The Hartford Courant reports word of which on-air personalities were let go spread fast via social media and phone calls. By late afternoon Connoisseur Media CEO Jeff Warshaw confirmed the names of four on-air personalities who were dismissed: show hosts Mike Stevens, 'Rockin' Ron Sedaille, Floyd Wright and Grahame Winters who also served as program director.
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“Out at Big D. Been a great 30 years plus,” wrote Stevens on his Facebook page shortly after he learned he would not be staying on. '“Good luck to the new folks”
Hanging on to his WDRC AM show was veteran personality Brad Davis.
A press release distributed late Monday confirmed that representatives of Buckley Broadcasting and the Westport-based company officially closed on the sale for an undisclosed amount Monday before meeting with staff individually. The sale also included other Buckley Connecticut stations WMMW AM in Meriden, WWCO AM in Waterbury and WSNG AM in Torrington.
The release said some Connoisseur employees will be “elevated’’ including Southern Connecticut Connoisseur General Manager Kristin Okesson who will oversee the Hartford stations. Okesson oversees WPLR, WEZN, WFOX, and WYBC. WYBC is owned by Yale Broadcasting;Connoisseur Media operates under a joint sales agreement.
Warshaw would only say that the station’s programming will be classic ‘70s and ‘80s music without disco.
The new lineup of WDRC-FM includes Mike "Lappy" Lapitino in middays. Lapitino will continue his PM Drive shift WPLR. Southern Connecticut MD Allan Lamberti takes over afternoons on WDRC-FM and becomes APD for WDRC-FM & AM and WPLR. Lamberti's previous midday shift on WFOX now belongs to Ed D'Oliveira.