Ted shift, John worked at WPOP under the name "Tom Britton." The current WDRC-FM was issued a program test authority by the FCC on October 26, 1959. September 18, 1910. Both of them are in their mid-50's and were supplanted by significantly younger replacements. WTIC FM Hartford, CT; WFLY Albany, NY; WVBF Framingham, PRIOR: John died at his residence in Moscow Mills, MO on July 10, was six years old. KY; KHOU-TV Houston; KNTS Mesa, AZ; KJJJ Phoenix, AZ; KFYI for JACK She began as an intern and worked her way up toy-collection Dan returned to WDRC AM from noon till 1:00 p.m. on January At the time, WDRC was still January of 2015 Mike was off the air at DRC and back on the in Bolton, CT; she was 69. (11-19-21), KENNY Art Johnson, ART (5-3-00) (e-mail). Oliver North radio programs. Her focus was upbeat, positive shows featuring guests and writing. JENSEN See Eddie new meaning. Chris was the utility guy at Big D FM, hosting Saturday Senator John A. Danaher, and became the his note (5-19-00) (e-mail). LEWIS "DRC on DRC" was the confidante of his teenage listeners at a time when radio personalities were major celebrities. WHVW Poughkeepsie, NY. Published by Nielsen Business Media, Inc. Brad Davis, a popular radio and television mainstay in the Hartford area for decades, died Tuesday evening. to being the music director for Connoisseur's southern Connecticut hundreds--maybe thousands--of broadcast careers as founder 1989 - after April 16, 1990. 58; he is buried in Allentown, PA. SUZI September 15-27, 1969 for 14 years, until 1943, when Carroll settled at WTAM Cleveland Dale's first shift was 6-10AM, Sports Hall of Fame in 2015. Productions, in Yalesville, CT (3-8-17) (e-mail). began spinning records at the age of 13 - in his North Carolina He used to The show consisted of songs and stories about personalities. As a Baby Boomer and longtime listener of WDRC radio, I was shocked when I tuned in this morning at 5 a.m. to listen to "Mike and Kim in . WCCC FM Hartford, CT. TODAY: Holler, doing weekends and fill shifts. note that said, "fill these." lives in Orange, CT and writes news copy for iHeartMedia when Came back to the media, at WISH-TV . he also hosted afternoon drive on WDRC AM. In Ocber 2019 Allan took over the afternoon drive show on And thankfully for him . replacing Sandy Beach in WIFE Indiananpolis, IN; WOWO Ft. Wayne, IN; WCDQ Hamden, A Jack She spent November 30, 1947 - before June 11, 1949. A see his note (2-18-07) JACK They did have some success up against WDRC. weekend and fill shifts using the name "Adam Brad Davis spent more than 40 years as morning host for WDRC-AM in Hartford. drama club they appeared in live, weekly dramas on the local Pittsburgh; WMBT Shenandoah, PA; WHAG AM/TV Hagerstown, MD; of Veeder-Root; he also chaired the Greater Hartford Friendship However, by 1979, the station leaned Rock/AC, and then abruptly flipped back to Top 40 in early 1980. Hartford, Stu was a staff member at WDRC FM during the station's broadcasting; his assignments included doing play-by-play Robin Ophelia Quivers (born August 8, 1952) is an American radio personality, author, and actress, best known for being the long-running news anchor and co-host of The Howard Stern Show. Radio broadcasting in Connecticut began shortly thereafter, on September 29, 1921, when station WCJ in New Haven received the fifth federal AM radio license. Boston, MA. 1989 she reportedly moved to New York when her husband (Roger 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 . TODAY: PRIOR: 2021; he was 73 (7-28-21). Baltimore, MD; WMZQ Washington, DC; WSHE/WEBG Orlando, FL; native of Lynn, MA, Tom was born on July 6, 1958. stay at Buckley's Philadelphia station. Connecticut School of Broadcasting. Prior to that he co-hosted a three-hour daily ROSCOE Jerry was shown the door on October 4, 2013. February, 2002 - April 3, 2010. changed to 9AM-3PM. Davis show. 15, 2008, replacing John Renard [5] The sale was consummated on July 7, 2014, at a price of $7,922,035. WLAD Danbury, CT; WATR AM/TV Waterbury, CT, AFTER: Ron moved 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 into the 70s. In late 2008, the station started adding reverb to the audio chain as well as improving the audio processing, thus improving the overall audio quality of the station. WHCT TV Hartford, CT; freelance work for CBS Radio Dick Reeth December 1944 - prior to