Jerry Kristaffer Show Close, 102.9 WDRC-FM “Big D 103” Hartford

Longtime radio veteran Jerry Kristaffer at WJMJ LISTEN BELOW AUDIO ONLY Jerry Kristaffer is a longtime Southern New England broadcaster, best known for his time at both WKCI “KC101” Hamden (New Haven) and WDRC-FM Hartford, where he did morning drive. He went by the name “Crazy” Jerry Kristaffer, and for a long time, especially in his early years doing mornings, he did a lot of wacky things on…

Ken Gilbert, WAQY “Wacky 102” Springfield MA | July 4, 1981

Ken Gilbert on “Wacky 102” circa 1981 Ken Gilbert has had a long career in radio, all of it in the New England region. Ken is best known for doing middays at WAQY Springfield in it’s top 40 incarnation as “Wacky 102” and at WDRC AM-FM Hartford in its top 40 and Oldies iterations. As a personal gift to Ken, I’ve started re-mastering his skimmer tapes from the WAQY studio. For the average listener,…

Ken Gilbert Interviews Eddie Money: 97.1 WZRT “Z97” Rutland VT | January 22, 1997

Back in 1997, Eddie Money was coming to Vermont… that’s news in and of itself! Ken Gilbert is caught here, interviewing the artist known for the hits, “Two Tickets To Paradise”, “Take Me Home Tonight”, “I Wanna Go Back” and others on Z97 (97.1 WZRT Rutland). The interview lasts about 2 1/2 minutes, then we hear the next break, where Gilbert airs the winner of two tickets to the upcoming Eddie…

Ken Gilbert, 102.1 WAQY Wacky 102 FM Springfield Mass | Summer, 1980

Ken Gilbert on “Wacky 102” circa 1981 **LISTENING LINKS FOLLOW DESCRIPTION BELOW  SCROLL DOWN** DESCRIPTION I feel honored to be a friend of the subject of this aircheck, the GREAT Ken Gilbert! Ken says that Paul DiMarco has his whole aircheck collection. Well, not all of it – we have 3 full boxes of KG audio, so there’s that. This is one of the BEST I’ve heard so far! On this tape you’re going…

Ken Gilbert, 102.1 WAQY “Wacky 102” Springfield MA | Summer, 1981

Ken Gilbert on “Wacky 102” circa 1981

Ken Gilbert said once that his radio career (tapes) was all in the hands of Paul DiMarco. That could be mostly possible… although we have several boxes of KG tapes right here.

To listen, please click the BIG BLUE BUTTON at the bottom of this post!

BEFORE WE CONTINUE… It’s that time of the month again. Expenses are due. It costs money to build a museum. Fees…

Ken Gilbert and Joel Williams, New Year’s Eve Morning – 97.1 WZRT Rutland VT | December 31, 1996

Here’s another from a couple of boxes given to us from Ken Gilbert himself!  This is the “Good Time Good Morning Wakeup Show” on CHR “Z97”Rutland.  A very adult sounding morning show. Gilbert is teamed up with news guy Joel Williams and sports guy Jack Healey. On side one of the tape, the news is scoped out. There is a later newscast heard (mostly) intact. Those are important for historical…

Ken Gilbert, 102.9 WDRC-FM Hartford | June 17, 1989

Courtesy of Contributor “Mr. 70s“, Paul DiMarco, here’s a pristine quality recording of my friend Ken Gilbert on the old “Big-D 103” oldies station. The recording is so good, in fact, you’ll swear this is being broadcast live as you stream it!

Hey Chris, I think there’s a price check at register two…

Highlights of this aircheck include tons of phone call requests aired live, classic PAMS WDRCjin…