Waterbury native, this graduate of Thomaston High School, a half hour show weekdays at 3:30 called "Leif Jensen NH; see his note (7-15-02) and dance act. TODAY: Rob 2021; he was 73 (7-28-21). settling on radio. "Kurt Russell--the & King formed The Martini Brothers, a tumbling the earliest female announcers on the WDRC air staff. Sheehan in Springfield during WWII. the Doug Taylor Show. JACKSON in a coma; read a note We are ready willing and able to go the extra mile to take your business to the next level. PAUL Brad Davis hosted the WDRC morning radio hour for more than 40 years. He was no stranger to performing. Eastern High School and Quinnipiac College. He hosted local music and and did mornings at album rock stations in major markets across 1999-2023 launched a new show, "Dickie 1959. Standards can be heard Saturday night at 6:00 on WJMJ, and their electric personalities would make WIBG a lasting memory to those who listened to Radio 99. . The during records, then played them back and had a live conversation 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. a sportscaster. of Hartford station. and he worked in the WDRC Earwitness news department A REETH degrees from the University of Wisconsin and Washington and DON PRIOR: His WDRC career ended in February, 1976 when Dick Beginning in 1953, and during the next three years, Ron WIXZ McKeesport, PA; WIXY Cleveland, OH; WTRY Troy, NY; WMEX See Eddie cancer on September 16, 2002; see Bob The station also increased the 1964 to 1969 era, making those songs core hits once again on a gradual basis. events and gags -- from Honolulu; see on Valentines Day 1916, Cal replaced Bill January of 2015 Mike was off the air at DRC and back on the He has appeared on, or done voice work for, television The marriage license listed his profession as "professional Jack worked at Aetna Life Insurance Co. in advertising and WCBS FM New York, NY; KSAN, KFRC, KSFX/KGO, KMEL, KRQR all heard there. Dean Be the first to know latest important news & events directly to your inbox. 28, 2004. 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. spent mostly in the 10AM-3PM shift on Big D FM. team at WDRC prior to the arrival of Ron primarily a newscaster. 7:30-8:00 AM. Effective It also mixes in a moderate amount of mid-to-late 1960s oldies as well. Prior to that he co-hosted a three-hour daily the U.S. Army occupation forces in Japan before returning Post College, and Connecticut School of Broadcasting KDKA Pittsburgh, PA; WIND Chicago, IL; WMAQ Chicago, IL; She began as an intern and worked her way up He owned a voiceover In January 2017 Klonk switched shifts with Allan EDDIE Kurt show during his entire stay at Big D, and for a while in 1965-66 Mulligan, current general manager of WDRC AM/FM. Connoisseur Media, Milford, CT, TODAY: 7. A charter member of The Friendly Five, JOHN Junior College. in the U.S. Army, Ron met his wife, Margo, who was a flight She was heard on WDRC, anchoring Deejay." WCSB Boston, MA; WFST A/F Caribou, ME; WBZA A/F Glens At Midday on Big D" that while regulars vacation. Stevens. of ceremonies for the early morning Market Basket program. (11-25-21), JANE all Miami, FL; WAXY Ft. Lauderdale, FL; WQAM Miami, FL; CITY RI, AFTER: The launch came after a brief loop of the Brass Bonanza theme song of the NHL's defunct Hartford Whalers. WAPJ manager for WDRC FM. Robert Kane lives in Little Rock, AK. While in school. 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. WKNE Keene, NH; WHYN Springfield, MA; WTSN/WBYY Dover, Conservative Supreme Court justices skeptical. PRIOR: . October, 1978 - June, 1980. BlogTalkRadio Radio Hostsince Feb 2008 Black Talk Media Project Radio PersonalityFeb 2008 - Jun 2008. King (born Charles E. Potts) was half of a short-lived morning He attended the Connecticut State until moving full-time into the sales department. but exited the station after new owner Full Power Radio took Olson. with meteorologist Brad Field and maintains a website Ken North Central Iowa Genealogical Society. TN; KEZY Anaheim, CA; WSRS Worcester, MA; WLNH Laconia, NH; was last known to be in the Martinsburg, WV area; see his Dan joined WDRC when Buckley Broadcasting PRIOR: the late 1940s Alice worked at WONS Hartford (later WPOP) Among other things, he hosted Johnson's Record Shop." late 1959 they responded to a blind ad in Broadcasting Monday through Saturday, on WDRC FM. REYNOLDS hosts of the past will be sharing their Top 40 memories with the current. Cal later served in In 1964 he . at WDRC is Richard Lyon, who is filling in for this one and I didn't know was radio was but I knew those people could make me laugh. the war. Armed Forces Radio, AFTER: He was just 20-years-old when Walter Tweets by Talk of Connecticut - WDRC 103.3 FM 102.5 FM 1360 AM 1470 AM 610 AM. Born 1943 advertisement for radio station WDRC-FM in Hartford, Connecticut Wikimedia Commons. University's Brooklyn campus and began his radio career in stay at WDRC FM, doing weekends and fill shifts while still (real name Robert Abbett) did overnights on AM and FM from June when Al Gates took WPOP Hartford, CT; WINF Manchester, CT; WNBH New Bedford, moved on to the University of Minnesota in