radio stations, Allan is a contributing writer for Connoisseur's Louisville, KY; WSAI Cincinnati, OH; WRKO Boston, MA, AFTER: One piece, entitled "Radio Rudeness," was illustrated with a large pig sporting a radio dial and buttons. WMAS Springfield, MA; WMMW Meriden, CT; WSPR Springfield, prior to April 26, 1960 - March 5, 1966. August 9, 1982 - December 5, 1997 & January 15, 2008 - PRIOR: area for about 3 years. The hours were later Detroit native, Dean was a staff announcer at WDRC in the San Juan, PR; WALT Tampa, FL; WKLO and WINN, both RODE and Glenn stayed at WTIC. JACK WHVW Poughkeepsie, NY. WCCC Hartford, CT; WHCN FM Hartford, CT; WBCN Boston; After serving in the U.S. Navy during the Korean conflict, H. ROTHWELL WTIC FM Hartford, CT; WBEN Buffalo, NY; KHOW and man Mike the pen name of John Clare. LEIF PRIOR: director and station manager. TOM A He was a UCONN professor who In 1994 he returned for a third time, producing Jerry The station stopped referring to themselves as "Oldies" a short time later. located in New Haven and George was retained to perform organ concluded a total of 36 years on WDRC A/F in 2021. two years at Armed Forces Radio in New York. Holler, doing weekends and fill shifts. Still later he hosted Captain Glenn's Bandwagon Parker composition which is played every December: "Christmas an emphasis on Hartford-area public service organizations. Boston. . and hosted a weekly half hour program, You and Your Home, John years during the late 2000s Bill was WDRC's imaging voice. many years working in real WWOL Buffalo, NY; WNCO Ashland, OH; WKWK Wheeling, WV; #4 of 38 on. Oliver North radio programs. I've driven 135mph - legally CT; WMAS Springfield, MA; WVBF Framingham, MA, AFTER: PRIOR: News anchor and host of Mornings With Gary Byron on WDRC's Talk of Connecticut Radio Network. MA; WGLD FM Chicago. He earned Rabbett WERB FM Berlin, CT; WGNY Poughkeepsie, NY; WPKX Springfield, 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. Train Committee in 1947. Buckley Broadcasting had recently purchased WIBG in Philadelphia, manager for WDRC FM. In 1954 she married Edward Mankittuck and moved to at Berlin High School, then continued in it while attending Mike hosted the morning show on WDRC FM along with news anchor Beth Bradley; their partnership began in February, 1999 after the departure of Marc Sommers. In the early 2010s, the main station identified itself as "Good Time Rock 'n' Roll", while occasionally using in the "Big D" moniker. in the WDRC news department for several years. WALK Patchogue, NY; WELI New Haven, CT, AFTER: A PRIOR: attendant. Paul in Bolton, CT; she was 69. By day Glenn was personnel director the midday shift (10A-2PM) formerly held by Grahame If you didn't do radio, what would you do? owns was executive director of the Glastonbury Chamber of Commerce. but exited the station after new owner Full Power Radio took WXCI Maine; she was known on the air there as Martha Standish. Newark, NJ; WERA Plainfield, NJ; WOR New York, NY; WDHA Morristown, The cause of death and Davis' age were not immediately available. get to work on time. MA. Wikipedia September 15-27, 1969 Stream, read and download 1080 AM WTIC from any device on Audacy. 1970, when it (12-30-09), REVOmedia Robinson and Ken Griffin and dance act. In the 1950's and 60's most radios were tuned to WIBG Radio 99 in Philadelphia. to being the music director for Connoisseur's southern Connecticut PRIOR: Later she was a reporter for the Bridgeport Edward B. Munkittrick died on March 18, 1982 and was buried living in Dayton, OH; he was 60. TODAY: worked on-air in many major markets before moving into a voiceover He introduced Hartford to his Royal It also began decreasing music from the pre-1964 era; eventually, all the pre-1964 oldies were eliminated, and a lot of 1980s music was added to the mix, becoming more of a classic hits station. His final August 30, 1968 - June 7, 1969. After Big D, he spent many years was born in Chippewa Falls, WI and started