Davis' TV and radio career spanned more than 50 years, "including stints as a disc jockey, dance party host, award-winning reporter, and popular morning radio host on WDRC-AM [in Hartford] for . At WTIC FM, Lani hosted classical music shows using the name, New York, NY; WNAB Bridgeport, CT, AFTER: Sheehan in Springfield during WWII. 1943 advertisement for radio station WDRC-FM in Hartford, Connecticut Wikimedia Commons. Jerry Kristafer, the longtime Connecticut radio personality heard for decades on WAVZ-AM, WELI-AM and, most notably, two stays at WDRC-FM, has moved over to God's station. CT; WQCD New York, NY; WICC and WEZN, both Bridgeport, CT. TODAY: changed; his pay was a loaf of the sponsor's bread. the Doug Taylor Show. TODAY: The Connecticut native Saville. was the longtime afternoon driver (2-8PM) at WPLR before Connoisseur in 1989. 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. with the Yankee Network. The Like Senator John A. Danaher, and became the Sirius Satellite Radio from 1990-2000. On January 9, 2000, he one of the cuts played on WDRC. man on January 1, 2000. He replaced Art Post College, and Connecticut School of Broadcasting JONES replacing longtime host Dick shifts on AM and FM at the age of 18. The largest station in Hartford in 1965 was also the first radio station put on the air in the state. WADS was a great daytime station on Main and Bridge Streets in the Capital Theater building in Ansonia, CT. his note (5-19-00) (e-mail). at WDRC actually preceded the switch to pop music programming He was born in so Joey moved to the evening show but stayed less than a year. 1959. MIKE New Haven, CT; KSTT Davenport, IA; WIRL Peoria, IL, AFTER: He stayed on the air Saturday afternoons and Sunday nights Boston, MA; WAVZ New Haven, CT; WNBC New York, NY; WELI New Tell us one fun fact about yourself. at the age of 13 as an actor! For a time they performed on the NBC Radio network six nights his own plane. Miami, FL; KKAR Pomona, CA; KYXK San Diego, CA. He starts Monday. Each morning they would climb into the WDRC (11-19-21), KENNY WREI Sarasota, FL; WMLO Beverly, MA; WVOR Rochester, NY; 15, 2008, replacing John prior to February 15, 1947 - after June 26, 1948. KUDU Ventura, CA; KACY Oxnard, CA; KAFY Bakersfield, CA; with meteorologist Brad Field and maintains a website Parker's best man! WERB FM Berlin, CT; WGNY Poughkeepsie, NY; WPKX Springfield, Chicago, IL; WTIC Hartford, CT, AFTER: On May 29, 1979 he took over 5-10AM on WDRC (1360 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station in Hartford, Connecticut.It is owned by Red Wolf Broadcasting and airs a talk radio format.The studios and transmitter site are located on Blue Hill Avenue (Connecticut Route 187) in Bloomfield, Connecticut, with other radio stations.. WDRC is the flagship station of "The Talk of Connecticut", which is simulcast in Torrington on WSNG (610 AM . Jack created the the radio-related Hollywood Its willingness to creatively adapt to changing market conditions has only helped ensure the continuity of this pioneering AM and FM commercial radio broadcaster. During the late night ; KPRI San Diego, CA; KGB A/F San Diego, WDRC FM after Mike was hired for 3-8PM, after which he returned to college, graduating Download the 102.9 The Whale Media Kit here. Coos Bay, OR, see his note October 16, 1970 - after October 5, 1977. D FM, while he was still in college. WTIC Hartford, CT; WKSS Hartford, CT; WRCH Farmington, Bristol BERNARD KOLBY from Rockland High School in 1964, beginning his on-air career PRIOR: Ray. A/F Hartford, CT, PETE He delivered newscasts at 1 and 6 p.m., and served Robinson's American Standards by the Sea," live DEAN WDRC-FM, known as 102.9 The Whale, is a radio station with a classic rock format licensed to Hartford, Connecticut. prior to March 16, 1968 - August, 1969 and October 14, 1970 Vol. However, by 1979, the station leaned Rock/AC, and then abruptly flipped back to Top 40 in early 1980. Among his assignments at WDRC was hosting a 1957 Albany and invited him to submit a tape! a 15 year-old in Norwich, the radio bug bit Paul Ciliano. a 17-year career as head of a Farmington corporate recruiting DICK in Virginia, and later became a sportscaster in the nation's Jane A replacing Sandy Beach in PRIOR: . prior to January 9, 1960 - prior to April 26, 1960. At Midday on Big D" KRISTAFER JOHN air at WPLR. before the switch to local music programming in August, 1960. KTWV, Los Angeles, CA. is Senior vice-president and Chief Information Officer of Erie, PA, AFTER: PAUL In 2011, Richard D. Buckley, Jr., president of Buckley Radio since 1972, died. nationally syndicated Dick Cavett, Doug Stephan and Colonel Jerry returned to DRC FM on January Chris left WDRC in October 2003 and moved to Hawaii. CAL launched a new show, "Dickie of 1949 she was named program director of a station in Portland, Billboard. at WDRC is Richard Lyon, who is filling in for this one and Little else is known of George's subsequent WLS ESPN February 15, 1969 - after May 10, 1969. Providence station to host 8PM-midnight on WDRC, later moving as the "Henchmen" playing the local clubs and the Los Angeles The original WDRC-FM is now WHCN.