Born in East Weymouth, Massachusetts, Larry became interested in radio while in college. A graduate of WCBM Baltimore and WGNG Providence, Larry's combined Hartford experience lasted just six months. He was hired at WDRC in June, 1973 but only lasted three months. He segued to WPOP for weekends and fill-in work before moving to WHOO Orlando.

He later returned to Baltimore where he did time at WCAO, WXYV, WFBR, WBKZ and WMAR FM.

Larry succumbed to amytrophic lateral sclerosis (Lou Gehrig's disease) at his Ruxton, Maryland home on November 11, 2001; he was 57.

WHNB TV West Hartford, WHCT TV Hartford, and WBMI Meriden (where he was station manager) were some of Ray Hard's training grounds before he joined the WPOP news department where he anchored midday and afternoon newscasts.

After leaving WPOP Ray joined Carl Candels Advertising in Hartford. In early 1973 he was appointed public relations officer for the Connecticut Department of Children and Youth Services.

His current whereabouts are unknown.

A Long Island native, the Judge spent time at WGLI in Babylon, NY on either side of a two-year stint in the Army at Fort Bragg, NC. During his free time he hosted shows at WFBS in Spring Lake, NC and WFLB in Fayetteville. He also worked at WAVZ New Haven and WAAB Worcester before Lou Morton hired him to do Saturday and Sunday middays at WPOP.

When Bill Love left morning drive in August, 1971, Scott St. James took his place. Uncle Judge went full-time by inheriting St. James' afternoon drive slot. He stayed there until Bill Coffey left, then took over 6:00-10:00AM in late 1972. The Judge was working as a WPOP ad salesman when the switch to news occurred on June 30, 1975.

Judge Harrigan returned to WAVZ and later played oldies at WRCQ Farmington before joining Aetna Insurance Company as a computer guru. In 1989-90 he took another shot at radio, doing weekends at WDRC FM in Hartford.

Judge is a computer programmer at the Travelers in Hartford (e-mail); see his note. (11/28/06)

A Maine native, WPOP newsman Bruce Hayes was better known by the name he used as a newsman through most of his career, Fred Lowrey.

After Hartford he worked at WRC Washington, WMEX Boston, WFIL radio and television in Philadelphia, NBC Monitor and the Mutual News network. As a result of a merger, Fred did double duty anchoring overnight newscasts on Mutual and NBC.

He passed away July 26, 1998 at the age of 55 while vacationing in Maine.

The son of big band leader Ray Heatherton, and brother of singer/actress Joey Heatherton, Happy Dick worked at stations on Long Island (including WBIC and WGLI) before heading to Hartford at the age of 23. His WPOP initiation consisted of a two weeks co-hosting Woody Roberts' morning show followed by a 40-hour 7-minute on-air marathon during which the other WPOP Good Guys were supposedly kidnapped. His initial shift was 7:00PM-midnight though he quickly moved to 9:00PM-1:00AM where he was "king of the Kielbasa country."

A talented show biz individual, Dick worked in summer stock, appeared on TV, and worked as cruise director on an ocean liner. While at WPOP he promoted an album he recorded. In March, 1968 he flew to the west coast to appear on a Dean Martin summer TV show with his sister. That September, Steve O'Brien left for Philadelphia so Dick inherited his 6:00-9:00PM shift. In July 1969 Dickie made his third appearance on the Mike Douglas TV show, appearing with his dad and sister.

Heatherton left WPOP for WFIL Philadelphia, but returned for a month in the fall of 1970 where he debuted as Monticello the Magnificent. His later resume includes many stops including KLIF Dallas; WCBS FM New York; KLRS Santa Cruz; KFI/KMPC/KJOI/KOCM/ KXEZ/KCBS/KACD all in Los Angeles; Unistar Satellite Network; WWPA/WWWD Williamsport, PA; Westwood One; KPAS Los Angeles; WEZO/WBBF FM Rochester, NY; KRLA Pasadena.

Check out Dick's web site (e-mail); see his note (e-mail). (6/2/08)

Mike used his real name during the week as a WPOP news reporter. On weekends he played music as Terry McKay starting in November, 1967.

He had previously worked at Trinity College's station, WRTC FM; WRYM New Britain; WEDH TV Hartford; WASH/WDON Washington; and WINF Manchester where he hosted Speak Up Greater Hartford, as did Lou Morton & Tracy Cole.

