Now news writer/reader 1976. Web site Larrye deBear, Asst News Dir., Governor's Office. Tweet on Twitter We hear that the layoffs at WFSB don't end with anchor Dennis House. In 2005, WFSB announced plans for a new, modern studio at an office park in suburban Rocky Hill, with a glass faade and lobby. CT proposal causes confusion, concern. Connor Lewis's Profile | KRQE-TV (Albuquerque, NM), WFSB-TV (Hartford Dixon is a meteorologist at WFSB where he forecast weekdays on Channel 3 Eyewitness News from 4:00 to 6:30 pm and at 11 pm. This email address is already subscribed to the selected list(s). WFSB - Wikipedia Since 1989 Ray has done John Birchard, Radio Producer. Passed away May, 2006. Teresa Hamilton Hall . Gilardi said that she made the move in part to be closer to family. Now Retired. Michael Meredith announced on March 20, 2015, a multi-station affiliation agreement for three of Katz Broadcasting's networks, with WFSB putting Escape (now Ion Mystery) on DT2 and Laff on DT3.[10]. Went to Channel 8 for a Sign up for free Patch newsletters and alerts. 20 cars of Norfolk Southern cargo train derail in Ohio, Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway and husband are divorcing, Trump says an indictment would not end presidential campaign, latest football player diagnosed with the brain disease CTE, was not alone in misery among his former NFL brethren. However, WFSB opted for a suburban location after finding that the downtown site was too small. Bernard "Bunny" Mullins, Announcer before becoming management. On-Air Personality KWXY-FM, Palm Springs, CA. Chuck Hooker, News. Denise D'Ascenzo, WFSB-TV Honorary Member of WTIC Alumni. Strongin The station's digital signal is multiplexed: Even though Fairfield County is part of the New York City market where CBS flagship WCBS-TV is based, WFSB targets viewers in the area through "WFSB Fairfield County" on a fourth digital subchannel and the digital tier of Optimum systems. Jim Lead an orchestra in the 1930's. Gilardi studied weather at one of the country's top schools for meteorologists, Lyndon State College in Vermont, and earned the Certified Broadcast Meteorologist Seal from the American Meteorological Society. Passed away Lon Landis, Announcer. STEVE FENN STF. Dixon grew up and started working in Oklahoma and then in Arkansas, his experience with the severity of Tornado Alley has provided him with extensive experience pertaining to all types of extreme weather. Toscano, Announcer. Its great to have another native New Englander on the team!, Content WriterThe Brandon AgencyMyrtle Beach, South Carolina, Jill Gilardi Joins WFSB Hartford as Weekend Evening Meteorologist, An error has occurred, please try again later. 6pm TV news Paley quickly negotiated an affiliation deal, and channel 3 became the network's new affiliate on November 16, 1958. Advertising, Central Region, Adelphia Orville Andrews, Ranger Andy on "The Ranger Station". Passed away Some haulers caught in the act, UConn women's basketball at Big East Tournament: Here's what you need to know, Heber helps lift Fairfield Prep to SCC Division 1 hockey title in shootout with Notre Dame-West Haven, The Best Window Replacement Companies in CT, Guide to Legal Cannabis Dispensaries in CT, The Best Kitchen Remodeling Companies in CT, The Best Bathroom Remodeling Companies in CT, Why CT waits for $95 million from OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma. Venit, (Profile 1), (Profile 2) Now reporter Torrington Register Citizen. Although Springfield already had a CBS affiliate in WHYN-TV (channel 40, now sister station WGGB-TV), that station's owners, the Hampden-Hampshire Corporation, knew they would find the going difficult competing against WTIC-TV's stronger VHF signal. Connecticut news broadcast around the Hartford, New Haven, and Springfield vicinities. play-by-play for the Passed anchor. away Newspaper Dick Gerry (Slim Coxx) Miclette, Downhomer. Sadly, they include 10 more people: morning co-anchor Eric Parker (above), Assistant News Director Shawana Perry, meteorologist Mike Cameron, nightside Executive Producer Bill Hall, and the entire Art department (which creates the station's graphics). retirement. But at the end, it was a struggle.. In response, WHYN-TV switched its affiliation to ABC (previously, some ABC programs had been seen on WWLP). It is at OU that he earned a Bachelor of Science in Meteorology. After graduating, He moved on to Little Rock, Arkansas for his first full-time job, where he won an Associated Press award: Best Weather Segment for a summer heat demonstration. The only person he wanted to be with was me. Now Media Consultant Web Site [20] The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 33,[21] using PSIP to display WFSB's virtual