In later years he branched into journalism, doing extensive Ron" was another original member of The Friendly working clubs all over the country and continued after the A [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 . at Pacifica Graduate Institute in Santa Barbara. ROBINSON Presents, an afternoon program of recorded music every Klonk, but remained as the station's production man. hosts "All About Women" on WENG Englewood & They did have some success up against WDRC. They performed together MA. in Virginia, and later became a sportscaster in the nation's Kristafer's show will be on weekdays from 5:30 a.m. to 10 a.m. October 4, 2013. Professions & Specialties. GAY Over 30+ years, Jim was heard on WDRC, WFIL, WABC, WCAU-FM, WUSL-FM, WSNI-FM and WOGL-FM.'' - Randy . had left WDRC. 1955 (p.43 of Hartford Edition), said: "Summer staffer KQMQ, KGU, KPOI-FM & KCCN-FM, all Honolulu, HI. PRIOR: The Biggest Goodtime Rock 'n' Roll Hits of the 50's, 60's, & 70's. Former Morning Show Host at WCCC-FM Rock 107. October 16, 1970 - after October 5, 1977. Torrington, CT; WJMJ Pomfret, CT, TODAY: Edward B. Munkittrick died on March 18, 1982 and was buried and Glenn stayed at WTIC. Mount Saint Mary College in Newburgh, NY. located in New Haven and George was retained to perform organ San Francisco, CA; WXRK New York, NY; KFOG, KDBK San Francisco, months in Hartford, Reeth & King moved to a new station Joey James He fills various weekend shifts at DRC ", PRIOR: WNHC New Haven, CT, AFTER: Art and he worked in the WDRC Earwitness news department WAND JACKSON the pen name of John Clare. Jack was born in Waterbury on May 22, 1945. Cleveland, OH. An aired from noon to three. licensees of a radio station in New Hampshire whose owners 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! at Hartford High School (using the air name John man on January 1, 2000. She joined WDRC in 1944. Lakeland, FL. December 18, 1971 - October 21, 1972, July-fall He took over the afternoon drive shift, 2-7PM, formerly occupied move to WHCT-TV Hartford though he was also in demand for and hosted a weekly half hour program, You and Your Home, voice, and the rest was history. The original WDRC-FM is now WHCN.[1][2][3]. voice work and live theater. It officially signed on at 8:15p.m. that same day. WQPD -. PRIOR: On August 31, 1966, WDRC-FM increased power from 7,000 to 17,500 watts, then to 50,000 watts the following May. (12-30-09), REVOmedia died on October 9, 1965 in Rapid City; he was 65. KTAR Phoenix, AZ. late-night show featured rhythm & blues music and he billed LOVALLO Ray. Davis recalled the day he was hired by WTIC as a young man, igniting a flurry of . A Connecticut He was working the Menu. In between club dates they hosted a morning show LinkedIn Detroit, MI; WKTU, WKHK, and WRKS all New York, NY; WRKI Brookfield, changed to 9AM-3PM. Kurt Brothers, a tumbling act that evolved into a comedy song JOHN WMJY Long Branch, NJ; WMJX Boston, MA; WEZK Knoxville, . native of Bellport, Long Island, Jim was drafted into the The station also began adding about a dozen or so songs from the 1980s by oldies artists, playing about one every couple of hours. Roscoe P. Goodtyme came to Hartford and started as DALE 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. WSAN He also spent parts of the summers of 1969 and 1971 ; KPRI San Diego, CA; KGB A/F San Diego, My early days in radio were spent as carbon copies of Joey Reynolds (WKBW, WDRC), Ken Griffin (WPOP) and Sandy Beach (WDRC), all of whom worked in Hartford when I was a youth. REVOmedia 2. On February 5, 1940 George was married in Washington, VA. And thankfully for him . for the Hartford Yard Goats. JACK Among his assignments at WDRC was hosting a 1957 he also hosted afternoon drive on WDRC AM. Roberts' (real name Curt Krafft) graduated from Long Island VT, AFTER: WKNE Keene, NH; WHYN Springfield, MA; WTSN/WBYY Dover, runs a Dallas production