Monday, October 7, 2013

Hartford Radio: Jerry Kristafer OUT At WDRC-FM

Jerry Kristafer
11/01/13 UPDATE: Jerry Kristafer has landed a new gig. Click Here.

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Longtime Connecticut radio personality Jerry Kristafer has lost his job at WDRC-FM

According to the Hartford Courant, Eric Fahnoe, vice president and general manager at Buckley Broadcasting which owns the Bloomfield-based WDRC AM and FM stations, announced Kristafer’s dismissal to staff Friday shortly after the 59-year-old finished his daily morning show.

Kristafer, whose ‘Big D Morning Show’ has been in radio broadcasting for decades. He worked at stations in New Jersey before coming to Connecticut where he worked at WDRC-FM for one 15-year stint before heading to New Haven’s WELI  where he hosted a morning news/talk radio show. He returned to WDRC in 2008, succeeding John Saville. Most recently he has shared the show’s hosting duties with fellow radio personalities Mike Stevens and Kim Zachary.

Kristafer could not be reached for comment.