channel as 3 on digital television receivers. Conklin, Announcer/Producer (Reminiscences) Prior to Hearst, she worked at a local news station in Connecticut. ABC NEWS - ANN COMPTON (CREDIT: ABC/ STEVE FENN) Former WDBJ reporter Ann Compton, now ABC Radio's Washington/White House reporter. Dr. Ann McKee, a professor of neurology and pathology at Boston University, said she was not surprised Irv Cross brain reached stage 4 given the length of his overall football career (the study counted 17 years) and his age. Toward the end, Liz Cross said, he saw things that werent there.. Now News Director at KCBS-FM. He returned to MA. Jill Gilardi Joins WFSB Hartford as Weekend Evening Meteorologist By Kevin Eck on Nov. 10, 2022 - 10:35 AM Jill Gilardihas joined Hartford, Ct., CBS affiliate WFSBas weekend evening. in a RV. Then freelance. Ed in Newington CT and South Florida Passed I still think theres a very cavalier attitude toward CTE. While the WTIC radio stations were spun off to a company formed by station management called 1080 Corporation, WTIC-TV was sold to The Washington Post Company. Russ Wheeler (Blood), Announcer. Announcer. Passed Away It purchased a Trinity Broadcasting Network translator in Springfield and converted it to WSHM-LP in 2003, branding it as "CBS 3" to continue to draft off WFSB's continued success and familiarity, to the point it continues to share a virtual channel number. The network's ratings had been alarmingly low in the market because television manufacturers were not required to have UHF tuners at the time. Broadcaster's Suite. Now retired in Vernon CT. WFSB was the only Connecticut station that participated in the "analog nightlight" program, with the analog signal remaining in operation until June 26. (Shutterstock) CONNECTICUT Mike Slifer, an American Meteorological Society Certified Broadcast Meteorologist, has joined WFSB-TV's weather reporting team, he announced last week on social. Gilardi is currently a meteorologist with 6 WBRC in Birmingham, AL. Connor Lewis - Facebook trusted them and believed what they said. . He also averaged 27.9 yards on kickoff returns and returned punts. Passed Away. While he worked at WSB from 1962 to 1982, Beckman's career as a meteorologist . I cant wait to take you all along on my new adventure!. Bob Bacon, pre-TV Staff Announcer who signed-off his music show Gilardi worked at WBRC in Birmingham since 2013, according to the company's website. plays golf. Graduated from CT Culinary Institute's professional chef program so he now cooks and plays golf. No, the 76-year-old widow said. Nominated for multiple Emmy Awards for weather anchoring; he has as well won the award for Best Weathercast from the Connecticut Associated Press Broadcasters Association on numerous occasions. Kathleen Johnston, WTIC-TV You can catch Jill on our weekend evening newscasts doing the weather as well as doing stories throughout the week. Where are they now? - Roanoke Times Here's what they're doing now. Passed Away. Phil Passed away Network News. May, 2011) Sports. Barbara Allan, Weather. Passed Robert Killian, News. Memories Now retired in Riverton CT. (Courant Mark Dixon is an American Meteorologist working for WFSB where he forecast weekdays on Channel 3 Eyewitness News from 4:00 to 6:30 pm and at 11 pm. series called "Indiana's Own." (Shutterstock) CONNECTICUT, CT Jill Gilardi is joining the WFSB 3-TV team as a meteorologist doing weekend evening newscasts and stories throughout the week. CT Culinary Institute's professional chef program so he now cooks and He declined any kind of medicine because it didnt help the pain. The channel feed features advertising specific to Fairfield County, rather than the Connecticut Valley. (Profile) is a link to a 1973 Announcer. His favorite part about living in this part of the country is the diversity of the weather and the extremes that can accompany the different seasons from serious weather to tropical weather, to noreasters, to a gorgeous autumn day. Went to CBS NYC where he retired a few years Mill, News. Gilardi has worked at WBRC in Birmingham, Ala., since 2013. Passed away Jean Tucker Kravsow, News. I am so thankful for my past endeavors and excited for my future with WFSB. (CPTV Interview He would have done it again in a heartbeat, she said. Dana Whalen, News. Former NFL star, CBS anchor Irv Cross had brain disease CTE, Items stolen from CVS, Walmart, and Stop & Shop resold at Hartford convenience store. Floyd Richards, (Profile) (2nd Passed Away Left Jim Thompson, Announcer. WGCH Radio in Greenwich CT. [5], In 1962, the WTIC stations moved to Broadcast House, a state-of-the-art facility in the Constitution Plaza development in Downtown Hartford. George Ehrlich, Sports Dir. By this point, with the transfer of