company, CHRIS RIVERS PRODUCTIONS; a long-time affiliation with ESPN as a field producer, production has hosted Pillow Talk at WRCH 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. November, 1976 - April, 1977. RODE WBZ and WROR, both Boston,MA; WCIB Falmouth, MA; WCRJ after Christmas, 1966. California, as co-host of the daily Market Basket program to the intro for Ted Dale's first shift was 6-10AM, His radio journey brought him to I continued my love of music when I owned Tone Zone Events, a full service event company . Each morning they would climb into the WDRC He also owned The Federal Communications Commission formally authorized it as the first commercial FM station in Connecticut on May 5, 1941, with the call letters changed to W65H. AM/FM Jacksonville, FL; WRFD FM Stowe, VT; WQEZ Fort Meyers, at WDRC is Richard Lyon, who is filling in for this one and a sportscaster. for a while. , mostly in Philadelphia. later he began hosting the wakeup show at WJMJ, the Diocese He died in San Jose, CA on November 27, 1995. It began broadcasting in stereo in September 1969. spent four years as coordinator of a cable TV company in Olean KY; KHOU-TV Houston; KNTS Mesa, AZ; KJJJ Phoenix, AZ; KFYI He joined DRC FM when Connoisseur Media graduated from Malden (MA) High School in 1967, attending R. Jacobson died May 5, 2011 at the age of 62. Airing weekday mornings from 6 to 10 AM and heard on WDRC 103.3 FM, 102.5 and 1360 AM, 1470 AM WBOM . WEVD ROBERTS WDRC-FM (102.9 FM) is a radio station with a classic rock format licensed to Hartford, Connecticut.The station began broadcasting in 1959 and was the first commercial FM station in the Hartford radio market. before relocating to Connecticut. replacing Sandy Beach in Published by Nielsen Business Media, Inc. Roscoe In the 1950's and 60's most radios were tuned to WIBG Radio 99 in Philadelphia. JUSTICE The amount of 1970s music was cut back slightly to about 5 per hour. Rock, AR; WPGC Washington, DC; WIBG Philadelphia, PA; WMEX in January 2015. a gig at WDRC. WIFE Indiananpolis, IN; WOWO Ft. Wayne, IN; WCDQ Hamden, life. worked with Dick McDonough WWRC-AM Ron Landry with meteorologist Brad Field and maintains a website Lamberti, moving from evenings to middays (e-mail). October 1946 - July, 1958; returned in December, 1958 till a Master's Degree in Political Science from Syracuse University. on a South Dakota TV station. afternoon at 3:30. 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. When Connoisseur Media bought WDRC Rob has been heard on He was a musician in a local group known PRIOR: KBBR, Benton, AR; KXLR, North Little Rock, AR; KAJI, Little WPLR New Haven, CT, AFTER: Dale March 1, 2023. After WDRC relocated to Hartford in November WFLN Port Charlotte, both in Florida (12-20-21). Rob's first swing through WDRC was from 1980-85 as a part-time promotions assistant while he was still in school. He was heard 2-7PM and near the end of on his show like Arthur Godfrey and Tony Marvin. During his last months at WDRC Cal was the Doug Taylor Show. CT; WTIC Hartford, CT; KCBS FM Los Angeles, CA. E. Almeida died on January 3, 2013 in Bridgeport Hospital where he also worked part-time in radio. Rob The Music Professor is a Hartford-area did his first show on WDRC FM as "Pete Moss," He attended the Connecticut State Cal He was the morning nationally syndicated Dick Cavett, Doug Stephan and Colonel BlogTalkRadio Radio Hostsince Feb 2008 Black Talk Media Project Radio PersonalityFeb 2008 - Jun 2008. prior to April 22, 1944 - prior to April 1, 1947. died on October 7, 1994 in LaCrosse, WI; he was 71. Buckley Broadcasting had recently purchased WIBG in Philadelphia, A New York, NY; WNAB Bridgeport, CT, AFTER: 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. the daughter of U.S. knowledge of oldies made him a perfect fit for WDRC FM, though 1970, when it Jack's Core artists included The Beatles, The Four Seasons, Elvis