WTNH

WTNH, channel 8, is an ABC-affiliated television station located in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. The station is owned by Nexstar Media Group, as part of a duopoly withMyNetworkTV affiliate WCTX (channel 59). The two stations share studios on Elm Street in downtown New Haven, and WTNH broadcasts from a transmitter located in Hamden, Connecticut.

WTNH-TV

New Haven/Hartford/New London, Connecticut
City of license	New Haven, Connecticut
Branding	Channel 8 (general) News 8 (newscasts)
Slogan	Connecticut's News Leader
Channels	Digital: 10 (VHF)Virtual: 8 (PSIP)
Subchannels	8.1 - ABC 8.2 - Bounce TV
Owner	Nexstar Media Group (WTNH Broadcasting, Inc.)
First air date	June 15, 1948
Call letters' meaning	Welcome To New Haven
Sister station(s)	WCTX, WWLP/WFXQ-CD,WPRI-TV, WNAC-TV
Former callsigns	WNHC-TV (1948-1971)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 6 (VHF, 1948-1953) 8 (VHF, 1953-2009)
Former affiliations	Primary: DuMont (1948-1949) CBS (1949-1955) Secondary: NBC (1949-1955) DuMont (1949-1956)
Transmitter power	20.5 kW
Height	342 m
Facility ID	74109
Transmitter coordinates	41°25′22.7″N72°57′4.1″W
Website	www.wtnh.com

History

What today is WTNH first went on the air on June 15, 1948, as WNHC-TV, originally broadcasting on channel 6. The station was founded by the Elm City Broadcasting Corporation, the owners of WNHC radio (1340 AM, now WYBC; and 99.1 FM, now WPLR).^[2] The station is Connecticut's oldest television outlet and the second-oldest in the New England region (WBZ-TV in Boston signed on less than a week earlier).

WNHC-TV was originally an affiliate of the DuMont Television Network, and claims to have been the first full-time station of that short-lived network.^[3] The station broadcast from WNHC radio's building on Chapel Street in downtown New Haven, but with no studio facilities of its own. Without means to produce local programming, WNHC-TV simply rebroadcast the signal of DuMont's New York City flagship, WABD (now WNYW).^[4] In October 1948 the station added CBS programming to its schedule,^[5] and additional secondary affiliations with NBC and ABC followed a year later.^[6][7] The station was the first station in the country to use videotape for local programming and one of the first to broadcast in color.

When the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)'s Sixth Report and Order ended the four-year freeze on television construction permit awards in 1952, it also reorganized channel allocations to alleviate interference issues. As a result, WNHC-TV changed frequencies and moved to channel 8 in December 1953.^[8][9] The next year, the FCC combined New Haven and Hartford into a single market. WNHC-TV shared some CBS programming with New Britain's WKNB-TV (channel 30, now WVIT) until 1955, since WKNB's signal was not strong enough to cover New Haven at the time.

In 1956, the WNHC stations were bought by Triangle Publications of Philadelphia.^[10] Also that same year, WNHC-TV lost its CBS affiliation when that network purchased WGTH-TV in Hartford (channel 18, later WHCT and now WUVN). This left channel 8 as a sole ABC affiliate, although it shared network programming with WATR-TV (channel 20, now WCCT-TV) in nearby Waterbury until 1966.

Until the original WTIC-TV (channel 3, now WFSB) signed on from Hartford in September 1957, WNHC-TV was the only station on the VHF dial in Connecticut. Many viewers northeast of Hartford used outdoor antennas to get spotty reception of CBS and NBC programs from Boston, and those southwest of Hartford with outdoor TV antennas got equally spotty reception from their respective New York flagship stations. By contrast, most of Connecticut got a clear picture and pitch-perfect sound from channel 8.

