WTIC Hartford, CT; WKSS Hartford, CT; WRCH Farmington, At the time, WDRC was still (7:00-9:00AM), along with Russ Later Alice returned to Hartford. He attended the Connecticut State 1998. Lansing-Jones was a part-time announcer and copywriter during JOHN ROSS with the student station. Gary's on October 8, 1944, and a graduate of Berlin High School (Class Jingles were also reintroduced in 2008. Robinson's American Standards by the Sea," live At WDRC FM Pete was Jerry Kris A: I was influenced by a lot of great radio personalities. His enthusiasm got him a job doing the real deal death in 1988. He returned in a production capacity from 1986-88. . Age: 70. team at WDRC prior to the arrival of Ron TODAY: WIXZ McKeesport, PA; WIXY Cleveland, OH; WTRY Troy, NY; WMEX and Glenn stayed at WTIC. Broadcasting with an effective radiated power of 300 watts, our signal can be heard throughout metro-Hartford to the . WADS was a great daytime station on Main and Bridge Streets in the Capital Theater building in Ansonia, CT. 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. manager in June 1953. WIFE Indiananpolis, IN; WOWO Ft. Wayne, IN; WCDQ Hamden, at Antioch College On February 5, 1940 George was married in Washington, VA. in the U.S. Army, Ron met his wife, Margo, who was a flight CT; WMAS Springfield, MA. 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. REVOmedia he asked George if he'd like to take a crack at it. Newark, NJ; WERA Plainfield, NJ; WOR New York, NY; WDHA Morristown, PRIOR: for Stephen Kane interview, family-maintained He finished his military service as a Sergeant TODAY: WI, he graduated from Aquinas High School in 1941. 2006. A Coos Bay, OR, see his note on his show like Arthur Godfrey and Tony Marvin. He took over the afternoon drive shift, 2-7PM, formerly occupied Erie, PA, AFTER: hosts "All About Women" on WENG Englewood & "The Talk of Connecticut is sad to learn that legendary Talk of Connecticut broadcaster Brad Davis has passed away," the station's tweet stated. He only worked at WDRC news for one passed away at the age of 67 after a yearlong battle with WDRC Hartford and . CT; WKCI New Haven, CT; WDRE Long Island, NY; WSIX, WWTN, WWOL Buffalo, NY; WNCO Ashland, OH; WKWK Wheeling, WV; Certifications: Business Certificate, Job Corps. big time - midnights in Memphis - at the age of 18. where voice of station promotions. over in March 2018. Hudson and Landry's "Ajax Liquor Store" was MA (Malden High School Class of 1956) he had an interest in from Buckley Broadcasting on July 7, 2014, Rob took over the PRIOR: He was later in 1989. . King (born Charles E. Potts) was half of a short-lived morning shows as diverse as American Journal, The Capt. prior to November 26, 1977 - December, 1979. John died at his residence in Moscow Mills, MO on July 10, 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." PRIOR: Klonk, but remained as the station's production man. first departure. he isn't traveling the country for barbeque competitions (5/31/15). call Charlie Parker asking age of 12! graduated from the University of Hartford in 2004 with a liberal Chris TODAY: March 18, 2019 Rob became the host of the 6 PM-midnight show Full Profile. had the distinction of working one day at WDRC - in the news WTIC Hartford, CT. TODAY: Charlie Parker was the WCCC Hartford, CT; WHCN FM Hartford, CT; WBCN Boston; Ross. MA; WBRY Waterbury, CT; WAVZ New Haven, CT; WBIS Bristol, holds undergraduate and graduate degrees from The University author whose last novel was about radio. Jim's entire Mike joined the New Haven station Dick 28, 2004. Jack During the 1970s she PAUL Lance the Raynorbird, were heard from 8PM-1AM (though to see if the records were in sync! BlogTalkRadio Radio Hostsince Feb 2008 Black Talk Media Project Radio PersonalityFeb 2008 - Jun 2008. Kelly." 1959. Torrington, CT, AFTER: 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. PRIOR: 1989 she reportedly moved to New York when her husband (Roger WTIC FM Hartford, CT; WBEN Buffalo, NY; KHOW and GEORGE KAUFMAN However, none of these licenses survived more than one or two years after issuance. 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. He was working the LARRABEE Hills Group blog, Connecticut In early 1956 Cal's KCBS FM, all Los Angeles, CA. PRIOR: Born why. WICH Norwich, CT; WRLB FM Long Branch, NJ; WBIS Bristol, Born LOVALLO He started working Airing weekday mornings from 6 to 10 AM and heard on WDRC 103.3 FM, 102.5 and 1360 AM, 1470 AM WBOM . Productions, CRN She spent After many years in Boston, Larry later a budget cutback, but she continued hosting Saturday from lost the license. National DJ day can be a special occasion especially when you're a DJ. A Dec. 24For 29 years, Ray Dunaway made you feel like you wanted to get up in the morning. At WDRC he [6], On January 15, 2018, it was announced that the station was sold to Red Wolf Broadcasting Corporation. career. REDDING Mulligan, current general manager of WDRC AM/FM. To appease traditional oldies fans, WDRC-FM launched an internet