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January,
1980 - FM replaced aor/oldies/singles with Top
40.
March
8, 1981 - AM concentrated on oldies 3/1 in some
hours; 9A-12noon Sundays, "Memories U.S.A." with Michael
D. Anthony.
October
4, 1981 - AM installed automation for overnight,
displacing Mike Grady; AM
aired UCONN football & basketball.
January,
1986 - AM affiliated with Unistar's "The
Oldies Channel."
September,
1986 - FM dropped adult contemporary music for
oldies under program director Frank
Holler.
September
15, 1991 - AM switched to Unistar's "AM
Only" format with standards from 40s, 50s & 60s; added
"Sounds of Sinatra with Sid Mark," formerly aired by WTIC
Saturday nights at 6PM.
February
15, 1993 - AM moved to syndicated talk: Brad
Davis 5-10AM; music 10AM-1PM; The Dolans 1-3PM; Gene Burns 3-5PM;
music 5-6PM; simulcast of WVIT Channel 30 news 6-6:30PM; music 6:30-10PM;
Dr. Joy Browne 10PM-1AM; music 1-5AM.
May,
1996 - AM added Bob Grant Show 3-6PM; dropped
it in September.
August
4, 2000 - WDRC FM began de-emphasizing the slogan
"Big D 103," replacing it with "Oldies 102.9, DRC-FM."
February,
2001 - WDRC AM began airing
a musical format called The Best of Everything that includes
everything from Adult Standards, Light Pop Favorites, Classic Country,
Jazz, to Classical.
January
28, 2002
- WDRC AM dropped The Best of Everything and added
talk shows from the Buckley/WOR Network. Following Brad Davis, Dr.
Joy Browne aired from 10AM-1PM, followed by The Dolans 1-3PM. Dan
Lovallo played music during afternoon drive. Bruce
Owens was released and Jack Carney
moved to 7PM-midnight on WDRC FM replacing Glenn
O'Brien.
September
3, 2004 - A repositioning of its music presentation resulted
in WDRC FM dropping Oldies 102.9 from its nickname.
Newly christened Big Hits one oh two nine, the format predsented
the biggest hits from the 1960s and 70s. Another web
site revision began.
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