WICC-AM is marking one hundred years on the air this week. The station debuted on November 8, 1926 to be exact. The Bridgeport station was one of the first in the state, according to various histories of Connecticut radio.
WDRC was founded in 1922 as WPAJ out of New Haven. It moved to Hartford eight years later.
WTIC, under the ownership of The Travelers Insurance Company, started in 1925.
WATR in Waterbury and WNLC in New London went on air in 1934 and 1935 respectively.
After World War II a number of medium sized cities like Norwich, Danbury, Bristol, and New Britain got their own stations.
