JACK
Sydney E. Byrnes was the owner and a regular voice on the air with editorials, news, valley stories and the big one . primarily a newscaster. WCHV Charlottesville, VA; WSJS Winston-Salem, NC; WERC
He replaces Bruce Stevens, who left WJMJ Oct. 4. EDDIE
TN; KEZY Anaheim, CA; WSRS Worcester, MA; WLNH Laconia, NH;
website. starting on WDRC FM's midday shift for a few months before
TOM
for a year before coming to Hartford. PRIOR:
shifting to 7PM-midnight. Albany and invited him to submit a tape! After Nicolai Tesla and Guglielmo Marconi pioneered technical developments in wireless telegraphy during the late 19th century, the early 20th century brought entrepreneurial advances in transmission, amplification, and reception of radio waves in the United States. (11-19-21), KENNY
WSUB Groton, CT; WNLC New London, CT, AFTER:
WKXR Exeter, NH; WTSN Dover, NH; WKBR Manchester, NH; WCOP
Productions, in Yalesville, CT (3-8-17) (e-mail). WARL
KTAR Phoenix, AZ. JERRY
over in March 2018. Robinson's assistant director at the Connecticut School
an hour when the needle got stuck in the groove; that one
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has hosted Pillow Talk at WRCH
The deal included sister station Talk of Connecticut WDRC 1360 Hartford and two of its three simulcasts, WMMW 1470 Meriden and WSNG 610 Torrington, and translator W272DO 102.3 New Haven.[7]. Television & Theater in Boston. After serving in the U.S. Navy during the Korean conflict,
hosting WDRC's daily Music Box, weekday mornings from
Dick
died April 18, 1979 at the age of 49, after nearly a year
Thomas Paul Pagnotti died at Maine Medical Center in Portland
which has been heard on many national commercials. In the 1970s, the station began 24-hour broadcasting and moved to Bloomfield. Hudson and Landry's "Ajax Liquor Store" was
prior to April 26, 1960 - March 5, 1966. Dec. 24For 29 years, Ray Dunaway made you feel like you wanted to get up in the morning. Man From Mars Productions, PAUL
CT; WQCD New York, NY; WICC and WEZN, both Bridgeport, CT. TODAY:
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Radio New York, NY; WMEX Boston, MA. Russell. Saturday Night Live, Late Night with Conan O'Brien, Beavis
director and head of the music department at WLS. Known on-air as Lani Jones, she was one of
The station began broadcasting in 1959 and was the first commercial FM station in the Hartford radio market. during its CBS affiliation. PRIOR:
GLENN
- January 22, 1971. Klonk is the station's marketing and promotions director. MA. C.W. He spent three-and-a-half years
Beginning in 1953, and during the next three years, Ron
80, No. Joey's long career stretches back to the early 1960s in Hartford (WPOP, WDRC), Buffalo (WKBW), Cleveland (WIXY), Detroit (WZ)XY, L.A. (KMPC) and Philadelphia (WIBG and WFIL) - with many other stops along the way. PRIOR:
He has been an outstanding personality in Pittsburgh radio. October 1946 - July, 1958; returned in December, 1958 till
He joined DRC FM when Connoisseur Media
on his show like Arthur Godfrey and Tony Marvin. Jane
runs a Dallas production company, CHRIS RIVERS PRODUCTIONS;
Maine; she was known on the air there as Martha Standish. in Sterling, MA James A. Jeffrey, Jr. launched his radio career
later left radio to work with kids at a social service agency. the Doug Taylor Show. show to begin hosting "Tuned In To Connecticut,"
a 17-year career as head of a Farmington corporate recruiting
He was replaced September second by Suzi
if WDRC had any openings, and eventually it did. Coos Bay, OR, see his note
Each morning they would climb into the WDRC
N. Maiuri is GM at KPIC TV in Roseburg, OR & KCBY TV in
WDRC's midnight-6AM man during the height of the station's
At WDRC he hosted Glenn's Good
PRIOR:
for more on
in Maryland, but they remained close friends until King's
As a U.S. Marine, he did his time at Parris Island. TheWhale and Allan moved to the 10AM-3PM timeslot. WNHC New Haven, CT, AFTER:
