This past weekend Channel 3 turned 56.    On September 21, 1957, your favorite television station went on the air for the first time.     Our call letters then were WTIC, and became WFSB in 1974.

From all of us here at Eyewitness News, thanks to all of our loyal viewers.     We have viewers my children’s ages who have just started watching Channel 3, others who grew up watching us, and those who have been with us every step of the way.   Our first viewers contacted us through the U.S. Mail and rotary telephones, and now we also communicate through e-mail, Facebook and Twitter.

Every Sunday, look for our Face the State flashback, when we rebroadcast one of the stories from the past 56 years. 

Here are some that you may have missed: 

2013: Bob Steele https://dennishouse.tv/2013/01/04/face-the-state-flashback-bob-steele-at-channel-3/

2011:  Charlie Bagley obituary https://dennishouse.tv/2011/10/10/former-wfsb-weatherman-charlie-bagley-dead-at-82/

2011   Denise’s anniversary https://dennishouse.tv/2011/03/18/denise-dascenzo-celebrates-25-years-at-wfsb/

2012:    Dennis’ anniversary https://dennishouse.tv/2012/05/22/marking-20-years-at-wfsb/

1958: https://dennishouse.tv/2012/03/27/face-the-state-flashback-the-1958-democratic-senate-debate/

1963: https://dennishouse.tv/2012/06/08/face-the-state-flashback-the-news-bel-air/

1992: https://dennishouse.tv/2012/07/13/face-the-state-flashback-gore-campaigns-in-hartford/

1961: https://dennishouse.tv/2011/12/09/face-the-state-flashback-the-1961-hartford-hospital-fire/

1994: https://dennishouse.tv/2012/05/11/face-the-state-flashback-the-1994-democratic-convention/

2003: https://dennishouse.tv/2013/09/06/face-the-state-flashback-rentschler-field-grand-opening/

2008: https://dennishouse.tv/2012/05/04/face-the-state-flashback-malloy-lays-groundwork-for-10-run/

1979: https://dennishouse.tv/2013/01/25/face-the-state-flashback-the-walter-cronkite-interview/

1988: https://dennishouse.tv/2012/03/16/face-the-state-flashback-1988-connecticut-presidential-primary/

2008: https://dennishouse.tv/2012/03/09/face-the-state-flashback-obama-campaigns-in-hartford/

1966: https://dennishouse.tv/2012/04/06/face-the-state-flashback-an-historic-easter-in-hartford/

1988: https://dennishouse.tv/2012/01/26/face-the-state-flashback-dodd-endorses-lieberman-but/

1991

http://dennishouse.wordpress.com/2012/02/02/face-the-state-flashback-the-banking-crisis-of-the-early-90s/

1993

http://dennishouse.wordpress.com/2012/02/16/face-the-state-flashback-the-hartford-bridgeport-casinos/

1978

http://dennishouse.wordpress.com/2012/01/19/face-the-state-flashback-the-jai-alai-scandal-of-the-late-70s/

1997

http://dennishouse.wordpress.com/2012/03/02/face-the-state-flashback-whalers-leave-hartford-in-1997/

1986

http://dennishouse.wordpress.com/2011/10/14/face-the-state-flashback-election-of-1986/

2004

http://dennishouse.wordpress.com/2011/05/20/flashback-john-rowland-on-face-the-state/

2001

http://dennishouse.wordpress.com/2011/12/15/face-the-state-flashback-the-implosions-of-2001/

1992

http://dennishouse.wordpress.com/2011/12/21/face-the-state-flashback-the-g-fox-era-comes-to-an-end/

1974

http://dennishouse.wordpress.com/2011/11/22/face-the-state-flashback-the-busway-proposal-of-74/

1960

http://dennishouse.wordpress.com/2011/12/01/face-the-state-flashback-lbj-campaigns-in-hartford-in-1960/

2002

http://dennishouse.wordpress.com/2012/06/14/face-the-state-flashback-rowland-kicks-off-campaign-for-historic-3rd-term/

1998

http://dennishouse.wordpress.com/2012/02/09/face-the-state-flashback-patriots-announce-move-to-hartford/

1993

http://dennishouse.wordpress.com/2013/08/22/fts-flashback-whalers-strike-deal-to-stay-in-hartford-through-2013/