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WFSB signed on the air on September 23, 1957, as WTIC-TV, owned by the Hartford-based Travelers Insurance Company, along with WTIC radio (1080 AM and 96.5 FM). [3] As Connecticut's second VHF station, WTIC-TV was one of the most powerful stations in New England, not only covering the entire state but a large chunk of western Massachusetts and eastern Long Island in New York.
The minority partners included Edna N. Smith, a Hartford educator; Randall Pinkston, a reporter for Hartford's WFSB (channel 3); and James Grasso, son of Connecticut governor Ella T. Grasso. [10] Arnold Chase had become smitten with independent TV after seeing the depiction of a news crew in the movie The China Syndrome. [11]
Hartford/New Haven: Hartford: 3 36 WFSB: CBS: Gray Television: Ion Mystery on 3.2, Laff on 3.3, WWAX-LD on 3.4 Hartford/New Haven: New Haven: 8 10 WTNH: ABC: Nexstar Media Group: Rewind TV on 8.2 Hartford/New Haven: Hartford: 19 31 WRDM-CD: Telemundo: NBC Owned Television Stations: TeleXitos on 19.2 Hartford/New Haven: Waterbury: 20 33 WCCT-TV ...
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(WBTS-CD transmits over full-power WGBX-TV's spectrum, but is excluded as it is classified as a low-power license). A blue background indicates a station transmitting in the ATSC 3.0 format over-the-air; details about the station's alternate availability in the original ATSC format are contained in its article.
The station features local newsbreaks, as well as updates from CBS News Radio. WTIC's newsroom is staffed 24 hours a day with a team of local newscasters and reporters. It shares some news and weather forecasts with WFSB, the CBS TV affiliate in Hartford. Listeners have been setting their watches to WTIC for many years.
In September 1957, the Hartford-based Travelers Insurance Company signed on independent station WTIC-TV (channel 3, now WFSB), the state's second and last VHF station. Within a year of its debut (and despite its radio sister having been an NBC radio affiliate for over thirty years) WTIC-TV became Connecticut's CBS affiliate, replacing its owned ...
Denise D'Ascenzo Cooke (January 30, 1958 – December 7, 2019) was an American television news anchorwoman at WFSB-TV in Hartford, Connecticut. She worked there for 33 years (1986–2019), becoming the longest-serving anchor at WFSB-TV. D'Ascenzo was also the longest-serving news anchor at any Connecticut television station. [1]