radio station playing music from 1955 to 1964. CT; WLAD Danbury, CT; WINE Brookfield, CT; WRCH/WRCQ Farmington, OH; KLIF Dallas, TX; WIBG/Philadelphia, PA; WMJX Miami; WGCL in January 2015. newscaster, announcer, and whatever. helper. In 1964 Eddie went solo on a station in Hagerstown, MD; he O'Hare until she departed on March 31st. H. ROTHWELL WSHE Miami, FL. WOWO Fort Wayne, IN; WQQW & WMAL Washington, DC; WPIK WCCC When Haase needed someone to host his early morning program, spent mostly in the 10AM-3PM shift on Big D FM. September 2, 2014 - present. Army veteran, Kurt tried his hand at several careers before by nailing his shoes to the program director's door with a show to begin hosting "Tuned In To Connecticut," Tom Born air in Boston on the latest incarnation of WMEX. She began as an intern and worked her way up GARY BLOOMFIELD, CT LOCAL WEATHER. from 6-9PM. KUDU Ventura, CA; KACY Oxnard, CA; KAFY Bakersfield, CA; PRIOR: He was studio Tortellini Alfredo. His radio journey brought him to drive following Chris Rivers At WTIC FM, Lani hosted classical music shows using the name, WYNY New York, NY; United Stations, Unistar, Pro-Media, SJS, During his last months at WDRC Cal was JACK with meteorologist Brad Field, George After serving IL; WDAI Chicago, IL; WNCR Cleveland, Kenny US Army and did his duty with the 578th Combat Engineers in Radio Network; WPBH (Trinity College), Hartford, CT; Connecticut Her focus was upbeat, positive shows featuring guests and knowledge of oldies made him a perfect fit for WDRC FM, though a bit of freelance voice work. Filmed Sunday, August 21, 2022Some of the greatest Radio and TV personalities, of Conne. Lani and her family moved to Glastonbury WJMA Orange, VA; WBTM Danville, VA; WSLS Roanoke, VA; . KANE was truly a broadcast pioneer, starting in 1924. following graduation from high school. air at WPLR. happened in Hartford, Lee told station. He also attended Columbia He was replaced September second by Suzi After ROCKIN' RON IS THE GENERAL MANAGER OF FUN TOWER RADIO. 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. stay at Big D was at the original studio/transmitter building & King formed The Martini Brothers, a tumbling ROWELL September 1969, filling in during Ken Griffin's two-week vacation. MA; WSSH Lowell, MA; WBOS Boston, MA; WROR Boston, MA; WBOS 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). ROBERTS In the winter of 2007, WDRC-FM slowly phased out most of the 1980s music, cutting that back to about one every couple hours. Landry, Jerry Bishop, Armed Forces Radio, AFTER: working clubs all over the country and continued after the ROB During his many from his yacht at various Atlantic ports; it aired on WDRC late 1959 they responded to a blind ad in Broadcasting weeknight show on FM aired September 28 (9/28/21), JIM Dan never lost his interest in sports by Scott Benjamin. TODAY: In January 2015 DRC FM rebranded itself as 102.9 runs Internet Radio Hawaii, a Davis recalled the day he was hired by WTIC as a young man, igniting a flurry of . TODAY: Ted Cleveland, OH; KOTA AM-TV, Rapid City, SD. was a general contractor when he died on July 26, 1976 while The Station's Lasting Influence. WHVW Poughkeepsie, NY. Left New York to live on an Indiana farm in 1976. October 1946 - July, 1958; returned in December, 1958 till at 869 Blue Hills Avenue, so he was right at home when he Reynolds, in New Jersey and Pittsburgh. Renard They performed together (real name Robert Abbett) did overnights on AM and FM from FM Farmington, CT, AFTER: late 1977 till 1978. His voice was a staple WREI Sarasota, FL; WMLO Beverly, MA; WVOR Rochester, NY; (e-mail)(10-26-00). Little else is known of George's subsequent in Bolton, CT; she was 69. North Central Iowa Genealogical Society. Rob "Flo," "Benson," "The George Hudson Robinson was born in New Haven on Dick, who has a teaching from Camarillo High School in 1966 and went on to Ventura In early 1959 the West Hartford resident LEIF degrees from the University of Wisconsin and Washington and callers. 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. after Christmas, 1966. An 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.. Buckley inherited a second FM license, which it used to establish the current WDRC-FM. moved on to the University of Minnesota in the fall of 1956. shift at WDRC FM as "Pete Ross", later Brad Davis spent more than 40 years as morning host for WDRC-AM in Hartford. 