ct products radio slogan people are our greatest resource website www.buckleyradio.com buckley broadcasting or buckley radio was an american broadcasting company that previously held radio stations in the states of new york rhode island california and connecticut . 1 contents 1 history 2 people 3 lynne berke et al. v. buckley broadcasting corporation wor radio 4 references history edit buckley broadcasting radio was founded in 1954 as buckley jaeger broadcasting . richard d. buckley sr and john jaeger were the original founding partners . 2 it began as an independently owned radio broadcasting company ; wnew in new york city was the station s first acquisition and the company flipped that station to metromedia in 1955 . in 1957 the station bought its first long term asset whim in providence rhode island . in 1959 it bought wdrc in hartford connecticut and soon after launched its flagship station wdrc fm . 3 following the death of his father in 1972 richard d. buckley jr. became the president and chairman of the company a position he held until his death in 2011 . 4 buckley acquired wor in new york city in 1989 . buckley began divesting its stations shortly before buckley jr. s death . wsen & wsen fm and wfbl in syracuse new york were divested to local owners in 2008 . wor was sold to clear channel communications in 2012 . 5 6 wdrc & wdrc fm were sold in early 2014 to connoisseur media of bloomfield . stations kseq in fresno and kwav in monterey were also sold sooner after that year and its stations in bakersfield california klly kkbb and knzr and merced california kubb khtn were sold to alpha media in october 2014 . 7 people edit richard d. buckley president 1972 2011 8 richard d. buckley was born in bronxville new york . after the death of his father in 1972 richard d. buckley became the president of the company . he began his broadcasting career as a page in 1960 at the national broadcasting company . he has served in the broadcasting company for over 50 years until his death in august 2011 . during his time as chairman of the company he refused to sell his independent and family owned business . in early 2011 he was inducted into the hall of fame of the new york state broadcasters association . 9 buckley was the past chairman of the board of radio advertising bureau and of the board of the southern california broadcasters association . richard d. buckley died on july 31 2011 . 10 joe bilotta president & chief operating officer 2011 current 11 joe bilotta has served buckley radio for over 40 years prior to his appointment of president following the death of richard d. buckley . lynne berke et al. v. buckley broadcasting corporation wor radio edit on april 30 2003 the superior court of new jersey decided the case lynne berke et al. v. buckley broadcasting corporation wor radio . the plaintiffs lynne berke et al. were around 300 investors in a cable television security that was advertised on wor radio owned by buckley broadcasting . talk show host harry i. sonny bloch advertised this cable television security on wor radio . the plaintiffs commenced action in federal court against bloch who died during the pendency of the action . however since the advertising ceased in 1994 and the appeal was made 2001 the court dismissed the appeal as untimely under the statute of limitations . 12 references edit buckley radio stations . buckley radio corporate . retrieved 12 september 2014 . scott fybush . nerw 3 10 2014 six decades later buckley departs fybush media . fybush media . retrieved 12 september 2014 . wdrc fm . hartfordradiohistory . retrieved 12 september 2014 . the washington times http www.washingtontimes.com . head of buckley broadcasting ny s wor radio dies washington times . the washingtion times . retrieved 12 september 2014 . the media business ; sale of wor is approved new york times . 25 july 1989 . retrieved 12 september 2014 . sisario ben 13 august 2013 . wor am prominent new york station is sold to clear channel . new york times . retrieved 12 september 2014 . alpha media acquires buckley s bakersfield merced stations from radio insight october 10 2014 buckley radio corporate richard d. buckley . buckley radio corporate . retrieved 12 september 2014 . nys broadcasters association hall of fame richard d. buckley . retrieved 12 september 2014 . paid notice deaths buckley richard d paid death notice nytimes.com . 21 august 2011 . retrieved 12 september 2014 . buckley radio corporate joe bilotta . buckley radio corporate . retrieved 12 september 2014 . lynne berke et al. v. buckley broadcasting corporation d b a wor radio . retrieved 12 september 2014 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title buckley broadcasting & oldid 709372034 categories defunct radio broadcasting companies of the united states navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 10 march 2016 at 15 16 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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