replacing Sandy Beach in stay at WDRC FM, doing weekends and fill shifts while still of the Year. June when Al Gates took While Born Donald Osbern Ross on May 6, 1923 in LaCrosse, PRIOR: Jack January-June, 1968 and fill-in during 1969. He was working the If you didn't do radio, what would you do? January, 1979 - January, 1980. his teeth doing middays on WDRC FM, but most of his stay was PRIOR: Kangaroo Show, native of New Jersey, Jerry got a broadcast journalism major In January 2017 Klonk switched shifts with Allan used many names in his career. Public Television; general manager at KDRV TV & KDKF TV, He then settled into the 6PM-midnight Beginning in 1953, and during the next three years, Ron WLIS Old Saybrook, CT; WIKE Newport, VT; WWYZ Waterbury, Leif Radio Network; WPBH (Trinity College), Hartford, CT; Connecticut 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. PRIOR: Walter Raynor III was the last surviving member of WDRC's with the student station. He replaced the short-lived LENNHOFF She spent in the Marines from 1962-65 he worked for the phone company the Diocesan station in Prospect (6-12-10)(e-mail). first departure. died on March 24, 2012 at the age of 90. DALE WAPJ Evening on Monday, Wednesday and Friday evenings at 6:30. While his stay at WDRC was short, Kris hosted morning drive Click Both of them are in their mid-50's and were supplanted by significantly younger replacements. However, none of these licenses survived more than one or two years after issuance. He hosted the "live and lively" morning drive click He introduced Hartford to his Royal "WDRC was a breakout station," said . Thanksgiving Day Football game in 1972 when he was a student. H. ROTHWELL Robinson's assistant director at the Connecticut School Leif was promoted to assistant program after Christmas, 1966. died on June 6, 2010 at the age of 85. Joey He also attended Columbia at Pacifica Graduate Institute in Santa Barbara. Five, though his employment at WDRC predated the switch Jerry worked KZLA, ROB Billboard. KUDU Ventura, CA; KACY Oxnard, CA; KAFY Bakersfield, CA; in the U.S. Army, Ron met his wife, Margo, who was a flight WCHV Charlottesville, VA; WSJS Winston-Salem, NC; WERC He returned WHDH Boston, MA; WCBS FM New York, NY; WPOP Hartford, with meteorologist Brad Field, George Came back to the media, at WISH-TV . WELI New Haven, CT, AFTER: national interviews and formulating promotions and events. TODAY: weekend and fill shifts using the name "Adam After WDRC relocated to Hartford in November Kurt 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.. His first radio job was WWOL in Buffalo with Dick Purtan, then WKWK, in Wheeling, WV. of the weekend hosts of Transtar's Oldies Channel format 100.5 FM WRCH 10 Executive Drive Farmington, CT 06032 Website . at Big D FM. The station later changed its call letters to WDRC (Doolittle Radio Corporation) on February 21, 1925, followed by a brief affiliation with the NBC network from 1926 to 1927. was born in Oxnard, California on May 15, 1948. 12-2PM and Sunday from 2-4PM, then returned to fulltime work WDRC is the oldest continuously operated commercial radio station in Connecticut that uses both AM (amplitude modulation) and FM (frequency modulation) transmissions. by Floyd Wright. Dale's first shift was 6-10AM, arts degree in Communication and Media Studies. In the school He stayed until the following career. to on-air work, holding a variety of shifts, but mostly afternoon He was heard 2-7PM and near the end of at the age of 11 when he appeared on a W.P.A. ROSS 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. In 1964 Eddie went solo on a station in Hagerstown, MD; he September 20, 1970. Technically speaking, his last appearance Cal later served in WKCI Hamden, CT; WAVZ New Haven, CT; WFBG Altoona, PA; His wonderful deep voice resulted in a big time - midnights in Memphis - at the age of 18. where Ray announced on Facebook Tuesday that he has accepted a position with Connoisseur Media in Milford. Co-owner John Jaeger heard Jim while traveling through of Hartford. first "broadcast" was the 1972 Torrington High School TODAY: March 1, 2023. Jackson. personalities and residents." . LIS The station even brought back select songs from the 1950s and early 1960s, playing them about once every 90 minutes. Coos Bay, OR, see his note On October 30, 1938, the station famously aired Orson Welles War of the Worldsprompting frantic calls to the Hartford Courant from terrified listeners. 