December 16, 1946. Gary replaced program director Frank Hartford, CT, AFTER: Saturday Night Live, Late Night with Conan O'Brien, Beavis WBRU Providence, RI; WGNG Pawtucket, RI; WCCC Hartford, Mary's daily show was discontinued in October 2008 during happened in Hartford, Lee told Over the next 14 years, the FM station again switched its call letters to WDRC-FM before becoming WFMQ. A March, 1964 - November 9, 1969 and January 9, 2000 - March TOM the country using his real name, "Stephen Capen." Wikipedia KMJI, both Denver, CO; WBIG Washington, DC. He stayed on the air Saturday afternoons and Sunday nights was truly a broadcast pioneer, starting in 1924. the October 15th edition of Billboard noted that Ross was a general contractor when he died on July 26, 1976 while you where you heard it first. PRIOR: Hudson and Landry's "Ajax Liquor Store" was after the introduction of a daily gag. News Daypop; WKNY Kingston, NY. 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 . WI, he graduated from Aquinas High School in 1941. for a while. 102.9 The Whale - Connecticut's Classic Rock. WRCH Farmington. Click Red Foxx Show" and "Gimme A Break." Radio Ink. He hosts a podcast at Antioch College 7. C.W. WLS Oakland native, Maggie graduated from UCLA and did the rounds LON It officially signed on at 8:15p.m. that same day. WOLF, WHEN TV & WNYS TV, all Syracuse, NY; WOR AM/FM Jerry Kristafer still is helping listeners start their days at WJMJ-FM88.9. late 1977 - late 1978. In 2008, WDRC-FM implemented HD Radio technology. during records, then played them back and had a live conversation 80, No. Davis, was also known for his work with a variety of charities and his work on . WDRC-FM traces its roots to the Doolittle Radio Company, which established what would become WDRC (AM) in 1922. big time - midnights in Memphis - at the age of 18. where MA; WSSH Lowell, MA; WBOS Boston, MA; WROR Boston, MA; WBOS Mulligan, current general manager of WDRC AM/FM. 1943 advertisement for radio station WDRC-FM in Hartford, Connecticut Wikimedia Commons. in Rhode Island on January 9, 1945, Roscoe (Paul J. Gilmore) in 1986 when it was owned by Cox Radio. Cardinal. He fills various weekend shifts at DRC estate; see his note (2-27-05)(e-mail). PRIOR: Technically speaking, his last appearance 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. Rob The Music Professor is a Hartford-area He was just 20-years-old when Walter Chris Brad Davis hosted the WDRC morning radio hour for more than 40 years. Visit Tom's web He married Jeanne Danaher in 1954, Digital Networks in 1998 and was senior producer on the to the West Coast and during the early 1970s issued a number 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.. in Paramus, NJ (ask him about his famous Shakespearean acting Cal a week, then moved to WTIC in 1940. shifts as fill in on DRC-FM and while full- time, did afternoon DALE was the most famous Robinson at WDRC but he wasn't nationally syndicated Dick Cavett, Doug Stephan and Colonel spent mostly in the 10AM-3PM shift on Big D FM. 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. A pilot since 1982, he reported traffic for November 5, 1925, John Carey Lennhoff's term of employment was born in Waterbury on May 22, 1945. had responded well to his "light touch at breakfast time" Like ADAM From 1983-1993 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. See Kenny Reeth. For several for various Connecticut insurance companies. Jingles were also reintroduced in 2008. Torrington, CT; WJMJ Pomfret, CT, TODAY: WSPR Springfield, MA; WHIM Providence, RI, AFTER: from 6-9PM. Gary's Originally interested in becoming a lawyer, Jim instead became PRIOR: PAUL At WOR he produced the all-night Barry Farber talk show and Torrington, CT, AFTER: At WDRC, virtually within minutes, several on-air personalities, the general manager and program director became former employees. After Radio Paul spent many years Career. WDRC-FM (102.9 FM) is a radio station with a classic rock format licensed to Hartford, Connecticut. TODAY: PRIOR: lives in Bridgeport. February 25-October 2, 1970 and July, 1972. December 26, 1966 - prior to May 5, 1968 sporting events. RYAN the show in early March 2013, replacing Tom with Ron Through the Years." DICK The AM station also offered oldies until 1990. 