Fun article in the New Haven Register featuring WCBS’ Paul Murnane, WINS’ Kathleen Marple, and longtime CT broadcaster Steve Kalb.
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(Knock knock) “Hello, I’m with NBC CT …”
Posted on January 30, 2012 by dubymcd
NBC CT is introducing a new 10-person consumer and investigative unit. According to a press release, the new team will serve as the largest of its kind in the Connecticut market (and given the fact that most investigative journalism has been severely cut, we would concur with this claim):
Sharon Butterworth, the station’s former Managing Editor, will lead the new consumer and investigative team. Butterworth has been with NBC Connecticut for three-and-a-half years and previously worked for ten years at the ABC station in Miami, with her last position as Executive Producer. Monica Buchanan, a “go-to” general assignment reporter with WVIT since 2007 has transitioned into the investigative role along with reporter Jeff Stoecker who has been a solid and versatile member of the news team since 2009. NBC Connecticut newcomers Christopher Coffey and Sabina Kuriakose join the unit as well. Coffey, most recently with the Fox affiliate in Austin, Texas, brings more than a decade of consumer and investigative experience and Kuriakose comes to NBC Connecticut from YNN in upstate New York where she reported throughout New York’s capital region. Station veterans and Emmy award-winning photojournalists Darryl Vallez and David Michnowicz will provide energetic images and perspective to the investigations along with Dan Lee, the station’s world-traveled photojournalist who has shot video for NBC in China and other locations around the world. The team’s News Associate, Denny Alfonso, recently joined NBC Connecticut with previous experience on the TODAY Show and also as the CNN en Espanol Radio correspondent in NYC. As a Colombian reporter he brings additional language skills and international perspective. Another member of the unit will be announced soon.
The investigative unit addition is part of NBCUniversal’s massive investment into its 10 owned stations, which includes hiring more than 130 new people, adding more local news, establishing new consumer and investigative units and purchasing new equipment, including trucks, in an effort to boost the news gathering capabilities at the stations.
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East Haven: Big Stinky Media Mess
Posted on January 30, 2012 by dubymcd
In his Sunday column in the Hartford Courant, Colin McEnroe calls out WPLR’s Chaz and A.J. for their “interview” with East Haven Mayor Joseph Maturo, Jr. And the key issue, he writes, is less the “taco” comment than federal findings about the city’s police force.
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Sunday Talk
Posted on January 27, 2012 by kevhill100
Face the State WFSB 11 a.m
Host: Dennis House
East Haven Racial Profiling
Mayor Joseph Maturo, R – East Haven
Malloy Development Changes
Oz Griebel, Metro Hartford Alliance
Flashback
Dodd Endorses Lieberman, Reported by John Daly on January 26, 1988
The Real StoryFoxCT 6:30 am
Host: Laurie Perez
Mandatory Reporting Laws in CT
State Rep. Diana Urban, D – Stonington
Budget Crunching
Sue Haigh, AP
Secretary Ben Barnes, Office of Policy and Management
State Rep. Jason Perillo, R – Shelton
Maturo Comments
Isai’as Diaz, CT Latino and Puerto Rican Affairs Commission
Marilyn Alverio, Diversity Consultant
The Stan Simpson Show Fox CT Saturday, 6:30 am, online at http://www.ctnow.com/stan
Host: Stan Simpson
State of the Union Reaction
Attorney Corey Brinson, Republican Analyst
Brandon McGee Jr., Democratic Analyst
Maturo Comments
Isai’as Diaz, CT Latino and Puerto Rican Affairs Commission
Marilyn Alverio, Diversity Consultant
Pet Adoption
Michelle Stratton, Petco
Amanda Collins, Petco
Focus on Connecticut News12 Saturday: 7:30 am, 11 am, 2:30 pm, 7:30 pm.Sunday: 2:30 am, 7:30 am, 11 am, 1:30 pm, 5:30 pm
Host: Tom Appleby
State Sen. Kevin Kelly, R – Seymour
State Rep. Paul Davis, D – Milford
State Rep. Gail Lavielle, R – Wilton
State Rep. John Shaban, R – Easton
State Rep. Themis Klarides, R – Woodbridge
State Rep. Tony Hwang, R – Fairfield
State Rep. Fred Camillo, R – Greenwich
CTN: Capitol Report: Week in Review Sunday at 8 pm Replays of: The Real Story (8:30 PM), Face the State (9:00 pm),The Stan Simpson Show (9:30 pm)
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Geoff Fox: Skeptical
Posted on January 27, 2012 by dubymcd
Fox CT ‘s Geoff Fox has been called out by the group “Forecast the Facts” which aims to get on-air meteorologists to talk about climate change/global warming. Its post cites a number of meteorologists whom it considers “climate deniers” and refers to this quote from Geoff:
“My life would be easier if I was a believer! All my non-meteorologist friends are global warming adherents. Faith doesn’t come to you just because it’s a desirable trait.” [GeoffFox.com, 06/22/11]
Geoff tells the New Haven Register’s Joe Amarante, “I’m not a denier, I’m a skeptic. The people who are advocating for global warming treat it like it’s a religion. So it’s like blasphemy (to question it).”
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Making the Most of a Giants v. Patriots Showdown
Posted on January 27, 2012 by dubymcd
NBC is televising the Super Bowl this year and local affiliate WVIT (NBC CT) has announced plans to send Sports anchor Kevin Nathan, anchor Keisha Grant and meteorologist Bob Maxon to Indianapolis, along with three photogs and a field producer.
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The Kate
