Rochester NY Radio: Personality Terry Clifford Signing Off Friday

One of Rochester’s most enduring radio personalities, Terry Clifford, is signing off the air Friday for the final time.

Clifford, co-host of the “Bee Morning Coffee Club” on WBEE 92.5-FM, will retire after 37 years on the country station, reports The Democrat & Chonicle.

However, her radio career spans more than 40 years, including a stint on WBEE’s predecessor, rock station WMJQ, “Magic 92.”

Clifford studied psychology, communications and journalism at St. John Fisher University. After graduating in 1981, she started her professional career at WGVA 1240 AM in Geneva.

Terry Clifford

In 2015, she moved to middays on WBEE, but in 2022 she returned to the morning show, which airs from 5:30 a.m. to 10 a.m.

“It’s strange to think that when I was hired at (WMJQ), I was newly married, living in an apartment and so honored to be part of the Rochester Radio community,” she wrote on the WBEE website. “So much has changed, 2 kids (Mark and Marley), 2 houses, 3 dogs, 4 cats, 3 hamsters and 1 sweet above ground pool!  However, one thing remains steadfast to this day, I am today even more honored to be a part of this community, Radio and at large.”

When asked what he thinks she’ll enjoy the most about retirement, he said, “Probably spending time with my dad,” Doug Mandelaro.

And then he joked about how Mandelaro might have to adjust to being around Clifford’s trademark loud voice and laugh full-time.

“I’d like to yell at you Mark, but it’s so true,” Clifford said. “You know it, and I know it, but whatever. It is what it is.”