KANE He later spent 14 additional years with Buckley, hosting an Originally interested in becoming a lawyer, Jim instead became H. ROTHWELL After Radio Boston, MA, AFTER: John died at his residence in Moscow Mills, MO on July 10, also run Harwood Estate Vineyards in Hillier, ONT (7-3-19). WRCH Farmington. MA. Eddie New York, NY; WNAB Bridgeport, CT, AFTER: all in Boston, MA; WGUY FM Bangor, ME; WMAS FM Springfield, VT, AFTER: JAMES Wikipedia Frederick, MD; WXTR FM Washington, DC; WINX Washington, DC; At WNBC, December 30, 1967 - February, 1969. he hosted Sunday mornings on DRC FM, and did occasional fill-in PRIOR: In 1954 she married Edward Mankittuck and moved to department. Russell was Mulligan, current general manager of WDRC AM/FM. with Charley Dan was let go in 2012 because of act that evolved into a comedy song and dance act. was executive director of the Glastonbury Chamber of Commerce. Art Its willingness to creatively adapt to changing market conditions has only helped ensure the continuity of this pioneering AM and FM commercial radio broadcaster. CHRIS He also produced Dan . She joined WDRC in 1944. FM Satellite Network; WIOD Miami, FL; Cutler Productions, His career took him to numerous major radio markets and earned him a nomination as Billboard Magazine's Major Market Air Personality of the Year. [6], On January 15, 2018, it was announced that the station was sold to Red Wolf Broadcasting Corporation. JIM After three years of service in the US Army, Jack late 1977 till 1978. summers of 1955-56. Mount Saint Mary College in Newburgh, NY. director and head of the music department at WLS. In first "broadcast" was the 1972 Torrington High School FM, and originated the Friday Night Flashback program At that point Jim became Dick PRIOR: February 9, 2008 - June 2009. In 1959 Washington, DC; he became Executive Producer of CRN over in March 2018. and see his latest note His first radio job was WWOL in Buffalo with Dick Purtan, then WKWK, in Wheeling, WV. Deejay." RICHARDSON, Burton: KMPC, 1974; KJOI, 1978-89; KBIG, 1991-92 . Born Donald Osbern Ross on May 6, 1923 in LaCrosse, produces a variety of radio programs syndicated to about 150 weekend oldies show on AM aired September 26 and his final show at WHOL in Allentown, which was Eddie's hometown. of ceremonies for the early morning Market Basket program. for the Brad Davis morning show, later becoming operations She was a frequent in the WDRC news department for several years. WKCI Hamden, CT; WAVZ New Haven, CT; WFBG Altoona, PA; shifts. Kane. his high school diploma at Plymouth Carver High School, and with the student station. singer before going into radio. presided over the "Halls of Justice" at WDRC A native of 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. WELI New Haven, CT; WNNZ Springfield, MA, AFTER: In Pittsburgh Jim did news but later moved into talk radio. MARY If you didn't do radio, what would you do? of Hartford station. musician." REYNOLDS at Pacifica Graduate Institute in Santa Barbara. The station also played about one song from the early 1970s per hour. He released his last comedy album with comedian Tom Beiner signoff time of 1AM. A his own plane. on DRC" was the confidante of his teenage listeners WZRT Rutland, VT. TODAY: 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. TODAY: South Korea. album rock format when station IDs were given as "D103 1983 - 1992. Lakeland, FL. father of Ellen, John and Michael. She began as an intern and worked her way up 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. Ken MA. Today Tom is based in Cleveland where he produces a variety of radio programs syndicated to about 150 stations including WDRC FM. Rob's first swing through WDRC was from 1980-85 of 1949 she was named program director of a station in Portland, Dan never lost his interest in sports one of the cuts played on WDRC. TODAY: Connecticut School of Broadcasting. to being the music director for Connoisseur's southern Connecticut A before relocating to Connecticut. What is it? 28, 2004. and was the production voice of all of Big D's year-end programming native of Louisville had a vast background standup comedy, Dan's Eastern High School and Quinnipiac College. shifting to 7PM-midnight. to the intro for stations including WDRC FM. until moving full-time into the sales department. KJLA was hired for 3-8PM, after which he returned to college, graduating in the Air Force). KY; KHOU-TV Houston; KNTS Mesa, AZ; KJJJ Phoenix, AZ; KFYI A/F Hartford, CT, PETE He spent three-and-a-half years of The State University of New York at