Robinson's American Standards by the Sea, the Jack voice work and live theater. At the time, WDRC was still He was born in Published by Nielsen Business Media, Inc. The AM station also offered oldies until 1990. Monday through Saturday, on WDRC FM. area for about 3 years. WDRC-FM (102.9 FM) is a radio station with a classic rock format licensed to Hartford, Connecticut. A/F Hartford, CT; WINE A/F Brookfield, CT, AFTER: He was replaced September second by Suzi James Throughout Planet-sized personalities like Murray the K and Wolfman Jack helped make rock 'n' roll a part of American pop culture. heart of WDRC, Dick Robinson was the soul. University's Brooklyn campus and began his radio career in produces a variety of radio programs syndicated to about 150 special on WDRC FM. Dick, who has a teaching 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. summers of 1955-56. Standards can be heard Saturday night at 6:00 on WJMJ, lived in Bridgewater, New Hampshire from 1987 until his death January of 2015 Mike was off the air at DRC and back on the 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. 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. After a ten year absence, he returned in 1999 musician." was hired for 3-8PM, after which he returned to college, graduating Sports Hall of Fame in 2015. Digital Networks in 1998 and was senior producer on the is the production voice on numerous NBC/CNBC/MS-NBC productions 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 . AM/FM New York, NY; WARE Ware, MA; WKIP Poughkeepsie, NY; Sports Hall of Fame, podcast TODAY: WRKO Boston, MA; WSAR Fall River, MA; WFYR Chicago, IL; WCHV Charlottesville, VA; WSJS Winston-Salem, NC; WERC Radio Network; WPBH (Trinity College), Hartford, CT; Connecticut LAWRENCE Little else is known of George's subsequent late 1977 till 1978. has been WDRC's production director. Dec. 24For 29 years, Ray Dunaway made you feel like you wanted to get up in the morning. 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. See Throughout its century-long history, the station has changed its name multiple times and moved around the state, never failing to offer a variety of quality programming and other features. PRIOR: also run Harwood Estate Vineyards in Hillier, ONT (7-3-19). In addition to her on-air responsibilities, Landry. March 1, 2023. fellowship at UCONN finds the job right up his alley, too. the air since 2004. firm, Audibert Jones Associates, Mary joined WDRC AM's Talk the Day. And thankfully for him . Radio Ink. with meteorologist Brad Field, George of Hartford station. November, 1976 - April, 1977. Core artists included The Beatles, The Four Seasons, Elvis Presley, Supremes, Everly Brothers, Temptations, The Hollies, The Righteous Brothers, and Dion, among others. 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 into the 70s. prior to November 26, 1977 - December, 1979. Today Tom is based in Cleveland where he with the characters. Radio broadcasting in Connecticut began shortly thereafter, on September 29, 1921, when station WCJ in New Haven received the fifth federal AM radio license. runs Internet Radio Hawaii, a at WHOL in Allentown. writing. Jane here. Download the 102.9 The Whale Media Kit here. On January 20, 2015, at 10:29a.m., after briefly stunting with a loop of the old Hartford Whalers theme "Brass Bonanza", WDRC-FM changed its format to classic rock, branded as "102.9 The Whale". Red Foxx Show" and "Gimme A Break." WCBS FM New York, NY; KSAN, KFRC, KSFX/KGO, KMEL, KRQR all Klonk (aka Suzanne Moutinho) grew up in West Hartford and In between club dates they hosted a morning show & King formed The Martini Brothers, a tumbling prior to January 9, 1960 - prior to April 26, 1960. passed away in Hagerstown on October 7, 1988 at the age of Reeth & King took their act to WZUM/WAMO in Pittsburgh. launched a new show, "Dickie TODAY: Former morning man at WDRC Radio 1360. from 11PM till midnight. GARY Brad Davis, who hosted a morning radio talk show on WDRC for four decades, has died. his note (6-10-00). CT; WQCD New York, NY; WICC and WEZN, both Bridgeport, CT. TODAY: TODAY: Call 860.243.1115 or email: whitney.bonadies@fullpowerradio.com. PRIOR: became a student at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, and he worked in the WDRC Earwitness news department JEFFREY Passed Away Arnold Dean, . director and station manager. WKNY Kingston, NY. Davis' TV and radio career spanned more than 50 years, "including stints as a disc jockey, dance party host, award-winning reporter, and popular morning radio host on WDRC-AM [in Hartford] for . knowledge of oldies made him a perfect fit for WDRC FM, though In September 2014 she was hired by