In the spring of 1997, the Washington Post company appeared to be strengthening its presence in Hartford. The headquarters of its television division, Post-Newsweek stations, had been moved to Connecticut’s capital city […]
The Jubilation of that First Baby Picture
WFSB made the rare decision to break into programming to get a live look at the royal baby leaving the hospital in London. Why? Our viewers wanted us to. There has been […]
Covering the First World Trade Center Attack
25 years ago I embarked on what was at the time the biggest assignment of the infancy of my Channel 3 career. Terrorists had attacked the World Trade Center, killing six people […]
First Winter Storm is Named….
Ari! WFSB Chief Meteorologist Bruce DePrest has announced the name of the Nor’easter that slammed Connecticut, is Ari. Naming winter storms is a longtime tradition here at WFSB (and WTIC before), that began […]
Connecticut Losing TV Viewers
We received some unsettling news from Nielsen, the folks who conduct ratings for the television stations. The Hartford/New Haven market remains the 30th biggest television market in the country, but we lost nearly […]
Wishing Connecticut was a Battleground State…Again
I will not be interviewing President Obama for our Sunday political show, Face the State. Don’t laugh, the premise was not as far fetched as you might think. For the past year, […]
It’s All About Norwood
Back in the 1970s when two kids were sitting in Miss Colleran’s 5th grade classroom at the Balch School in Norwood, Massachusetts , could anyone have guessed they would be working in television […]
Denise’s Vintage Voting Vestments
Election Night 2014 is almost here and the Channel 3 Eyewitness News team will be there to bring you up to the minute results from cities and towns across Connecticut. Denise and […]
Face the State Flashback: Yanks Win ’96 World Series
What was once lost, has now been found. We’re talking about the video of my assignment nearly 17 years ago: my very first World Series. I recently found the tape, and you’ll see […]
Separated at Birth?
A few of us veterans here Channel 3 can’t get over the resemblance between our reporter Matt (Pride of Derby) McFarland and former Channel 3 sportscaster Joe Tessitore, now with ESPN. Don’t let the […]