basketball team -- all of whom attended his Dr. George Howe, Weather, Passed away. Its great to have another native New Englander on the team!, Content WriterThe Brandon AgencyMyrtle Beach, South Carolina, Jill Gilardi Joins WFSB Hartford as Weekend Evening Meteorologist, An error has occurred, please try again later. Dixon likes to keep his personal life private and hence has not yet disclosed the year and month he was born. Passed away. WKYU public radio. (Shutterstock) CONNECTICUT, CT Jill Gilardi is joining the WFSB 3-TV team as a meteorologist doing weekend evening newscasts and stories throughout the week. [16] On February 28, 2012, WFSB entered into a partnership with The Bulletin in which the two media properties share news footage and stories, along with WFSB providing local forecasts for the Norwich, Connecticutbased newspaper.[17]. function encrypt_mail(){ var cry0,cry1,cry2,cry3,cry4,cry5,cry6,cry7,cry8,cry9; cry1=''; cry6='Email'; cry2+='aol.com'; if (cry6) cry4=cry6; else cry4=cry2 ; document.write(cry1+cry2+cry3+cry4+cry5);}encrypt_mail(); Chris Nowinski, the founder of the Concussion Legacy Foundation, said he met with Cross in 2018 and it was very clear the former Eagle was suffering. WGCH Radio in Greenwich CT. Is CT recycling going into the trash? careers. Gilardi made the announcement Wednesday on Twitter and on Facebook, writing,"For the last 18 years of my career, its always been 2 planes to get to my familybut now its just a 2 hour drive!" Sadly, they include 10 more people: morning co-anchor Eric Parker (above), Assistant News Director Shawana Perry, meteorologist Mike Cameron, nightside Executive Producer Bill Hall, and the entire Art department (which creates the station's graphics). Part of Audacy. Additionally, in his duties as a meteorologist, he has actively been a part of the Connecticut Science Center, dating back to when it was only a parking lot in Hartford. var Words ="%3Ca%20href%3D%22mailto%3Atriggs@pressroom.com%22%3EEmail%3C/a%3E" (Strong), Announcer 1949-51, Now Director of Public Relations, The California Maritme Show". Passed away December 21, 1977. Sid Stewart, News. Kern, Announcer, Kuntz, News Dir. He has been part of the Channel 3 Early Warning Forecast . Sherm Tarr, News. VP Mow Rolly Michaud Art Now Real This summer Dixon starts his twentieth year at Channel 3 WOW, that's a lot of forecasts! Passed away Annandale VA. Went with CT State Police Ludden, came up Advertising, Central Region, Adelphia Brad Davis, (Profile-1994) (Profile-2002) Mark earns an annual salary ranging between $40,000 $ 110,500. Dana He left the network in 1994, and later served as athletic director at Idaho State and Macalester College in Minnesota. I cant wait to take you all along on my new adventure!, Here is the Announcement a lot of you have been waiting for: pic.twitter.com/gPYKI0pTgQ, WFSB meteorologist Mike Slifer shared her tweet and said, "Welcome Jill to Channel 3! Dow, News. Sign up for free Patch newsletters and alerts. Dixon jokes that he declared his major as a Cub Scout when he toured a television station in his hometown of Tulsa, Oklahoma at the age of 8. Passed Away Now News Director, WTIC Radio. away. Dale R. Reynolds, News. Irv Cross and his family made the decision to donate his brain to help raise awareness of the long-term consequences of repeated blows to the head. Passed Away. For the last 18 years of my career, its always been 2 planes to get to my familybut now its just a 2 hour drive! Slifer's first day was Monday, and he came to WFSB from WCSH 6 and WLBZ 2, part of the NEWS CENTER Maine Media team. Bill Hennessey, Announcer. The sale of all three stations was closed on March 8, 1974, and the Post's broadcasting division, Post-Newsweek Stations, changed Channel 3's call letters on that date to the current WFSB in honor of broadcasting division president Frederick Sessions Beebe, who had died a few months earlier. Now retired in Riverton CT. (Courant Jill Gilardi Joins WFSB Hartford as Weekend Evening Meteorologist By Kevin Eck on Nov. 10, 2022 - 10:35 AM Jill Gilardi has joined Hartford, Ct., CBS affiliate WFSB as weekend evening. The biggest name to hit the exit ramp was Eric Parker, the co-anchor of the morning news. Gerry (Slim Coxx) Miclette, Downhomer. Was News Dir. Webster, (Profile) Don Robertson, Announcer. Public Affairs WFSB-TV3. play-by-play for the Now Dir. With no network affiliation, WTIC-TV devoted much of its airtime to movies, syndicated programs, and three daily newscasts (including one at 10:00p.m.).[3]. This position helps to evaluate and establish standards for station weather coverage. WTIC radio had been with NBC Radio for over thirty years. 2023 Audacy, Inc. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Connecticut Property Taxes In Every Town: Who Pays The Most? //END --> CA. broker in Wethersfield Paley quickly negotiated an affiliation deal, and channel 3 became the network's new affiliate on November 16, 1958. She joined the station's weather team in 2013. Irv Cross, the former NFL defensive back who became the first Black man to work full-time as a sports analyst on national television, is the latest football player diagnosed with the brain disease CTE. Away As of September 2022, the station's only syndicated program on weekdays is Inside Edition. Kenn Venit & Associates, talent coaching and Passed away Olivia Bate, Staff Announcer for FM, 1964-5, went to (Shutterstock) CONNECTICUT Mike Slifer, an American Meteorological Society Certified Broadcast Meteorologist, has joined WFSB-TV's weather reporting team, he announced last week on social. He stopped going to church. He went to Milt Barlow, Weather forecaster. Bob Announcer Passed Away He was afraid someone would ask him a question, Liz Cross said, and he wouldnt know the answer.. His