![WDRC studios at 869 Blue Hills Avenue in Bloomfield, circa 1966, before the move to downtown Hartford](diskes/thumbs/t_jd01.jpg)
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![John's drawing of the studio floor plan at 869 Blue Hills Avenue](diskes/thumbs/t_jd02.jpg)
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![5 kilowatt transmitter and associated rack equipment](diskes/thumbs/t_jd03.jpg)
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WDRC
studios at 869 Blue Hills Avenue
in Bloomfield, circa 1966, before the
move to downtown Hartford |
John's
drawing of the studio floor
plan at 869 Blue Hills Avenue |
5
kilowatt transmitter and
associated rack equipment |
![DJ studio looking into Master Control; the newsroom is visible across from Master Control. A tiny Ron Landry is pasted above the clock.](diskes/thumbs/t_jd04.jpg)
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![Master Control at 869 Blue Hills Avenue with the 1kw backup transmitter visible at the extreme left](diskes/thumbs/t_jd05.jpg)
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![Closeup of Master Control console in Bloomfield, circa 1966](diskes/thumbs/t_jd06.jpg)
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DJ
studio looking into Master Control;
the newsroom is visible across from
Master Control. A tiny Ron Landry
is pasted above the clock. Notice
how few controls the deejay had. |
Master
Control at 869 Blue Hills Avenue
with the 1kw backup transmitter
visible at the extreme left |
Closeup
of Master Control console
in Bloomfield, circa 1966 |
![Master Control at WDRC's new studios, 750 Main Street in Hartford, circa 1967](diskes/thumbs/t_jd07.jpg)
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![Another shot of Master Control in 1967 taken with a flash](diskes/thumbs/t_jd08.jpg)
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![In 1967, by FCC decree, WDRC FM originated programming 50% of the time from a separate studio](diskes/thumbs/t_jd09.jpg)
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Master
Control at WDRC's new studios,
750 Main Street in Hartford, circa 1967 |
Another
shot of Master Control in
1967 taken with a flash |
In
1967, by FCC decree, WDRC FM
originated programming 50% of the
time from a separate studio |
![Another shot of the WDRC FM studio](diskes/thumbs/t_jd10.jpg) |
![WDRC morning deejay Don Wade at 750 Main Street in 1967](diskes/thumbs/t_jd11.jpg) |
In
August 2005 John Diskes wrote:
"A
native Ohioan, I wound up at WDRC
by answering an ad for a control room operator / engineer in Broadcasting
Magazine. Worked mostly the sign-on
shift from October 1966 to April 1969.
Those were good times."
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Another
shot of the WDRC FM studio |
WDRC
morning deejay Don Wade
at 750 Main Street in late 1967 |
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John e-mail |