DOUG TAYLOR
December 31, 1990 - after July 8, 1996 and January, 1997 - present

Born in Milwaukee, Doug got a taste of living the gypsy life while a child. He spent time inCleveland, then Detroit where he earned a degree in telecommunications from Michigan State University. His first radio job was at the college station. Doug did the FM night shift and afternoon drive during his first stay, leaving in 1996 to do morning drive at a Springfield station. He returned as a part-timer and later took over the afternoon drive oldies shift formerly held by Frank Holler. See his note (4-25-00) (e-mail).

PRIOR: WRIF, WKSG both Detroit, MI; WKGW Utica, NY; WSRS Worcester, MA; WODS Boston, MA

AFTER: WPKX FM Springfield, MA

EMILY TAYLOR
summer, 2001

All Taylor's all the time? Emily joined Doug weekday afternoons with traffic from 3-7PM on DRC FM (8-22-01).

PRIOR: ?

MIKE TAYLOR
June, 1974 - August, 1976 and April 11, 1977 - May 25, 1979

Mike was the midday personality on WDRC FM during his first stint at Big D. He left for NBC's FM station in the nation's capital. When the FCC reduced the amount of permissible simulcast time to only 25%, Charlie Parker decided to simulcast overnights, and split the morning shows. Charlie called Mike who returned to do mornings on DRC FM (Album Rock). When he left the second time, he was replaced in morning drive by Roscoe.

PRIOR: WGRO Lake City, FL; WHYN Springfield, MA

AFTER: WKYS FM Washington, DC; KYA FM San Francisco, CA; KOPA FM, Phoenix, AZ; WEZI FM, Miami, FL; WTVJ TV, Miami, FL; WMJJ FM, Birmingham, AL; WUSA-FM, Tampa, FL; WWRM St. Petersburg, FL; WLVU FM Tampa, FL; WYUU St. Petersburg, FL; WKTK FM/WSKY FM, Gainesville, FL; WLTY Columbia, SC

TODAY: Since 1989, Mike and his wife have lived in Dunnellon, FL where they are active in the sport of purebred dogs. After a brief respite from radio, Mike is doing mornings at WRGO in Crystal River, FL see his note (1-1-08) (e-mail).

LOU TERRI
July, 1958 - July, 1959

Born in Massachusetts on July 14, 1927, Lou was hired to take over the mike in the early morning slot, but towards the end of his year at WDRC he hosted the all-night show.

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AFTER: WPOP Hartford, CT; WHYN Springfield, MA; WRCH A/F Farmington, CT; WIOF Waterbury, CT

TODAY: Lou died in a car accident on October 23, 1989; he was 62.

BRYANT THOMAS
February 12-20, 1970 and summer, 1974 - late 1977

Bryant's first stay was as a part-timer in the news department. Four years later he began a full-time assignment there.

PRIOR: WATR Waterbury, CT

AFTER: WNHC New Haven, CT; WPOP Hartford, CT; WRCQ Farmington, CT; WWYZ Waterbury, CT; WTIC Hartford, CT

TODAY: Bryant is a reporter/anchor for AP Radio in Washington, DC (e-mail) (5-30-04).

LEN THOMAS
October, 1976 - July, 1977

Len hosted 10AM-3PM on WDRC AM, after which he spent several years in Boston, first on WBZ Radio, and later as the voice of WBZ Television for many years.

PRIOR: WICH Norwich, CT; WCOD Hyannis, MA

AFTER: WBZ AM/TV Boston, MA

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CEDRIC G. THOMPSON
prior to July 15, 1944 - 1946 ?

Cedric was a graduate of Hartford Public High School in the Class of 1927A, where he served both as assistant editor and editor of the Owlet newspaper. He lived in Newington when he was a staff announcer in the 1940s.

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CHIP THOMPSON
August, 1963 - October 31, 1964

A native of Albany, NY, Chip attended the University of Vermont where he was bitten by the radio bug. He replaced Wayne Hickox as the utility man on The Swinging Six which meant he hosted regular Saturday and Sunday shifts, did news during the week, and was on call to fill in for the full-timers. He later returned to Vermont where he was general manager at a Burlington station for many years.

PRIOR: WJOY Burlington, VT

AFTER: WVMT Burlington, VT

TODAY: Using his real name, George Goldring, Chip is general manager of classical station WCVT Stowe, VT (12-28-99) (e-mail).

GEORGE TOMLINSON
November 30, 1944 - ?

George had prior radio experience in the south when he joined WDRC as a staff announcer on the last day of November 1944. He was married and had one child; they lived at 2423 Main Street in Hartford.

PRIOR: WBTH Williamson, WV; WHLN Harlan, KY; WOPI Bristol, TN

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KEN TRIMBLE
January, 1978 - after April 23, 1984

Known as J. Paul Roberts in his earlier career, this native of Pottstown, Pennsylvania, was a longtime Buckley Broadcasting employee, working at their Philadelphia and Minneapolis stations before moving to Hartford. He arrived at Big D to replace Walt Dibble as news director and morning news anchor on the Brad Davis show. When Charlie Parker's health required him to step down as program director in August, 1983, Ken took over his duties as vice president for programming.

PRIOR: WIEL/WKMO Elizabethtown, KY; WVLK Lexington, KY; WKLO Louisville, KY; WIBG Philadelphia, PA; WQXE Elizabethtown, KY; WWTC Minneapolis, MN

AFTER: WIKI Madison, IN

TODAY: After some time in banking, Ken is general manager of WKID FM in Vevay, IN (6-21-05).

JOEY VOGEL
November, 1981 - October, 1982

Joey was one of several women to make their mark in the WDRC newsroom.

PRIOR: WCNX Middletown, CT; WMMW Meriden, CT; WKND Hartford, CT; WPBS, the public radio station at Trinity College, Hartford, CT

AFTER: WPOP Hartford, CT; WRTT Rockville, CT; WTIC TV Hartford, CT

TODAY: Today Joey lives in Arizona where she sells computers. See her note (9-2-00)(e-mail)

LEE VOGEL
prior to December 24, 1966 - August, 1967

When he worked in Pittsburgh, Lee was a high school literature and composition teacher. To help make ends meet he took a part-time job at a local radio station and got hooked. The "Voice of Vogel" replaced Joel Cash as host of the 9AM-noon show on WDRC. He arrived at Big D the same week as Joey Reynolds; they had worked together in Buffalo. Lee once gave away a "Date With The D.J." Mary Dwaid, of Windsor, had dinner with him at Hotel America, then off they went to see Louis Armstrong at the Bushnell!

PRIOR: WMAQ Chicago, IL; KQV & WJAS Pittsburgh, PA; CKEY Toronto, ONT; WKBW Buffalo, NY

AFTER: WBNY Buffalo, NY

TODAY: It is believed Lee lives in the Buffalo area and is retired from radio.