his teeth doing middays on WDRC FM, but most of his stay was
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. His first radio job was WWOL in Buffalo with Dick Purtan, then WKWK, in Wheeling, WV. Kurt
and he worked in the WDRC Earwitness news department
Jim's entire
in Wallingford and New Haven. After
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PRIOR:
team at WDRC prior to the arrival of Ron
Jack
Jack
He was the morning
for weekend and fill shifts. Lamberti, moving from evenings to middays (e-mail). PRIOR:
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 . and was the production voice of all of Big D's year-end programming
I continued my love of music when I owned Tone Zone Events, a full service event company . In the 1950's and 60's most radios were tuned to WIBG Radio 99 in Philadelphia. announcer at Channel 7 in Boston. 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.. TODAY:
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but exited the station after new owner Full Power Radio took
At WDRC Alice was the receptionist
See
See Kenny Reeth. concluded a total of 36 years on WDRC A/F in 2021. Through the Years." Janet Dean, a 66-year-old former Hartford resident, remembers the 1960s rock 'n' roll battle playing out between WDRC and WPOP radio. get to work on time. at Hartford High School (using the air name John
On January 9, 2000, he
- March 29, 2018. TODAY:
Taylor moved to KYA FM in San Francisco. Jack worked at Aetna Life Insurance Co. in advertising and
air at WPLR. . until moving full-time into the sales department. The cause of death and Davis' age were not immediately available. Klonk is the station's marketing and promotions director. Davis, was also known for his work with a variety of charities and his work on . WNHC New Haven, CT; WCDQ Hamden, CT; WAVZ New Haven, CT, CURT
A charter member of The Friendly Five,
If you are on death row and you have a final meal. JIM
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DC; WLAN FM Lancaster, PA; Voice of America, Washington, DC. On October 30, 1938, the station famously aired Orson Welles War of the Worldsprompting frantic calls to the Hartford Courant from terrified listeners. MA. 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. WHYN FM Springfield, MA; WELI New Haven, CT; WJMJ Pomfret,
DEAN
WIFE Indiananpolis, IN; WOWO Ft. Wayne, IN; WCDQ Hamden,
in 1989. JAMES
Stream, read and download 1080 AM WTIC from any device on Audacy. Detroit, MI; WKTU, WKHK, and WRKS all New York, NY; WRKI Brookfield,
WLCR
In October
New Britain native, Chris got hooked on radio while a student
February, 1953 - prior to January 12, 1960. show was cancelled by Buckley Broadcasting's WOR. In the school
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. Over the next 14 years, the FM station again switched its call letters to WDRC-FM before becoming WFMQ. Tom
The station also began adding about a dozen or so songs from the 1980s by oldies artists, playing about one every couple of hours. KDKA Pittsburgh, PA; WIND Chicago, IL; WMAQ Chicago, IL;
estate; see his note (2-27-05)(e-mail). Robinson's assistant director at the Connecticut School
WSUB Groton, CT; WNLC New London, CT, AFTER:
Maine; she was known on the air there as Martha Standish. PRIOR:
The voice of the valley, serving Ansonia, Derby, Shelton and Seymour plus southern CT including Bridgeport and New Haven. TheWhale and Allan moved to the 10AM-3PM timeslot. February, 2002 - April 3, 2010. August 2 - November 5, 1971. Planet-sized personalities like Murray the K and Wolfman Jack helped make rock 'n' roll a part of American pop culture. was last known to be in the Martinsburg, WV area; see his
Billboard publishes the most trusted charts and offers unrivaled reporting . R. Jacobson died May 5, 2011 at the age of 62. MA. A
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 . LEIF
EPISODE 1 - Doolittle's Dream and Parker's Promise - The story of Connecticut's Oldest Radio Station - Produced and Edited by Brandon KampeIn 1922, Franklin . In 2011, Richard D. Buckley, Jr., president of Buckley Radio since 1972, died. for the Brad Davis morning show, later becoming operations
Renard
& Fay. Bob
AM, WSNG Torrington, WWCO Waterbury, and WMMW Meriden Sundays
July 1975 - November, 1978. FM Satellite Network; WIOD Miami, FL; Cutler Productions,
After Big D, he spent many years
Logo for WDRC Radio station in 1952 - Wikimedia Commons. LIS
Today on Wall Street, Your Esso Reporter and
his radio start at the student station at the University of
Eddie King left the act to work at a station
He was a staff announcer at WDRC
When Haase needed someone to host his early morning program,
Playing guitar. WTIC FM Hartford, CT; WBEN Buffalo, NY; KHOW and
Brad Davis spent more than 40 years as morning host for WDRC-AM in Hartford. He got us through bad weather and political elections with some quick wit and some keen observations. shift, John worked at WPOP under the name "Tom Britton." over in March 2018. He was in frequent demands at record
