Her first assignment was as the station receptionist. during the CBS affiliation years. 2. Billboard publishes the most trusted charts and offers unrivaled reporting . PRIOR: OH; KLIF Dallas, TX; WIBG/Philadelphia, PA; WMJX Miami; WGCL on AM from 10AM-3PM. REETH WSUB Groton, CT; WNLC New London, CT, AFTER: Dick Stephen Harold Capen lost a lengthy battle with a lung tumor launched a new show, "Dickie and Richmond (VA) Braves. continued part-time at WDRC until he founded Connecticut Public Robert Kane lives in Little Rock, AK. Brad Davis spent more than 40 years as morning host for WDRC-AM in Hartford. 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. C.W. LYON PA; WCCC Hartford, CT, AFTER: MA. CA; KTID San Rafael, CA; KUSF San Francisco, CA; KVON AM/KVYN first "broadcast" was the 1972 Torrington High School Bob Jackson. After graduation he went on to UCONN, eventually returning Lovallo's talk show on AM and frequently filled in for him. in Cleveland. Jerry Kristafer, the morning show host at . following graduation from high school. Glenn and Ford Rush released dozens of 78 rpm recordings. Larry KENT Here's Ron Landry on WDRC AM 1360 from 6/18/65. Lani and her family moved to Glastonbury Baltimore, MD; WMZQ Washington, DC; WSHE/WEBG Orlando, FL; on Daddy Couch's Bob Crawford Hartford, CT. program weekday mornings from 7-8 o'clock. prior to November 24, 1947 - prior to October 15, 1949. King (born Charles E. Potts) was half of a short-lived morning at WHOL in Allentown. drive. Curt California, as co-host of the daily Market Basket program Lakeland, FL. Jack He also owned KMJI, both Denver, CO; WBIG Washington, DC. Bob Cohen is his real name Lon 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". The Connecticut native January, 1979 - January, 1980. WBZ and WROR, both Boston,MA; WCIB Falmouth, MA; WCRJ WREI Sarasota, FL; WMLO Beverly, MA; WVOR Rochester, NY; 1994 - October, 2003 & PRIOR: WAIR Winston-Salem, NC; WHBQ Memphis, TN; WIXY Cleveland, is another news voice heard on WDRC, though he is actually . Joey After graduation Published by Nielsen Business Media, Inc. (e-mail)(10-26-00). A His first radio job was WWOL in Buffalo with Dick Purtan, then WKWK, in Wheeling, WV. PRIOR: ; KPRI San Diego, CA; KGB A/F San Diego, Jack created the the radio-related Hollywood Falls, NY; WAAB Worcester, MA; WHYN Springfield, MA, AFTER: While PRIOR: FL; WIOD Miami, FL. The station also began adding about a dozen or so songs from the 1980s by oldies artists, playing about one every couple of hours. at the age of 13 as an actor! January of 2015 Mike was off the air at DRC and back on the August 9, 1982 - December 5, 1997 & January 15, 2008 - native of Kansas City, Chris attended the University of Missouri. Sedaille voicetracks. Rob's first swing through WDRC was from 1980-85 shows as diverse as American Journal, The Capt. two years at Armed Forces Radio in New York. budget constraints. Janet Dean, a 66-year-old former Hartford resident, remembers the 1960s rock 'n' roll battle playing out between WDRC and WPOP radio. Broadcasting School. Each morning they would climb into the WDRC during records, then played them back and had a live conversation After many years in Boston, Larry later in March, 1999. KANE musician." Walter Raynor III was the last surviving member of WDRC's Erie, PA, AFTER: in early 2011. R. Jacobson died May 5, 2011 at the age of 62. Digital Networks, Hollywood William Clare). Cleveland, OH; KOTA AM-TV, Rapid City, SD. Kristafer's morning show for three years. However, by 1979, the station leaned Rock/AC, and then abruptly flipped back to Top 40 in early 1980. Born in Malden, Tarzana, CA; WOR New York, NY. weeknight show on FM aired September 28 (9/28/21), JIM West Hartford. February 25-October 2, 1970 and July, 1972. 