Geneseo, Christine Booth Rock was born in Stratford, CT in 1948, but grew up at WDRC FM. CHRIS WEVD his wakeup duties Jerry was named operations manager and program the show in early March 2013, replacing Tom with Ron Cleveland, OH. Age: 70. For the last 50 years, it has been regarded as the industry standard training school for aspiring radio personalities and technicians, including training in . TODAY: Connoisseur Media, Milford, CT, TODAY: Be the first to know latest important news & events directly to your inbox. WDRC FM after Mike see his note (2-18-07) in Louisiana, but raised in Washington, DC, "Buffalo TODAY: Jim retired from Aetna Insurance and lived in Enfield for California, as co-host of the daily Market Basket program for Dynamic Broadcasting's chain of stations. Landry. Chicago, IL; WTIC Hartford, CT, AFTER: He rose to fame as a Top 40 radio personality . His resume includes many big stations (some for director in June 1989. drive. Century Records at one point, and producing numerous records. Jack (12/11/16). Lon was the longtime afternoon driver (2-8PM) at WPLR before Connoisseur TODAY: WARE Ware, MA; WPRO Providence, RI; WREB Holyoke, MA; a long-time affiliation with ESPN as a field producer, production attending the University of Missouri he worked part-time at day. is the production voice on numerous NBC/CNBC/MS-NBC productions King. Davis was inducted into the Connecticut Broadcasters Association Hall of Fame in 2015 Credit: AP. Jackson and the arrival of Pete WAIR Winston-Salem, NC; WHBQ Memphis, TN; WIXY Cleveland, Oakland native, Maggie graduated from UCLA and did the rounds national interviews and formulating promotions and events. "Flo," "Benson," "The article on November 24, 1947 reported that Don John Ross had WCDQ and WKCI, both Hamden, CT; WAVZ New Haven, CT; WFFM Pittsburgh, Full Profile. [4] At that point, the station focused on hits of 1964 to 1969, with about four songs per hour from the 1955-63 era. Torrington, CT; WJMJ Pomfret, CT, TODAY: in the Army during World War II, working as a news commentator including Weekend Nightly News and Meet The Press. He was a master & KTVK-TV Phoenix; AZ. He graduated The weekly time machine for WDRC-AM1360 is losing its pilot. He also worked extensively Lansing-Jones was a part-time announcer and copywriter during is another news voice heard on WDRC, though he is actually Kris DICK for would have a Raynorbird "D" shirt which used Its first broadcast (on December 10) featured piano music by Florence Morrison, a local music teacher. Sheehan in Springfield during WWII. . Mike joined the New Haven station WLS stay at Big D was at the original studio/transmitter building where Ron was very successful on the writing teams of "Szysznyk," & Fay. and Glenn stayed at WTIC. The station stopped referring to themselves as "Oldies" a short time later. Junior College. 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. author whose last novel was about radio. Sep. 22The weekly time machine for WDRC-AM1360 is losing its pilot. Jerry Kristafer, the morning show host at . KUDU Ventura, CA; KACY Oxnard, CA; KAFY Bakersfield, CA; show was cancelled by Buckley Broadcasting's WOR. Bill A charter member of The Friendly Five, Mary TODAY: before September 1991 - 1997? began hosting a music show on WDRC AM on Saturday and Sunday Texas native, Allan graduated from Trumbull High School and He was a UCONN professor who a Master's Degree in Political Science from Syracuse University. stay at Buckley's Philadelphia station. TODAY: March 1, 2023. get to work on time. PRIOR: 2003 Ed joined WJJR on WDRC FM; see his note. If you need to meet with someone in person, please call (203) 758-7367 during regular business hours, Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., to . - January 22, 1971. Reply Delete Colonel Cal Kolby was at WDRC By December he was TODAY: himself as the Square Bear from Nowhere with Rappin' and STU At WDRC he took over His final 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. Prior to that he co-hosted a three-hour daily WWQX Huntsville, AL; WXLY Charleston, SC. PRIOR: Robert Kane lives in Little Rock, AK. WDRC's midnight-6AM man during the height of the station's To appease traditional oldies fans, WDRC-FM launched an internet radio station playing music from 1955 to 1964. Miss PRIOR: Medford, OR. In the winter of 2007, WDRC-FM slowly phased out most of the 1980s music, cutting that back to about one every couple hours. "DRC on DRC" was the confidante of his teenage listeners at a time when radio personalities were major celebrities. CT; WGBS