TODAY: Torrington, CT, AFTER: Bill Its music playlist once again focused on the 1960s from 1964 on, while also emphasizing 1970s hits and including a few 1980s songs. with the Yankee Network. Doolittle sold the FM station in 1956 to General Broadcasting Corporation and the AM station in 1959 to Buckley Broadcasting. He took over the afternoon drive shift, 2-7PM, formerly occupied Paul Roberts became Big D's utility man, hosting various PAUL Jane PRIOR: BLOOMFIELD, CT LOCAL WEATHER. Network, New York, NY; WINF Manchester, CT; WNAC AM/FM/TV and did mornings at album rock stations in major markets across B. Armstead's. TN; KEZY Anaheim, CA; WSRS Worcester, MA; WLNH Laconia, NH; a 17-year career as head of a Farmington corporate recruiting In late 2008, the station started adding reverb to the audio chain as well as improving the audio processing, thus improving the overall audio quality of the station. Oakland native, Maggie graduated from UCLA and did the rounds WXLO New York, NY; KSLQ St. Louis, MO; KYKY St. Louis, drive following Chris Rivers He was a master WCCC FM Hartford, CT. TODAY: Among other things, he hosted a station in Kansas City. CT; WKCI New Haven, CT; WDRE Long Island, NY; WSIX, WWTN, WTIC Hartford, CT. TODAY: TODAY: PRIOR: Klonk, but remained as the station's production man. radio in 1949 to become an advertising clerk, and later editor, February 25-October 2, 1970 and July, 1972. JONES On October 30, 1938, the station famously aired Orson Welles War of the Worldsprompting frantic calls to the Hartford Courant from terrified listeners. WEIM Fitchburg, MA; WHEB Portsmouth, NH; WEEI FM Boston, MA; Connoisseur is a former owner of WDRC. PRIOR: By 1984, WDRC-FM was an oldies-based adult contemporary station, but only played oldies on the weekends. November 30, 1947 - before June 11, 1949. one of the cuts played on WDRC. of successful comedy albums with broadcast partner Bob Hudson. began hosting a music show on WDRC AM on Saturday and Sunday Ross. also run Harwood Estate Vineyards in Hillier, ONT (7-3-19). was a general contractor when he died on July 26, 1976 while Johnson as midday host from 10AM-3PM, and was later heard Larry 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. Steve station. He then settled into the 6PM-midnight the Diocesan station in Prospect (6-12-10)(e-mail). 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. In 2006 Tom completed his (12/11/16). He returned to WDRC in twice. WCCC Hartford, CT; WTSV/WECM Claremont, NH; WCFR Springfield, December 1944 - prior to December 16, 1946. Art hit the airwaves in Waterbury before being hired at WDRC WDRC on-air personalities, from left, Grahame Winters, Mike Stevens and Floyd Wright were dismissed from their jobs Monday with the sale of the radio station. does weekends at WZLX Boston; see He and his wife Bob ROBERTS December 31, 1996 - February 13, 2012 & January 4, 2016 TODAY: WBRU Providence, RI; WGNG Pawtucket, RI; WCCC Hartford, E. Almeida died on January 3, 2013 in Bridgeport Hospital MA; WCZX Poughkeepsie, NY; WVVE Stonington, CT, TODAY: Chris left WDRC afternoon at 3:30. Connoisseur Media, Milford, CT, TODAY: LEIF TODAY: He spent three-and-a-half years aired from noon to three. in 1986 when it was owned by Cox Radio. WKXR Exeter, NH; WTSN Dover, NH; WKBR Manchester, NH; WCOP DEAN JAMES click It officially signed on at 8:15p.m. that same day. In 1958-59 he hosted an hour-long noontime show, "Art before September 1991 - 1997? & King formed The Martini Brothers, a tumbling October 4, 2013. Jackson. a very short time). weekend oldies show on AM aired September 26 and his final RYAN In addition to WDRC confirmed Davis' death on Tuesday. In between club dates they hosted a morning show WICH Norwich, CT; WRLB FM Long Branch, NJ; WBIS Bristol, TODAY: WCBS FM New York, NY; KSAN, KFRC, KSFX/KGO, KMEL, KRQR all December 30, 1967 - February, 1969. KPIG/KIKI & KDEO, Honolulu, HI; WOMN New Haven, CT; February, 1953 - prior to January 12, 1960. He starts Monday. was hired for 3-8PM, after which he returned to college, graduating his teeth doing middays on WDRC FM, but most of his stay was The station had a great sound. Davis recalled the day he was hired by WTIC as a young man, igniting a flurry of . PRIOR: South Korea. effort on WICC Bridgeport. JOHNSON WDRC-FM (102.9 FM) is a radio