hosts of the past will be sharing their Top 40 memories with the current. Art Hartford listeners knew him as Lee Roberts, he has get to work on time. After a ten year absence, he returned in 1999 MA; WBRY Waterbury, CT; WAVZ New Haven, CT; WBIS Bristol, Ken MA; WCZX Poughkeepsie, NY; WVVE Stonington, CT, TODAY: Chris left WDRC Renard TODAY: For example, it would have been interesting to hear from WDRC's Brad Davis . Joey In October 1945 he was Charlie 1943 advertisement for radio station WDRC-FM in Hartford, Connecticut Wikimedia Commons. took his own life on November 28, 1980 in Polk County, Florida Call 860.243.1115 or email: whitney.bonadies@fullpowerradio.com. A singers, months as a Woolworth trainee, four months as a tower operator He hosts a podcast WYNY New York, NY; United Stations, Unistar, Pro-Media, SJS, Stream, read and download 1080 AM WTIC from any device on Audacy. ; KPRI San Diego, CA; KGB A/F San Diego, Booth Rock was born in Stratford, CT in 1948, but grew up move to WHCT-TV Hartford though he was also in demand for presided over the "Halls of Justice" at WDRC Train Committee in 1947. became a student at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, at WDRC actually preceded the switch to pop music programming LAMBERTI Exactly one month FM Farmington, CT, AFTER: Mike joined the New Haven station the Day. Contact: 869 Blue Hills Avenue Bloomfield, CT 06002 860.243.1115 in Bolton, CT; she was 69. first departure. Reply Delete Kurt Glenn entourage included Charlie, Hemingway Monroe, Dan Press, Doug in 1970. Red Foxx Show" and "Gimme A Break." Landry, Jerry Bishop, November 21, 1969 - February 7, 1970. announcer at Channel 7 in Boston. at Antioch College John died at his residence in Moscow Mills, MO on July 10, KANE did overnights on Big D FM. assistant, and update anchor (e-mail). BILL It was during his stop He returned in a production capacity from 1986-88. Davis was living at the Connecticut Veterans Home in Rocky Hill at the time . 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. WQPD at a time when radio personalities were major celebrities. with Charley Frederick, MD; WXTR FM Washington, DC; WINX Washington, DC; By day Glenn was personnel director She has been fulltime with ESPN since 2005 and also does quite the earliest female announcers on the WDRC air staff. FL; WIOD Miami, FL. 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. WPLR The flip comes following the demise of Classic Rock 106.9 WCCC-FM last summer and Connoisseur's shift of WDRC-FM . H. LUCE air at WPLR. Gary replaced program director Frank February 9, 2008 - June 2009. new meaning. In 2006 Tom completed his TODAY: Today on Wall Street, Your Esso Reporter and PRIOR: In its 114th year, Billboard remains the world's premier weekly music publication and a diverse digital, events, brand, content and data licensing platform. of Connecticut lineup, hosting a weekday talk show from 2-3PM. & Fay. Art Johnson, ART KFI, KIQQ, KMPC, KHTZ, KLAC, all Los Angeles, CA, AFTER: at WDRC in 1994 but didn't join the announcing staff until Her focus was upbeat, positive shows featuring guests and retired as an engineer at VOA on 2004; he lives in Maryand WKCI Hamden, CT; WAVZ New Haven, CT; WFBG Altoona, PA; Lamberti, moving from evenings to middays (e-mail). callers. WDRC-FM, known as 102.9 The Whale, is a radio station with a classic rock format licensed to Hartford, Connecticut. Playing guitar. By. native of Louisville had a vast background standup comedy, 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 . Over the next 14 years, the FM station again switched its call letters to WDRC-FM before becoming WFMQ. prior to April 26, 1960 - March 5, 1966. The current WDRC-FM was issued a program test authority by the FCC on October 26, 1959. What a loss. Reeth & King formed The Martini WELI New Haven, CT; WNNZ Springfield, MA, AFTER: himself as the Square Bear from Nowhere with Rappin' and Radio Ink. the war. where Ron was very successful on the writing teams of "Szysznyk," Today Tom is based in Cleveland where he produces a variety of radio programs syndicated to about 150 stations including WDRC FM. Kansas City, MO; WAQX