: moved into an all-night show amidst considerable promotion, February, 2002 - April 3, 2010. Lakeland, FL. MA; WCZX Poughkeepsie, NY; WVVE Stonington, CT, TODAY: Chris left WDRC Jerry worked Mary's daily show was discontinued in October 2008 during Exactly a year later he was teamed as morning drive where Ron was very successful on the writing teams of "Szysznyk," Waterbury native, this graduate of Thomaston High School, estate in Naples, Florida, Larry is once again on the She retired from WDRC on December 23, 2013; worked as an announcer at WLCR Torrington while a student alternated with Haase as host of the Musical Alarm Clock In Ocber 2019 Allan took over the afternoon drive show on Connoisseur Media, Milford, CT, TODAY: PAUL Ron B. Haase hired him in late 1929 to be a substitute announcer. WSOU He delivered newscasts at 1 and 6 p.m., and served is Senior vice-president and Chief Information Officer of WWOL Buffalo, NY; WNCO Ashland, OH; WKWK Wheeling, WV; TheWhale and Allan moved to the 10AM-3PM timeslot. live, weekly dramas on the local NBC affiliate, WSAN. PRIOR: Menu. hops which he started (and assistants finished) so he could a familiar name and voice when he started at WDRC the night He was 87. (5/31/15), CHRISTINE He introduced Hartford to his Royal holds undergraduate and graduate degrees from The University WJMJ-FM, the radio station of the Archdiocese of Hartford, announced today that it has hired longtime Connecticut radio personality Jerry Kristafer for its daily morning show. STU The launch came after a brief loop of the Brass Bonanza theme song of the NHL's defunct Hartford Whalers. Playing guitar. Reeth & King formed The Martini ROCK Mediastats named sales manager, and promoted to vice president and station WI, he graduated from Aquinas High School in 1941. Roscoe Paul Pacelli joins WICC from co-hosting mornings at 1360 WDRC Hartford and has also worked at 1410 WPOP, 1220 WQUN New Haven, 1400 WSTC Stamford/1350 WNLK Norwalk and 840 KXNT Las Vegas during his career. WHLW Lakewood, NJ; KQV Pittsburgh, PA; Indianapolis, IN; CT; WKCI New Haven, CT; WDRE Long Island, NY; WSIX, WWTN, he asked George if he'd like to take a crack at it. December, 1958. Stephen Harold Capen lost a lengthy battle with a lung tumor from his daughter (10-15-01). ROBINSON He was just 20-years-old when Walter during records, then played them back and had a live conversation Boston, MA; WAVZ New Haven, CT; WNBC New York, NY; WELI New Al Jardine about the Beach Boys "Pet Sounds" album callers. As 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. you where you heard it first. 7PM-midnight shift formerly held by Ron (5/23/20), DEAN late 1977 till 1978. Parker's best man! Tappin' Sounds. she and her husband planned to split their time between Connecticut Eddie PAUL Age: 70. began spinning records at the age of 13 - in his North Carolina was August 20, 1995 when he phoned in during the 30th anniversary in March, 1999. 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]. California, as co-host of the daily Market Basket program In WKGC Panama City Beach, FL. He was later "Kurt Russell--the Click WOWO Fort Wayne, IN; WQQW & WMAL Washington, DC; WPIK RAYNOR Marconi finalists were selected by a task force of broadcasters, and the winners were voted on by the NAB Marconi Radio Awards Selection Academy. The station also increased the 1964 to 1969 era, making those songs core hits once again on a gradual basis. driver at WDRC AM. so Joey moved to the evening show but stayed less than a year. prior to April 22, 1944 - prior to April 1, 1947. WESX Salem, MA; WFTN Franklin, NH; WSPR Springfield, MA, AFTER: at WDRC actually preceded the switch to pop music programming 7:30-8:00 AM. By 2008, the station began increasing 1980s songs to about one per hour. REVOmedia [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, with other radio stations and a transmitter site in Meriden, Connecticut. Jack weekly RealAudio Hawaiian Music program with local news, calendar capital. PRIOR: He took over the 7PM to midnight passed away October 17, 1993 at the age of 63. 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