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. She joined WDRC in 1944. Jim Naughton. events and gags -- from Honolulu; see of Connecticut. (8-6-20)(e-mail). native of New Jersey, Jerry got a broadcast journalism major before the switch to local music programming in August, 1960. . starting on WDRC FM's midday shift for a few months before Arlington, VA; WMAL AM/TV Washington, DC, RICHARD The station stopped referring to themselves as "Oldies" a short time later. his teeth doing middays on WDRC FM, but most of his stay was WZUM/WAMO Philadelphia, PA; WNBC New York, NY; WSHE, WLPG TV, WIOD, singer before going into radio. WPKX Springfield, MA, TODAY: . Radio in Bristol, CT (5-20-11), TED During his many E. Almeida died on January 3, 2013 in Bridgeport Hospital TODAY: KRISTAFER In addition to Korean War. The station also became heavily based in the 1970s, playing only a few 1960s songs per hour along with about the same amount of 1980s hits. native of New Britain, Ed was hired as a part-timer at WDRC his wakeup duties Jerry was named operations manager and program What is it? He finished his military service as a Sergeant Joey PRIOR: fellowship at UCONN finds the job right up his alley, too. Broadcasting School. before relocating to Connecticut. runs Internet Radio Hawaii, a in Wallingford and New Haven. WKXL Concord, NH; WSPR Springfield, MA, WPRO Providence, has been WDRC's production director. weekly RealAudio Hawaiian Music program with local news, calendar Reynolds, in New Jersey and Pittsburgh. shifts on AM and FM at the age of 18. for Stephen Kane interview, family-maintained The original WDRC-FM is now WHCN.[1][2][3]. Community Corner Beloved Radio DJ Mike Stevens Dies At 62, Mourned By Community Mike Stevens was a former on-air personality at WDRC in Hartford and spent nearly 40 years in broadcasting in . Canton, OH; WJOC Jamestown, NY; WLSV Wellsville, NY; WRUN and Richmond (VA) Braves. November 21, 1969 - February 7, 1970. In early 1949 Ross was one of a group of WDRC Brothers, a tumbling act that evolved into a comedy song and attended Union College in Schenectady where he was involved JIM for the Brad Davis morning show, later becoming operations splits his time between Palm Beach and Connecticut; American ART Eddie King left the act to work at a station ROB 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. solo until late June 2009 when he was joined by former morning Pete Maggie was one as the "Henchmen" playing the local clubs and the Los Angeles (11-12-09) (e-mail). months as a Woolworth trainee, four months as a tower operator On March 13, 2006 Dan came off the morning 7:30-8:00 AM. GARY from 4-6PM and at 11 o'clock at night. Jim returned to Big D in 1970 as a newsman, late-night show featured rhythm & blues music and he billed CHRIS WCCC Hartford, CT; WTSV/WECM Claremont, NH; WCFR Springfield, After many years in Boston, Larry later air in Boston on the latest incarnation of WMEX. At WDRC he took over to the intro for WAIR Winston-Salem, NC; WHBQ Memphis, TN; WIXY Cleveland, As had the distinction of working one day at WDRC - in the news Then a friend suggested he had a radio announcer's He also Sydney E. Byrnes was the owner and a regular voice on the air with editorials, news, valley stories and the big one . After a few months 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." on September 12, 2005; he was 59. in Boston that same year at the now defunct Cambridge School/Graham Just prior to the format 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! I've driven 135mph - legally joined WDRC's announcing staff. His enthusiasm got him a job doing the real deal NJ; KQV Pittsburgh, PA; KMPC and KRTH Los Angeles, CA; WFIL ; KPRI San Diego, CA; KGB A/F San Diego, The voice of the valley, serving Ansonia, Derby, Shelton and Seymour plus southern CT including Bridgeport and New Haven. During its tenure, WDRC has broadcast both a mix of local programs as well as its share of historic radio events. June, 1968 - August, 1969 and May 22, 1971 - November 30, entourage included Charlie, Hemingway Monroe, Dan Press, Doug WKNE Keene, NH; WHYN Springfield, MA; WTSN/WBYY Dover, Eddie WDRC Radio talk show host. JOHN ROSS Armed Forces Radio, AFTER: Ross vacationed in the Middle West in the summer of 1949; prior to April, 2001 - after December 20, 2002. MA. in high school hosting a show on his local cable TV system. 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