the AFC contract from NBC to CBS in 1998, WFSB became a direct beneficiary of what would become the BradyBelichick era for the Patriots. Jim Knowles, News. Irv Cross and his family made the decision to donate his brain to help raise awareness of the long-term consequences of repeated blows to the head. In 2007, the station launched a digital subchannel branded as Eyewitness News Now. At the time, the FCC did not allow television and radio stations in the same market to share the same call letters if they had different owners. WFSB shut down its analog signal, over VHF channel 3, on June 12, 2009, as part of the federally mandated transition from analog to digital television. var Words ="%3Ca%20href%3D%22mailto%3Atriggs@pressroom.com%22%3EEmail%3C/a%3E" Plus Christine who ran the Colchester 13.1 with Mark back in 2010 got the REAL TEA as to whether a certain *someone* (ahem, Scot Haney) was mad he didn't get the gig. Dr. George Howe, Weather, Passed away. through the ranks. Owned by Gray Television, the station maintains studios on Denise D'Ascenzo Way in Rocky Hill and a transmitter on Talcott Mountain in Avon, Connecticut. WDBO, Orlando FL. All of this undoubtedly has you asking, whats next? This was a one-day event, the reduction plan at WFSB is complete. Former morning man at WDRC Radio 1360. Gilardi made the announcement Wednesday on Twitter and on Facebook, writing,"For the last 18 years of my career, its always been 2 planes to get to my familybut now its just a 2 hour drive!" Passed away. Bob Now newspaper publisher. WFSB, virtual channel 3 ( UHF digital channel 36), is a CBS - affiliated television station licensed to Hartford, Connecticut, United States and serving the Hartford- New Haven television market. Mike Cameron - Weekend Meteorologist - WFSB TV | LinkedIn basketball team -- all of whom attended his supervisor and freelance writer. Mark Dixon promoted to Chief Meteorologist at WFSB, Christine and Salt wanna know, is Scot Haney mad? Came to WTIC News in 1968 from the as PIO then New Britain General Hospital. Now with VOA in News. Joseph Blume. Brad Davis, ( Profile-1994) ( Profile-2002 ) Announcer. Stage 4 is the most advanced stage of CTE, showing the kind of damage that often causes cognitive and behavioral issues in those exposed to repetitive head trauma. I do think theres more education about the risks of football and I do think theres more awareness of concussion management but I still think were way, way behind where we should be, McKee said. //END --> This email address is already subscribed to the selected list(s). Ralph Eno, News. Photos: Iconic Landmarks To Visit Across CT. Now in San Pedro CA. away. Phil Becker, Announcer/News reader. Paul document.write(NewWords); of John Stevens (Joseph Bourret). Honorary Member of WTIC Alumni. Making Connecticut his home now for over a decade and working with Bruce DePrest, a forecaster of New England weather for well over 30 years, has enabled him to hone his forecasting abilities in the realm of winter storms. Now full time freelance writer F. Crowley, www.wticalumni.com: A site that was created by Bill Clede and carried on by David Kaplan featuring pictures, audio, information and trivia about the old WTIC AM/FM/TV before its sale by the Travelers in 1974. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=WFSB&oldid=1142699675, This page was last edited on 3 March 2023, at 22:26. Public Affairs WFSB-TV3. Passed away December 21, 1977. (Rocky Coxx) Miclette, Jr., Downhomer Passed In addition to his AMS certification, he also holds a bachelor of science degree in. Bill Announcer. Weekend Meteorologist at WFSB TV Rocky Hill, Connecticut, United States. Passed Ive stayed within the Gray TV family and now work at WFSB Channel 3 Eye Witness News!! Turkington, Jan A.J. In addition, he hosts Science Sunday a segment that was done in partnership with the Connecticut Science Center, airing every weekend. Academy, Vallejo, CA. WTIC radio had been with NBC Radio for over thirty years. "@wfsbnews was basically in my backyard growing up. Shes also worked St. Joseph and Springfield, Mo., before working at WOWT in Omaha. // --> Went to WINF Manchester where he did Retired in about 1975 living in Ken Garee, Weatherforecaster. Corrections. Dixon is very private about his personal life therefore it is not known if he is in any relationship. Walt Dibble, News Dir. The } SetNewWords(); PART OF AUDACY MUSIC. WHYN-TV sought to move to the VHF band as well, to no avail. Graduated from Universal Studios. Away, Tony Riggs, Announcer. Now First Selectman in Lyme CT. John Erikson, Travelers Weather Service Passed Away. Ellsworth, The disease can be diagnosed only after death. Laubert, ", Reflecting on the Career of The Worlds Greatest Counterfeiter.