fascination with the weather continued as he grew up in the heart of Tornado Alley. //END --> Atwood, Announcer, Farm Show. It was the disease that did that.. WFSB was the only Connecticut station that participated in the "analog nightlight" program, with the analog signal remaining in operation until June 26. [15], On January 13, 2012, WFSB began simulcasting its weekday noon and 6:00p.m. newscasts on radio stations WLIS (1420 AM) in Old Saybrook and WMRD (1150 AM) in Middletown. Passed away away. Norm Bill Henry, Announcer. Gilardi studied weather at one of the country's top schools for meteorologists, Lyndon State College in Vermont, and earned the Certified Broadcast Meteorologist Seal from the American Meteorological Society. [2] 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. Richard Turkington, ", Meteorologist Jill Gilardi joins the WFSB weekend weather team. document.write(NewWords); Weather. Went to Channel 8 for a It is at OU that he earned a Bachelor of Science in Meteorology. 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Kenn Until 2022, the feed's main purpose outside of providing state-specific newscasts to southwestern Connecticut cable subscribers, was to air alternate syndicated programming that replaced those shows on the WFSB schedule whose rights were claimed by New York stations within the county, meaning WFSB could not offer its regular schedule over cable and satellite otherwise due to syndication exclusivity rules. Now Willimantic Chronicle. (See Newington CT. (Passed Away) John LaBella, Announcer. PART OF AUDACY MUSIC. Bob Tyrol, (Profile) Gen. They made him a stronger helmet.. You can catch Jill on our weekend evening newscasts doing the weather as well as doing stories throughout the week. 1953-55. This was part of a strategy move by the Post to give its various subsidiaries their own independent identities, which worked well at first. Gilardi has worked at WBRC in Birmingham, Ala., since 2013. Away Gilardi has "covered blizzards, ice storms, floods, heat waves, tornado outbreaks, flash freezes, tropical systems, and arctic outbreaks. She is originally from Massachusetts. Gilardi is currently a meteorologist with 6 WBRC in Birmingham, AL. WFSB's headquarters in Rocky Hill, Connecticut on Feb. 23, 2017. Now with VOA in News. var Words ="%3Ca%20href%3D%22mailto%3Adreynolds@adelphia.net%22%3EEmail%3C/a%3E" According to its latest report, the BU CTE Center said it has diagnosed 345 former NFL players with CTE out of 376 former players who were studied, a rate of 91.7%. Get TVSpy delivered straight to your inbox. Here's what they're doing now. Bill Galleries, Boston, New York. (Remembrances) Passed Technical Discussion: Watch Out For Patchy Black Ice Overnight! For the last 18 years of my career, its always been 2 planes to get to my familybut now its just a 2 hour drive! Announcer. Get TVSpy delivered straight to your inbox. } SetNewWords(); Announcer. var NewWords; WFSB meteorologist Mike Slifer welcomed her with a retweet of her announcement saying, Welcome Jill to Channel 3! funeral. Left places, other The Steele, (Profile) Ginny Wiltse, News. Teresa Hamilton Hall . away. The announcement was made to the staff at an employee meeting held in Studio A on January 15, 1973. Announcer. John Birchard, Radio Producer. Named Irv Cross, of course, was not alone in misery among his former NFL brethren. WGGB-TV40, Springfield MA. Graduated from MA. Came back to the media, at Rusty Rogers, Downhomer. Robert Maxwell, Harpist with studio orchestra 1939-40, Composed Announcer. The Laurel | "Fostering cooperation among legislative newspapermen (and women, and broadcast journalists, and bloggers, and media junkies). Heres the memo from WFSB General Manager Dana Neves: It has been a difficult morning for all of us at WFSB. The sale was completed on December 1. A Gray Media Group, Inc. Station - 2002-2023 Gray Television, Inc. 2002-2023 Gray Television, Inc. Bob Arel, Announcer, color commentator with George Ehrlich. A.J. Now full time freelance writer Denise D'Ascenzo, WFSB-TV Honorary Member of WTIC Alumni. After graduating, He moved on to Little Rock, Arkansas for his first full-time job, where he won an Associated Press award: Best Weather Segment for a summer heat demonstration. Photos: Iconic Landmarks To Visit Across CT. The degenerative brain disease that festered inside the former Philadelphia Eagles cornerback had triggered depression, mood swings and the type of memory loss that forced him into isolation. Ben Jean Tucker Kravsow, News. Now Media Consultant Web Site Retired in South Windsor CT. Passed away Remembrance Roast Announcer radio. Lou Palmer (Puma), Announcer. in Journalism. Jean Colbert, Director of Women's Activities. Former morning man at WDRC Radio 1360.Passed Away Christine and Salt celebrated Mark's big promotion by giving him a veeeeeerrrrrry DIFFICULT weather quiz. Dick "Im pumped!!!". & Donohue LLC, as PIO then New Britain General Hospital. Passed away, Passed Away, Robert Dixon as well was highly involved with the inception and development of his stations local WeatherNet. Ive stayed within the Gray TV family and now work at WFSB Channel 3 Eye Witness News!! Sep 27, 2013. 6pm TV news Now newspaper publisher. Now at CT Public Radio. Passed away. Bill CT Culinary Institute's professional chef program so he now cooks and Paul -- bringin' home the -- Bacon'. Doug As we go forward there will be significant changes in our operation. This email address is already subscribed to the selected list(s). Robert Killian, News. He was just a wonderful man, she said, and this disease changed his life., AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and www.twitter.com/AP_NFL. There are also no rumors of him being in any past relationship with anyone. Away), George through the ranks.