Triangle was forced to sell its television stations in 1971 after then-Pennsylvania Governor Milton J. Shapp complained the company had used its Pennsylvania stations in a smear campaign against him. The WNHC stations were among the first batch to be sold going to Capital Cities Communications along with sister stations WFIL-AM-FM-TV in Philadelphia and KFRE-AM-FM-TV in Fresno, California. However, Capital Cities could not keep the radio stations because it already owned the maximum number allowed at the time. As a result, WNHC-TV changed its call letters to the current WTNH-TV soon after Capital Cities took over. The station dropped the -TV suffix from its calls in 1985 but continued to call itself "WTNH-TV" on-air well into the 1990s.

Capital Cities bought ABC in 1986 in a deal that stunned the broadcast industry. However, the FCC would not allow the merged company to keep WTNH due to a significant signal overlap with ABC's flagship station, WABC-TV in New York City. This is because the station provides city-grade coverage of Fairfield County which is part of the New York City market. It also provides at least Grade B coverage to most of Long Island and has been carried on several cable systems in that area for many years alongside WABC. At the time, the FCC normally did not allow common ownership of two stations with overlapping coverage areas and would not even consider granting a waiver when the overlap involved two city-grade signals. As a result, WTNH was spun off to a minority-controlled firm called Cook Inlet Communications. During the mid-1980s, syndicated talk show Sally originated from studios in New Haven until the show moved to New York City.

Cook Inlet sold WTNH to current owner LIN Television in 1994. When a new UHF Independent in New Haven, WTVU (later WBNE and now WCTX) signed-on in 1995, WTNH began operating the station through a local marketing agreement (LMA). In 2001, LIN TV bought WCTX outright. On May 18, 2007, the company announced that it was exploring strategic alternatives that could have resulted in the sale of the company. It was the first station in the country to use videotape for local programming and one of the first to broadcast in color. On June 12, 2009, WTNH left channel 8 and moved to channel 10 when the analog to digital conversion was completed.

On September 8, 2015, Media General announced that it would acquire the Meredith Corporation for $2.4 billion, with the combined group to be renamed Meredith Media General if the sale had been finalized. Because Meredith already owned WFSB, and the two stations ranked among the four highest-rated stations in the Hartford-New Haven market in total day viewership, the companies would been required to sell either WTNH or WFSB to comply with FCC ownership rules as well as recent changes to those rules regarding same-market television stations that restrict sharing agreements; WCTX would have been the only one of the three stations affected by the merger thatr could legally be acquired by Meredith Media General, as its total day viewership ranked below the top-four ratings threshold. However, on January 27, 2016, Nexstar Broadcasting Group announced that it had reached an agreement to acquire Media General (which was approved on January 17, 2017), resulting in the termination of Meredith's acquisition by Media General.

On December 3, 2018, Nexstar announced it would acquire the assets of Chicago-based Tribune Media-which owned Fox affiliate WTIC-TV (channel 61) since 1996 and CW affiliate WCCT-TV (channel 20) since 2001-for $6.4 billion in cash and debt. Nexstar was required to sell two of the stations (including one ranking in the top four in ratings) to a separate, unrelated company to comply with FCC ownership rules. On March 20, 2019, it was announced that Nexstar would keep the WTNH/WCTX duopoly and sell the WTIC/WCCT duopoly to McLean, Virginia-based Tegna inc. as part of the company's sale of nineteen Nexstar- and Tribune-operated stations to Tegna and the E. W. Scripps Company in separate deals worth $1.32 billion; this would mae the WTIC/WCCT duopoly the first television properties in Connecticut and Southern New England for Tegna.

Digital programming

Channel	Name	Programming
8.1	WTNH-DT1	Main WTNH-TV Programming / ABC (HD)
8.2	WTNH-DT2	Bounce TV

News operation

WTNH Action News 8: Late Edition open (1984-1986)

WTNH Action News 8: You'll Be The First To Know promo (Summer 1986)

WTNH Action News 8 open (1986-1990)

For over a quarter century, the station used the Action News format made famous at former Philadelphia sister station WFIL-TV (now WPVI-TV) and even used the same "Move Closer" music and graphics packages as that counterpart. It re-branded to the NewsChannel title in 1996. For many years, WTNH has been a distant runner-up in the market to dominant WFSB. However, in recent times, it has had to fend off a spirited challenge from WVIT. The two stations have spent the last decade trading the runner-up spot.

