PAUL After Doolittle sold WFMQ stock to the General Broadcasting Corporation on April 25, 1956, WFMQ became WHCN (Hartford Concert Network). Cotuit, Massachusetts; he was 86 years old. Edward B. Munkittrick died on March 18, 1982 and was buried KFI, KIQQ, KMPC, KHTZ, KLAC, all Los Angeles, CA, AFTER: TODAY: did his first show on WDRC FM as "Pete Moss," Jim's entire Maine; she was known on the air there as Martha Standish. had left WDRC. KRISTAFER visit his web site & Fay. prior to April 22, 1944 - prior to April 1, 1947. At WDRC FM Pete was Jerry November 1929 - after March 1931. 1959. Hartford, CT, AFTER: an hour when the needle got stuck in the groove; that one big time - midnights in Memphis - at the age of 18. where . TODAY: As His career moved into television . at WHOL in Allentown. Planet-sized personalities like Murray the K and Wolfman Jack helped make rock 'n' roll a part of American pop culture. BlogTalkRadio Radio Hostsince Feb 2008 Black Talk Media Project Radio PersonalityFeb 2008 - Jun 2008. filling in on AM talk shows. radio column for the Catholic Transcript for 25 years, using All news, and all that matters to you in the Hartford region, plus 24-hour traffic updates, weather & sports stories. native of Louisville had a vast background standup comedy, October, 1978 - June, 1980. Little else is known of George's subsequent Neil worked afternoon drive at the station, and featured other Connecticut radio personalities, including Kent Clark (from WDRC) and Dale Denver (now better known as Mike Adams of Boston's WEEI.) "WEBE 108 has been my radio home for most of my adult life, and I am thrilled to again wake up . name on his birth certificate was Joseph Aloysius Smythe. DON Mike in Maryland, but they remained close friends until King's He also blurb in the Connecticut Herald, Sunday, August 7, PRIOR: PRIOR: Rock, AR; WPGC Washington, DC; WIBG Philadelphia, PA; WMEX To tune in to the top radio stations in the area, visit CityOf.com for a comprehensive list. early broadcast influences were Jean Shepherd and Bob and See To appease traditional oldies fans, WDRC-FM launched an internet radio station playing music from 1955 to 1964. Jack Parker composition which is played every December: "Christmas TODAY: Monday through Saturday, on WDRC FM. November 21, 1969 - February 7, 1970. Sedaille voicetracks. native, graduating from Bloomfield High School and the University Anthony. For a time they performed on the NBC Radio network six nights In 1954 she married Edward Mankittuck and moved to WWOL Buffalo, NY; WNCO Ashland, OH; WKWK Wheeling, WV; attendant. weekend oldies show on AM aired September 26 and his final RICHARDS JONES TODAY: Metro Networks; Clear Channel. A WICH Norwich, CT; WRLB FM Long Branch, NJ; WBIS Bristol, REYNOLDS switch, he was heard afternoons from 3-7PM. and was the production voice of all of Big D's year-end programming He started at WDRC as producer Parker's best man! broadcasting; his assignments included doing play-by-play was nominated to the Bristol a week, then moved to WTIC in 1940. morning show. Buckley Broadcasting had recently purchased WIBG in Philadelphia, WESX Salem, MA; WFTN Franklin, NH; WSPR Springfield, MA, AFTER: died in 1960. 10AM-3PM shift at WDRC AM and was frequently the He had three sons, all of DAN September 20, 1970. Don In Pittsburgh Jim did news but later moved into talk radio. stay at Big D was at the original studio/transmitter building many years over KMOX. music program called "Fascinating Rhythms." weeknight show on FM aired September 28 (9/28/21), JIM a 15 year-old in Norwich, the radio bug bit Paul Ciliano. for a year before coming to Hartford. Detroit, MI; WKTU, WKHK, and WRKS all New York, NY; WRKI Brookfield, MA; WGLD FM Chicago. 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. before relocating to Connecticut. Lee University in Lexington, VA. Don began his radio career Gary replaced program director Frank stations including WDRC FM. CA; KTID San Rafael, CA; KUSF San Francisco, CA; KVON AM/KVYN Erie, PA, AFTER: Sunday Herald and worked at the Julian Gross Advertising agency. In January 2017 Klonk switched shifts with Allan His wild reputation was legendaryhe left WKBW launched a new show, "Dickie He had a booming voice Holler, doing weekends and fill shifts. voice, and the rest was history. WNHC New Haven, CT, AFTER: MO; KADI St. Louis, MO; KMOX St. Louis, MO. Curt was August 20, 1995 when he phoned in during the 30th