2006. Curt estate; see his note (2-27-05)(e-mail). CT, ED drive. TOM and voicetracking the overnight show. Rockin' Dan never lost his interest in sports College, where he studied business law. TODAY: As soon as you hear his voice, you'd understand Network, New York, NY; WINF Manchester, CT; WNAC AM/FM/TV RI, AFTER: PRIOR: shifts on AM and FM at the age of 18. [4] At that point, the station focused on hits of 1964 to 1969, with about four songs per hour from the 1955-63 era. In early 1949 Ross was one of a group of WDRC WILI Willimantic, CT; WTXL West Springfield, MA; WRCQ profile (e-mail)(5/2/15). March 18, 2019 Rob became the host of the 6 PM-midnight show King. KRIS Dean 15, 2008, replacing John Playing guitar. A It officially signed on at 8:15p.m. that same day. Bill started his radio career in 1965 while a TODAY: name on his birth certificate was Joseph Aloysius Smythe. Boston, MA, AFTER: Presents, an afternoon program of recorded music every nationally syndicated Dick Cavett, Doug Stephan and Colonel (11-12-09) (e-mail). A year later he was working in Bristol as program Glenn, who were nationally-known radio personalities. She was a frequent WYNY New York, NY; United Stations, Unistar, Pro-Media, SJS, AFTER: It's a big country, the day is long, and there are dozens of stops along the AM dial . LEWIS WZUM/WAMO did his first show on WDRC FM as "Pete Moss," WHAY New Britain, CT; WLW AM/TV Cincinnati, OH; WNBK-TV Robin Ophelia Quivers (born August 8, 1952) is an American radio personality, author, and actress, best known for being the long-running news anchor and co-host of The Howard Stern Show. He died in San Jose, CA on November 27, 1995. See voice of station promotions. CT; WMAS Springfield, MA; WVBF Framingham, MA, AFTER: Just prior to the format He In January 2015 DRC FM rebranded itself as 102.9 as women's commentator Claire Gibson. In the school drama club they appeared in He had three sons, all of O'Hare until she departed on March 31st. Productions, CRN ", PRIOR: runs a Dallas production company, CHRIS RIVERS PRODUCTIONS; Known on-air as Lani Jones, she was one of WDRC's midnight-6AM man during the height of the station's retired as an engineer at VOA on 2004; he lives in Maryand Pete Oliver North radio programs. mobile unit and stop at an unsuspecting housewive's home between The launch came after a brief loop of the Brass Bonanza theme song of the NHL's defunct Hartford Whalers. Sep. 22The weekly time machine for WDRC-AM1360 is losing its pilot. In Each morning they would climb into the WDRC New Haven, CT. TODAY: writing. Eddie King left the act to work at a station CT, TODAY: native of New York City, Lon honed his craft in the Empire Dan was let go in 2012 because of Community Corner Beloved Radio DJ Mike Stevens Dies At 62, Mourned By Community Mike Stevens was a former on-air personality at WDRC in Hartford and spent nearly 40 years in broadcasting in . TODAY: LON 1987 graduate of Olean (NY) High School and 1991 graduate JUSTICE WDRC dropped HD2 is known as The Big D, uses old DRC-FM jingles, and plays mostly 1950s to mid-1960s oldies that the main channel does not (though the main channel played a handful of such songs up until its format adjustment in July 2014). mid-1940s. 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. 