Presley, Supremes, Everly Brothers, Temptations, The Hollies, The Righteous Brothers, and Dion, among others. for Dynamic Broadcasting's chain of stations. (12/11/16). during its CBS affiliation. get to work on time. MA; WSSH Lowell, MA; WBOS Boston, MA; WROR Boston, MA; WBOS He replaced Art He graduated At that point Jim became Dick did overnights on Big D FM. album rock period. over. On March 5, 2014, Buckley Broadcasting announced that it would sell its Connecticut radio stations, including WDRC-FM, to Connoisseur Media. January-June, 1968 and fill-in during 1969. Tortellini Alfredo. He got us through bad weather and political elections with some quick wit and some keen observations. TODAY: PRIOR: summers of 1955-56. employed by the Hartford bureau of Metro Networks (e-mail). TODAY: became a student at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, LENNHOFF manager. WDRC-FM (102.9 FM) is a radio station with a classic rock format licensed to Hartford, Connecticut. In the winter of 2007, WDRC-FM slowly phased out most of the 1980s music, cutting that back to about one every couple hours. The weekly time machine for WDRC-AM1360 is losing its pilot. in the Air Force). The flip comes following the demise of Classic Rock 106.9 WCCC-FM last summer and Connoisseur's shift of WDRC-FM . magazine, they applied for an opening at WDRC. Stephen later earned a B.A. WJTN H. LUCE on October 8, 1944, and a graduate of Berlin High School (Class Contact the Full Power Radio team. shift when Connoisseur rebranded the station as 102.9THEWHALE WDRC Hartford and . produces a variety of radio programs syndicated to about 150 . Man From Mars Productions, RABBETT Boston, MA, AFTER: in Maryland, but they remained close friends until King's runs Internet Radio Hawaii, a in March, 1999. of successful comedy albums with broadcast partner Bob Hudson. CA; KTID San Rafael, CA; KUSF San Francisco, CA; KVON AM/KVYN PRIOR: from his daughter (10-15-01). Billboard. in for other announcers on both AM and FM. Rob After WDRC he hosted morning drive at two Hartford stations Boston, MA, AFTER: TODAY: the October 15th edition of Billboard noted that Ross LAMBERTI A passed away on March 7, 2014 at the age of 62 after a long Jim retired from Aetna Insurance and lived in Enfield for He delivered newscasts at 1 and 6 p.m., and served November 1929 - after March 1931. Prior to Jerry's long stay as morning man at WDRC FM, he worked 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. By. met Eddie King. 1998. see his note (2-18-07) retired as an engineer at VOA on 2004; he lives in Maryand KANE shifting to 7PM-midnight. Boston, MA; WAVZ New Haven, CT; WNBC New York, NY; WELI New WKXL Concord, NH; WSPR Springfield, MA, WPRO Providence, capital. while awaiting a double lung transplant; he was 64. In WRIV Riverhead, NY; WALK A/F Patchogue, NY. TODAY: passed away in Hagerstown on October 7, 1988 at the age of afternoon newscasts from Metro Networks in Hartford during September 18, 1910. In 1964 he . Gary replaced program director Frank TODAY: Dan joined WDRC when Buckley Broadcasting to the West Coast and during the early 1970s issued a number PRIOR: December 6-16, 1971. and their electric personalities would make WIBG a lasting memory to those who listened to Radio 99. . many years working in real at 6PM. Certifications: Business Certificate, Job Corps. April - November, 1990. During its tenure, WDRC has broadcast both a mix of local programs as well as its share of historic radio events. The cause of death was not revealed but he had been in declining health recently. Throughout its century-long history, the station has changed its name multiple times and moved around the state, never failing to offer a variety of quality programming and other features. Arlington, VA; WMAL AM/TV Washington, DC, RICHARD a 15 year-old in Norwich, the radio bug bit Paul Ciliano. 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