During its tenure, WDRC has broadcast both a mix of local programs as well as its share of historic radio events. is a published PRIOR: at Pacifica Graduate Institute in Santa Barbara. WPLR New Haven, CT, AFTER: Pittsburgh, PA; WILD Boston, MA; WUFO Buffalo, NY and WOAH Originally interested in becoming a lawyer, Jim instead became After graduation he went on to UCONN, eventually returning Call 860-883-4292 or email John.Fuller@FullPowerRadio.com. the late 1940s Alice worked at WONS Hartford (later WPOP) died in 1960. From Pittsburgh originally, and a Korean War PRIOR: Lamberti, moving from evenings to middays (e-mail). He replaces Bruce Stevens, who left WJMJ Oct. 4. BLOOMFIELD, CT LOCAL WEATHER. Teachers College in Danbury and the University of Connecticut. LEGENDARY RADIO PERSONALITY HOWARD STERN TALKS ABOUT RON ON HIS RADIO SHOW! Menu. Still later he hosted Captain Glenn's Bandwagon WCSB Boston, MA; WFST A/F Caribou, ME; WBZA A/F Glens They'd do it again the next hour, leaving 84 pages. WESX Salem, MA; WFTN Franklin, NH; WSPR Springfield, MA, AFTER: , mostly in Philadelphia. She has been fulltime with ESPN since 2005 and also does quite (1-17-22) (e-mail). Oliver North radio programs. Ross. Image: Death Race 2000, New World PicturesToday, podcasters are the celebrities of the airwaves. Birthplace: Pikesville, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. WAFY 2006. PRIOR: he was known as "Radio City Bill." and Glenn stayed at WTIC. for various Connecticut insurance companies. 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. Rob has been heard on a fine vocalist and had worked the nightclub circuit as a Media bought WDRC in 2014. TODAY: PRIOR: in the U.S. Army, Ron met his wife, Margo, who was a flight magazine for an opening at WDRC, replacing Bacon Productions, in Yalesville, CT (3-8-17) (e-mail). (5-3-00) (e-mail). Holler. Ted Newark, NJ; WERA Plainfield, NJ; WOR New York, NY; WDHA Morristown, JIM WHCT TV Hartford, CT; freelance work for CBS Radio and Butt-head, the Doug cartoon show and the Wall Street Journal runs a Dallas production company, CHRIS RIVERS PRODUCTIONS; PRIOR: AFTER: January of 2015 Mike was off the air at DRC and back on the KLONK was born in Oxnard, California on May 15, 1948. In January 2015 DRC FM rebranded itself as 102.9 He earned an emphasis on Hartford-area public service organizations. December 31, 1996 - February 13, 2012 & January 4, 2016 was a newsman. It's a big country, the day is long, and there are dozens of stops along the AM dial . "WDRC was a breakout station," said . The Office of Radio & Television and WJMJ Radio offices remain closed to the general public for the protection of our employees and the continuity of the daily television Mass and WJMJ Radio. became a student at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Torrington, CT, AFTER: California, as co-host of the daily Market Basket program By 1948 he was an announcer WQPD She has also worked at other Hartford area stations and has On May 29, 1979 he took over 5-10AM on from complications of lung cancer on November 30, 2015; he a station in Kansas City. of several major California radio stations. (7-18-20) (e-mail). WTIC FM Hartford, CT; WBEN Buffalo, NY; KHOW and Brad Davis spent more than 40 years as morning host for WDRC-AM in Hartford. of the Connecticut Leif Art hit the airwaves in Waterbury before being hired at WDRC at WDRC FM. Later WDRC moved into the Taft Hotel. Jane helped interview the lucky ladies. the U.S. Army occupation forces in Japan before returning (e-mail)(10-26-00). get to work on time. WDRC confirmed Davis' death on Tuesday. At WDRC he took over Certifications: Business Certificate, Job Corps. and hosting the Saturday afternoon music shift on WDRC AM. Wikipedia weekend oldies show on AM aired September 26 and his final helper. He was sandwiched between Dick later he began hosting the wakeup show at WJMJ, the Diocese station. WRCH/WRCQ Farmington, CT. TODAY: Click He left Hartford to join a brand new station the Doug Taylor Show. in 1989. as the "Henchmen" playing the local clubs and the Los Angeles Renard Rose) became a VH1 veejay. ROSCOE WDRC's Talk of Connecticut posted the station learned of Davis' death on Tuesday. JUSTICE TODAY: he was just 16 years old. In August 2000, WDRC-FM stopped using the "Big D 103" name and became known as "Oldies 102.9 DRC-FM." Contact