Monthly Archives: August 2011

Sam to the Majors

NBC CT alum Samantha Ryan is leaving her sports anchoring duties at WCBS-TV in New York for a reporting/hosting job on the MLB Network.

Dr. Mel Retires

  It is official, Dr. Mel has announced his retirement. We wish him nothing but health and happiness. From WTNH: News 8's Chief Meteorologist, Dr. Mel Goldstein,...

Hometown Girl

WTNH's Teresa LaBarbera, a  graduate of Pomperaug High School, is profiled in today's Waterbury Republican-American. We're trying to think of a pun using the phrase...

Longtime Register Editor Gets Pink Slip

Jack Kramer, a 30-year plus veteran of the New Haven Register and its top editor, has been laid off. He has been replaced by...

News 8's Grow Adds to Her Duties

WTNH News 8 has announced that meteorologist Erica Grow will act as the station's Community Affairs Director. Currently, Grow forecasts the weather on weekend...

Sarah French Going to Boston. Um, Maybe…

While Fox CT morning co-anchor Sarah French is reporting in Haiti, back home there is a little “to do” about whether her return to...

Stinchfield for Congress

The last time we caught up with NBC Connecticut alum Grant Stinchfield he was opening up his own political website, The Stinchfield Report, after...

Arnold's Loss

We're thinking of Arnold Dean, WTIC-am broadcaster since 1965, as his wife Helen D'Angelo has died. We don't have all the details yet, but calling...

They're Hiring at 30

Friends at NBC Connecticut say that with Comcast's increasing influence at this NBC O & O station, some serious hiring has begun. We checked...

Rooting for Stuart

Some inspiring reading about ESPN anchor and CT resident Stuart Scott whose stomach cancer has not changed his attitude.