Dick Bertel, one of the founding news anchors on WFSB Hartford, Conn., when it operated as WTIC-TV from its launch in 1957 to its first sale in 1974, died Monday, […]
Gray Television’s WFSB Hartford, Conn. (CBS), and WWAX-LD Boston (independent), have signed an exclusive media partnership with the University of Connecticut. The partnership kicks off with a UConn Football Season […]
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Gray Television’s CBS affiliate WFSB Hartford, Conn., and CT Insider will host the live Senate Debate between U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D) and Leora Levy (R) at the WFSB studios in Rocky […]
Gray Television’s CBS affiliate WFSB Hartford, Conn., today named long-time meteorologist Mark Dixon its chief meteorologist. This summer Dixon starts his 20th year at WFSB. Dixon is a graduate of […]
WFSB Tops November Ratings In Every Newscast
WSFB in Hartford-New Haven, Conn., is a legacy station with a history of ratings dominance in the market over many decades. How does a TV station get there? And once there, what’s the secret to remaining on top?
WCCT, WTIC, WFSB and WTNH are now broadcasting with ATSC 3.0 technology.
WFSB Hartford To Debut 4:30 P.M. Newscast
Eyewitness News at 4:30 PM launches Sept. 9 and will feature anchors Erin Connolly and Mark Zinni plus meteorologist Mark Dixon.
Longtime WTNH Hartford, Conn., news director Keith Connorsis is heading up Route 91 to the Meredith-owned CBS affiliate WFSB where he will be the new executive news director. Connors fills the opening left behind when the station promoted Dana Neves to VP-GM of the station in March 2018.
She joined Meredith’s Connecticut CBS affiliate as an intern in 1995 and rose to become news director in 2006. She succeeds Klarn DePalma.
Water Line Break Forces WFSB Evacuation
Lawmaker Asks FCC To End WFSB Blackout
A Connecticut state lawmaker has stepped in to try to end a two-month retrans battle that has kept Meredith’s CBS affiliate WFSB Hartford, Conn., off of Altice USA’s Optimum cable system. Sen. Gayle Slossberg is spearheading a petition to have the FCC intervene in the impasse.
WFSB Sportscaster John Holt Leaving
Susan Raff Joins WFSB’s ‘Face the State’
Meredith Broadcasting’s CBS affiliate WFSB Hartford, Conn. (DMA 30) is adding Susan Raff to its Sunday Face the State. Raff will join Dennis House as co-anchor of the Sunday morning […]
In Hartford, WFSB Wins Social By A Hair
It’s a tight social media race in Hartford-New Haven, Conn., where Meredith-owned WFSB has climbed slightly ahead of Comcast-owned WVIT in terms of total social actions, according to Shareablee data. The station’s GM says winning social comes down to treating it just as seriously as its website or broadcast.
WFSB Goes All In For Race Against Breast Cancer
The broadcast group will introduce Grit, Escape and Laff in five major markets, bringing U.S. coverage of the networks to 78% for Grit, 58% for Escape and 50% for Laff, which premieres next month.
WPIX New York Adds Two Hartford News Names
Meredith-owned CBS affiliate WFSB Hartford, Conn. (DMA 30), will host a gubernatorial debate at the campus of the University of Saint Joseph in West Hartford. The candidates, Dan Malloy and […]
The group’s outlets in Atlanta, Hartford and Nashville are the latest to subscribe to the rating service.
WJW Anchor Mark Zinni Leaving For WFSB
Residents Oppose WFSB Radar Installation Plan
Police Sued For Prohibiting Drone Use
A Hartford man is filing a lawsuit against the Hartford police department and two of its members, claiming they violated his civil rights when officers demanded that he stop flying a drone over a crime scene and detained him, according to court paperwork being filed today.
The Federal Aviation Administration has opened an investigation of a remote-controlled aircraft, equipped with a video camera, hovering over the wreckage of a car crash in Hartford, Conn. It was operated by an employee of CBS affiliate WFSB. The case of the Hartford crash, in which the victim’s body was left hanging out of a mangled car, highlights some of the safety, privacy and ethical issues that journalists will wrestle with as interest grows in using drones for newsgathering.
