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DCRTV Dave Hughes dies at 63; Founded popular radio and tv blog
Gee, it only took me two months to find out. I used to visit the site's mailbag daily, but it turned into a cesspool. I went there this evening and couldn't figure out why the updating had stopped just after Christmas.
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DCRTV Dave Hughes dies at 63; Founded popular radio and tv blog
Neal Augenstein | naugenstein@wtop.com
December 29, 2021, 1:58 PM
Dave Hughes, whose newsy gossip blog DCRTV.com focused on the radio industry in the Washington and Baltimore markets years before the creation of Twitter and Facebook, has died at age 63, according to his sister.
Patricia Hughes tells WTOP her brother, Dave, died on Dec. 27 — apparently of a heart attack. ... “He was fine, then suddenly gone,” she said. “Dave was an amazing brother and a dear friend — I will miss him terribly.”
Hughes was born in New York City in 1958, lived in Reston, Virginia for years, and moved to North Carolina approximately two years ago. “Dave loved radio and TV his entire life,” said his sister.
Jim Farley was vice president of news and programming at WTOP in 1997, when DCRTV first launched. ... “It was a funny little operation, run by a quirky guy,” said Farley. “A real radio junkie, not a regular journalist.”
Farley said Hughes launched the site shortly after “the Washington Post abandoned its radio column — DCRTV became the only game in town.”
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Neal Augenstein
Neal Augenstein has been a reporter at WTOP since 1997. Through the years, Neal has covered many of the crimes and trials that have gripped the region. Neal's been pleased to receive awards over the years for hard news, feature reporting, use of sound and sports.
naugenstein@wtop.com
@AugensteinWTOP
This article is about 3 months old
DCRTV Dave Hughes dies at 63; Founded popular radio and tv blog
Neal Augenstein | naugenstein@wtop.com
December 29, 2021, 1:58 PM
Dave Hughes, whose newsy gossip blog DCRTV.com focused on the radio industry in the Washington and Baltimore markets years before the creation of Twitter and Facebook, has died at age 63, according to his sister.
Patricia Hughes tells WTOP her brother, Dave, died on Dec. 27 — apparently of a heart attack. ... “He was fine, then suddenly gone,” she said. “Dave was an amazing brother and a dear friend — I will miss him terribly.”
Hughes was born in New York City in 1958, lived in Reston, Virginia for years, and moved to North Carolina approximately two years ago. “Dave loved radio and TV his entire life,” said his sister.
Jim Farley was vice president of news and programming at WTOP in 1997, when DCRTV first launched. ... “It was a funny little operation, run by a quirky guy,” said Farley. “A real radio junkie, not a regular journalist.”
Farley said Hughes launched the site shortly after “the Washington Post abandoned its radio column — DCRTV became the only game in town.”
{snip}
Neal Augenstein
Neal Augenstein has been a reporter at WTOP since 1997. Through the years, Neal has covered many of the crimes and trials that have gripped the region. Neal's been pleased to receive awards over the years for hard news, feature reporting, use of sound and sports.
naugenstein@wtop.com
@AugensteinWTOP