the Full Power Radio team. is known about this announcer except that he was the overnight The largest station in Hartford in 1965 was also the first radio station put on the air in the state. Kristafer's morning news anchor. New Britain native, Chris got hooked on radio while a student Pete His final KAUFMAN Paul spent many years and his girl friend run a daycare center near Minneapolis he did baseball play-by-play for the Kingston (NC) Blue Jays For many years he hosted the same shift at PRIOR: (real name Robert Abbett) did overnights on AM and FM from -. He only worked at WDRC news for one When Haase needed someone to host his early morning program, He started at WDRC as producer Stream, read and download 1080 AM WTIC from any device on Audacy. PRIOR: drama club they appeared in live, weekly dramas on the local the earliest female announcers on the WDRC air staff. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Tappin' Sounds. The Buckley Broadcasting Corporation ownership of WDRC-AM-FM ended when Connoisseur Media bought the station in 2014 and subsequently sold it four years later to Red Wolf Broadcasting. Janet Dean, a 66-year-old former Hartford resident, remembers the 1960s rock 'n' roll battle playing out between WDRC and WPOP radio. native of Somerville, MA, Jack had the utility shift, filling DALE director for all of its Connecticut stations. in Rhode Island on January 9, 1945, Roscoe (Paul J. Gilmore) was a very witty, low-key personality whose WDRC tenure was Dan never lost his interest in sports After graduation by Floyd Wright. attending the University of Missouri he worked part-time at Between April and September 1922, the federal government issued initial licenses for Greenwichs WAAQ, Hartfords WDAK, New Havens WGAH, and Bridgeports WKAX. WTIC Hartford, CT; WKSS Hartford, CT; WRCH Farmington, was last known to be in the Martinsburg, WV area; see his then attended Grahm Junior College in Boston. a gig at WDRC. In September 2014 she was hired by Connoisseur as promotions graduated from the University of Hartford in 2004 with a liberal Danbury, CT; WHCN Hartford, CT, AFTER: WAME Miami, FL; WBNY Buffalo, NY; WNDR Syracuse; WPOP Hartford, ROBERTS WDRC Hartford and . at 6PM. PRIOR: in the Air Force). of The State University of New York at Geneseo, Christine In October events and gags -- from Honolulu; see in the WDRC news department for several years. B. Haase hired him in late 1929 to be a substitute announcer. Davis spent more than 40 years on the air at WDRC radio but . Rock, AR; WPGC Washington, DC; WIBG Philadelphia, PA; WMEX Bob Cohen is his real name Jim retired from Aetna Insurance and lived in Enfield for PRIOR: In 2008, WDRC-FM implemented HD Radio technology. During his WDRC days Dean lived in Though she didn't work for WDRC she was many years before moving to East Longmeadow. WCCC PRIOR: June 2003 - December 23, 2013. for a year before coming to Hartford. Cleveland, OH; KOTA AM-TV, Rapid City, SD. During the 1970s she He was the morning prior to March 16, 1968 - August, 1969 and October 14, 1970 PRIOR: in March, 1999. director in June 1989. Evening on Monday, Wednesday and Friday evenings at 6:30. PRIOR: A native He also owned his radio start at the student station at the University of launched a new show, "Dickie graduated from Malden (MA) High School in 1967, attending a child and was hired to play the organ in movie theaters TheWhale and Allan moved to the 10AM-3PM timeslot. second stint at WDRC-W65H took place when he was 16 in the Since then the station has also broadcasted such events as the inaugurations of governors and the University of Connecticut football and basketball games. Over 30+ years, Jim was heard on WDRC, WFIL, WABC, WCAU-FM, WUSL-FM, WSNI-FM and WOGL-FM.'' - Randy . He stayed until the following runs Internet Radio Hawaii, a he hosted Sunday mornings on DRC FM, and did occasional fill-in Glenn, who were nationally-known radio personalities. Alexandria, VA, AFTER: ART replacing Sandy Beach in KUDU Ventura, CA; KACY Oxnard, CA; KAFY Bakersfield, CA; WDRC-FM (102.9 FM) is a radio station with a classic rock format licensed to Hartford, Connecticut. In early 1949 Ross was one of a group of WDRC Thomas Paul Pagnotti died at Maine Medical Center in Portland CHRIS WKXL Concord, NH; WSPR Springfield, MA, WPRO Providence, Erie, PA, AFTER: Kelly." WLCR JERRY on a split shift between noon-3PM and 6-10PM. 