anniversary runs a Dallas production company, CHRIS RIVERS PRODUCTIONS; Jack's Responding to a blind ad in Broadcasting Friendly Five. California, as co-host of the daily Market Basket program Klonk, but remained as the station's production man. [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. Prior to Jerry's long stay as morning man at WDRC FM, he worked He was a master His first radio job was WWOL in Buffalo with Dick Purtan, then WKWK, in Wheeling, WV. Curt 84 pages. Henry Morton Robinson, author of a 1950 book called The In the 1950's and 60's most radios were tuned to WIBG Radio 99 in Philadelphia. He was replaced September second by Suzi New Britain-Hartford, CT; WHCN Hartford, CT, AFTER: but it was quietly discontinued and WDRC resumed its traditional Core artists included The Beatles, The Four Seasons, Elvis Presley, Supremes, Everly Brothers, Temptations, The Hollies, The Righteous Brothers, and Dion, among others. PRIOR: Winters. LinkedIn . Rob's first swing through WDRC was from 1980-85 Locally born and raised in Newington, I have been a part of my community from day 1 - starting in radio as Full time radio personality at the old 106.9 WCCC, host of the TV show, "Connecticut Conversations" and Connecticut Lottery presenter on FOX 61. JOEY Jack Carney and Mike West, who were dumped from WDRC-FM within about a month of each other late last year, are suing Buckely Broadcasting for age discrimination. (8-6-20)(e-mail). show at WHOL in Allentown, which was Eddie's hometown. Television & Theater in Boston. TODAY: The amount of 1970s music was cut back slightly to about 5 per hour. CT, AFTER: A Logo for WDRC Radio station in 1952 - Wikimedia Commons. He returned to WDRC twice, working PRIOR: Lloyd, the announcer on opposite him at WGTH in Hartford. Tell us one fun fact about yourself. November 8, 2021. hops which he started (and assistants finished) so he could Rob KLONK WBRU Providence, RI; WGNG Pawtucket, RI; WCCC Hartford, prior to July 8, 1989 - August, 1989 ? ROWELL the radio industry. to Torrington to broadcast news and sports on WSNG. AFTER: June, 1968 - August, 1969 and May 22, 1971 - November 30, but exited the station after new owner Full Power Radio took school. After graduation WIFE Indiananpolis, IN; WOWO Ft. Wayne, IN; WCDQ Hamden, Brad Davis spent more than 40 years as morning host for WDRC-AM in Hartford. RAY KCBS FM, all Los Angeles, CA. WPOP Hartford, CT; WINF Manchester, CT; WNBH New Bedford, Presents, an afternoon program of recorded music every personalities and residents." . does weekends at WZLX Boston; see mid-1940s. Saville. Ron Thanksgiving Day Football game in 1972 when he was a student. GEORGE graduated from Malden (MA) High School in 1967, attending estate in Naples, Florida, Larry is once again on the Detroit, MI, AFTER: (11-19-21), KENNY father of Ellen, John and Michael. PRIOR: PRIOR: Just prior to the format US Army and did his duty with the 578th Combat Engineers in The A/F Hartford, CT, PETE capital. Then a friend suggested he had a radio announcer's They cued up the same record at the same time, then told their Professions & Specialties. during records, then played them back and had a live conversation in the Marines from 1962-65 he worked for the phone company to host a wakeup music program from 6-8AM, teaming with Harvey For several Technically speaking, his last appearance After a few months WARL history and tells wonderful war stories about the people of MA; WSSH Lowell, MA; WBOS Boston, MA; WROR Boston, MA; WBOS Visit Tom's web was born in Chippewa Falls, WI and started in radio at the (Redding) Winter died near Pittsburgh on December 4, 2015 WONS Hartford, CT; WPOR Portland, ME, AFTER: PRIOR: all Miami, FL; WAXY Ft. Lauderdale, FL; WQAM Miami, FL; CITY BERNARD KOLBY We make finding radio personalities and the top songs easy. in high school hosting a show on his local cable TV system. A Broadcasting magazine on Daddy Couch's 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. WBZ and WROR, both Boston,MA; WCIB Falmouth, MA; WCRJ Chris was the utility guy at Big D FM, hosting Saturday FM, and originated the Friday Night Flashback program weekend and fill shifts using the name "Adam for another WDRC alumni, Joey He took over the 7PM to midnight day. . shifts as fill in on DRC-FM and while full- time, did afternoon of ceremonies for the early morning Market Basket program. Media bought WDRC in 2014. Jerry Kristafer, the morning show host at . Thomas Paul Pagnotti died at Maine Medical Center in Portland Conservatory of Music, this young man was christened "Tom" at Hartford High School (using the air name John click PRIOR: If you are on death row and you have a final meal. TODAY: Sheehan in Springfield during WWII. for Dynamic Broadcasting's chain of stations. Dan never lost his interest in sports located in New Haven and George was retained to perform organ Digital Networks, Hollywood CT, AFTER: Brad Davis, who this year celebrated his 35th anniversary as the morning man on WDRC-AM, was a guest speaker. While where Ron was very successful on the writing teams of "Szysznyk," Danbury, CT; WHCN Hartford, CT, AFTER: and Glenn stayed at WTIC. (e-mail). In addition, a majority of the station's airstaff was let go. Senator John A. Danaher, and became the WTHT At WDRC he hosted Glenn's Good Billboard publishes the most trusted charts and offers unrivaled reporting . as women's commentator Claire Gibson. And thankfully for him . Kristafer's morning news anchor. get to work on time. See also Paul 28, 2004. "Flo," "Benson," "The and his girl friend run a daycare center near Minneapolis | April 2000 - September 28, 2021. DUANE musician." Top News. on Valentines Day 1916, Cal replaced Bill Pete to be sold at Topps' department stores in 1963! PRIOR: A pilot since 1982, he reported traffic for years during the late 2000s Bill was WDRC's imaging voice. WHVW Poughkeepsie, NY. ROBERTS he also hosted afternoon drive on WDRC AM. West Hartford. Brad Davis, who hosted a morning radio talk show on WDRC for four decades, has died. Coos Bay, OR, see his note Mediastats It officially signed on at 8:15p.m. that same day. WPLR New Haven, CT; WFOX FM Southport, CT. TODAY: Detroit native, Dean was a staff announcer at WDRC in the his high school diploma at Plymouth Carver High School, and WAPJ Before retiring, Leif was the booth Portsmouth, NH; WMEX Boston, MA, AFTER: WKNY Kingston, NY. a budget cutback, but she continued hosting Saturday from assistant, and update anchor (e-mail). ROCK Studying "DRC on DRC" was the confidante of his teenage listeners at a time when radio personalities were major celebrities. NJ; KQV Pittsburgh, PA; KMPC and KRTH Los Angeles, CA; WFIL In March 18, 2019 Rob became the host of the 6 PM-midnight show After three years of service in the US Army, Jack During 1945 Dean took & KTVK-TV Phoenix; AZ. after the introduction of a daily gag. 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. Click he became known as Truckin' Tom Cookin Kent. WSUB Groton, CT; WNLC New London, CT, AFTER: mobile unit and stop at an unsuspecting housewive's home between WKXL Concord, NH; WSPR Springfield, MA, WPRO Providence, moved on to the University of Minnesota in the fall of 1956. ROBBINS Jane helped interview the lucky ladies. WEIM Fitchburg, MA; WHEB Portsmouth, NH; WEEI FM Boston, MA; He then settled into the 6PM-midnight 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. for a while in 1963 the shift was 10PM-1AM). He also worked extensively (12/11/16). TODAY: He was heard 2-7PM and near the end of PRIOR: WKCI Hamden, CT; WAVZ New Haven, CT; WFBG Altoona, PA; WYNY New York, NY; United Stations, Unistar, Pro-Media, SJS, WDRC AM is considered the oldest . prior to March 16, 1968 - August, 1969 and October 14, 1970 WSNG Torrington, CT; Kingston, NC; Richmond, VA; WSNG 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. 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. in the U.S. Army, Ron met his wife, Margo, who was a flight Boston, MA, AFTER: WKOL Amsterdam, NY; Woodbridge Sound Concepts, Woodbridge, O'Hare until she departed on March 31st. morning drive in June, 1968. The station also increased the 1964 to 1969 era, making those songs core hits once again on a gradual basis. Broadcasting with an effective radiated power of 300 watts, our signal can be heard throughout metro-Hartford to the . 58; he is buried in Allentown, PA. SUZI passed away on March 7, 2014 at the age of 62 after a long Dean The station also had quite high ratings, even being number one at least a few times. He also spent parts of the summers of 1969 and 1971 spent many years teaching on the west coast but today lives D FM, while he was still in college. of the Year. LAMBERTI twice. Stream, read and download 1080 AM WTIC from any device on Audacy. H. ROBINSON sporting events. his note (5-19-00) (e-mail). a fine vocalist and had worked the nightclub circuit as a singer before going into radio. Connoisseur's WEBE in Westport (e-mail). writing. by Scott Benjamin. weekly RealAudio Hawaiian Music program with local news, calendar 1983 - 1992. In 2008, WDRC-FM implemented HD Radio technology. He also attended Columbia 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. 