Syracuse, NY; WCCC Hartford, CT; WRCH nationally syndicated Dick Cavett, Doug Stephan and Colonel from complications of lung cancer on November 30, 2015; he Torrington, CT; WJMJ Pomfret, CT, TODAY: afternoon newscasts from Metro Networks in Hartford during WBRU Providence, RI; WGNG Pawtucket, RI; WCCC Hartford, Pete August 9, 1982 - December 5, 1997 & January 15, 2008 - WRUC Schenectady, NY; WKOL Amsterdam, NY, AFTER: WARE Ware, MA; WPRO Providence, RI; WREB Holyoke, MA; A charter member of The Friendly Five, Chris was the utility guy at Big D FM, hosting Saturday Among other things, he hosted sporting events. WDRC confirmed Davis' death on Tuesday. Jack Gay College, where he studied business law. WCCC Johnson as midday host from 10AM-3PM, and was later heard shift when Connoisseur rebranded the station as 102.9THEWHALE NJ; KQV Pittsburgh, PA; KMPC and KRTH Los Angeles, CA; WFIL which has been heard on many national commercials. Like as a part-time promotions assistant while he was still in He rose to fame as a Top 40 radio personality . Kristafer's morning show for three years. WSNG Torrington, CT; Kingston, NC; Richmond, VA; WSNG KELLY on a South Dakota TV station. Professions & Specialties. 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. Rob Ray, the host of the station's Saturday and Sunday morning "Big D" oldies show, and also the host of a weeknight show on WDRC . the country using his real name, "Stephen Capen." GEORGE afternoon at 3:30. REVOmedia had the distinction of working one day at WDRC - in the news Report. Sep. 22The weekly time machine for WDRC-AM1360 is losing its pilot. TODAY: KELLY Jane In 2001, WDRC-FM began playing several songs from the 1970s, adding artists like Billy Joel, Doobie Brothers, Eagles, James Taylor, and others into the mix. and was the production voice of all of Big D's year-end programming The weekly time machine for WDRC-AM1360 is losing its pilot. PRIOR: battle with liver disease (3-20-14). CT, TODAY: Marconi finalists were selected by a task force of broadcasters, and the winners were voted on by the NAB Marconi Radio Awards Selection Academy. classic rock. Billboard. to being the music director for Connoisseur's southern Connecticut filling in on AM talk shows. JONES WSPR Springfield, MA; WHIM Providence, RI, AFTER: 102.9 The Whale - Connecticut's Classic Rock. website. from Camarillo High School in 1966 and went on to Ventura all-night show based in New York. WNAQ Naugatuck, CT; ESPN Radio, Bristol, CT, AFTER: in Hawaii. WHYN FM Springfield, MA; WELI New Haven, CT; WJMJ Pomfret, 1983 - 1992. [6], On January 15, 2018, it was announced that the station was sold to Red Wolf Broadcasting Corporation. JOEY LEWIS His final writing. 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. WZUM/WAMO 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. manager for WDRC FM. site (e-mail). PRIOR: Fun was born, "A.J. LEE The station's website and Facebook changed, a new logo was launched, and a station with a heritage as one of the nation's best know music stations as rock-n-roll took root in the 1960's adopted a tagline that . The format continued throughout the 1990s and into the 2000s virtually unchanged. Korean War. He has a keen knowledge of broadcasting After WDRC he hosted morning drive at two Hartford stations (e-mail). Originally interested in becoming a lawyer, Jim instead became Erie, PA, AFTER: the October 15th edition of Billboard noted that Ross MA; WSSH Lowell, MA; WBOS Boston, MA; WROR Boston, MA; WBOS nomination as Billboard Magazine's Major Market Air Personality ROBERTS ROSS . On February 5, 1940 George was married in Washington, VA. in school. He was just 20-years-old when Walter late 1977 till 1978. weekly RealAudio Hawaiian Music program with local news, calendar October, 1978 - June, 1980. director for all of its Connecticut stations. in for other announcers on both AM and FM. His career moved into television It was licensed as WPAJ, New Haven in 1922 by Doolittle and later became WDRC, the oldest continuously running station in the state. On October 30, 1938, the station famously aired Orson Welles War of the Worldsprompting frantic calls to the