Mike left The Big 14 for a news position at WFIL Philadelphia and later worked at WOR FM New York; the Mutual Radio Network; WMAL and WTOP Washington; WWL New Orleans and Ch. 13 in Biloxi and a TV station in Williamsburg, VA.

Mike does freelance voicework and teaches at the Connecticut School of Broadcasting facility in Arlington, VA; see his note (e-mail). (5/17/01)

Jeff worked at WABK Gardiner and WLOB Portland, ME before coming to WPOP.

Known as Captain Afternoon, he was replaced by Lee Gordon when Bob Craig was hired for Lee's midday shift. It may have been a blessing in disguise, though, because a few months later WPOP let everyone go when the format was changed to all news in June, 1975.

Jeff returned to Maine where his last known address was WBLM in Lewiston/Portland.

Timothy Chip Hobart's radio resume is long and impressive. Prior to Hartford he worked at WVMT Burlington, VT; WKBR Manchester, NH; WKOX FM Framingham, MA; WAAB Worcester, MA; WTRY Troy, NY; WTOR Torrington, CT; and WTBY Waterbury. At The Big 14 he was the weekend regular and weekday sub.

After a brief stint at WDRC FM, Hobart moved around America gracing the airwaves of WNHC New Haven; CKLW Detroit; WRKO Boston; WOKY Milwaukee; WIXY Cleveland; WKRQ Cincinnati; WEZE Boston, WYSP Philadelphia; KROY Sacramento; KSFM ?; WVBF Framingham; WDAI FM and WJEZ Chicago; KDWB FM Minneapolis; WAPP New York; WHTT Boston; WQFM Milwaukee and WVMX Stowe, VT.

Chip is at WCLX Burlington. VT/Westport. NY; see his note (e-mail) (6/5/08).

Doc Holiday was hired from WPTR Albany, NY by Dan Clayton to fill a temporary 7:00PM-midnight vacancy when Ray Dunaway left but before Frank Holler's Navy service ended.

After WPOP he settled in for a long stay at Detroit's CKLW using his real name: Pat Holiday (interrupted by a brief stint at WOR FM as China Blue). In 1980 he became program director of CKLW and CFXX Detroit. Pat has also worked at WNIC and WLTI Detroit; WRRM Cincinnati; CKFM Toronto; vice president and general manager of CJAY/CKMX Calgary.

Pat is vice president and general manager of CFRB Toronto (e-mail); see his note. (1/14/02)

A Hartford native and Connecticut School of Broadcasting graduate, Frank was initially hired at WPOP in December 1967 as assistant to music director Bob Paiva. Part of his job involved distributing "GO" magazine (edited by Robin Leach). Frank began hosting Saturday and Sunday airshifts in September, 1968. He left the Boss Jocks to join the Navy in June 1969; he was replaced by 18 year old Mark Driscoll.

When Frank's military obligation ended, he returned to WPOP to host 7:00PM-midnight. During his latter days at The Big 14 Frank turned the last hour of the program into an album hour, playing the longer versions of many pop singles thus reflecting the popularity of "heavier" sounds.

Frank followed his former WPOP program director, Dan Clayton, to WLW Cincinnati. He later worked at WDAI FM Chicago (as Justin Paige); WKLS Atlanta; WWWW Detroit; WCMF Rochester, NY; WCOZ Boston; WDRC Hartford; KLOU St. Louis; WIOQ Philadelphia; back to WDRC FM where he instituted a Saturday night oldies show, Jukebox Saturday Night, named for a show he listened to in 1956 at WPOP's predecessor, WGTH; and was last heard hosting a Saturday night oldies show on WHYN FM in Springfield

Frank lives in Newington (e-mail). (6/1/05)

Sam replaced Art Wander as WPOP's program director. Holman was one of the pioneers in Top 40 radio, programming legendary stations like WLS Chicago, KQV Pittsburgh and WABC New York. In Hartford he hosted a 10:00PM talk show, Hotline. Station promotional material described the phone-in show as "controversial, exciting, sensitive and offensive ...designed to allow Central Connecticut listeners to speak out on the problems of the day without censorship." Upon his departure Bob Marshall took over the show.

He later became national program director of the ABC owned and operated radio stations ...served as general manager of WOHO Toledo, OH...and held airshifts at KNEW Oakland, CA and KISN Portland, OR. He also served as the western U.S. regional manager for Bridal Fair and sold radio jingles for PAMS of Dallas.

Holman died in Las Vegas in January, 1987 at the age of 52.