WTNH's weeknight 6 PM news open.

Historically, WTNH's ratings for news and local programming are far higher in Nielson's "Metro B" area (New Haven County) than "Metro A" (Hartford County). However, this trend does not hold true for network programming. Of all the stations in Connecticut with news operations, WTNH provides the most coverage of Fairfield County and the Long Island Sound shoreline. On weekdays, there is also a focus on traffic reports on I-95/Connecticut Turnpike and CT 15/Merrit Parkway to serve commuters heading towards New York City.

The station's weeknight 6 and 11 PM anchors.

Since the start of the LMA with WCTX in 2000, WTNH has been producing a nightly prime time newscast at 10 on that channel. It has competed right from the start with WTIC-TV's 10 o'clock broadcast which established itself as a viewer favorite since going on-the-air in 1989. As of the February 2008 ratings period, that channel's weeknight newscast is actually the most watched 10 or 11 p.m. broadcast in the market even gathering more viewership that the big three stations in Connecticut. In 2005, WCTX began simulcasting the second hour of WTNH's weekday morning show (at 6) followed by a third hour from 7 until 8 seen exclusively on WCTX except for simulcasted Good Morning America cut-ins on WTNH. The second hour was eventually dropped for an unknown reason. The 7 a.m. hour received competition on March 3, 2008 when WTIC made its initial weekday morning show launch.

WTNH's Chief Meteorologist.

News open.

Its weekday noon newscast was originally an hour long but was reduced to thirty minutes on February 23, 2009 when a new lifestyle/entertainment magazine show known as Connecticut Style was added at 12:30. On April 26, 2010; WTNH re-branded from News Channel 8 to News 8. In addition, WTNH began broadcasting newscasts in 16:9 widescreen enhanced definition, with WCTX's newscasts and Connecticut Style being included in the upgrade. On October 4, 2010; WTNH began broadcasting newscasts in high definition, becoming the third station in the market to do so. WCTX's newscasts also made the transition, and Connecticut Style made the transition in late 2010 and early 2011.

In addition to its main studios, WTNH operates a New London Bureau in The New London Day newsroom on Eugene O'Neill Drive and a Hartford Bureau on Columbus Boulevard. Along with regional NOAA National Weather Service radar data, the station operates its own weather radar near its transmitter site in Hamden. Together, these two sources are called "SkyMax Doppler Network". This can be seen via live video with audio from the National Weather Service on WTNH's website.

On January 2, 2017, Good Morning Connecticut was expanded to start at 4:30 a.m. while the noon newscast was shorten to 30 minutes. Connecticut Style was also cut to a half hour.

On March 30, 2020, WTNH planned to launch an expansion of WCTX's primetime newscast to the three-hour entirely of primetime on weeknights and 90 minutes on weekends. This quickly shifted to launching on March 16 instead to provide continuing coverage of the local impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Newscast titles

• The WNHC-TV Newsreel (1948-1952)
• Your Esso Reporter (1952-1957)
• World News Today (1953-1957)
• Television 8 News (1957–1960)
• Channel 8 News (1960–1970)
• Newswire (1965-1970)
• Action News (1970–1996)
• NewsChannel 8 (1996–2010)
• News 8 (2010–present)

