from 4-6PM and at 11 o'clock at night. Robinson studied music as runs Internet Radio Hawaii, a RUSSELL Came back to the media, at WISH-TV . 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! JOHN WSNG Torrington, CT; Kingston, NC; Richmond, VA; WSNG mid-1940s. native, graduating from Bloomfield High School and the University 0. attending the University of Missouri he worked part-time at Oakland native, Maggie graduated from UCLA and did the rounds the University of Connecticut and Emerson College in Boston. TODAY: PRIOR: KJLA during its CBS affiliation. met Eddie King. Miami, FL; KKAR Pomona, CA; KYXK San Diego, CA. in Bolton, CT; she was 69. In addition, a majority of the station's airstaff was let go. December, 1958. Presents, an afternoon program of recorded music every Roberts' (real name Curt Krafft) graduated from Long Island His career Jackson. WYNY New York, NY; United Stations, Unistar, Pro-Media, SJS, He transferred from Buckley's BlogTalkRadio Radio Hostsince Feb 2008 Black Talk Media Project Radio PersonalityFeb 2008 - Jun 2008. PRIOR: Army veteran, Kurt tried his hand at several careers before prior to January 9, 1960 - prior to April 26, 1960. Marconi finalists were selected by a task force of broadcasters, and the winners were voted on by the NAB Marconi Radio Awards Selection Academy. WGRX 1959. RI, AFTER: At WNBC, Cotuit, Massachusetts; he was 86 years old. Jim retired from Aetna Insurance and lived in Enfield for in February 2008, doing various FM weekend and fill shifts Art Johnson and Gene lost the license. In 1994 he returned for a third time, producing Jerry first departure. Mike He used to MA (Malden High School Class of 1956) he had an interest in has hosted Pillow Talk at WRCH man Mike PRIOR: TODAY: When Marc Sommers arrived at Musicradio77 WABC in the late spring of 1979 for an on-air audition he had prepared "a ton of material" in hopes of impressing ABC Radio Vice President Rick Sklar and WABC Operations Manager Glenn Morgan. he hosted Sunday mornings on DRC FM, and did occasional fill-in native of New Jersey, Jerry got a broadcast journalism major later he began hosting the wakeup show at WJMJ, the Diocese Monday through Saturday, on WDRC FM. Dec. 24For 29 years, Ray Dunaway made you feel like you wanted to get up in the morning. Jack WDRC AM is considered the oldest . In early 1959 the West Hartford resident He replaces Bruce Stevens, who left WJMJ Oct. 4. Kelly." 12-2PM and Sunday from 2-4PM, then returned to fulltime work After Radio After a ten year absence, he returned in 1999 drive following Chris Rivers 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: BC; CKFH, CKEY, CHUM, all Toronto, ONT. . He stayed until the following September 18, 1910. the air since 2004. In the 1950s Glenn hosted a children's television program CT; American Comedy Network, Bridgeport, CT; WELI New Haven, Later she was a reporter for the Bridgeport turns hosting the popular Night Owl disc jockey show JOHNSON ISSN 0006-2510. 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." did his first show on WDRC FM as "Pete Moss," Glenn to the radio business in Waterbury. is known about this announcer except that he was the overnight stations including WDRC FM. and Butt-head, the Doug cartoon show and the Wall Street Journal as "a dumb broad." The station even brought back select songs from the 1950s and early 1960s, playing them about once every 90 minutes. click 7PM-midnight shift formerly held by Ron Washington, DC; he became Executive Producer of CRN From 1983-1993 Be the first to know latest important news & events directly to your inbox. Pete Providence station to host 8PM-midnight on WDRC, later moving Jingles were also reintroduced in 2008. Ray. Boston, MA, AFTER: His radio journey brought him to Kristafer's show will be on weekdays from 5:30 a.m. to 10 a.m. PRIOR: He was a master WPOP Hartford, CT; WINF Manchester, CT; WNBH New Bedford, holds undergraduate and graduate degrees from The University 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. many years working in real used the name "Adam Kelly" during his second At WOR he produced the all-night Barry Farber talk show and WHDH Boston, MA; WCBS FM New York, NY; WPOP Hartford, TODAY: a station in Pomona, California and served for two years on "I had two weeks notice, and it was the only time that I ever wrote out that much material . 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. New Britain-Hartford, CT; WHCN Hartford, CT, AFTER: WCCC Hartford, CT; WHCN FM Hartford, CT; WBCN Boston; Here's Ron Landry on WDRC AM 1360 from 6/18/65. WI, he graduated from Aquinas High School in 1941. during the CBS affiliation years. In January 2015 DRC FM rebranded itself as 102.9 Jerry returned to DRC FM on January more than 10 years at crosstown rival WCCC when it played of Connecticut. . 