Nothing is known about Linc's broadcast endeavors prior to WPOP, where he spent three years in the news department. Most of that time was during morning drive where he partnered with Bill Love and Lou Morton, Scott St. James and Lou Morton, Bill Coffey and Judge Harrigan.

Linc later worked at WHNB TV in West Hartford.

Linc passed away in St. Petersburg, FL on January 29, 2006; he was 76.

Because of his size, he was nicknamed Cannonball Jim Horne. He worked at stations in Paris, Austin and Fort Worth, Texas and came to Hartford from WUBE Cincinnati. During his brief stay at WPOP Jim hosted the noon to 3:00PM shift replacing Lou Terri. When Jim left he was replaced by Bill Winters.

After Hartford his radio journey took him to WNOX Knoxville, TN; KDKA Pittsburgh, PA; and WPIX FM New York, NY.

Now known professionally as J.R. Horne, Jim has had a successful acting career based in New York where he is an AFTRA officer. His most prominent feature film and television credits include Turk 182, Die Hard With A Vengeance and Woody Allen's Radio Days, as well as the Hallmark of Fame presentation What the Deaf Man Heard. He also appeared in the CBS miniseries Stephen King's The Golden Years, as well as the movies-of-the-week Don't Look Back and The Gentleman Bandit.

Although his voice is frequently heard in character sketches on Late Night with David Letterman, his appearances on Mister Rogers' Neighborhood and Sesame Street highlight a different side to his character.

In New York, where has lived since 1972, Horne appeared on Broadway opposite George C. Scott in the critically acclaimed revival of Inherit the Wind, and with Sam Waterston in Abe Lincoln in Illinois. His most recent appearance for the New York Shakespeare Festival was with John Goodman in Skin of Our Teeth in Central Park. He first paired with Tim Blake Nelson in Nelson's off-Broadway play Anadarko.

Horne has crisscrossed the country appearing in a wide range of theater productions including musicals such as Guys and Dolls, The Fantasticks and Great Expectations, as well as the classics The Front Page, Cyrano de Bergerac, School for Wives, The Chimes, Greater Tuna, and Our Town. Most recently he starred in the world premiere of Tony Kushner's Hydriotaphia in Berkeley, California.

Jim is alive and well in NYC; see his note (12-06-02) (e-mail).

During WPOP's earliest days as a pop music station, George Hound Dog Lorenz was a fixture on WKBW in Buffalo, NY. He was reputedly one of the first deejays in America to spin rhythm & blues and rock & roll records. For about a year he syndicated his show and WPOP aired it from 8:30-10:30PM. Lorenz penned a column in the Sunday Herald newspaper in early 1958 but this excerpt may explain why it only ran for six weeks:

"Welcome, Madtown cats and you out there in West and East Madtown as well. Its a pleasure to communicate with you cuddle bunnies and tomcats. Would like to hear more about what's shakin' in the box shop, so communicate!"

The year 1958 meant lots of change for Lorenz; he quit at WKBW on July 4th when it went exclusively Top 40. Lorenz was quoted in Billboard as saying the repetitiveness of Top 40 "is hurting the record industry, is lowering radio listening, and is decreasing a new artist's chance to make it." By October 19, Hound Dog's show was being aired on WHAY in Farmington rather than WPOP.

He was later heard on WINE in Kenmore, NY and Buffalo stations WUFO, WWPC and WBLK FM.

Hound Dog died on May 28, 1972 at the age of 52.

Bill collected his first on-air experience at WOHP Bellfountain, OH and WTOD Toledo, OH. He came to WPOP to host 10:00PM-1:00AM, when Joey Reynolds' hours were changed from 7:00PM-midnight to 6:00-10:00PM.

After Hartford Bill returned to Toledo, but this time to WOHO. He also logged time at WMBR Jacksonville before making his third pilgrimage to Toledo back at WTOD.

His current whereabouts are unknown.

Ron Jackson was the news alter-ego of swing shift DJ Rusty Potz at WPOP. He did news during the week plus weekend music shifts. His previous experience was at the former WSOR Windsor, CT.

After leaving WPOP he worked at WAVZ New Haven and later ran the show at WCCC Hartford during its "All Request" format using the name Randy Potz.

