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For tobacco farmers in rural Windsor and insurance executives in the city itself, Hartford’s radio stations were a lifeline to the world in the early days of broadcasting. It's easy to forget how critical this connection was in the days before TV or the internet. This session transports us back to that era, presenting a slice of area broadcast history. We’ll begin with the very first whispered signals and head through the medium's heyday, including the disc-jockeys that gave many of us in the Connecticut audience our first, thrilling taste of rock and roll.



 ​Instructor: JOHN RAMSEY has been researching the history of Hartford radio stations for over two decades and is the author of the book Hartford Radio, part of Arcadia Publishing's Images of America Series, and is the webmaster of hartfordradiohistory.com.  He serves as general manager of UHart's WWUH, is president of the Torrington Community Radio Foundation and is secretary of the CT chapter of the Society of Broadcast Engineers. For his longtime engagement with radio, he was inducted into the Connecticut Broadcasters Association Hall of Fame in 2015; on behalf of WWUH, he also accepted Connecticut Broadcaster Association awards in 2024 for Best Non-Commercial Station and in 2025 for Best College Radio Programming.