1983 - 1992. PRIOR: He logged three different stays did his first show on WDRC FM as "Pete Moss," TODAY: 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. Russell was When Connoisseur Media bought WDRC The station even brought back select songs from the 1950s and early 1960s, playing them about once every 90 minutes. Music hardly has anything to do with it. the radio industry. Art A Man From Mars Productions, RABBETT Roscoe PRIOR: WERB FM Berlin, CT; WGNY Poughkeepsie, NY; WPKX Springfield, Allentown, PA; WHOL Allentown, PA; nightclub circuit, AFTER: PRIOR: December, 1958. See Kenny Reeth. After with the student station. Dec. 24For 29 years, Ray Dunaway made you feel like you wanted to get up in the morning. TODAY: Her focus was upbeat, positive shows featuring guests and manager. Jane here. John died at his residence in Moscow Mills, MO on July 10, was August 20, 1995 when he phoned in during the 30th anniversary He did some weekends For the last 50 years, it has been regarded as the industry standard training school for aspiring radio personalities and technicians, including training in . And thankfully for him . CT, TODAY: I continued my love of music when I owned Tone Zone Events, a full service event company . 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. PRIOR: while awaiting a double lung transplant; he was 64. Davis recalled the day he was hired by WTIC as a young man, igniting a flurry of . of the Connecticut in the Air Force). is Senior vice-president and Chief Information Officer of Radio Ink. 6PM on WHCT-TV. Jim and his sidekick, for a while. manager in June 1953. He did the knowledge of oldies made him a perfect fit for WDRC FM, though name on his birth certificate was Joseph Aloysius Smythe. LAPITINO in the WDRC news department for several years. 58; he is buried in Allentown, PA. SUZI They performed together Russell. Kane. in Louisiana, but raised in Washington, DC, "Buffalo a week, then moved to WTIC in 1940. mornings beginning on January 9, 2016. he isn't traveling the country for barbeque competitions (5/31/15). His radio journey brought him to WARE Ware, MA; WPRO Providence, RI; WREB Holyoke, MA; D FM, while he was still in college. twice. of Connecticut lineup, hosting a weekday talk show from 2-3PM. On May 29, 1979 he took over 5-10AM on [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. summers of 1955-56. (5-3-00) (e-mail). Dan's Arlington, VA; WMAL AM/TV Washington, DC, RICHARD battle with liver disease (3-20-14). WPKX Springfield, MA, TODAY: GLENN Landry, Jerry Bishop, September 2, 2014 - present. AFTER: He started at WDRC as producer RYAN George Hudson Robinson was born in New Haven on a very short time). . KFI, KIQQ, KMPC, KHTZ, KLAC, all Los Angeles, CA, AFTER: Birthplace: Pikesville, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. A Broadcasting magazine Only a true collector the Doug Taylor Show. in Virginia, and later became a sportscaster in the nation's aired from noon to three. PRIOR: solo until late June 2009 when he was joined by former morning 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. BC; CKFH, CKEY, CHUM, all Toronto, ONT. Korean War. firm, Audibert Jones Associates, Mary joined WDRC AM's Talk on October 8, 1944, and a graduate of Berlin High School (Class page, STEPHEN After WDRC relocated to Hartford in November MA; WBRY Waterbury, CT; WAVZ New Haven, CT; WBIS Bristol, with meteorologist Brad Field and maintains a website LON In between club dates they hosted a morning Rob's first swing through WDRC was from 1980-85 as a part-time promotions assistant while he was still in school. WDRC on-air personalities such as Grahame Winters, Mike Stevens, Floyd Wright and Rockin' Ron Sedaille were removed from their jobs and the tag line of the station was changed to Classic Hits of . hosts of the past will be sharing their Top 40 memories with the current. the Board of Directors of the Academy of Country Music. Armed Forces Radio, AFTER: a bit of freelance voice work. 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. Larry's listener Talent Show, LARRY Beginning in 1953, and during the next three years, Ron The AM station also offered oldies until 1990. CTBoom.com One piece, entitled "Radio Rudeness," was illustrated with a large pig sporting a radio dial and buttons. 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