Ron/Rusty has been an institution for years at WLNG on Long Island. (5/14/04)

He was billed as The Real Tom Jones but his real name was Ron Fraiser. He joined the WPOP Boss Jocks (just as they were returning to the Good Guys fold) from Norfolk, VA to host WPOP's 10:00AM-1:00PM shift. He had previously worked at WROD Daytona Beach and WONN in Lakeland, FL and was music director at WHOO Orlando.

When he left WPOP, Tom turned up across town at WCCC for a while before heading to Syracuse, NY and WNDR. He also worked in Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Mobile, Indianapolis, New Orleans, WKTK Baltimore, Cleveland, Tampa, and WBYP FM Yazoo City, MS, and three tours of duty at WABB in Mobile, AL. He has also appeared in several movies.

In May, 2007 Ron joined WMOB in Mobile, AL; he also hosts a conservative current events talk show on cable TV (e-mail); see his note (5/16/02).

Dale Kelly (aka Kemery) got his radio start at the local station in Sunbry, PA where he attended high school. His next stop was at WATS in Sayre, PA, then WING in Dayton, OH, ands WPTR Albany, NY. He was hired by Phil Zoppi at The New WPOP as a deejay primarily from 3:00-7:00PM, though he also hosted other shifts.

He left Hartford for WOLF Syracuse, NY. From there it was into the U.S. Army and two tours of Vietnam. After the service Dale jocked at KMBY in Monterey, CA before switching to news at KNEW Oakland, KYA, KGO and KNBR San Francisco. After leaving radio Dale spent ten years in public relations in the dairy industry.

Since the 1980s Dale has run a public relations firm in Chicago (e-mail); see his note. (1-6-02).

Jack Kelly (real name Szczepanik) came to Hartford from WBNY in Buffalo to host the 9:00-11:00AM music shift. He was born in Buffalo in 1937 and began his career in the late 1950s at WUSJ in Lockport, NY. Before coming to Connecticut he also worked at WWOL and WKBW in Buffalo, and WVET Rochester. In July 1964 WPOP had him attempt to crack the world roller coaster record which he set in 1962. He went to Riverside Park in Agawam, MA with a goal of riding the loops 286 times. The result has been lost to history. Jack also put in some time at WHYN Springfield, MA, as Bob Allen.

Jack returned to Buffalo at WMMJ and, later, WYSL. In 1970 he relocated to Norfolk, VA where he graced the airwaves of WGH and WNOR. His last stop was Milwaukee, where he was heard on WRYT. He also did a stint as public address announcer for the Brewers baseball team.

He died in Milwaukee in January 1980 at the age of 42.

After Roy Cooper left WPOP, utility man Dick Stephens briefly took over morning drive until WPOP program director Art Wander brought Kilroy in from Milwaukee to host 5:30-10:00AM.

Also known by his real name, Lou Morton, Kilroy spent 20 years in radio before coming to Hartford. After serving three years with the Marines during World War II, he attended Miami University in Oxford, OH (where he had intentions of pursuing journalism). His resume included stops in Miami, Cincinnati, WKNR Detroit and WPLO in Atlanta. His sports assignments included play-by-play for Georgia Tech football and Waite Hoyt's color man on Cincinnati Reds baseball.

It is believed he is deceased; also see Lou Morton.

When Bill Winters answered Uncle Sam's call in May, 1968, he was replaced in morning drive by Allen King who came from a station in Oklahoma City. Allen was a native of Sulphur, OK and previously worked at WPLO in Atlanta and WHK Cleveland. A car and motorcycle collector, Allen organized a dune buggy club during his stay in the Insurance City.

King left WPOP to join WOR FM in New York as morning drive host using the name Jimmy King. He stayed after the calls were changed to WXLO, but later moved to WWDJ in Hackensack, NJ. He worked at WLEE in Richmond where he was reunited with WPOP music director Bob Paiva and later worked in Alexandria, LA.

Allen died in Oklahoma City November 7, 1986 at the age of 48.

Bill was one of WPOP's anchors during its Twenty First Century News phase.

His current whereabouts are unknown.

From 1953 to early 1960 Colonel Cal Kolby was a staple in the WDRC stable, playing music at first and later concentrating on news. Originally living in Bristol, Cal B. Kolby later moved to West Hartford. On January 18, 1960 The Hartford Times reported Cal had joined "the rapidly expanding WDRC alumni ranks," having been named news editor at WPOP. His stay there was about a year. By 1961 he had become sales manager at WINF in Manchester. By 1963 Cal was sales manager at WNBH in New Bedford, MA, living in Rhode Island.

His current whereabouts are unknown.