2020 has been quite a year. It began with dealing with the tremendous grief over the loss of Denise D’Ascenzo in late 2019, her memorial service at the end of January, then […]
#Positive Vibes: Feeling So Much Love Lately
Denise D’Ascenzo Photo Album 2
Denise D’Ascenzo Photo Album 1
Denise’s daughter Kathryn told me last night she was grateful for the fun times and laughs her mother and I shared. My TV wife and sister had a zany sense of humor […]
Crocodile Club
So honored to be the emcee of the historic Crocodile Club luncheon at Lake Compounce!
2019 Capital Catwalk Raises Record $$$$
The Capital Catwalk to benefit Dress for Success is something the WFSB team looks forward to every year! Many members of the Channel 3 team and others in the community dress up […]
Governor Ned Lamont Inauguration
It was a celebration of Connecticut history at the inauguration of our state’s 89th governor, Ned Lamont. The day began with a swearing in ceremony at the O’Neill State Armory and culminated […]
20 Towns in 20 Days
Channel 3’s popular “20 Towns in 20 Days” returns this spring and this year our viewers are choosing which town we visit. Each day we put up a choice of two towns […]
Blizzard Delayed, but Couldn’t Stop a Legend
Snow delays and cancels schools and can lead to store closings and office shutdowns, but not for everybody. If you’re in the medical field, law enforcement, and a few other professions, you […]
WFSB Weather in 1983
Remember Charlie Bagley? Charlie was the avuncular morning weather guy on Channel 3 for decades. I anchored Eyewitness News Daybreak with him alongside Virginia Cha back in the early 90s until he […]
Happy Birthday Denise!
Grateful and Humbled
Where does the time go? This year I am celebrating 25 years at WFSB! It has been a great ride with some great people at a great television station. I would not […]
1957 on Display
As part of WFSB’s 60th anniversary celebration, we invited owners of some fantastic 1957 cars to a client party at the Connecticut Science Center. 1957 was the year tail fins on cars […]
Covering the Trial of the Century
Watching the parole hearing of O.J. Simpson this past week brought me back to the summer of 1995, when I was on assignment covering a story that dominated our newscasts for much of […]
An Announcement
As I get ready to celebrate my 25th anniversary at WFSB this summer, I’ve decided to make a big change. Later this spring, I will sign off from the 11 o’clock news, […]
WFSB in 1987
Check out Gayle King, Pat Sheehan and others in a newscast from the summer of ’87
The Land of the 3
Found this gem of WFSB swag from the late 1970s, a promotional poster we gave to Channel 3 viewers. I can’t make out the artist’s name, but it looks like Mike “Engels” […]
Gayle King on the Convention Beat in 1988
CBS This Morning anchor Gayle King has been doing an awesome job so far on the convention beat, first covering the Republican National Convention last week, and now she’s at the Democratic […]
WFSB in 1996
Twenty years ago the Dallas Cowboys won the Super Bowl, the summer blockbuster at the movies was Twister, Hartford hosted a presidential debate and WFSB viewers were watching a new promotional campaign […]
Meet the New Face the State Producer
Face the State has a new man behind the scenes: producer Bill Hall. Bill, shown above flanked by director Jason Bowman and engineer Dario Muneton, replaces Chris Collibee, who went to work […]
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