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Curtis W Hansen didn’t use his last name on 13 Waves or KC101-FM.  His name is legendary.  Best known for putting WEBE 108 on the air, Curtis is heard here doing the night show following Floyd Wright.    It’s very short, just over one minute in length. Aircheck Courtesy of Contributor Bob Gilmore

Airchexx honors a Connecticut broadcasting legend! “Friendly Floyd” Wright passed away on Sunday, April 30, 2023. He was 72. In Floyd’s honor, we’re featuring some airchecks from the many Connecticut and New York stations he was on in his over 50 year radio career. Stations include 1540 WPTR Albany, 102.9 WDRC-FM Hartford in it’s Top 40 “Big-D 103” era and it’s Oldies era, 97.1 WYNY New York,…

Mason Lee Dixon on "13 Waves" New Haven, CT from July, 1973

13 WAVZ New Haven

Mason Lee Dixon was a star in Louisville, KY – at 79 WAKY, from 1969 to 1972 prior to arriving in New Haven. He’d return there in the late 70s. In the Summer of ’73, WAVZ was red hot… this was John Long’s 13 Waves, with an airstaff of jocks, nearly all of whom would go on to even bigger and better places than New Haven, Connecticut.

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