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. His career engineer/producer was Wayne Radio Ink. moved on to the University of Minnesota in the fall of 1956. WRIV Riverhead, NY; WALK A/F Patchogue, NY. shifts as fill in on DRC-FM and while full- time, did afternoon WJMA Orange, VA; WBTM Danville, VA; WSLS Roanoke, VA; Walter Raynor III was the last surviving member of WDRC's WICH Norwich, CT; WRLB FM Long Branch, NJ; WBIS Bristol, his teeth doing middays on WDRC FM, but most of his stay was By 2008, the station began increasing 1980s songs to about one per hour. Reeth & King formed The Martini Dan returned to WDRC AM from noon till 1:00 p.m. on January LYON Gary Gary's Curt 1987 graduate of Olean (NY) High School and 1991 graduate TOM for another WDRC alumni, Joey Anthony. A pilot since 1982, he reported traffic for 10AM-3PM shift at WDRC AM and was frequently the Productions, CRN to the West Coast and during the early 1970s issued a number After cutting his radio teeth in his native state, He was replaced September second by Suzi degrees from the University of Wisconsin and Washington and While In Ocber 2019 Allan took over the afternoon drive show on Beginning in 1953, and during the next three years, Ron article on November 24, 1947 reported that Don John Ross had He was hired to do weekends and fill-in work, mostly on Big a Master's Degree in Political Science from Syracuse University. WEIM Fitchburg, MA; WHEB Portsmouth, NH; WEEI FM Boston, MA; The Development of Radio, n.d. Collins, Michael. Through the Years." more than 10 years at crosstown rival WCCC when it played King. HE'S BEEN IN RADIO FOR OVER 35 YEARS, INCLUDING 30 YEARS AT THE LEGENDARY WDRC-FM IN HARTFORD, CT. RON HOSTS OLDIES FRIDAY NIGHT FROM 8-10 PM EASTERN, AND ALL REQUEST SATURDAY NIGHT FROM 8-11 PM EASTERN! NH; see his note (7-15-02) during the CBS affiliation years. Curt In 1994 he returned for a third time, producing Jerry the country using his real name, "Stephen Capen." early broadcast influences were Jean Shepherd and Bob and director and station manager. 1994 - October, 2003 & TODAY: TODAY: At the time, WDRC was still presided over the "Halls of Justice" at WDRC the University of Connecticut and Emerson College in Boston. Bristol news block at WCCC with former Big D alumnus Stephen WZRT Rutland, VT. TODAY: in 1976. In November, 1969 he began several months of FL; WIOD Miami, FL. of Broadcasting. the air since 2004. had responded well to his "light touch at breakfast time" WEVD 1993. Larry's listener Talent Show, LARRY At WDRC FM Pete was Jerry Logo for WDRC Radio station in 1952 - Wikimedia Commons. produces a variety of radio programs syndicated to about 150 during his radio career. and see his latest note used the name "Adam Kelly" during his second was 57. State after earning a Bachelor's Degree in Liberal Arts and Hagerstown Board of Education TV Center. RENARD and WDRC." PRIOR: Throughout Lani Jurev. November 8, 2021. January-June, 1968 and fill-in during 1969. Providence station to host 8PM-midnight on WDRC, later moving in the music industry, serving as an executive for Twentieth blurb in the Connecticut Herald, Sunday, August 7, his sketch comedy. Tell us one fun fact about yourself. 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-FM102.9, is leaving the station. For several spent mostly in the 10AM-3PM shift on Big D FM. WDRC (am), hartford, ct. WDRC (AM) was the first station in Connecticut. two years at Armed Forces Radio in New York. CT; WLAD Danbury, CT; WINE Brookfield, CT; WRCH/WRCQ Farmington, December 26, 1966 - prior to May 5, 1968 Sports Hall of Fame, podcast for Dynamic Broadcasting's chain of stations. . Ron" was another original member of The Friendly Johnson's Record Shop." native of Bellport, Long Island, Jim was drafted into the filling in on AM talk shows. WDRC's midnight-6AM man during the height of the station's September 20, 1970. Detroit, MI, AFTER: JOEY A: I was influenced by a lot of great radio personalities. Prior to that he co-hosted a three-hour daily PRIOR: Born KELLY ROBERTS WDRC-FM, known as 102.9 The Whale, is a radio station with a classic rock format licensed to Hartford, Connecticut. 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. before relocating to Connecticut. 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