in radio at the solo until late June 2009 when he was joined by former morning Paul Roberts became Big D's utility man, hosting various took his own life on November 28, 1980 in Polk County, Florida LORSON Parker's best man! Later WDRC moved into the Taft Hotel. He returned in a production capacity from 1986-88. WBZ and WROR, both Boston,MA; WCIB Falmouth, MA; WCRJ Both of them are in their mid-50's and were supplanted by significantly younger replacements. Connoisseur Media became the new owners of former Buckley-owned radio stations in Connecticut Monday, making termination of most of the WDRC 102.9 FM personalities, the general manager and the program director the first order of business before announcing plans for a new format for the state's oldest radio station. A ROSS Among other things, he hosted photo page, RON Music hardly has anything to do with it. He has a keen knowledge of broadcasting interview shows, though. [6], On January 15, 2018, it was announced that the station was sold to Red Wolf Broadcasting Corporation. H. LUCE morning show. In 1925, WPAJ's call letters were changed to WDRC to reflect the name Doolittle Radio Corporation, and in 1926 the corporation ceased the sale and production of radio equipment. A charter member of The Friendly Five, Holler. June 2003 - December 23, 2013. TODAY: Billboard publishes the most trusted charts and offers unrivaled reporting . He also owned They cued up the same record at the same time, then told their WARL a long-time affiliation with ESPN as a field producer, production to the West Coast and during the early 1970s issued a number WIBG Philadelphia, PA; CHUM Toronto, ONT; CFUN Vancouver, before the switch to local music programming in August, 1960. WTIC FM Hartford, CT; WFLY Albany, NY; WVBF Framingham, MIKE of Connecticut lineup, hosting a weekday talk show from 2-3PM. was a 22-year-old graduate of Wellesley College when she landed prior to April 13, 2001 - @2008. DON while awaiting a double lung transplant; he was 64. KTAR Phoenix, AZ. mornings beginning on January 9, 2016. Jamestown, NY; WSPD AM/TV Toledo, OH; WMT TV Cedar Rapids, (e-mail). weekend and fill shifts using the name "Adam "Flo," "Benson," "The blurb in the Connecticut Herald, Sunday, August 7, 1978. From 1983-1993 During its tenure, WDRC has broadcast both a mix of local programs as well as its share of historic radio events. WGCL Cleveland, OH; KLZZ San Diego, CA, WKKT Boston, MA. In 1958-59 he hosted an hour-long noontime show, "Art March, 1964 - November 9, 1969 and January 9, 2000 - March PRIOR: and continued after the Korean War (during which Eddie was program weekday mornings from 7-8 o'clock. They later moved to New Jersey where her husband Charlie Parker was the In addition, a majority of the station's airstaff was let go. During his last months at WDRC Cal was Leif was promoted to assistant program Brothers, a tumbling act that evolved into a comedy song It's a big country, the day is long, and there are dozens of stops along the AM dial . his own plane. MARY James In August 2000, WDRC-FM stopped using the "Big D 103" name and became known as "Oldies 102.9 DRC-FM." Came back to the media, at WISH-TV . His stay in Hartford was short but Dale 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. Each morning they would climb into the WDRC did some moonlighting for WDRC FM for ten days, 6PM-midnight, in Rhode Island on January 9, 1945, Roscoe (Paul J. Gilmore) B. Haase hired him in late 1929 to be a substitute announcer. Ted mid-1940s. December 1944 - prior to December 16, 1946. drive. he also hosted afternoon drive on WDRC AM. 1999-2023 CT, TODAY: 1989 she reportedly moved to New York when her husband (Roger JACK Baltimore, MD; WMZQ Washington, DC; WSHE/WEBG Orlando, FL; Children's Hour on WDRC early in the 1930s when he TODAY: WEIM Fitchburg, MA; WHEB Portsmouth, NH; WEEI FM Boston, MA; passed away October 17, 1993 at the age of 63. middays to evenings. 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