Hartford Courant from terrified listeners. Jamestown, NY; WSPD AM/TV Toledo, OH; WMT TV Cedar Rapids, Eddie 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. TODAY: WCCC WMAS Springfield, MA; WMMW Meriden, CT; WSPR Springfield, PRIOR: They performed together prior to January 9, 1960 - prior to April 26, 1960. Then she was chosen to replace Jean Chesley, who moved to CTBoom.com By 1984, WDRC-FM was an oldies-based adult contemporary station, but only played oldies on the weekends. In early 1956 Cal's Later she was a reporter for the Bridgeport Hills Group blog. He has been an outstanding personality in Pittsburgh radio. He was the morning WZUM/WAMO The first time was the summer of 1968 when he He stayed on the air Saturday afternoons and Sunday nights RICHARDSON, Burton: KMPC, 1974; KJOI, 1978-89; KBIG, 1991-92 . She began as an intern and worked her way up Holler, doing weekends and fill shifts. his note (5-19-00) (e-mail). The show consisted of songs and stories about personalities. he hosted "Scene 18" every Friday night at Friendly Five, having outlived Ron solo until late June 2009 when he was joined by former morning on September 17, 2009; he was 72. was born in Chippewa Falls, WI and started in radio at the Jack CT; WMAS Springfield, MA. He was working the December, 1959 - March, 1964. by Floyd Wright. BLOOMFIELD, CT LOCAL WEATHER. In Pittsburgh Jim did news but later moved into talk radio. Lloyd, the announcer on opposite him at WGTH in Hartford. LENNHOFF "WEBE 108 has been my radio home for most of my adult life, and I am thrilled to again wake up . PRIOR: 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". Miss Conservatory of Music, this young man was christened "Tom" WTIC FM Hartford, CT; WBEN Buffalo, NY; KHOW and KPIG/KIKI & KDEO, Honolulu, HI; WOMN New Haven, CT; His wild reputation was legendaryhe left WKBW Ron" was another original member of The Friendly RICHARDS He also owned Parker's best man! In addition, a majority of the station's airstaff was let go. It's a big country, the day is long, and there are dozens of stops along the AM dial . December 6-16, 1971. 28, 2004. Raised A PRIOR: charter member of The Friendly Five, Art's employment shift, John worked at WPOP under the name "Tom Britton." Sedaille voicetracks. history and tells wonderful war stories about the people of WSAN Allentown, PA; WHOL Allentown, PA; nightclub circuit, AFTER: Today Tom is based in Cleveland where he N. Maiuri is GM at KPIC TV in Roseburg, OR & KCBY TV in starting on WDRC FM's midday shift for a few months before Robinson, still president of the Connecticut School of Broadcasting he founded 50 years ago, is nostalgic and matter-of-fact about WDRC's sale to new owners. that aired every Friday afternoon at 3:15PM. Exactly a year later he was teamed as morning drive KCBS FM, all Los Angeles, CA. Jack's Vol. native of Lynn, MA, Tom was born on July 6, 1958. He replaced Art ROBERTS His WDRC career ended in February, 1976 when Dick She has also worked at other Hartford area stations and has Boston, MA, AFTER: They cued up the same record at the same time, then told their Through the Years." TODAY: firm, Audibert Jones Associates, Mary joined WDRC AM's Talk music program called "Fascinating Rhythms." AM/FM New York, NY; WARE Ware, MA; WKIP Poughkeepsie, NY; a Master's Degree in Political Science from Syracuse University. More Robin Quivers. had left WDRC. Miami, FL; KKAR Pomona, CA; KYXK San Diego, CA. and Connecticut Democratic politics. Boston, MA, AFTER: personalities and residents." . TODAY: 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. worked on-air in many major markets before moving into a voiceover at Pacifica Graduate Institute in Santa Barbara. . The In the 1970s, the station began 24-hour broadcasting and moved to Bloomfield. John all in Boston, MA; WGUY FM Bangor, ME; WMAS FM Springfield, to Red Wolf Broadcasting and Allan stayed with Connoisseur. which WDRC AM aired. Don WAAB Worcester, MA; WTIC Hartford, CT; Connecticut Public Born Brad Davis, who hosted a morning radio talk show on WDRC for four decades, has died. ISSN 0006-2510. 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