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Tributes to volunteers who are no longer with us.
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Frank volunteered at WWUH for nearly a decade. He produced the Refrigerator Club, a program about “Technology and People” which were two of his favorite things. For a number of years he also hosted the Tuesday Morning Jazz show that preceded George Michael Evica’s “Assassination Journal” and often Frank invited George Michael onto his show during the last half hour to talk about the upcoming show and current events. Frank was a tireless volunteer who was always willing to lend a hand. He had been gone from the station for a number of years prior to his death but I would see him around town from time to time and from what I hear he “fought the good fight” up until the end.
Frank Butash
1923 - 2007
Justin Campau
Matt Charnas
Matt was with WWUH for about two years, and as a student volunteer he put his heart and sour to the jazz fill-ins he did on WWUH. He was respected by the station’s jazz staff and a friend of many. Prior to coming to WWUH he worked at WYBC at Yale and after graduating from UH and leaving WWUH he did a popular jazz show on WRTC at
He Was A Friend of Mine By Ed McKeon, WWUH Folk Music Director My life would be considerably different if I had never met Bill Domler. I was driving on I-84 in Over the next few years Bill convinced me to take a radio show at WWUH, and to help him at the Bill was a dyed in the wool traditionalist. He was an advocate for preserving the old songs, but he always had an ear to the new. Think of this, he was the first to bring the following folks to Hartford to play in tiny coffeehouses: Nanci Griffith, Stan Rogers, Dar Williams, Bok, Trickett and Muir, Oregon, Beausoleil, the Neilds, Lucy Kaplansky, Kate Wolf, David Massengill, David Mallett, Richard Shindell, Terrance Simien and the Mallet Playboys (zydeco!), Bill Staines, The Balfa Brothers, Lui Collins, John Gorka, Patty Larkin, The Washington Squares, Bill Morrissey, Uncle Bonsai, Townes van Zandt, Silly Wizard, John McCutcheon. And this is only those I can think of off the top of my head. Now that I consider it, (Bill Domler died on April 2, 2001 of head injuries he sustained in a fall.) Editors note: Bill celebrated his 20th year on WWUH in 2000, he stopped doing a regular weekly radio show last fall. He was a driving force for the folk world and we will surely miss him.
Bill Domler
I ended up at Bill’s print shop, which at the time was on
I also learned that without Bill, folk music in
Bill was always interested to hear what you thought, though he might not agree. He was adventurous and respectful. He might not agree with your taste, but he would defend your right to have an opinion. I dragged him to concerts by Billy Bragg, the Roaches, Cindy Lee Berryhill and the Pogues. And though, in the end, he would much rather have been listening to Harry Lauder, Michael Cooney, Iris Dement, the New Black Eagle Jazz Band or Jay Ungar and Molly Mason, he always wanted to know what was new on the folk music horizon. Just two weeks ago, he told me he had convinced his father Len to book Erin McKeown and the Tarbox Ramblers at the Sounding Board.
Al Dzikas Al, the host of “Tevynes Garsai”, the Lithuanian Radio Show, passed away on Sunday, October 12, 2008 after a short illness. The show had started on WNBC (now WPOP) in
George Michael Evica, host of "Assassination Journal"
George Michael was one of a kind. He was dedicated to WWUH and extremely helpful to me personally in a number of ways. I know I speak for the entire staff when I say how hard it was to see the effects that his illness had on him but through it all he kept his wonderful sense of humor, his dignity and his humanity.
Jim Fifield
Jim Fifield a.k.a "Burrito" was the archetypal WWUHer, independent, creative and kind. Jim was fun to be around and exceptionally talented in the field of radio production. He also knew lots and lots about alternative music. He was the first person I had ever seen who could play four records from four turntables (hey, it was after all the seventies) on the air simultaniously and make it sound musical. In addition to doing shows, he served as the station's production director and was an inspiration to everyone who knew him. His untimely death at such a young age shocked the entire WWUH family and he is still missed close to a quarter century later.
Mort Fega
1921 - 2005
We were very fortunate to have an announcer of the caliber of Mort Fega on the WWUH staff in the seventies. Both the staff and our listeners benefitted greatly from his unique and professional on-air presentation and his extensive knowledge of Jazz. Thirty years after he left WWUH listeners still remember him fondly.
Drew Glackin was one of the most incredibly gifted and versatile musicians you're ever likely to hear. Sadly, his untimely death has left his friends and legions of fans in shock and grief, but his music lives on. Recording and perfoming with more bands than we can name, Drew was a master of the lap steel, bass and mandolin, and he could even carry a tune. There was no one else quite like Drew. Words like irreplaceable, unique, hilarious and irrepressible come to mind, but that just scratches the surface. 