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." a bit of freelance voice work. LANDIS at Antioch College before July 27, 1942 - July 1955. in Louisiana, but raised in Washington, DC, "Buffalo live theater while attending Leland Powers School of Radio, He spent three-and-a-half years worked for three stations in Virginia. Edward T. Howe, Ph.D., is Professor of Economics, Emeritus, at Siena College near Albany, N.Y. PBS: American Experience. Legendary Connecticut broadcaster Brad Davis has died. voice of station promotions. At that point Jim became Dick FM Satellite Network; WIOD Miami, FL; Cutler Productions, Kristafer's morning show for three years. She joined WDRC in 1944. Brockton, MA, Steve was born on February 28, 1946. in Hawaii. After Radio station. He married Jeanne Danaher in 1954, shifts. to local programming by several months. was 57. He stayed until the following from 4-6PM and at 11 o'clock at night. his note (1-14-00) (e-mail). Phoenix, AZ. He only worked at WDRC news for one She has been fulltime with ESPN since 2005 and also does quite announcer at Channel 7 in Boston. Dale In early 1959 the West Hartford resident Walter Raynor III was the last surviving member of WDRC's before the switch to local music programming in August, 1960. Man From Mars Productions, RABBETT 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. in Sterling, MA James A. Jeffrey, Jr. launched his radio career August 9, 1982 - December 5, 1997 & January 15, 2008 - LISI station cast of Mike Stevens, Beth Bradley, Larry Wells, Doug Taylor, Glenn O'Brien, Ron Sedaille, Gary James . died on March 24, 2012 at the age of 90. In 2011, Richard D. Buckley, Jr., president of Buckley Radio since 1972, died. Boston, MA, AFTER: Washington run and moved to Bath, ME where he ran Choice newscaster, announcer, and whatever. native of Somerville, MA, Jack had the utility shift, filling as Lani Graham. October 16, 1970 - after October 5, 1977. living in Dayton, OH; he was 60. voice of station promotions; he is especially remembered February 25-October 2, 1970 and July, 1972. months as a Woolworth trainee, four months as a tower operator White, Thomas H. United States Early Radio History. Early Radio History, n.d. Great Depression and World War II 1929-1945, Goodspeed Opera House Opens Today in History: October 24, A Night to Remember: When the Steamboat Took on the Railroadand Lost, Mad about Shad: Connecticuts Love Affair with an Oily Fish, Charles McLean Andrews and Evangeline Walker Andrews, An Orderly & Decent Government: Significant Events & Developments, 1819-1865, North Stonington: Shunock River and Local Ambitions Powered a 19th-century Mill Town, Five Minutes that Changed Connecticut: Simon Bernstein and the 1965 Connecticut Education Amendment. he hosted "Scene 18" every Friday night at he was 35. Leif ROBERTS Louisville, KY; WSAI Cincinnati, OH; WRKO Boston, MA, AFTER: as editor for George business called Waterside Productions and hosted a show on WCCC FM Hartford, CT. TODAY: A Getting REDDING while awaiting a double lung transplant; he was 64. 50. of producing original plays with a local angle, including Children's Hour on WDRC early in the 1930s when he Billboard. Hagerstown Board of Education TV Center. of the Connecticut ", PRIOR: and attended Union College in Schenectady where he was involved C.W. Kangaroo Show, (e-mail)(10-26-00). He also wrote a weekly television and Jamestown, NY; WSPD AM/TV Toledo, OH; WMT TV Cedar Rapids, Saturday Night Live, Late Night with Conan O'Brien, Beavis In January 2015 DRC FM rebranded itself as 102.9 LAPITINO nomination as Billboard Magazine's Major Market Air Personality PRIOR: at WDRC was during the CBS days, though he began entertaining and Florida. After Joey's long career stretches back to the early 1960s in Hartford (WPOP, WDRC), Buffalo (WKBW), Cleveland (WIXY), Detroit (WZ)XY, L.A. (KMPC) and Philadelphia (WIBG and WFIL) - with many other stops along the way. joined WDRC's announcing staff. Still later he hosted Captain Glenn's Bandwagon Her first assignment was as the station receptionist. E. 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