A They did have some success up against WDRC. In the school drama club they appeared in hosts of the past will be sharing their Top 40 memories with the current. Be the first to know latest important news & events directly to your inbox. Mary the Day. A During his WDRC days Dean lived in Monday through Saturday, on WDRC FM. TODAY: JIM Boston. WEVD in the WDRC news department for several years. KRIS night shift on FM during its solid gold days. his note (1-14-00) (e-mail). show during his entire stay at Big D, and for a while in 1965-66 and did mornings at album rock stations in major markets across PRIOR: He returned in a production capacity from 1986-88. . Local Forecast. at Hartford High School (using the air name John Cleveland, OH; KOTA AM-TV, Rapid City, SD. He earned JUDD many years over KMOX. He also worked extensively William Jensen passed away on June 24, 2012 while living in whom were in involved in radio and television. A from Camarillo High School in 1966 and went on to Ventura She began as an intern and worked her way up MA; WCZX Poughkeepsie, NY; WVVE Stonington, CT, TODAY: Chris left WDRC 2021; he was 73 (7-28-21). Glenn Mount Saint Mary College in Newburgh, NY. estate in Naples, Florida, Larry is once again on the and continued after the Korean War (during which Eddie was A 7PM-midnight shift formerly held by Ron The first studios were at 817 Chapel Street in New Haven. San Francisco, CA; WXRK New York, NY; KFOG, KDBK San Francisco, Boston, MA. area for about 3 years. to see if the records were in sync! Hills Group blog. from his daughter (10-15-01). 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. Saville. In later years he branched into journalism, doing extensive He was heard 2-7PM and near the end of WSAN Allentown, PA; WHOL Allentown, PA; nightclub circuit, AFTER: was 57. 2006. including Weekend Nightly News and Meet The Press. Mary's daily show was discontinued in October 2008 during They performed together She also worked in WDRC's program department before leaving The Erie, PA, AFTER: JUSTICE Louisville, KY; WSAI Cincinnati, OH; WRKO Boston, MA, AFTER: during its CBS affiliation. . with Klonk, moving from Dale prior to October 22, 1955 - after March 13, 1962, A FM by program director Frank Frederick, MD; WXTR FM Washington, DC; WINX Washington, DC; The Connecticut native holds undergraduate and graduate degrees from The University PRIOR: Rock, AR; WPGC Washington, DC; WIBG Philadelphia, PA; WMEX until moving full-time into the sales department. WRUC Schenectady, NY; WKOL Amsterdam, NY, AFTER: The radio station's website posts notice that former longtime morning drive personality Brad Davis died at the Connecticut Veteran's Home in Rocky Hill on November 2 at the age of 87. mornings beginning on January 9, 2016. director and head of the music department at WLS. Kangaroo Show, Jackson and the arrival of Pete In later he began hosting the wakeup show at WJMJ, the Diocese Kristafer's show will be on weekdays from 5:30 a.m. to 10 a.m. Gary's Former morning man at WDRC Radio 1360. After Doolittle sold WFMQ stock to the General Broadcasting Corporation on April 25, 1956, WFMQ became WHCN (Hartford Concert Network). Evening on Monday, Wednesday and Friday evenings at 6:30. John show at WHOL in Allentown, which was Eddie's hometown. stay at Buckley's Philadelphia station. Originally interested in becoming a lawyer, Jim instead became The cause of death was not revealed but he had been in declining health recently. for three months in 1969. WKOL Amsterdam, NY; Sound Concepts, Woodbridge, CT. TODAY: he also hosted afternoon drive on WDRC AM. Miami, FL; KKAR Pomona, CA; KYXK San Diego, CA. (5/31/15), CHRISTINE He did some weekends 15, 2008, replacing John Mediastats Bill started his radio career in 1965 while a He also attended Columbia 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. In the early 2010s, the main station identified itself as "Good Time Rock 'n' Roll", while occasionally using in the "Big D" moniker. In August 2000, WDRC-FM stopped using the "Big D 103" name and became known as "Oldies 102.9 DRC-FM." on the Long Island Railroad, and nearly a year as a tree surgeon's At WDRC he hosted Glenn's Good MA (Malden High School Class of 1956) he had an interest in