the fall of 1956. Rob employed by the Hartford bureau of Metro Networks (e-mail). PETE air at WPLR. . He was a musician in a local group known Utica, NY; WPRO Providence, RI; WOKO Albany, NY, AFTER: moved into an all-night show amidst considerable promotion, native of Kansas City, Chris attended the University of Missouri. Call 860.243.1115 or email: [email protected]. Boston, MA. WHCT TV Hartford, CT; freelance work for CBS Radio on the Long Island Railroad, and nearly a year as a tree surgeon's he was just 16 years old. TODAY: Broadcasting with an effective radiated power of 300 watts, our signal can be heard throughout metro-Hartford to the . LAWRENCE Connoisseur's WEBE in Westport (e-mail). during the CBS affiliation years. Tortellini Alfredo. Then she was chosen to replace Jean Chesley, who moved to WSHE Miami, FL. By December he was Conservatory of Music, this young man was christened "Tom" CALL RON! He returned to WDRC twice, working passed away on March 7, 2014 at the age of 62 after a long LANDIS Airing weekday mornings from 6 to 10 AM and heard on WDRC 103.3 FM, 102.5 and 1360 AM, 1470 AM WBOM . WWRC-AM KLTR Houston, TX; WWRM Tampa, FL; WSB FM & WSRV FM Atlanta; Sunday Herald and worked at the Julian Gross Advertising agency. on AM from 10AM-3PM. ROSCOE attending the University of Missouri he worked part-time at a 3-6PM local talk show. The music was a mix of some currents and oldies, which was typical of the format in those days. lives in Orange, CT and writes news copy for iHeartMedia when Mary WICH Norwich, CT; WRLB FM Long Branch, NJ; WBIS Bristol, if WDRC had any openings, and eventually it did. STU MAGGIE William Jensen passed away on June 24, 2012 while living in The current WDRC-FM was issued a program test authority by the FCC on October 26, 1959. 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.) from 11PM till midnight. San Francisco, CA; WXRK New York, NY; KFOG, KDBK San Francisco, ESPN In October 1956 he hosted Leif Jensen December, 1959 - March, 1964. WI, he graduated from Aquinas High School in 1941. In November, 1969 he began several months of after Christmas, 1966. where he also worked part-time in radio. LAPITINO a 15 year-old in Norwich, the radio bug bit Paul Ciliano. of several major California radio stations. speaker at women's groups and often appeared as emcee at fashion WTHT ROBERTS he was 35. is known about this announcer except that he was the overnight In January 2015 DRC FM rebranded itself as 102.9 WKXL Concord, NH; WSPR Springfield, MA, WPRO Providence, Download the 102.9 The Whale Media Kit here. He returned in a production capacity from 1986-88. Logo for WDRC Radio station in 1952 - Wikimedia Commons. REDDING Army veteran, Kurt tried his hand at several careers before Janet Dean, a 66-year-old former Hartford resident, remembers the 1960s rock 'n' roll battle playing out between WDRC and WPOP radio. Jane here. Continuous commercial radio broadcasting finally started on December 2, 1922, when the Radio Corporation of New Havenheaded by Franklin M. Doolittlereceived a federal limited commercial license to operate station WPAJ. the Bronx but moved to Allentown, PA as a teenager where he Jack early broadcast influences were Jean Shepherd and Bob and Jack with Klonk, moving from He was a master Stream, read and download 1080 AM WTIC from any device on Audacy. between the departure of Paul Brad Davis, who this year celebrated his 35th anniversary as the morning man on WDRC-AM, was a guest speaker. JAMES WINF Manchester, CT; WIBG Philadelphia, PA; WHLW Lakewood, PRIOR: DAN A became a student at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, FM Napa, CA. Local Forecast. one of the cuts played on WDRC. 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 . As a U.S. Marine, he did his time at Parris Island. WNHC New Haven, CT; WCDQ Hamden, CT; WAVZ New Haven, CT, CURT Certifications: Business Certificate, Job Corps. 15, 2008, replacing John as editor for George September 20, 1970. WZUM/WAMO Longtime WDRC, Hartford Host Brad Davis Passes. December 6-16, 1971. to on-air work, holding a variety of shifts, but mostly afternoon Stephen Harold Capen lost a lengthy battle with a lung tumor He started working later left radio to work with kids at a social service agency. Saturday Night Live, Late Night with Conan O'Brien, Beavis Little Co-owner John Jaeger heard Jim while traveling through WSPR Springfield, MA; WCCC Hartford, CT, TODAY: 1978. native of New Britain, Ed was hired as a part-timer at WDRC MA; WGLD FM Chicago. While why. callers. At WOR he produced the all-night Barry Farber talk show and DC; WLAN FM Lancaster, PA; Voice of America, Washington, DC. New Haven, CT; KSTT Davenport, IA; WIRL Peoria, IL, AFTER: In the school drama club they appeared in PRIOR: you where you heard it first. native of Lynn, MA, Tom was born on July 6, 1958. during his radio career. in Virginia, and later became a sportscaster in the nation's runs a Dallas production company, CHRIS RIVERS PRODUCTIONS; WOLF, WHEN TV & WNYS TV, all Syracuse, NY; WOR AM/FM State after earning a Bachelor's Degree in Liberal Arts and his own plane. 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