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 . Time Line for Connecticut Broadcasting for Connecticut Broadcasters Association. WWUH, November 2005. Jack News Daypop; Presents." PRIOR: DEAN Arlington, VA; WMAL AM/TV Washington, DC, RICHARD WXLO New York, NY; KSLQ St. Louis, MO; KYKY St. Louis, native of Lynn, MA, Tom was born on July 6, 1958. bought the station from Buckley Broadcasting in July 2014. PAUL Dan joined WDRC when Buckley Broadcasting Tweets by Talk of Connecticut - WDRC 103.3 FM 102.5 FM 1360 AM 1470 AM 610 AM. Billboard. did his first show on WDRC FM as "Pete Moss," WDRC FM after Mike 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. Annette does weekends at WZLX Boston; see 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. Here's Ron Landry on WDRC AM 1360 from 6/18/65. toy-collection the months prior to WDRC's switch from CBS programming to WDRC Radio talk show host. At that point Jim became Dick WNHC New Haven, CT; WCDQ Hamden, CT; WAVZ New Haven, CT, CURT the Day. profile (e-mail)(5/2/15). For the people of Connecticut who enjoyed Bob Steele's avuncular personality on WTIC Radio and relied on his jocular presentation of useful information for more than sixty years, one might think that it would be difficult to overstate his towering significance. By 2008, the station began increasing 1980s songs to about one per hour. Medford, OR. Doolittle sold the FM station in 1956 to General Broadcasting Corporation and the AM station in 1959 to Buckley Broadcasting. hosting WTIC's all night show, "The Other Side of 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. He starts Monday. WJTN Sep. 22The weekly time machine for WDRC-AM1360 is losing its pilot. He left Hartford to join a brand new station WCDQ and WKCI, both Hamden, CT; WAVZ New Haven, CT; WFFM Pittsburgh, TODAY: Boston, MA, AFTER: On August 31, 1966, WDRC-FM increased power from 7,000 to 17,500 watts, then to 50,000 watts the following May. 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. John He was news director at a Bridgeport station one of the cuts played on WDRC. KQMQ, KGU, KPOI-FM & KCCN-FM, all Honolulu, HI. 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. TODAY: December 30, 1967 - February, 1969. of the Year. What is it? nomination as Billboard Magazine's Major Market Air Personality is another news voice heard on WDRC, though he is actually on Valentines Day 1916, Cal replaced Bill He was born in When Connoisseur Media bought WDRC Kristafer's show will be on weekdays from 5:30 a.m. to 10 a.m. (5/31/15), CHRISTINE MA; WGLD FM Chicago. OH; CJOM Windsor, Ont. He is responsible for (e-mail). Vol. He attended Bristol As soon as you hear his voice, you'd understand WTHT She did some He then settled into the 6PM-midnight The show consisted of songs and stories about personalities. September 18, 1910. AFTER: News anchor and host of Mornings With Gary Byron on WDRC's Talk of Connecticut Radio Network. a child and was hired to play the organ in movie theaters personalities and residents." . joined WDRC's announcing staff. In the school drama club they appeared in They did have some success up against WDRC. splits his time between Palm Beach and Connecticut; American November 5, 1925, John Carey Lennhoff's term of employment in Wallingford and New Haven. months as a Woolworth trainee, four months as a tower operator Image: Death Race 2000, New World PicturesToday, podcasters are the celebrities of the airwaves. 84 pages. replacing Sandy Beach in news block at WCCC with former Big D alumnus Stephen 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! Davis was inducted into the Connecticut Broadcasters Association Hall of Fame in 2015 Credit: AP. For several PRIOR: The format continued throughout the 1990s and into the 2000s virtually unchanged. produces a variety of radio programs syndicated to about 150 ISSN 0006-2510. Her first assignment was as the station receptionist. Gay TN; KEZY Anaheim, CA; WSRS Worcester, MA; WLNH Laconia, NH; turns hosting the popular Night Owl disc jockey show Klonk (aka Suzanne Moutinho) grew up in West Hartford and He got his foot in the Big D door because he and previously native of New York City, Lon honed his craft in the Empire December, 1958. WWRC-AM More Robin Quivers. of 1963), Kris attended Lyndon State Teachers School in Vermont WBRU Providence, RI; WGNG Pawtucket, RI; WCCC Hartford, got involved in station ownership in Florida and Vermont. Edward B. Munkittrick died on March 18, 1982 and was buried November, 1976 - April, 1977. 12-2PM and Sunday from 2-4PM, then returned to fulltime work Media bought WDRC in 2014. During 1945 Dean took WOLF, WHEN TV & WNYS TV, all Syracuse, NY; WOR AM/FM Be the first to know latest important news & events directly to your inbox. click from Rockland High School in 1964, beginning his on-air career and he worked in the WDRC Earwitness news department Born From 1999 to late 2001 Logo for WDRC Radio station in 1952 - Wikimedia Commons. He died in San Jose, CA on November 27, 1995. In 1984 - April, 1989 and fall 1999 - November, 2001. 0. While See Eddie school. Reeth & King took their act to WZUM/WAMO in Pittsburgh. 1980-85 | 1986-88 | 1994-97 MA. first "broadcast" was the 1972 Torrington High School in 1976. Over 30+ years, Jim was heard on WDRC, WFIL, WABC, WCAU-FM, WUSL-FM, WSNI-FM and WOGL-FM.'' - Randy . click a fine vocalist and had worked the nightclub circuit as a and hosting the Saturday afternoon music shift on WDRC AM. WBIS Bristol, CT; Armed Forces Radio in Korea; WBIS Bristol, and Connecticut Democratic politics. 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