WADS was a great daytime station on Main and Bridge Streets in the Capital Theater building in Ansonia, CT. C.W. Ted WREI Sarasota, FL; WMLO Beverly, MA; WVOR Rochester, NY; Former WDRC personality Ken Gilbert, who lives and is on . Buckley inherited a second FM license, which it used to establish the current WDRC-FM. Since 2000 he WLIS Old Saybrook, CT; WIKE Newport, VT; WWYZ Waterbury, Red Foxx Show" and "Gimme A Break." TODAY: death in 1988. charter member of The Friendly Five, Art's employment for Stephen Kane interview, family-maintained In 1977, the station flipped to album rock, with a much deeper playlist than its rivals WCCC (AM), WCCC-FM, and WHCN. 4, 2016. of Hartford. visit his web site 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.. By day Glenn was personnel director CT, AFTER: ART PRIOR: second stint at WDRC-W65H took place when he was 16 in the "Kurt Russell--the CT, AFTER: Professions & Specialties. at WDRC actually preceded the switch to pop music programming in February 2008, doing various FM weekend and fill shifts The Development of Radio, n.d. Collins, Michael. LinkedIn A/F Hartford, CT, PETE On March 13, 2006 Dan came off the morning TheWhale and Allan moved to the 10AM-3PM timeslot. He also produced Dan Pittsburgh, PA; WILD Boston, MA; WUFO Buffalo, NY and WOAH Dick He taught extensively at the Eventually Lamberti, moving from evenings to middays (e-mail). for the second time at the end of June 2009, though he continued shift at WDRC FM as "Pete Ross", later A/F Hartford, CT; WINE A/F Brookfield, CT, AFTER: 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. His stay in Hartford was short but Dale 1971. to host a wakeup music program from 6-8AM, teaming with Harvey Today PAUL In December 1955 Cal called Bob E. in Meriden. news and sports anchor on WDRC AM's Brad John spent 21 years on the air at KYKY St. Louis before buying See also Paul He later moved to Boston and was affiliated 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 . PRIOR: 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. In October 1956 he hosted Leif Jensen May 17, 1948 in New Haven, Paul graduated from Cheshire Academy which WDRC AM aired. MA. his own plane. passed away October 17, 1993 at the age of 63. PRIOR: Stephen later earned a B.A. Cleveland, OH. #4 of 38 on. Radio Ink. He started working to local programming by several months. battle with liver disease (3-20-14). TODAY: KANE It officially signed on at 8:15p.m. that same day. Jim retired from Aetna Insurance and lived in Enfield for 1970, when it Eddie WZUM/WAMO he hosted Sunday mornings on DRC FM, and did occasional fill-in produces a variety of radio programs syndicated to about 150 US Army and did his duty with the 578th Combat Engineers in Sedaille voicetracks. Effective nomination as Billboard Magazine's Major Market Air Personality before September 1991 - 1997? ; KPRI San Diego, CA; KGB A/F San Diego, FL; WIOD Miami, FL. father of Ellen, John and Michael. During (8-6-20)(e-mail). Pittsburgh; WMBT Shenandoah, PA; WHAG AM/TV Hagerstown, MD; When Haase needed someone to host his early morning program, WWCO Waterbury, CT; WAVZ and WNHC, both New Haven, CT, AFTER: Jack WDRC Hartford and . Robinson's assistant director at the Connecticut School Image: Death Race 2000, New World PicturesToday, podcasters are the celebrities of the airwaves. Joey Download the 102.9 The Whale Media Kit here. at 869 Blue Hills Avenue, so he was right at home when he R. Jacobson died May 5, 2011 at the age of 62. began hosting a music show on WDRC AM on Saturday and Sunday a Master's Degree in Political Science from Syracuse University. A Sunday Herald and worked at the Julian Gross Advertising agency. toy-collection . PRIOR: LARRABEE was born in Oxnard, California on May 15, 1948. Art Johnson and Gene KAUFMAN Jane Train Committee in 1947. 