Drew Glacken
1963 - 2008
Ken Kalish
I didn’t know Ken very well and never had a chance to work with him (I met him after he had left WWUH) but the Ken I knew I liked a lot. He was full of life and good humor and he loved music, radio and his friends and family. Ken was one of those people you will never forget. His untimely passing shocked and saddened us all.
He served as the station’s first Station Manager at what must have been an exciting but also a very trying time and as manager he quickly gained the respect of the WWUH staff. I think it is safe to say that WWUH is the excellent station it is today in good measure due to Kenneth’s leadership early on.
John Ramsey
June 12, 2008
John LaBella, had been very active in WWUH in the early seventies. From there he moved on to WTIC-AM where he spent close to a decade doing prime time radio. Charlie Horwitz wrote: “Johnny was one of the first hosts of “FM on Toast” and it was there that he started honing his radio skills. While the rest of us played radio, John lived it. When I met him in 1969, all he ever wanted to do was be a disk jockey. That's not really accurate because he didn't follow the groups like the rest of us did (though he certainly where who was IN and who wasn't). John wanted to be an Air Talent very much in the Bob Steel mold. In fact in an age when no of us had a direction or a clear goal, John had already chosen his and was taking every opportunity to work on his skills. Ripping and reading news, taking transmitter log readings, doing spots, all were of keen interest to him. He wanted to be the next Bob Steel in “For a person like John LaBella, WWUH was the perfect place to start a life long career with broadcasting. We graduated in 1972 and he received his degree in History. Not bad for a transfer student from Renseleer Poly Tech who started out majoring in Engineering. I think he used his History skills to do his graduate work on Doo-Wop groups of the '50's. Anyway - Please pass the word around the station that one of the Old Guys has left the building.”
John LaBella
Randy Mayer
Randy was indeed a pioneer at WWUH, but equally significant, he founded WHCN as a rock station on May 12, 1969 along with Larry Titus and Neil Portnoy, taking over a moribund classical frequency. The station had been dark for about 10 weeks when Randy and others approached Concert Network, Inc. about saving the frequency by talking it progressive. For the cost of rehabiliting and building new home-made equipment plus a $60 per week salary each, they put the station back on the air, sharing 6-hour shifts and eventually bringing in other early participants like Ronnie Berger, Stu Kaufman and the late Jim Zeiner (also a WWUH programmer). The studios moved from the transmitter site on
Mel Peppers
I never knew Mel but from what I understand he was a pioneer in many ways and his shows were incredibly popular.
John Ramsey
Louis K. Roth
WWUH, the Public Alternative Radio station at the
Prior to 1968, Louis K. Roth, a generous Regent of the University, had told the President of the
1925 – 2008 Eugene Solon, a scholar, artist and wordsmith at heart, died peacefully and on his terms on October 6th, 2008. He was a past president of the Hartford Jazz Society and ultimately retired as a Grant Supervisor for the Connecticut Commission on the Arts. He MC'ed all manner of events most notably hosting the summer jazz series in 
Gene Solon
Longtime Friday morning jazz host Terry Weichand died yesterday after a long illness. Like many at WWUH, he was an iconoclast, and a curmudgeon, struggling with his demons, sometimes in public. He had a passion for the kind of old jazz that rarely gets played on the radio anymore, and while he was familiar with the experimentation of bop and beyond, he preferred an era where jazz had structure, even when it was swinging wildly. We will miss Terry's non-sequitor asides at our general meetings, and his voice and musings on air. Posted by Ed McKeon caterwauled.blogspot.com/2007/11/terry-weichand-rip.html November 6, 2007
Terry Weichand
Winn White
Dave Zaluda
Dave Zaluda was with WWUH for well over a decade. In addition to doing shows (both a Gothics or a Synthesis) pretty much the entire time he served as the stations Music Director for a number of years. The record reps told me that they loved his dry sense of humor and his wit.
Dave was an extremely reliable and dedicated volunteer and his extensive knowledge of music made staff members seek him out for advice on music. He was eternally optimistic and always willing to help others in need.
Jim Zeiner
We just recently learned that the late Jim Zeiner, who was with WHCN in the seventies, was also a volunteer at WWUH around the same time. If anyone can help us pin down the dates Jim was at WWUH or any other information it would be appreciated.
Maceo Woods
Maceo helped put WWUH on the map! His soul shows were extremely popular and he was an inspiration to the entire staff.