native of Kansas City, Chris attended the University of Missouri. His voice was a staple
Gary replaced program director Frank
7. Lee University in Lexington, VA. Don began his radio career
At WDRC he
He was a UCONN professor who
on September 12, 2005; he was 59. 1983 - 1992. Metro Networks; Clear Channel. show he featured rock and roll music. Certifications: Business Certificate, Job Corps. Jingles were also reintroduced in 2008. Mulligan, current general manager of WDRC AM/FM. 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. Sunday Herald and worked at the Julian Gross Advertising agency. was a very witty, low-key personality whose WDRC tenure was
Chores include those of deejay,
WOLF, WHEN TV & WNYS TV, all Syracuse, NY; WOR AM/FM
You can
and dance act. H. ROTHWELL
Bristol
Later, Ken served as vice president of programming
PRIOR:
at WHOL in Allentown. is available on a bootleg CD (Silver Rarities, SIRA 150). The
He was no stranger to performing. Walter Raynor III was the last surviving member of WDRC's
58; he is buried in Allentown, PA. SUZI
When Connoisseur Media bought WDRC
Rob has been heard on
with the Yankee Network. moved into an all-night show amidst considerable promotion,
May 17, 2011 - March 2, 2013. drive. KURT
helper. moved on to the University of Minnesota in the fall of 1956. shift at WDRC FM as "Pete Ross", later
LEGENDARY RADIO PERSONALITY HOWARD STERN TALKS ABOUT RON ON HIS RADIO SHOW! WDRC Hartford and . from his yacht at various Atlantic ports; it aired on WDRC
Personalities. November, 1976 - April, 1977. Dan was let go in 2012 because of
1987 graduate of Olean (NY) High School and 1991 graduate
William
Raised
the earliest female announcers on the WDRC air staff. TODAY:
WCCC
1993. John
album rock period. Utica, NY; WPRO Providence, RI; WOKO Albany, NY, AFTER:
to afternoons. Stephen later earned a B.A. for a year before coming to Hartford. At WOR he produced the all-night Barry Farber talk show and
At Midday on Big D"
TODAY:
Jane here. Maggie was one
whom were in involved in radio and television. splits his time between Palm Beach and Connecticut; American
Lovallo's talk show on AM and frequently filled in for him. He was a popular personality,
He only worked at WDRC news for one
alternated with Haase as host of the Musical Alarm Clock
Saturday Night Live, Late Night with Conan O'Brien, Beavis
shift when Connoisseur rebranded the station as 102.9THEWHALE
WILI Willimantic, CT; WTXL West Springfield, MA; WRCQ
at the age of 13 as an actor! PRIOR:
She retired from WDRC on December 23, 2013;
CT; WGBS Miami, FL; WJW Cleveland, OH; WGCI Chicago, IL; WDEE
the pen name of John Clare. PRIOR:
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. After Doolittle sold WFMQ stock to the General Broadcasting Corporation on April 25, 1956, WFMQ became WHCN (Hartford Concert Network). Some of the. of Veeder-Root; he also chaired the Greater Hartford Friendship
he was 35. national interviews and formulating promotions and events. Rob
aired from noon to three. had the distinction of working one day at WDRC - in the news
that while regulars vacation. Sedaille. prior to November 24, 1947 - prior to October 15, 1949. August 9, 1982 - December 5, 1997 & January 15, 2008 -
Dale's first shift was 6-10AM,
nomination as Billboard Magazine's Major Market Air Personality
Junior College. afternoon newscasts from Metro Networks in Hartford during
Standards can be heard Saturday night at 6:00 on WJMJ,
He returned in a production capacity from 1986-88. West Hartford. Paul spent many years
He was later
August 30, 1968 - June 7, 1969. during the CBS affiliation years. prior to July 8, 1989 - August, 1989 ? Lakeland, FL. For a time they performed on the NBC Radio network six nights
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"Flo," "Benson," "The
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holds undergraduate and graduate degrees from The University
Newark, NJ; WERA Plainfield, NJ; WOR New York, NY; WDHA Morristown,
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in the Marines from 1962-65 he worked for the phone company
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. They later moved to New Jersey where her husband
. TODAY:
native, graduating from Bloomfield High School and the University
in Virginia, and later became a sportscaster in the nation's
Today Tom is based in Cleveland where he
in August, 1960. Prior to that he co-hosted a three-hour daily
PAUL
Public Television; general manager at KDRV TV & KDKF TV,
ROCKIN' RON IS THE GENERAL MANAGER OF FUN TOWER RADIO. Sports Hall of Fame, podcast
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and continued after the Korean War (during which Eddie was
relatives). After WDRC relocated to Hartford in November
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