HISTORY
Trusted by our family of clients and vendors for over 50 years. We are one of the largest independently owned, premier media buying companies.
February 2017
2014
DCW officially becomes a full-service media buying agency, adding a cutting-edge, in-house digital department to its ranks.
2008
Due to excessive growth, DCW expands its operations by relocating from Huntington, New York to larger offices in Ronkonkoma, New York.
2004
DCW is once again in the forefront of new advertising clients by launching the first advertising campaign for online gambling with their client ‘Party Poker’.
2001
DCW’s first super bowl buy for Delta Airlines. The multimillion dollar buy incorporates a blend of trade and dollars. The buy helped launch Delta’s new first class seating and new destinations throughout Europe.
2000
Continuous expansion, moves DCW to new offices in Huntington, New York.
1998
DCW becomes the buying service for P.C. Richard & Son, one of the Northeast’s largest retailers; still working with them today.
1992
DCW celebrates cracking the eight figure annual billing ceiling.
1990
DCW moves its expanding offices out of NYC and into the North Shore Towers on Long Island.
1985
DCW enters into a new phase of its career by opening up a media buying division.
1983
Ken Bove, Jr. joins DCW.
1979
DCW is the agency chosen to represent St. John’s University, on Long Island; the beginning of a 20+ year relationship.
1978
DCW assists with the launch of Entertainment Sports Programming Network (known today as ESPN) by entering into a multi-million dollar trade contract.
1973
Ken Bove, Sr., a successful entrepreneur, who later embarked on a career at NBC Radio, acquires an agency called Dougherty, Clifford and Wadsworth and immediately transforms it into an innovative industry leader in media.