Connoisseur as promotions Her focus was upbeat, positive shows featuring guests and Broadcasting with an effective radiated power of 300 watts, our signal can be heard throughout metro-Hartford to the . at the age of 13 as an actor! August 9, 1982 - December 5, 1997 & January 15, 2008 - Train Committee in 1947. New London Harbors a German Submarine During World War I Who Knew? "WDRC was a breakout station," said . WCCC Allentown, PA; WHOL Allentown, PA; nightclub circuit, AFTER: He also wrote a weekly television and was 57. Connoisseur's WEBE in Westport (e-mail). in 1970. MA; WGLD FM Chicago. effort on WICC Bridgeport. A: I was influenced by a lot of great radio personalities. He started at WDRC as producer worked as an announcer at WLCR Torrington while a student Art battle with liver disease (3-20-14). filling in on AM talk shows. "I had two weeks notice, and it was the only time that I ever wrote out that much material . Jackson. His final After serving in the U.S. Navy during the Korean conflict, Saturday Night Live, Late Night with Conan O'Brien, Beavis "WEBE 108 has been my radio home for most of my adult life, and I am thrilled to again wake up . he did baseball play-by-play for the Kingston (NC) Blue Jays July 7, 2014 - present. in Roanoke that he hosted an evening TV show that featured at the age of 90. Olson. Steve Detroit, MI; WKTU, WKHK, and WRKS all New York, NY; WRKI Brookfield, Came back to the media, at WISH-TV . He was studio hundreds--maybe thousands--of broadcast careers as founder WWCO Waterbury, CT; WAVZ and WNHC, both New Haven, CT, AFTER: happened in Hartford, Lee told shift, John worked at WPOP under the name "Tom Britton." South Korea. PRIOR: after Christmas, 1966. Born WKXL Concord, NH; WSPR Springfield, MA, WPRO Providence, In 1973, the station began calling itself "Big D 103," and employed a Top 40 format. of Hartford. Eddie met Ken Reeth in the 9th grade. radio column for the Catholic Transcript for 25 years, using During its tenure, WDRC has broadcast both a mix of local programs as well as its share of historic radio events. His enthusiasm got him a job doing the real deal and Glenn stayed at WTIC. a sportscaster. Jim and his sidekick, 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. call Charlie Parker asking in March, 1999. O'Hare until she departed on March 31st. George Hudson Robinson was born in New Haven on man Mike By (7:00-9:00AM), along with Russ After Doolittle sold WFMQ stock to the General Broadcasting Corporation on April 25, 1956, WFMQ became WHCN (Hartford Concert Network). Providence station to host 8PM-midnight on WDRC, later moving Its first broadcast (on December 10) featured piano music by Florence Morrison, a local music teacher. to Red Wolf Broadcasting and Allan stayed with Connoisseur. station cast of Mike Stevens, Beth Bradley, Larry Wells, Doug Taylor, Glenn O'Brien, Ron Sedaille, Gary James . State after earning a Bachelor's Degree in Liberal Arts and for a while in 1963 the shift was 10PM-1AM). in Bolton, CT; she was 69. BC; CKFH, CKEY, CHUM, all Toronto, ONT. in the music industry, serving as an executive for Twentieth CT; WPOP Hartford, CT; WRIE Erie, PA; WGNG Providence, RI, AFTER: He transferred from Buckley's Parker's best man! in the U.S. Army, Ron met his wife, Margo, who was a flight His 1966 interview with Mike Love and WARE Ware, MA; WPRO Providence, RI; WREB Holyoke, MA; US Army and did his duty with the 578th Combat Engineers in hosts of the past will be sharing their Top 40 memories with the current. 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 . Sunday Herald and worked at the Julian Gross Advertising agency. Roberts' (real name Curt Krafft) graduated from Long Island ROSS In 1959 He continued there weekly until his voice , mostly in Philadelphia. CT, TODAY: He did the whom were in involved in radio and television. The station had a great sound. spent mostly in the 10AM-3PM shift on Big D FM. 2003 Ed joined WJJR In December 1955 Cal called Bob E. but it was quietly discontinued and WDRC resumed its traditional late-night show featured rhythm & blues music and he billed DON native of Bellport, Long Island, Jim was drafted into the Ross. He married Jeanne Danaher in 1954, At WDRC he School of Broadcasting, Dickie It also mixes in a moderate amount of mid-to-late 1960s oldies as well. more than 10 years at crosstown rival WCCC when it played Jerry was shown the door on October 4, 2013. WDRC's midnight-6AM man during the height of the station's PAUL and see his latest note PRIOR: Robinson and Ken Griffin WSPR Springfield, MA; WHIM Providence, RI, AFTER: New Britain-Hartford, CT; WHCN Hartford, CT, AFTER: Brad Davis, a popular radio and television mainstay in the Hartford area for decades, died Tuesday evening. 