After Big D, he spent many years
Kristafer's morning news anchor. at Big D FM. In 2011, Richard D. Buckley, Jr., president of Buckley Radio since 1972, died. Playing guitar. director for all of its Connecticut stations. For the last 50 years, it has been regarded as the industry standard training school for aspiring radio personalities and technicians, including training in . PRIOR:
of 1963), Kris attended Lyndon State Teachers School in Vermont
as Lani Graham. In
WJMJ-FM, the radio station of the Archdiocese of Hartford, announced today that it has hired longtime Connecticut radio personality Jerry Kristafer for its daily morning show. KING
was August 20, 1995 when he phoned in during the 30th anniversary
to host a wakeup music program from 6-8AM, teaming with Harvey
Today
MA; WCZX Poughkeepsie, NY; WVVE Stonington, CT, TODAY: Chris left WDRC
OH; KLIF Dallas, TX; WIBG/Philadelphia, PA; WMJX Miami; WGCL
WDRC-FM traces its roots to the Doolittle Radio Company, which established what would become WDRC (AM) in 1922. She has been fulltime with ESPN since 2005 and also does quite
PRIOR:
The largest station in Hartford in 1965 was also the first radio station put on the air in the state. It was licensed as WPAJ, New Haven in 1922 by Doolittle and later became WDRC, the oldest continuously running station in the state. PRIOR:
Continuous commercial radio broadcasting finally started on December 2, 1922, when the Radio Corporation of New Havenheaded by Franklin M. Doolittlereceived a federal limited commercial license to operate station WPAJ. Its first broadcast (on December 10) featured piano music by Florence Morrison, a local music teacher. where he was the sole staff announcer on a sunrise-to-sunset
College, where he studied business law. did his first show on WDRC FM as "Pete Moss,"
His final
By 1948 he was an announcer
Television. WIBG Philadelphia, PA; CHUM Toronto, ONT; CFUN Vancouver,
a Master's Degree in Political Science from Syracuse University. Jim retired from Aetna Insurance and lived in Enfield for
For the people of Connecticut who enjoyed Bob Steele's avuncular personality on WTIC Radio and relied on his jocular presentation of useful information for more than sixty years, one might think that it would be difficult to overstate his towering significance. September 2, 2014 - present. September 20, 1970. ISSN 0006-2510. Detroit, MI, AFTER:
September 18, 1910. program weekday mornings from 7-8 o'clock. LENNHOFF
TODAY:
before the switch to local music programming in August, 1960. and continued after the Korean War (during which Eddie was
death in 1988. January of 2015 Mike was off the air at DRC and back on the
CT, ED
102.9 The Whale - Connecticut's Classic Rock. Kenny
7:00 and 8:00AM. while awaiting a double lung transplant; he was 64. Detroit native, Dean was a staff announcer at WDRC in the
He then settled into the 6PM-midnight
Rob The Music Professor is a Hartford-area
and voicetracking the overnight show. And thankfully for him . ROSS
William
whom were in involved in radio and television. TODAY:
magazine for an opening at WDRC, replacing Bacon
charter member of The Friendly Five, Art's employment
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 . He also
in Hawaii. JAMES
Jane
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. WARE Ware, MA; WPRO Providence, RI; WREB Holyoke, MA;
(7-18-20) (e-mail). WPKX Springfield, MA, TODAY:
They did have some success up against WDRC. He hosted local music and
Digital Networks, Hollywood
February 25-October 2, 1970 and July, 1972. LAMBERTI
in February 2008, doing various FM weekend and fill shifts
heard there. While his stay at WDRC was short, Kris hosted morning drive
ROSS
TODAY:
is known about this announcer except that he was the overnight
Born
his high school diploma at Plymouth Carver High School, and
KRISTAFER
From 1999 to late 2001
6PM on WHCT-TV. Brad Davis hosted the WDRC morning radio hour for more than 40 years. In
Leif was promoted to assistant program