Station slogans

• "Meet Us In September on Channel 8" (1969-1970; localized version of ABC ad campaign)
• "Let's Get Together on Channel 8" (1970-1971; localized version of ABC ad campaign)
• "This Is The Place to Be on Channel 8" (1971-1974; localized version of ABC ad campaign)
• "Hello Connecticut, Hello Channel 8" (1974-1975; localized version of ABC ad campaign)
• "Welcome to the Bright New World on Channel 8" (1975-1976; localized version of ABC ad campaign)
• "Let Us Be The One on Channel 8" (1976-1977; localized version of ABC ad campaign)
• "You're Still Having Fun, Channel 8's The One" (1977-1978 and 1979-1980; localized version of ABC ad campaign)
• "Channel 8's The One You Can Turn To" (1978-1979; localized version of ABC ad campaign)
• "You and Me and Channel 8" (1980-1981; localized version of ABC ad campaign)
• "Now is the Time, Channel 8 is the Place" (1981-1982; localized version of ABC ad campaign)
• "Come on Along with Channel 8" (1982-1983; localized version of ABC ad campaign)
• "That Special Feeling on Channel 8" (1983-1984; localized version of ABC ad campaign)
• "We`re With You on Channel 8" (1984-1985; localized version of ABC ad campaign)
• "You'll Love It on Channel 8" (1985–1986; localized version of ABC ad campaign)
• "Together on Channel 8" (1986-1987; localized version of ABC ad campaign)
• "Something`s Happening on Channel 8" (1987-1990; localized version of ABC ad campaign)
• "Make It Great, Make It 8" (1988-1990)
• "Connecticut`s Watching WTNH" (1990-1992; localized version of ABC ad campaign)
• "If It's Connecticut, It Must Be Channel 8" (1992-1993; localized version of ABC ad campaign)
• "Connecticut's News Leader" (1992–1996)
• "Watched By More Connecticut, Channel 8, ABC" (1993-1996; localized version of ABC ad campaign)
• "Nobody Does It Like Newschannel 8" (1996-1997; localized version of ABC ad campaign)
• "Working For You" (1996–2003)
• "TV is Good, on NewsChannel 8" (1997-1998; localized version of ABC ad campaign)
• "We Love TV, on NewsChannel 8" (1998-1999; localized version of ABC ad campaign)
• "Coverage You Can Count On" (2003-2010)
• "Only On NewsChannel 8" (2005-2007; localized version of ABC ad campaign)
• "NewsChannel 8, Start Here" (2007-2013; localized version of ABC ad campaign)
• "NewsChannel 8, Start Fresh" (Spring 2008; localized version of ABC ad campaign)
• "The Fun Starts Here on NewsChannel 8" (Summer 2008; localized version of ABC ad campaign)
• "Count on 8" (2009–2010)
• "Who's Got Your Back? News 8" (2010-2018)
• "Connecticut's News Leader" (2018-present)