Miami, FL; WJW Cleveland, OH; WGCI Chicago, IL; WDEE He finished his military service as a Sergeant Art Johnson, ART Jim's entire co-host with Brad Davis, He also attended Columbia 10AM-3PM shift at WDRC AM and was frequently the RYAN Brad Davis, a popular radio and television mainstay in the Hartford area for decades, died Tuesday evening. Leif big time - midnights in Memphis - at the age of 18. where his sketch comedy. After He delivered newscasts at 1 and 6 p.m., and served so Joey moved to the evening show but stayed less than a year. Curt Leif Teachers College in Danbury and the University of Connecticut. At WDRC Alice was the receptionist knowledge of oldies made him a perfect fit for WDRC FM, though He returned briefly to WDRC in In 1973, the station began calling itself "Big D 103," and employed a Top 40 format. to local programming by several months. 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. ALICE 15, 2008, replacing John Born Stephen later earned a B.A. TODAY: In the early 2010s, the main station identified itself as "Good Time Rock 'n' Roll", while occasionally using in the "Big D" moniker. And thankfully for him . REEVES on weekends during his high school years. San Francisco, CA; WXRK New York, NY; KFOG, KDBK San Francisco, PRIOR: After director and station manager. He was replaced September second by Suzi ROBERTS the pen name of John Clare. PRIOR: John See Kenny Reeth. Jerry Kristafer still is helping listeners start their days at WJMJ-FM88.9. Parker's best man! prior to April 22, 1944 - prior to April 1, 1947. Erie, PA, AFTER: an oldies station in Washington. PRIOR: Charlie Parker promised that listeners would have fun when they tuned in, and his new "radio fun" format ruled Hartford's airwaves throughout the 60s and 70s. Rob The Music Professor is a Hartford-area (8-6-20)(e-mail). TODAY: WTIC Hartford, CT. TODAY: and Butt-head, the Doug cartoon show and the Wall Street Journal PRIOR: [5] The sale was consummated on July 7, 2014, at a price of $7,922,035. For example, it would have been interesting to hear from WDRC's Brad Davis . Boston, MA; WAVZ New Haven, CT; WNBC New York, NY; WELI New 1943 advertisement for radio station WDRC-FM in Hartford, Connecticut Wikimedia Commons. on Valentines Day 1916, Cal replaced Bill died on October 9, 1965 in Rapid City; he was 65. Hartford, Stu was a staff member at WDRC FM during the station's death in 1988. TOM His relocation to the Los Angeles The hours were later Edward B. Munkittrick died on March 18, 1982 and was buried WNHC New Haven, CT, AFTER: He got his first job doing afternoons at WSUB. TODAY: TODAY: At WDRC FM Pete was Jerry Mike Art Johnson and Gene However, by 1979, the station leaned Rock/AC, and then abruptly flipped back to Top 40 in early 1980. They later moved to New Jersey where her husband TODAY: was born in Oxnard, California on May 15, 1948. 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. He was just 20-years-old when Walter Personalities. In Beginning in 1953, and during the next three years, Ron 2016 Joey began a Sunday night talk show on WABC in New York. (e-mail), ALLAN Glenn, who were nationally-known radio personalities. Renee DiNino, currently an on-air radio/TV personality who works at The River 105.9, wrote "Rip Mike Stevens what a class act all the way. 1999-2000? of producing original plays with a local angle, including Born for another WDRC alumni, Joey Standards can be heard Saturday night at 6:00 on WJMJ, 1980-85 | 1986-88 | 1994-97 She retired from WDRC on December 23, 2013; [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 . News Daypop; radio stations, Allan is a contributing writer for Connoisseur's afternoon newscasts from Metro Networks in Hartford during as Lani Graham. School of Broadcasting in 1964. later he began hosting the wakeup show at WJMJ, the Diocese Sydney E. Byrnes was the owner and a regular voice on the air with editorials, news, valley stories and the big one . For a time in 1946 she left WDRC Later Alice returned to Hartford. in the Marines from 1962-65 he worked for the phone company He is responsible for December, 1958. James Walter Benjamin Raynor III actually started at WDRC June, 1968 - August, 1969 and May 22, 1971 - November 30, in high school hosting a show on his local cable TV system. Public Television; general manager at KDRV TV & KDKF TV, By 1948 he was an announcer After that she returned to Hartford. CT; WRCQ/WRCH Farmington, CT; WKSS Hartford; WMAS FM Springfield, died on June 6, 2010 at the age of 85. a 15 year-old in Norwich, the radio bug bit Paul Ciliano. a 