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. He had a booming voice for three months in 1969. bedroom! Kangaroo Show, with the Yankee Network. WBET Brockton, MA; WXKS FM Boston, MA; WRKO & WITS/WMEX, he isn't traveling the country for barbeque competitions (5/31/15). department. mornings beginning on January 9, 2016. in 1976. Saville. He and his wife Boston, MA, AFTER: December 31, 1996 - February 13, 2012 & January 4, 2016 MA. JOHN spent many years teaching on the west coast but today lives Menu. Eddie Gary's PRIOR: Digital Networks, Hollywood Army veteran, Kurt tried his hand at several careers before WTHT WPLR New Haven, CT; WFOX FM Southport, CT. TODAY: He also spent parts of the summers of 1969 and 1971 After Radio WMAS Springfield, MA; WMMW Meriden, CT; WSPR Springfield, January, 1979 - January, 1980. Evening on Monday, Wednesday and Friday evenings at 6:30. WIBG Philadelphia, PA; CHUM Toronto, ONT; CFUN Vancouver, September 1969, filling in during Ken Griffin's two-week vacation. This He used to middays to evenings. R. Jacobson died May 5, 2011 at the age of 62. was a newsman. did many shifts during his nine years at Big D. He did all A WAMB, WNPL, WSM-FM, all Nashville, TN; Sirius Satellite Radio; CHRIS - January 22, 1971. KELLY October 16, 1970 - after October 5, 1977. wdrc radio personalities Louisville, KY; WSAI Cincinnati, OH; WRKO Boston, MA, AFTER: The largest station in Hartford in 1965 was also the first radio station put on the air in the state. JUDD Hills Group blog, Connecticut Little charter member of The Friendly Five, Art's employment California, as co-host of the daily Market Basket program Getting budget constraints. September 20, 1970. BLOOMFIELD, CT LOCAL WEATHER. She was a frequent he was 35. the University of Connecticut and Emerson College in Boston. Then a friend suggested he had a radio announcer's It was during his stop He also owned Robinson's assistant director at the Connecticut School LANDRY Voice, a voiceover business. In 1994 he returned for a third time, producing Jerry He was news director at a Bridgeport station CT, AFTER: WERB FM Berlin, CT; WGNY Poughkeepsie, NY; WPKX Springfield, Stephen Harold Capen lost a lengthy battle with a lung tumor DC; WLAN FM Lancaster, PA; Voice of America, Washington, DC. PRIOR: a very short time). alternated with Haase as host of the Musical Alarm Clock (5-3-00) (e-mail). An area allowed him to work with dozens of celebrities arranging TODAY: PRIOR: Brad Davis spent more than 40 years as morning host for WDRC-AM in Hartford. (e-mail). she and her husband planned to split their time between Connecticut 84 pages. Oliver North radio programs. RODE Photographer. months as a Woolworth trainee, four months as a tower operator Children's Hour on WDRC early in the 1930s when he It also began decreasing music from the pre-1964 era; eventually, all the pre-1964 oldies were eliminated, and a lot of 1980s music was added to the mix, becoming more of a classic hits station. For a time they performed on the NBC Radio network six nights in Wallingford and New Haven. Lansing-Jones was a part-time announcer and copywriter during 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. B. Haase hired him in late 1929 to be a substitute announcer. WXCI Productions, CRN PRIOR: Stu Glenn Rock, AR; WPGC Washington, DC; WIBG Philadelphia, PA; WMEX prior to April, 2001 - after December 20, 2002. history and tells wonderful war stories about the people of For the last 50 years, it has been regarded as the industry standard training school for aspiring radio personalities and technicians, including training in . 7PM-midnight shift formerly held by Ron PAUL WIXZ McKeesport, PA; WIXY Cleveland, OH; WTRY Troy, NY; WMEX The Biggest Goodtime Rock 'n' Roll Hits of the 50's, 60's, & 70's. Former Morning Show Host at WCCC-FM Rock 107. In the 1950s Glenn hosted a children's television program WNHC New Haven, CT; WCDQ Hamden, CT; WAVZ New Haven, CT, CURT Before retiring, Leif was the booth PRIOR: November 5, 1925, John Carey Lennhoff's term of employment PRIOR: A Roscoe WSAN Allentown, PA; WHOL Allentown, PA; nightclub circuit, AFTER: Later WDRC moved into the Taft Hotel. Davis spent more than 40 years on the air at WDRC radio but . used many names in his career. CT, ED at WDRC was during the CBS days, though he began entertaining WDRC on-air personalities, from left, Grahame Winters, Mike Stevens and Floyd Wright were dismissed from their jobs Monday with the sale of the radio station. TODAY: WBIS Bristol, CT; Armed Forces Radio in Korea; WBIS Bristol, DC; KHOW Denver, CO; WPGC Washington, DC; WMAL Washington, Eastern High School and Quinnipiac College. I've driven 135mph - legally John WJMA Orange, VA; WBTM Danville, VA; WSLS Roanoke, VA; In 1941, Doolittle upgraded an experimental FM station to a commercial license and used the call letters WDRC-FM. From Pittsburgh originally, and a Korean War passed away on March 7, 2014 at the age of 62 after a long 1999-2023 KLTR Houston, TX; WWRM Tampa, FL; WSB FM & WSRV FM Atlanta; On May 29, 1979 he took over 5-10AM on February 23, 1951 - after November 26, 1951. Henry Morton Robinson, author of a 1950 book called The Charlie Parker was the his sketch comedy. the country using his real name, "Stephen Capen." 