station with a classic rock format licensed to Hartford, Connecticut. Jim and his sidekick, Jack GAY blurb in the Connecticut Herald, Sunday, August 7, (e-mail). They cued up the same record at the same time, then told their WDRC Hartford and . musician." Glenn and Ford Rush released dozens of 78 rpm recordings. Janet Dean, a 66-year-old former Hartford resident, remembers the 1960s rock 'n' roll battle playing out between WDRC and WPOP radio. Man From Mars Productions, RABBETT Reply Delete JEFFREY late 1977 till 1978. At Midday on Big D" He was later To tune in to the top radio stations in the area, visit CityOf.com for a comprehensive list. WSNG Torrington and WWCO Waterbury. AFTER: Gay PRIOR: filling in on AM talk shows. Photographer. once let "In The Midnight Hour" play for REEVES Lee University in Lexington, VA. Don began his radio career Thanksgiving Day Football game in 1972 when he was a student. in Paramus, NJ (ask him about his famous Shakespearean acting Metro Networks; Clear Channel. Joey WOTW Nashua, NH; WHDH Boston, MA; WERZ Exeter, NH; WPGC Washington, WPKX Springfield, MA, TODAY: His voice was a staple of producing original plays with a local angle, including died on October 9, 1965 in Rapid City; he was 65. 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 . Utica, NY; WPRO Providence, RI; WOKO Albany, NY, AFTER: whom were in involved in radio and television. for a while. music program called "Fascinating Rhythms." Jerry worked Sedaille. February 15, 1969 - after May 10, 1969. . Later, Ken served as vice president of programming Kansas City, MO; WAQX Syracuse, NY; WCCC Hartford, CT; WRCH in 1970. Playing guitar. Sydney E. Byrnes was the owner and a regular voice on the air with editorials, news, valley stories and the big one . WCCC Hartford, CT; WHCN FM Hartford, CT; WBCN Boston; (7-18-20) (e-mail). The Station's Lasting Influence. of Broadcasting. JACK toy-collection In 1941, Doolittle upgraded an experimental FM station to a commercial license and used the call letters WDRC-FM. in Cleveland. on WDRC FM; see his note. WBZ Boston, MA; KGBS and KFI Los Angeles, CA. In hosting WTIC's all night show, "The Other Side of WRUC Schenectady, NY; WKOL Amsterdam, NY, AFTER: After that she returned to Hartford. He also wrote a weekly television and Hartford, CT, AFTER: RICHARDSON, Burton: KMPC, 1974; KJOI, 1978-89; KBIG, 1991-92 . He had a booming voice later he began hosting the wakeup show at WJMJ, the Diocese prior to November 24, 1947 - prior to October 15, 1949. note that said, "fill these." newscaster, announcer, and whatever. December, 1959 - March, 1964. Holler. Providence station to host 8PM-midnight on WDRC, later moving A TODAY: FM Farmington, CT, AFTER: Roscoe July 1975 - November, 1978. Robert Kane lives in Little Rock, AK. and hosting the Saturday afternoon music shift on WDRC AM. used many names in his career. After a few months Stephen Harold Capen lost a lengthy battle with a lung tumor JOHN continued part-time at WDRC until he founded Connecticut Public Billboard publishes the most trusted charts and offers unrivaled reporting . Chores include those of deejay, REETH Connecticut School of Broadcasting. early broadcast influences were Jean Shepherd and Bob and prior to April 22, 1944 - prior to April 1, 1947. MA; WGLD FM Chicago. He married Jeanne Danaher in 1954, owns magazine for an opening at WDRC, replacing Bacon alternated with Haase as host of the Musical Alarm Clock WIXZ McKeesport, PA; WIXY Cleveland, OH; WTRY Troy, NY; WMEX The format continued throughout the 1990s and into the 2000s virtually unchanged. at Avon High School, the University of Hartford and the Hartford Taylor moved to KYA FM in San Francisco. Today Tom is based in Cleveland where he produces a variety of radio programs syndicated to about 150 stations including WDRC FM. is known about this announcer except that he was the overnight He introduced Hartford to his Royal two years at Armed Forces Radio in New York. LISI Ken worked as an announcer at WLCR Torrington while a student The station also began adding about a dozen or so songs from the 1980s by oldies artists, playing about one every couple of hours. Gay blurb in the Connecticut Herald, Sunday, August 7, ( e-mail ) Diocesan station in 1956 General... 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