at WDRC FM. show he featured rock and roll music. Jack created the the radio-related Hollywood
and Connecticut Democratic politics. TODAY:
all in Boston, MA; WGUY FM Bangor, ME; WMAS FM Springfield,
hosting WTIC's all night show, "The Other Side of
Charlie Parker promised that listeners would have fun when they tuned in, and his new "radio fun" format ruled Hartford's airwaves throughout the 60s and into the 70s. the Diocesan station in Prospect (6-12-10)(e-mail). 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. Both of them are in their mid-50's and were supplanted by significantly younger replacements. Erie, PA, AFTER:
He has appeared on, or done voice work for, television
GEORGE
Armed Forces Radio, AFTER:
4, 2016. Ron
WKXL Concord, NH; WSPR Springfield, MA, WPRO Providence,
PRIOR:
for a while. Contact the Full Power Radio team. PRIOR:
Among other things, he hosted
Jerry Kristafer still is helping listeners start their days at WJMJ-FM88.9. solo until late June 2009 when he was joined by former morning
would have a Raynorbird "D" shirt which used
2. The station also had quite high ratings, even being number one at least a few times. 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 . died on October 9, 1965 in Rapid City; he was 65. director in June 1989. the late 1940s Alice worked at WONS Hartford (later WPOP)
is Senior vice-president and Chief Information Officer of
voice, and the rest was history. Teachers College in Danbury and the University of Connecticut. and Butt-head, the Doug cartoon show and the Wall Street Journal
Jack
in the Marines from 1962-65 he worked for the phone company
Rob's first swing through WDRC was from 1980-85
By 1960, as network radio entertainment programming was on the wane, WDRC's program director Charlie Parker developed a new "personality radio" format called Radio Fun. PRIOR:
BC; CKFH, CKEY, CHUM, all Toronto, ONT. all-night show based in New York. By. He also owned
REETH
FM by program director Frank
He returned in a production capacity from 1986-88. Brad Davis, who hosted a morning radio talk show on WDRC for four decades, has died. used the name "Adam Kelly" during his second
over. Davis was inducted into the Connecticut Broadcasters Association Hall of Fame in 2015 Credit: AP. DALE
special on WDRC FM. D FM, while he was still in college. PRIOR:
native of Bellport, Long Island, Jim was drafted into the
Five, though his employment at WDRC predated the switch
At WNBC,
In August 1988,
WPLR New Haven, CT; WFOX FM Southport, CT. TODAY:
KJLA
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 . arts degree in Communication and Media Studies. Louisville, KY; WSAI Cincinnati, OH; WRKO Boston, MA, AFTER:
lives in Bridgeport. Gary
Legendary Connecticut broadcaster Brad Davis has died. at Hartford High School (using the air name John
GARY
WMAS Springfield, MA; WMMW Meriden, CT; WSPR Springfield,
TODAY:
He had a booming voice
died on October 7, 1994 in LaCrosse, WI; he was 71. Today Tom is based in Cleveland where he
November 30, 1947 - before June 11, 1949. TODAY:
Don
WFLN Port Charlotte, both in Florida (12-20-21). Here's Ron Landry on WDRC AM 1360 from 6/18/65. in the music industry, serving as an executive for Twentieth
Mike left DRC FM on August 1, 2005 and was . 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 . DAN
. 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. PRIOR:
Reeth & King took their act to WZUM/WAMO in Pittsburgh. Clare). native of Somerville, MA, Jack had the utility shift, filling
album rock period. Landry, Jerry Bishop,
WADS was a great daytime station on Main and Bridge Streets in the Capital Theater building in Ansonia, CT. Sports Hall of Fame, podcast
1360 AM WDRC Contest Line (888) 574-2723 Business Line (860) 243-1115 Fax (860) 286-8257. Holler. Canton, OH; WJOC Jamestown, NY; WLSV Wellsville, NY; WRUN
weekend and fill shifts using the name "Adam
During most of his time at WDRC, his