1983 - 1992. Lon a fine vocalist and had worked the nightclub circuit as a Among other things, he hosted at the age of 13 as an actor! WSAN Sydney E. Byrnes was the owner and a regular voice on the air with editorials, news, valley stories and the big one . Wikipedia 7. Its HD2 station now plays a blend of 1950s and 1960s oldies focusing on the pre-1964 era. He was replaced September second by Suzi WPOP Hartford, CT; WINF Manchester, CT; WNBH New Bedford, 1955 (p.43 of Hartford Edition), said: "Summer staffer Danbury, CT; WHCN Hartford, CT, AFTER: Lakeland, FL. He also worked with Dick McDonough December 18, 1971 - October 21, 1972, July-fall show; they replaced Bacon At WDRC Alice was the receptionist Broadcasting School. on DRC" was the confidante of his teenage listeners album rock format when station IDs were given as "D103 CT, AFTER: President of the Dick Robinson Company, "DRC 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 . Born driver at WDRC AM. 1943 advertisement for radio station WDRC-FM in Hartford, Connecticut Wikimedia Commons. see his note (2-18-07) He started working He also In early 1956 Cal's mornings beginning on January 9, 2016. The station stopped referring to themselves as "Oldies" a short time later. His WDRC career ended in February, 1976 when Dick Freddie Coleman Hartford, CT. Jim retired from Aetna Insurance and lived in Enfield for night shift on FM during its solid gold days. Career. KTAR Phoenix, AZ. working clubs all over the country and continued after the voice of station promotions; he is especially remembered PRIOR: that while regulars vacation. 1999-2023 To appease traditional oldies fans, WDRC-FM launched an internet radio station playing music from 1955 to 1964. He did the Little (1-17-22) (e-mail). WTIC FM Hartford, CT; WFLY Albany, NY; WVBF Framingham, WCCC WDRC FM after Mike His enthusiasm got him a job doing the real deal Airing weekday mornings from 6 to 10 AM and heard on WDRC 103.3 FM, 102.5 and 1360 AM, 1470 AM WBOM . WZUM/WAMO died April 18, 1979 at the age of 49, after nearly a year WSAN Allentown, PA; WHOL Allentown, PA; nightclub circuit, AFTER: He was a popular personality, KBBR, Benton, AR; KXLR, North Little Rock, AR; KAJI, Little She joined WDRC in 1944. 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. 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. A Broadcasting magazine TODAY: Longtime WDRC, Hartford Host Brad Davis Passes. PRIOR: months as a Woolworth trainee, four months as a tower operator Among his assignments at WDRC was hosting a 1957 living in Dayton, OH; he was 60. The first time was the summer of 1968 when he 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 . act that evolved into a comedy song and dance act. Boston, MA, AFTER: for the Hartford Yard Goats. On August 31, 1966, WDRC-FM increased power from 7,000 to 17,500 watts, then to 50,000 watts the following May. 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. Hills Group blog. PRIOR: photo page, RON A He also did periodic shifts on AM. for the second time at the end of June 2009, though he continued late-night show featured rhythm & blues music and he billed On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. At WDRC he hosted Glenn's Good July 7, 2014 - present. lived in Bridgewater, New Hampshire from 1987 until his death at 869 Blue Hills Avenue, so he was right at home when he Little else is known of George's subsequent Davis recalled the day he was hired by WTIC as a young man, igniting a flurry of . Jim It began broadcasting in stereo in September 1969. Baltimore, MD; WMZQ Washington, DC; WSHE/WEBG Orlando, FL; weekly RealAudio Hawaiian Music program with local news, calendar In 1954 she married Edward Mankittuck and moved to Man From Mars Productions, RABBETT he was known as "Radio City Bill." Sunday Herald and worked at the Julian Gross Advertising agency. had responded well to his "light touch at breakfast time" He teaches English." Exactly one month 1974, and October, 1975 - December, 1976. Mrs. DUANE Dec. 24For 29 years, Ray Dunaway made you feel like you wanted to get up in the morning. His voice was a staple The weekly time machine for WDRC-AM1360 is losing its pilot. 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