Galler y

WNHC Channel 6 - A Dumont Affiliate station ident from Mid-June 1948

WNHC Channel 6 - Studio Presentation ident from 1950

WNHC Channel 8 ident from 1953

WNHC Channel 8 ident from 1955

WNHC Channel 8 - Texas Rasslin' promo from 1956

WNHC Channel 8 logo from 1960

WNHC TV8 logo from 1961

WNHC TV-8 Nightly Line-Up promo from the mid 1960's

WNHC Channel 8 ident from 1967

WTNH Channel 8 ident from 1971

WTNH Action News 8 open from the mid 1970's

WTNH Channel 8 logo from 1977

WTNH Channel 8 ident from Fall 1977

WTNH Channel 8 ident from Fall 1979

WTNH Channel 8 - M-A-S-H - Weekdays promo from Fall 1979

WTNH Action News 8 - The Way Connecticut Sees It! ident from 1980

WTNH Action News 8 5-4-3-2... id from the early 1980's

ABC ident w/WTNH byline from 1982

WTNH Action News 8 Tonight open from January 4, 1983

WTNH That Special Feeling on Channel 8 promo from 1983

WTNH's local version of "That Special Feeling on ABC" campaign in 1983

WTNH Family Feud Syndicated-Version promo from 1983

WTNH Action News 8 11PM Weeknight open from October 11, 1983

WTNH Channel 8 logo from 1984

WTNH Action News 8 6PM Weeknight open from 1984

WTNH Action News 8 Late Edition Weeknight open from 1984

WTNH Action News 8 - Hartford: How Will You Know promo from 1984

WTNH Action News 8: First Edition 5:30PM Weekday - Mark Davis promo from 1984

WTNH Action News 8 6PM And 11PM Weeknight - Snapshots promo from 1984

WTNH Action News 8 - Al Terzi promo from 1985

WTNH Action News 8 - Get To Know Janet Peckinpaugh - Weeknights promo from 1985

WTNH Action News 8 - John Lindsey: The 'Not-So-Old' Pro promo from 1985

WTNH Action News 8 6PM Weeknight open from April 1985

WTNH Action News 8 6PM Weeknight close from April 1985

WTNH You'll Love It on Channel 8 promo from Fall 1985

WTNH Weekday Afternoons Line-Up promo from Fall 1985

WTNH Channel 8 - T.G.I.F. Movie! open/bumper from Fall 1985

WTNH Action News 8 Special Report: Hurricane Gloria open from late September 1985

WTNH Action News 8 6PM Weeknight promo for September 27, 1985

WTNH Action News 8 6PM Weeknight on-air screen bug from September 27, 1985

WTNH Action News 8 Late Edition Weeknight - Tonight ident for January 23, 1986

WTNH A Public Service... promo from April 1986

WTNH Action News 8 6PM & 11PM Weeknight - The Team id from April 1986

WTNH Sign-Off ident from April 1986

WTNH Action News 8 6PM Weeknight close from May 23, 1986

WTNH Channel 8 - Graduation Day (1981) - Friday promo for May 23, 1986

WTNH Channel 8 station ident from 1986

WTNH Action News 8 open from 1986

WTNH Action News 8 - You'll Be The First to Know promo from 1986

WTNH Action News 8 Live At 5PM Weeknight - Bogey's Beat - Tuesday And Friday promo from 1986

WTNH Action News 8 5:30PM Weeknight - Mark Davis And Diane Smith promo from 1986

WTNH Channel 8 - The Spirit Of Giving promo from late December 1986

WTNH Channel 8 - Make It 8 promo from 1987

WTNH Action News 8 Late Edition Weekend - Coming Up Next promo for October 18, 1987

WTNH Action News 8 Late Edition Weekend open from October 18, 1987

WTNH Action News 8 Late Edition Weekend - Coming Up bumper from October 18, 1987

WTNH Action News 8 Late Edition Weekend close from October 18, 1987

WTNH Channel 8 - Donahue - Monday ident for October 19, 1987

WTNH Action News 8 5:30PM Weeknight open from May 26, 1988

WTNH Star Search - Saturday promo from 1988

WTNH Donahue - Weekdays promo from 1988

WTNH Wayside of Milford id from 1989

WTNH Sally at Four - Friday promo for August 25, 1989

WTNH Action News 8 Midday open from August 25, 1989

WTNH Action News 8 Midday bumper from August 25, 1989

WTNH Action News 8 Midday close from August 25, 1989

WTNH Action News 8 - Who's Watching?...Connecticut's Waiting promo from 1989

WTNH Siskel & Ebert At The Movies promo for August 26, 1989

WTNH Springfield Rifle promo for August 27, 1989

WTNH Action News 8 Live At 5PM Weeknight open from October 18, 1989

WTNH Action News 8 - Action News Watchers promo from early 1990

WTNH 8 logo from 1990

WTNH Channel 8 - Connecticut's Watching WTNH promo from 1990

WTNH Action News 8 - In Times Like These, You Need... promo from the early 1990's

WTNH Action News 9 5PM, 6PM And 11PM Weeknight - Al Terzi And Ann Nyberg - Weeknights promo from the early 1990's

WTNH Action News 8 - Mark Davis Asks The Tough Questions promo from the early 1990's