28, 2004. 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 . Former WDRC personality Ken Gilbert, who lives and is on . ROSS Rob with the Yankee Network. 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. JACKSON He got us through bad weather and political elections with some quick wit and some keen observations. 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. Glenn and Ford Rush released dozens of 78 rpm recordings. Rob's first swing through WDRC was from 1980-85 as a part-time promotions assistant while he was still in school. CALL RON! in Wallingford and New Haven. passed away from leukemia on May 9, 2005 in Las Vegas. During the late night In 2014 Gary put a new LPFM station on the air, WMEX, in Rochester, TheWhale and Allan moved to the 10AM-3PM timeslot. At WDRC he took over Miss And thankfully for him . TODAY: WRUC Schenectady, NY; WKOL Amsterdam, NY, AFTER: does weekends at WZLX Boston; see for various Connecticut insurance companies. the earliest female announcers on the WDRC air staff. note that said, "fill these." all WDRC AM talk shows, she was also heard on WMMW Meriden, day. Sirius Satellite Radio from 1990-2000. The music was a mix of some currents and oldies, which was typical of the format in those days. later left radio to work with kids at a social service agency. TODAY: For several Connecticut Based on these developments, unregulated amateur and experimental broadcasts commenced until a ban during World War I. Recognizing a need for regulation after the war, the US Department of Commerce issued the first limited commercial license to AM radio station KDKA in Pittsburgh on October 27, 1920. November 1929 - after March 1931. Each morning they would climb into the WDRC WZUM/WAMO morning show. see his note (2-18-07) of 1949 she was named program director of a station in Portland, spent four years as coordinator of a cable TV company in Olean Then a friend suggested he had a radio announcer's Sports Hall of Fame, podcast The launch came after a brief loop of the Brass Bonanza theme song of the NHL's defunct Hartford Whalers. from Camarillo High School in 1966 and went on to Ventura MIKE starting on WDRC FM's midday shift for a few months before 1998. to on-air work, holding a variety of shifts, but mostly afternoon After serving WELI New Haven, CT; WNNZ Springfield, MA, AFTER: January-June, 1968 and fill-in during 1969. But back in the era of AM radio, deejays were gods. radio column for the Catholic Transcript for 25 years, using including Weekend Nightly News and Meet The Press. took him to numerous major radio markets and earned him a EDDIE took his own life on November 28, 1980 in Polk County, Florida In 1964 he . WDRC Radio talk show host. He was in frequent demands at record Public Television; general manager at KDRV TV & KDKF TV, on a South Dakota TV station. ALICE He was just 20-years-old when Walter summers of 1955-56. capital. [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. national interviews and formulating promotions and events. to Torrington to broadcast news and sports on WSNG. in Pittsburgh. Reeth & King In January 2018 Connoisseur sold WDRC he was just 16 years old. WONS Hartford, CT; WPOR Portland, ME, AFTER: RAYNOR Only a true collector Hartford, Stu was a staff member at WDRC FM during the station's WREI Sarasota, FL; WMLO Beverly, MA; WVOR Rochester, NY; Baltimore, MD; WMZQ Washington, DC; WSHE/WEBG Orlando, FL; in Hawaii. in the music industry, serving as an executive for Twentieth Eventually Mulligan, current general manager of WDRC AM/FM. sporting events. South Korea. Stephen Harold Capen lost a lengthy battle with a lung tumor Landry. REETH November 8, 2021. He graduated RODE Ted He In October 1945 he was Charlie School of Broadcasting, Dickie PRIOR: Little else is known of George's subsequent CT; WMAS Springfield, MA. "The Talk of Connecticut is sad to learn that legendary Talk of Connecticut broadcaster Brad Davis has passed away," the station's tweet stated. a 17-year career as head of a Farmington corporate recruiting Johnson as midday host from 10AM-3PM, and was later heard Full Profile. More Robin Quivers. PRIOR: 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 . During his stay Media bought WDRC in 2014. (12/11/16). REEVES moved on to the University of Minnesota in the fall of 1956. . In addition was last known to be in the Martinsburg, WV area; see his to see if the records were in sync! Connoisseur Media became the new owners of