Today is the last day on the job for Dave Thatcher, the friendly and efficient producer at WDRC-am who books guests for the Brad Davis and Dan Lovallo shows. After 50 years in broadcasting (the last 10 at Buckley Broadcasting/Connecticut), Dave is retiring. Dave has a degree in fine art from the University of Hartford’s [...]
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Congratulations to the gang at WTNH – the station’s new Operations Manager is a great, great guy. Frank Discenza spent many years at WFSB, eventually becoming News Operations Manager. He endured the New York commute when he was promoted to Director of Production for Meredith Video Studios and responsible for the “Better TV” show. Now [...]
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Floyd Richards, best known to some for his role as “Hap Richards” on the WTIC-TV of old, passed away earlier this month. Here’s a link to his obituary.
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A friend of The Laurel reports that NBC Connecticut is simulcasting its newscasts on Kiss 95.7 FM for storm victims without power.
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WTNH has been without a permanent news director since Kirk Varner left for Cincinnati nine months ago. Today the station announced that Erik Schrader, the current News Director at WNEP in Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, has been named to the post. A little about his background from the WTNH press release: Schrader has held the position of News [...]
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WFSB went off the air on Sunday during the height of Hurricane/Tropical Storm Irene. We’re told that the problems started when the town of Rocky Hill, where the station is located, lost power. The station’s generator failed so for a period of 45 minutes to an hour, the station was off the air.
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