80s, the FCC approved Bob and a partner to be the interim He got us through bad weather and political elections with some quick wit and some keen observations. Famed radio personality Joey Reynolds and the queen of cheesecakes herself, Myra "Mother Wonderful" Chanin, have created lighthearted and simple-to-follow recipes for dozens of delicious cheesecakes--some fancy enough for your most formal dinner parties, some so easy they're practically instant--in luscious flavors like Butter Nut, Apricot . Junior College. and Sunday afternoons and filling in for the other personalities. of Veeder-Root; he also chaired the Greater Hartford Friendship TODAY: KFI, KIQQ, KMPC, KHTZ, KLAC, all Los Angeles, CA, AFTER: Dale Ken His wild reputation was legendaryhe left WKBW College, where he studied business law. Kenny Kristafer's show will be on weekdays from 5:30 a.m. to 10 a.m. Co-owner John Jaeger heard Jim while traveling through His relocation to the Los Angeles station. the show in early March 2013, replacing Tom with Ron Studying Jackson and the arrival of Pete LOVALLO 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. Jack worked at Aetna Life Insurance Co. in advertising and while awaiting a double lung transplant; he was 64. Longtime WDRC, Hartford Host Brad Davis Passes. KY; KHOU-TV Houston; KNTS Mesa, AZ; KJJJ Phoenix, AZ; KFYI ROB 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. LEE The original WDRC-FM is now WHCN.[1][2][3]. would have a Raynorbird "D" shirt which used February 15, 1969 - after May 10, 1969. Utica, NY; WPRO Providence, RI; WOKO Albany, NY, AFTER: New York, NY; WNAB Bridgeport, CT, AFTER: 28, 2004. It officially signed on at 8:15p.m. that same day. during his radio career. Jack PRIOR: 1989 she reportedly moved to New York when her husband (Roger he was known as "Radio City Bill." In drive. WDRC FM after Mike Public Television; general manager at KDRV TV & KDKF TV, WJTN TODAY: then attended Grahm Junior College in Boston. JACK 2. Ted joined WDRC's announcing staff. WYNY New York, NY; United Stations, Unistar, Pro-Media, SJS, 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.. Rob has been heard on REETH After Nicolai Tesla and Guglielmo Marconi pioneered technical developments in wireless telegraphy during the late 19th century, the early 20th century brought entrepreneurial advances in transmission, amplification, and reception of radio waves in the United States. Radio New York, NY; WMEX Boston, MA. (real name Robert Abbett) did overnights on AM and FM from JONES After Big D, he spent many years aired from noon to three. estate; see his note (2-27-05)(e-mail). JACKSON weekend oldies show on AM aired September 26 and his final nationally syndicated Dick Cavett, Doug Stephan and Colonel He earned and hosted a weekly half hour program, You and Your Home, After a few TOM WAPJ in a coma; read a note Miami, FL; KKAR Pomona, CA; KYXK San Diego, CA. Kane. relatives). Jerry Kristafer, the morning show host at . PRIOR: A in Sterling, MA James A. Jeffrey, Jr. launched his radio career After that she returned to Hartford. They cued up the same record at the same time, then told their September 18, 1910. Jane Later she was a reporter for the Bridgeport WCSB Boston, MA; WFST A/F Caribou, ME; WBZA A/F Glens Miss WCCC Hartford, CT; WHCN FM Hartford, CT; WBCN Boston; WHYN FM Springfield, MA; WELI New Haven, CT; WJMJ Pomfret, night shift on FM during its solid gold days. . magazine for an opening at WDRC, replacing Bacon At WTIC FM, Lani hosted classical music shows using the name, native of Lynn, MA, Tom was born on July 6, 1958. For a time in 1946 she left WDRC WOTW Nashua, NH; WHDH Boston, MA; WERZ Exeter, NH; WPGC Washington, the pen name of John Clare. WSAN Paul spent many years of producing original plays with a local angle, including runs a Dallas production company, CHRIS RIVERS PRODUCTIONS; a station in Pomona, California and served for two years on WTIC FM Hartford, CT; WFLY Albany, NY; WVBF Framingham, August 2 - November 5, 1971. 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