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Face the State WFSB 11 am

Host: Dennis House

Is Connecticut bad for business?

Guest: John Rathgeber, CBIA

Getting Guns off the Streets

Guest: Hartford Deputy Police Chief Luis Rodriguez

Guest: Colleen Desai, St. Francis Hospital

Slavery in Connecticut

Guest: Allegra Di Bonaventura, Yale University

Flashback

My very first report, 1988

CT Capitol Report FoxCT Sunday 10:30 am

Hosts: Laurie Perez and Al Terzi

1. Second District Congressman Joe Courtney discusses immigration reform, gun control and his recent trip to Afghanistan.

2. Jay Sicklick, Deputy Director of the Center for Children’s Advocacy, says teachers and pediatricians should do more to screen children, at an earlier age, for mental health    issues.

3. Doug Odishoo, the owner of a Wallingford gun shop (Delta Arsenal) talks about the impact of Connecticut’s new gun laws on his business, and his customers.

The Stan Simpson Show Fox CT Saturday, 6:30 am, online at http://www.ctnow.com/stan

Host: Stan Simpson

Reneging on CT Education Reforms

Guests: Parents Advocate Gwen Samuel, Achieve Hartford Executive Director Paul Holzer, and Hartford State Representative Douglas McCroy comment on whether Connecticut is reneging on its commitment for education reforms.

Proposed laws to punish human trafficking

Guests: Author Raymond Bechard and Deacon Arthur Miller discuss the rampant sex trade on The Berlin Turnpike and proposals to make human trafficking a more punitive punishment.

Introducing Orq. Espada (Salsa Jazz band)

Guests: Doug Long, Ramon Santiago, and Marco Ocasio talk about their new CD “On the Cutting Edge.”

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

Floyd Lapp

Executive Director, SWRPA

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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WEST HARTFORD, CT – (May 10, 2013) – The NBC Owned Television Stations division of NBC Universal today announced that Ric Harris has been named President and General Manager of NBC CT’s NBC Connecticut / WVIT, effective immediately.  Harris brings more than 25 years of media industry experience to the job, the majority spent in general management and advertising sales leadership roles.

Harris was promoted to his new role after being named Vice President of Sales for NBC Connecticut in early March.  He joined the station from Accenture, where he was Manager of Communications, Media and Technology for two-and-a-half years.  Previously, Harris was Vice President of Digital Ad Sales for BET Interactive from 2008 to 2009, where he developed and led the multi-platform sales strategy for the network’s online, mobile and video-on-demand products.  He also was the Executive Vice President and General Manager of Digital Media and Strategic Marketing for NBC Owned Television Stations from 2005 to 2007.

From 2000 to 2005, Harris led WEWS, the ABC affiliate in Cleveland, as its Vice President and General Manager and was previously the General Sales Manager.  He started his media career at the station as a Local Sales Account Executive.  Harris also worked in sales roles at WOIO and WUAB, the CBS and UPN duopoly in Cleveland, and at Petry Television.

Harris holds a master’s degree in Communications Management and a bachelor’s degree in Communications and English from John Carroll University.  He is a member of a number of professional organizations, including IAB’s Digital Video Committee, and sits on the Board of Directors of the Broadcast Education Association.  Harris, his wife and their two children are in the process of relocating to Connecticut.

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TVSpy reports that Seth Lemon is coming to NBC30 as a general assignment reporter. For the past year he has worked at WRC in Washington, D.C. as a reporter trainee.

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Congrats to NBC30 alum Brian Shactman who has been named host of MSNBC’s “Way Too Early.” He succeeds Willie Geist who has moved to The Today Show’s 4th hour (and still appears on “Morning Joe”). More about Brian.

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We’re enjoying reading and viewing the coverage of “Obsessed”, the soon-to-be-released book co-authored by Mika Brzezinski of MSNBC (WFSB and Fox61 alum) and Connecticut broadcaster Diane Smith. Here’s today’s appearance on “Morning Joe” and Sunday’s Hartford Courant and New Haven Register.

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NBC CT sports and general assignment reporter Dianna Russini is leaving one NBC affiliate for another – she’s headed to WRC in Washington, D.C. where she’ll work as a sports anchor and reporter. Dianna came to Connecticut less than a year and a half ago – nice article about her in the Washington Post.

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