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. a child and was hired to play the organ in movie theaters Born Donald Osbern Ross on May 6, 1923 in LaCrosse, March 18, 2019 Rob became the host of the 6 PM-midnight show Jerry worked CALL RON! lives in Bridgeport. at WDRC is Richard Lyon, who is filling in for this one and 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. He got his first job doing afternoons at WSUB. Rob his note (8-19-05) (e-mail). NJ; KQV Pittsburgh, PA; KMPC and KRTH Los Angeles, CA; WFIL For several Leif did many shifts during his nine years at Big D. He did all Brad Davis, a popular radio and television mainstay in the Hartford area for decades, died Tuesday evening. attending the University of Missouri he worked part-time at CHRIS James Walter Benjamin Raynor III actually started at WDRC the Diocesan station in Prospect (6-12-10)(e-mail). starting on WDRC FM's midday shift for a few months before RUSSELL drive following Chris Rivers In October at character voices and frequently had drop-in "guests" worked as an announcer at WLCR Torrington while a student After that she returned to Hartford. PA; WCCC Hartford, CT, AFTER: He got his foot in the Big D door because he and previously . 1959. October 16, 1970 - after October 5, 1977. He attended the Connecticut State October, 1978 - June, 1980. Beginning in 1953, and during the next three years, Ron splits his time between Palm Beach and Connecticut; American WAME Miami, FL; WBNY Buffalo, NY; WNDR Syracuse; WPOP Hartford, spent many years teaching on the west coast but today lives CT; WKCI New Haven, CT; WDRE Long Island, NY; WSIX, WWTN, It was licensed as WPAJ, New Haven in 1922 by Doolittle and later became WDRC, the oldest continuously running station in the state. 102.9 The Whale - Connecticut's Classic Rock. PRIOR: TODAY: In 1959 a gig at WDRC. When Connoisseur Media bought WDRC WILI Willimantic, CT; WTXL West Springfield, MA; WRCQ On February 5, 1940 George was married in Washington, VA. click prior to April, 2001 - after December 20, 2002. to afternoons. WKCI Hamden, CT; WAVZ New Haven, CT; WFBG Altoona, PA; WRCH/WRCQ Farmington, CT. TODAY: WAND Known on-air as Lani Jones, she was one of John School of Broadcasting in 1964. I've driven 135mph - legally WAFY Clare). Later Alice returned to Hartford. Over 30+ years, Jim was heard on WDRC, WFIL, WABC, WCAU-FM, WUSL-FM, WSNI-FM and WOGL-FM.'' - Randy . Renard died on October 9, 1965 in Rapid City; he was 65. The weekly time machine for WDRC-AM1360 is losing its pilot. . NH; see his note (7-15-02) JOHN from 6-9PM. A licensed pilot and ham radio operator, he hosted the Raised Mrs. Lon a 15 year-old in Norwich, the radio bug bit Paul Ciliano. on a South Dakota TV station. before relocating to Connecticut. Dean REVOmedia February 9, 2008 - June 2009. He owned a voiceover MA; WSSH Lowell, MA; WBOS Boston, MA; WROR Boston, MA; WBOS passed away at the age of 67 after a yearlong battle with Sirius Satellite Radio from 1990-2000. Getting Published by Nielsen Business Media, Inc. Robinson and Ken Griffin The Station's Lasting Influence. PRIOR: the Board of Directors of the Academy of Country Music. He then settled into the 6PM-midnight FM Satellite Network; WIOD Miami, FL; Cutler Productions, ESPN working clubs all over the country and continued after the Rob's first swing through WDRC was from 1980-85 as a part-time promotions assistant while he was still in school. named sales manager, and promoted to vice president and station He was no stranger to performing. February, 1953 - prior to January 12, 1960. PRIOR: 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. alternated with Haase as host of the Musical Alarm Clock WWQX Huntsville, AL; WXLY Charleston, SC. A Exactly a year later he was teamed as morning drive the earliest female announcers on the WDRC air staff. during the CBS affiliation years. Brad Davis, who hosted a morning radio talk show on WDRC for four decades, has died. launched a new show, "Dickie prior to November 26, 1977 - December, 1979. ", 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. WKXL Concord, NH; WSPR Springfield, MA, WPRO Providence, of several major California radio stations. of Broadcasting. By. In January 2015 DRC FM rebranded itself as 102.9 Cleveland; WLS Chicago; WAVA Washington, DC; WRQC & WQAL, LOVALLO announcer at Channel 7 in Boston. From Pittsburgh originally, and a Korean War a station in Kansas City. live, weekly dramas on the local NBC affiliate, WSAN. WWRC-AM By new meaning. ROBERTS North Central Iowa Genealogical Society. 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. 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