WTNH Action News 8 - Is Everywhere promo from the early 1990's

WTNH Channel 8 - VFW-Freedom Forest PSA promo for Spring 1991

WTNH Channel 8 - American Diamond Exchange - New Haven ident from Spring 1991

WTNH Channel 8 - Fair Auto Supply ident from Spring 1991

WTNH Channel 8 - Marsh Motors - Hamden ident from Spring 1991

WTNH Channel 8 - Soap Studs Contest promo for the Early-Mid 1990's

WTNH Action News 8 - Take You There promo from the Early-Mid 1990's

WTNH Action News 8 This Morning 5AM - Weekdays promo from the Early-Mid 1990's

WTNH Action News 8 - Mark Davis: He's A Correspondent promo from 1995

WTNH Action News 8 - Connecticut's Weather Source open from the mid 1990's

WTNH Action News 8 Tonight on-air screen bug from August 14, 1995

WTNH Channel 8 - Wheel Of Fortune - Weeknights promo from Fall 1995

WTNH Newschannel 8 logo from 1996

WTNH Newschannel 8 open from 1996

WTNH Newschannel 8 11PM open from 1996

WTNH Sally promo from 1996

ABC Ellen - Wednesday promo w/WTNH Newschannel 8 id bug from 1996

WTNH Newschannel 8 5PM Weeknight - Starting At... promo from 1996

WTNH Newschannel 8 5PM Weeknight - Starting At... promo #2 from 1996

WTNH Newschannel 8 6PM Weeknight open from September 24, 1996

ABC Daytime - The City promo w/WTNH Newschannel 8 id bug from 1996

WTNH Newschannel 8 This Morning Weekday - Wednesday promo for September 25, 1996

WTNH Newschannel 8 5PM Weeknight - Starting At... - id for September 24, 1996

WTNH Newschannel 8 6PM Weeknight on-air screen bug from June 10, 1999

WTNH Newschannel 8 6PM Weeknight close from June 10, 1999

WTNH Newschannel 8 - Family Tragedy: Continuing Coverage promo for late Spring 1999

WTNH Newschannel 8 Good Morning Connecticut Weekday - Weekdays promo from Fall 2000

WTNH Newschannel 8 11PM Weeknight - Working For You! promo from the early 2000's

WTNH Newschannel 8 - Storm Team 8: Lightning Striker promo from the early 2000's

WTNH Newschannel 8 Day of Terror open from September 11, 2001

WTNH Newschannel 8 6PM Weeknight on-air screen bug from September 11, 2001

WTNH Newschannel 8 6PM open from the mid 2000's

WTNH Newschannel 8 5:30PM open from late December 2007

WTNH Newschannel 8 6PM open from late December 2007

WTNH Newschannel 8 11PM open from late December 2007

WTNH Newschannel 8 - Storm Team 8 Weather open from late December 2007

WTNH Newschannel 8 Traffic Cam open from late December 2007

WTNH Newschannel 8 5:30PM Weeknight open from December 21, 2007

WTNH Newschannel 8 Good Morning Connecticut Weekday - Tomorrow promo from late 2008

WTNH Newschannel 8 & WCTX MyTV9 - Skymax Mobile Weather Lab promo from late 2008

WTNH News 8 logo from 2010

WTNH News 8 - Storm Team 8 Weather - Winter Weather Coverage promo for Mid-Late January 2012

WTNH News 8 Good Morning Connecticut Weekday - Weekdays promo from early February 2012

WTNH News 8 - Who's Got You Back promo from Mid-March 2012

WTNH News 8 Good Morning Connecticut Weekday - Weekdays promo from Spring 2012

WTNH News 8 - The New... promo from Mid-April 2012

WTNH News 8 - Who's Got You Back promo from May 2012

WTNH News 8 - Who's Got You Back promo from June 2012

WTNH News 8 - Storm Team 8 Weather With Meteorologist Erika Martin - Weeknights promo from Early-Mid May 2013

