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In April 1956, Bertelmann learned WTIC had an opening on its announcing staff. He called the chief announcer and auditions manager, Fred Wade, and asked for an interview. During his first audition, Bertelmann shared Studio F (which looked more like a living room than a radio studio) with Ross Miller,
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in 1945. Intrigued that this radio station was broadcasting within a few miles of his new home, Bertelmann and one of his Hollow Tree Ridge Junior High School classmates visited the station and asked for a tour. The announcer on duty showed them the operation and allowed them to stand silently in the
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from 3:00 to 7:00 p.m. which, after a long period of being the dominant afternoon show in the market, had plummeted in popularity. For the first time, he introduced current rock music (that complemented the stationâs usual middle-of-the-road selections) into the playlist. The show returned to number
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were more interested in purchasing television sets than radios with receivers that could be tuned to the new FM band (the current 88 to 108 MHz). This limited the interest of most operators in seeking FM licenses and increased the risk of investing in innovative FM programming, thus compounding
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anniversary shows attracted the interest of a particular listener, Ed
Corcoran, a computer programmer who had compiled a massive collection of early network radio shows that he had recorded himself off the air. After Corcoran introduced himself to Bertel, he frequently appeared as a guest on one of
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There was one condition on his employment, however: He could no longer call himself "Dick
Richards." WTIC wanted to avoid any confusion with another announcer, Floyd Richards, who had been on the staff since 1943. Because "Bertelmann" (pronounced "BURTâlâmin") sounded muddled, Wade proposed that he
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Situated nearly equidistant between New York and the Boston - Manchester, New
Hampshire. market (then ranked sixth in the U.S.) and yet completely independent of both, Hartford offered the opportunity to build a reputation that could easily be transferred to a major market at a later time. A highly
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could be heard on the audio carrier of channel 9. Bertelmann responded to an announcer's invitation to listeners to call the station to report reception. Within a couple of weeks he decided to use that telephone conversation as a reason to visit the station and introduce himself. During that visit,
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Hartford State Armory, Bertelmann performed as their announcer. Similarly when the Mutual news commentator Cedric Foster (the former manager of WTHT, a predecessor to WGTH) broadcast his network show from WGTH, Bertelmann read his intro and several public
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Richards and Bob Ellsworth. After the standard NBC five minute newscast at 2:00 p.m. EST ended, Bertel assumed anchoring duties at the direction of producer Bill Marks. Bertel interrupted music selections with news
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market ranked 31st in the U.S. Although not small, it was overshadowed by nearby New York, the largest market in the country, and the powerhouse stations that operated there. Looking seventy-five miles away to
Connecticut's capital city, Bertelmann resolved that he would find a new job in the
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Colbert, the director of womenâs programs, and Bill Clede, the outdoors editor.
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for use on his WGCH show. Within weeks, WGCH offered him an announcing shift on
Thursday and Friday afternoons and all day Saturday as well as $ 18 per week, making this his first paid position. On Saturday nights he hosted a listener call-in show called
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During the period that Bertel worked at WTIC, WTIC-FM simulcast WTIC (AM) much of the time, but would break away for its own classical music programs. Like many of the other staff announcers, Bertel worked shifts on WTIC-FM as a classical music host.
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Up until now, he had been using his name "Dick
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Richards" air-name that he had created for himself at WSTC in Stamford, had become the senior announcer. As such, he hosted
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then ask the nurse on the phone if she and her friends would like to meet Dick Richards and his coworkers at a pizzeria. That led to Bertel's courtship with Jean Thies, a native of
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for advertisers and therefore a richly profitable location for broadcasters. Plus it was the home of WTIC Radio, one of the most prestigious broadcast operations in the country.
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he was soon moved to the midday shift and was appointed to be the continuity director, writing all of the commercial copy for the station. He left WNAB in 1954 to work for WSTC.
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program on WTIC Radio at 7:30 p.m. EST on April 4, 1968, Bertel was handed a bulletin, which he read while transitioning to a newscast, announcing that civil rights leader
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and who also appeared in community stage productions. In 1950, WNLK broadcast a supernatural drama called "The House of Retribution" which Bertelmann wrote for the show.
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were struggling to find audiences. In 1945, existing FM stations had been rendered obsolete when the FCC reassigned their portion of the spectrum (then between 42 and 50
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studio while he conducted a record show. Bertelmann resolved then that he would one day come to work for that station, which would change its call letters to
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and his Orchestra, over which Bertel read this introduction: "And a very pleasant good evening to you, this is Dick Bertel welcoming you to
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ban on issuing licenses, allowing new stations to proliferate across the United States, especially in small cities and towns.
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Hollow Tree Ridge Junior High School (Middlesex Middle School today)
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The Story of WGCH-FM: Greenwich, Connecticut's First Radio Station
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as a member of the Class of 1948. In 1947, he was elected
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1317:"Brad Phillips, 74, Dies; Was Radio Newscaster"
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1412:"Art Mooney Sets Pace with Bridgeport Bally".
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1299:"The House of Retribution"
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