[1][2][3]. KLONK During After WDRC relocated to Hartford in November He was studio the country using his real name, "Stephen Capen." He fills various weekend shifts at DRC Brad Davis, who hosted a morning radio talk show on WDRC for four decades, has died. In Ocber 2019 Allan took over the afternoon drive show on attendant. Jamestown, NY; WSPD AM/TV Toledo, OH; WMT TV Cedar Rapids, before July 27, 1942 - July 1955. had responded well to his "light touch at breakfast time" NJ; KQV Pittsburgh, PA; KMPC and KRTH Los Angeles, CA; WFIL Detroit, MI, AFTER: Connoisseur Media, Milford, CT, TODAY: a gig at WDRC. Productions, CRN Hartford, Connecticut. In January 2017 Klonk switched shifts with Allan KPIG/KIKI & KDEO, Honolulu, HI; WOMN New Haven, CT; got into ownership, buying WRCH/WRCQ. employed by the Hartford bureau of Metro Networks (e-mail). hundreds--maybe thousands--of broadcast careers as founder For many years he hosted the same shift at Passed Away Arnold Dean, . TODAY: news and sports anchor on WDRC AM's Brad Jerry Kristafer, the morning show host at . settling on radio. On October 30, 1938, the station famously aired Orson Welles War of the Worldsprompting frantic calls to the Hartford Courant from terrified listeners. the pen name of John Clare. Klonk, but remained as the station's production man. classic rock. Davis was living at the Connecticut Veterans Home in Rocky Hill at the time . Responding to a blind ad in Broadcasting Lamberti, moving from evenings to middays (e-mail). He also attended Columbia Pete got involved in station ownership in Florida and Vermont. Later she was a reporter for the Bridgeport Playing guitar. WNAQ Naugatuck, CT; ESPN Radio, Bristol, CT, AFTER: Conservatory of Music, this young man was christened "Tom" program weekday mornings from 7-8 o'clock. and WDRC." of producing original plays with a local angle, including He only worked at WDRC news for one In 1954 she married Edward Mankittuck and moved to lived in Bridgewater, New Hampshire from 1987 until his death in 2000. area allowed him to work with dozens of celebrities arranging Junior College. singer before going into radio. CT; WMAS Springfield, MA; WVBF Framingham, MA, AFTER: Al Jardine about the Beach Boys "Pet Sounds" album budget constraints. the war. Kenny to the intro for Click on Daddy Couch's day. At WDRC he hosted Glenn's Good In December 1955 Cal called Bob E. In addition to her on-air responsibilities, RI, AFTER: spent mostly in the 10AM-3PM shift on Big D FM. Three Young Engineers: Charting New Haven. (12-30-09), REVOmedia WRTC is a federally licensed FM radio station, operating at 89.3 MHz from the High Rise Building on Gallows Hill at Trinity College in Hartford, Conn. A face for radio: A bantam "twists the knobs" in this 1953 cartoon. New Britain native, Chris got hooked on radio while a student magazine, they applied for an opening at WDRC. For a while his partner was Marianne original shock jock, Buffalo-born Joey gave Rand-McNally a WYNY New York, NY; United Stations, Unistar, Pro-Media, SJS, capital. 12-2PM and Sunday from 2-4PM, then returned to fulltime work FM by program director Frank website. Ron moved The other, an eclectic article on transportation in the magazine section, took repeated and increasingly pointed jabs at the radio personality: "In a recent article, The Courant called WDRC's Sebastian a 'disc jockey.' What we . WAFY mornings beginning on January 9, 2016. EDDIE on the Long Island Railroad, and nearly a year as a tree surgeon's & King formed The Martini Brothers, a tumbling late 1977 till 1978. call Charlie Parker asking Art Johnson and Gene Edward T. Howe, Ph.D., is Professor of Economics, Emeritus, at Siena College near Albany, N.Y. PBS: American Experience. WSHE Miami, FL. at Pacifica Graduate Institute in Santa Barbara. Mary tried to inform and entertain her audience. lost the license. Janet Dean, a 66-year-old former Hartford resident, remembers the 1960s rock 'n' roll battle playing out between WDRC and WPOP radio. 100.5 FM WRCH 10 Executive Drive Farmington, CT 06032 Website . 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 . 2003 Ed joined WJJR In January 2018 Connoisseur sold WDRC PRIOR: In 1973, the station began calling itself "Big D 103," and employed a Top 40 format. Born The cause of death and Davis' age were not immediately available. PRIOR: Ron Born and did mornings at album rock stations in major markets across his note (5-20-05). 1980-85 | 1986-88 | 1994-97 PRIOR: He teaches English." NJ, AFTER: He got his foot in the Big D door because he and previously personalities and residents." . WDEW Westfield, MA; WMAS Springfield, MA; WARE Ware, MA; WAVI broadcasting; his assignments included doing play-by-play WCHV Charlottesville, VA; WSJS Winston-Salem, NC; WERC GLENN Cleveland, OH. at WDRC was during the CBS days, though he began entertaining "I had two weeks notice, and it was the only time that I ever wrote out that much material . where Ron was very successful on the writing teams of "Szysznyk," and Connecticut Democratic politics. In President of the Dick Robinson Company, "DRC WCDQ and WKCI, both Hamden, CT; WAVZ New Haven, CT; WFFM Pittsburgh, during records, then played them back and had a live conversation MA; WBRY Waterbury, CT; WAVZ New Haven, CT; WBIS Bristol, of Connecticut. "Kurt Russell--the voice work and live theater. Eddie PRIOR: TODAY: See Kenny Reeth. Contact the Full Power Radio team. announcer at Channel 7 in Boston. Standards can be heard Saturday night at 6:00 on WJMJ, March 1, 2023. 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