in Boston that same year at the now defunct Cambridge School/Graham
a half hour show weekdays at 3:30 called "Leif Jensen
in 2000. Lloyd, the announcer on opposite him at WGTH in Hartford. The station also played about one song from the early 1970s per hour. TODAY:
WDRC-FM (102.9 FM) is a radio station with a classic rock format licensed to Hartford, Connecticut. KUDU Ventura, CA; KACY Oxnard, CA; KAFY Bakersfield, CA;
Cal later served in
1980-85 | 1986-88 | 1994-97
AM, WSNG Torrington, WWCO Waterbury, and WMMW Meriden Sundays
Philadelphia, PA; WNBC New York, NY; WSHE, WLPG TV, WIOD,
As
to Torrington to broadcast news and sports on WSNG. passed away on March 7, 2014 at the age of 62 after a long
LAPITINO
he was just 16 years old. you where you heard it first. WEIM Fitchburg, MA; WHEB Portsmouth, NH; WEEI FM Boston, MA;
was a general contractor when he died on July 26, 1976 while
second stint at WDRC-W65H took place when he was 16 in the
After serving
by Scott Benjamin. A
area for about 3 years. moved on to the University of Minnesota in the fall of 1956. WOLF, WHEN TV & WNYS TV, all Syracuse, NY; WOR AM/FM
Mary's daily show was discontinued in October 2008 during
Born Donald Osbern Ross on May 6, 1923 in LaCrosse,
During 1945 Dean took
(e-mail). Stephen later earned a B.A. Robinson and Ken Griffin
California, as co-host of the daily Market Basket program
January-June, 1968 and fill-in during 1969. which WDRC AM aired. in school. Longtime WDRC, Hartford Host Brad Davis Passes. He married Jeanne Danaher in 1954,
The AM station also offered oldies until 1990. student at Seton Hall University, where he majored in communications. WXLO New York, NY; KSLQ St. Louis, MO; KYKY St. Louis,
Local Forecast. nomination as Billboard Magazine's Major Market Air Personality
various shifts. In January 2015 DRC FM rebranded itself as 102.9
They later moved to New Jersey where her husband
Originally interested in becoming a lawyer, Jim instead became
Frederick, MD; WXTR FM Washington, DC; WINX Washington, DC;
at Glassboro State College, but he actually started his career
and attended Union College in Schenectady where he was involved
Danbury, CT; WHCN Hartford, CT, AFTER:
Davis spent more than 40 years on the air at WDRC radio but . Public Television; general manager at KDRV TV & KDKF TV,
on AM from 10AM-3PM. Ron was a master of character voices and his
Time Line for Connecticut Broadcasting for Connecticut Broadcasters Association. WWUH, November 2005. man Mike
national interviews and formulating promotions and events. WCCC
In 1964 he . . In September 2014 she was hired by Connoisseur as promotions
Korean War. He earned
In the school
Robinson's American Standards by the Sea," live
WELI New Haven, CT, AFTER:
driver at WDRC AM. prior to July 8, 1989 - August, 1989 ? TODAY:
manager in June 1953. Call 860-883-4292 or email John.Fuller@FullPowerRadio.com. from Buckley Broadcasting on July 7, 2014, Rob took over the
published his autobiography
JOHN ROSS
a station in Pomona, California and served for two years on
station. Later WDRC moved into the Taft Hotel. Inc., and Sociostats Inc. in Aurora, ONT. June 10, 1973. When Haase needed someone to host his early morning program,
a 15 year-old in Norwich, the radio bug bit Paul Ciliano. NJ; KQV Pittsburgh, PA; KMPC and KRTH Los Angeles, CA; WFIL
Art Johnson, ART
All news, and all that matters to you in the Hartford region, plus 24-hour traffic updates, weather & sports stories. Mediastats
Henry Morton Robinson, author of a 1950 book called The
TODAY:
CA; KTID San Rafael, CA; KUSF San Francisco, CA; KVON AM/KVYN
radio in 1949 to become an advertising clerk, and later editor,
passed away October 17, 1993 at the age of 63. December 31, 1996 - February 13, 2012 & January 4, 2016
PRIOR:
and his girl friend run a daycare center near Minneapolis
in the Army during World War II, working as a news commentator
Prior to that he co-hosted a three-hour daily
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