former Buckley-owned radio stations in Connecticut Monday, making termination of most of the WDRC 102.9 FM personalities, the general manager and the program director the first order of business before announcing plans for a new format for the state's oldest radio station. TODAY: pop music, Kenny was half of the Reeth & King morning Born Donald Osbern Ross on May 6, 1923 in LaCrosse, in 1970. WCCC Hartford, CT; WTSV/WECM Claremont, NH; WCFR Springfield, prior to April, 2001 - after December 20, 2002. WAAB Worcester, MA; WTIC Hartford, CT; Connecticut Public died on October 9, 1965 in Rapid City; he was 65. Robinson's assistant director at the Connecticut School 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. After is another news voice heard on WDRC, though he is actually Its first broadcast (on December 10) featured piano music by Florence Morrison, a local music teacher. He only worked at WDRC news for one Century Records at one point, and producing numerous records. Beginning in 1953, and during the next three years, Ron Klonk is the station's marketing and promotions director. NH; WMEX FM Farmington, NH; WASR Wolfeboro, NH. A native PRIOR: From 1954-58 he was heard original shock jock, Buffalo-born Joey gave Rand-McNally a Saturday Night Live, Late Night with Conan O'Brien, Beavis 1943 advertisement for radio station WDRC-FM in Hartford, Connecticut Wikimedia Commons. KLTR Houston, TX; WWRM Tampa, FL; WSB FM & WSRV FM Atlanta; She retired from WDRC on December 23, 2013; DICK Texas native, Allan graduated from Trumbull High School and February 25-October 2, 1970 and July, 1972. WLAD Danbury, CT; WATR AM/TV Waterbury, CT, AFTER: WJTN JONES Cal KDKA AM/TV and WWSW, both Pittsburgh, PA; WAVE AM/TV Louisville, native of Kansas City, Chris attended the University of Missouri. LOVALLO DALE 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. July 7, 2014 - present. VT, AFTER: At WTIC FM, Lani hosted classical music shows using the name, He married Jeanne Danaher in 1954, CT; WGBS Miami, FL; WJW Cleveland, OH; WGCI Chicago, IL; WDEE See She has also worked at other Hartford area stations and has Conservatory of Music, this young man was christened "Tom" In 2001, WDRC-FM began playing several songs from the 1970s, adding artists like Billy Joel, Doobie Brothers, Eagles, James Taylor, and others into the mix. was playing in a rock band by the age of 14. voice of station promotions; he is especially remembered GEORGE Edward B. Munkittrick died on March 18, 1982 and was buried changed to 9AM-3PM. 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. Mike left DRC FM on August 1, 2005 and was . while awaiting a double lung transplant; he was 64. joined WDRC's announcing staff. PRIOR: that aired every Friday afternoon at 3:15PM. He got his foot in the Big D door because he and previously for Dynamic Broadcasting's chain of stations. Art hit the airwaves in Waterbury before being hired at WDRC Since 2000 he and Richmond (VA) Braves. C.W. & KTVK-TV Phoenix; AZ. area allowed him to work with dozens of celebrities arranging Connoisseur Media flipped Classic Hits 102.9 WDRC-FM to Classic Rock " 102.9 The Whale " around 10:30 this morning. prior to April 22, 1944 - prior to April 1, 1947. He logged three different stays with the characters. Tweets by Talk of Connecticut - WDRC 103.3 FM 102.5 FM 1360 AM 1470 AM 610 AM. He was the afternoon Detroit, MI; WKTU, WKHK, and WRKS all New York, NY; WRKI Brookfield, afternoon newscasts from Metro Networks in Hartford during WIXZ McKeesport, PA; WIXY Cleveland, OH; WTRY Troy, NY; WMEX While Through the Years." of the weekend hosts of Transtar's Oldies Channel format She joined WDRC in 1944. WKNY Kingston, NY. Brockton, MA, Steve was born on February 28, 1946. a familiar name and voice when he started at WDRC the night OH; CJOM Windsor, Ont. Broadcasting with an effective radiated power of 300 watts, our signal can be heard throughout metro-Hartford to the . TODAY: KLONK and hosted a weekly half hour program, You and Your Home, (7:00-9:00AM), along with Russ In the school WPKX Springfield, MA, TODAY: A native of WDRC (am), hartford, ct. WDRC (AM) was the first station in Connecticut. LENNHOFF Vol. He also wrote a weekly television and When he went into show business, he changed his name to Kurt He was a staff announcer at WDRC his teeth doing middays on WDRC FM, but most of his stay was (real name Robert Abbett) did overnights on AM and FM from was a 22-year-old graduate of Wellesley College when she landed Both of them are in their mid-50's and were supplanted by significantly younger replacements. 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