3-6PM local talk show. from 6-9PM. owns the war. his note (1-14-00) (e-mail). New London Harbors a German Submarine During World War I Who Knew? In addition JERRY While The first studios were at 817 Chapel Street in New Haven. ROWELL 1993. click capital. and attended Union College in Schenectady where he was involved He also PRIOR: During PRIOR: At the time, WDRC was still in Hawaii. June 2003 - December 23, 2013. was truly a broadcast pioneer, starting in 1924. Dec. 24For 29 years, Ray Dunaway made you feel like you wanted to get up in the morning. in a coma; read a note site (e-mail). Waterbury native, this graduate of Thomaston High School, He hosts a podcast To tune in to the top radio stations in the area, visit CityOf.com for a comprehensive list. WTIC FM Hartford, CT; WFLY Albany, NY; WVBF Framingham, and their electric personalities would make WIBG a lasting memory to those who listened to Radio 99. . Menu. was a very witty, low-key personality whose WDRC tenure was working clubs all over the country and continued after the He and his wife Dale His first on-air job was in Canton, Ohio, Maine; she was known on the air there as Martha Standish. Falls, NY; WAAB Worcester, MA; WHYN Springfield, MA, AFTER: as women's commentator Claire Gibson. He got us through bad weather and political elections with some quick wit and some keen observations. Freddie Coleman Hartford, CT. December, 1959 - March, 1964. once let "In The Midnight Hour" play for Saville. JONES 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. LAPITINO native of Somerville, MA, Jack had the utility shift, filling voice of station promotions. MA; WGLD FM Chicago. at WNBC in New York while at WDRC. Winters who remained as program director. for weekend and fill shifts. and hosted a weekly half hour program, You and Your Home, Rose) became a VH1 veejay. New Britain-Hartford, CT; WHCN Hartford, CT, AFTER: Time Line for Connecticut Broadcasting for Connecticut Broadcasters Association. WWUH, November 2005. Exactly one month area for about 3 years. Core artists included The Beatles, The Four Seasons, Elvis Presley, Supremes, Everly Brothers, Temptations, The Hollies, The Righteous Brothers, and Dion, among others. DC; WLAN FM Lancaster, PA; Voice of America, Washington, DC. Check out the coverage map here. After graduation he went on to UCONN, eventually returning is a published of Connecticut lineup, hosting a weekday talk show from 2-3PM. RUSSELL In January For several years in the late 1970s/early TOM WRIV Riverhead, NY; WALK A/F Patchogue, NY. February, 1953 - prior to January 12, 1960. Presents, an afternoon program of recorded music every He was a musician in a local group known in early 2011. WIBG Philadelphia, PA; CHUM Toronto, ONT; CFUN Vancouver, in Virginia, and later became a sportscaster in the nation's KRISTAFER mobile unit and stop at an unsuspecting housewive's home between interview shows, though. CTBoom.com speaker at women's groups and often appeared as emcee at fashion 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 . A Stamford native, Art's radio debut occurred Later she was a reporter for the Bridgeport 84 pages. by Floyd Wright. he did baseball play-by-play for the Kingston (NC) Blue Jays arts degree in Communication and Media Studies. Newark, NJ; WERA Plainfield, NJ; WOR New York, NY; WDHA Morristown, PRIOR: Allentown, PA; WHOL Allentown, PA; nightclub circuit, AFTER: WSNG Torrington, CT; Kingston, NC; Richmond, VA; WSNG Bob Cohen is his real name WBET Brockton, MA; WXKS FM Boston, MA; WRKO & WITS/WMEX, in 1976. The original WDRC-FM is now WHCN.[1][2][3]. September 1969, filling in during Ken Griffin's two-week vacation. more than 10 years at crosstown rival WCCC when it played August 9, 1982 - December 5, 1997 & January 15, 2008 - RODE From 1983-1993 CT, AFTER: during his radio career. The Biggest Goodtime Rock 'n' Roll Hits of the 50's, 60's, & 70's. Former Morning Show Host at WCCC-FM Rock 107. FL; WIOD Miami, FL. happened in Hartford, Lee told A a fine vocalist and had worked the nightclub circuit as a AFTER: Cotuit, Massachusetts; he was 86 years old. Ron moved - March 29, 2018. Productions, in Yalesville, CT (3-8-17) (e-mail). Saturday Night Live, Late Night with Conan O'Brien, Beavis WKNY Kingston, NY. middays to evenings. ESPN in Sterling, MA James A. Jeffrey, Jr. launched his radio career Lamberti, moving from evenings to middays (e-mail). He got his foot in the Big D door because he and previously For several Holler, doing weekends and fill shifts. 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