WTNH News 8 Good Morning Connecticut open from 2014

WTNH News 8 12PM Weekday open from 2014

WTNH News 8 5PM open from 2014

WTNH News 8 6PM open from 2014

WTNH News 8 11PM open from 2014

WTNH News 8 Breaking News open from 2014

WTNH News 8 Live open from 2014

WTNH News 8 Developing Story open from 2014

WTNH News 8 - Team Coverage open from 2014

WTNH News 8 Storm Team 8 Weather open from 2014

WTNH News 8 - SportzEdge.com open from 2014

WTNH News 8 Update open from 2014

WTNH News 8 - New This Morning open from 2014

WTNH News 8 6PM Weeknight - Coming Up bumper from October 14, 2014

WTNH News 8 6PM Weeknight close from October 14, 2014

WTNH News 8 11PM Weeknight on-air screen bug from October 14, 2014

WTNH News 8 - A Closer Look open from the mid 2010's

WTNH News 8 Connecticut Style - Starts promo for January 12, 2015

WTNH News 8 Connecticut Style open from Mid-January 2015

WTNH News 8 Connecticut Style - Weekdays promo from Mid-January 2015

WTNH News 8 - Storm Closings promo from late January 2015

WTNH News 8 - WXEdge Weather App promo from late January 2015

WTNH News 8 - Vote 2016 open from Spring 2015

WTNH News 8 - The Hands That Build Connecticut promo from late June 2015

WTNH News 8 5PM Weeknight - Next promo for September 29, 2015

WTNH News 8 5PM Weeknight open fro September 29, 2015

WTNH News 8 5PM Weeknight - Coming Up bumper from September 29, 2015

WTNH News 8 Good Morning Connecticut Weekday open from October 28, 2015

WTNH News 8 Vote 2016 open from 2016

WTNH News 8 Good Morning Connecticut - Team promo from March 2016

WTNH News 8 Good Morning Connecticut promo from May 2016

WTNH News 8 Good Morning Connecticut - #WAKEUPGMCT promo from May 2016

WTNH News 8 Connecticut Style - Shatner - Monday promo for October 3, 2016

WTNH News 8 - Drought Watch: Continuing Coverage promo for Mid-Fall 2016

WTNH News 8 Good Morning Connecticut - Wake Up promo from November 2016

WTNH News 8 11PM Weeknight - Delay Edition open from November 2, 2016

WTNH News 8 Good Morning Connecticut Weekday promo for November 3, 2016

WTNH News 8 Good Morning Connecticut Weekday open from November 3, 2016

WTNH News 8 12PM Weekday open from November 3, 2016

WTNH News 8 12PM Weekday on-air screen bug from November 3, 2016

WTNH News 8 12PM Weekday close from November 3, 2016

ABC News & WTNH News 8 - Election Night: Your Voice, Your Vote - Tuesday promo for November 8, 2016

WTNH News - Arctic Blast - Continuing Coverage promo for Mid-December 2016

WTNH News 8 6PM Weekend open from March 11, 2017

WTNH News 8 - Keith Kountz promo from early May 2017

WTNH News 8 Capitol Report open from July 16, 2017

WTNH News 8 Connecticut Style - Weekdays promo from late July 2017

WTNH News 8 11PM Weekend: Late Edition - Tonight After The Game ident for October 21, 2017

WTNH News 8 11PM Weekend: Late Edition - Tonight After The Game ident #2 for October 21, 2017

WTNH News 8 - Your Local Election Headquarters promo from early November 2017

WTNH News 8 11PM Weeknight open from December 14, 2017

WTNH News 8 11PM Weeknight close from December 14, 2017

WTNH News 8 - 70 Years: 1948-2018 promo for Early-Mid May 2018

WTNH News 8 - 70 Years: Weather promo for Early-Mid May 2018

WTNH News 8 11PM Weeknight open from May 18, 2018

WTNH News 8 11PM Weeknight close from May 18, 2018

WTNH News 8 & WMRQ Radio 104.1 - Watch, Listen, & Win Contest promo for the week of May 21, 2018

WTNH News 8 5PM Weeknight open from May 22, 2018

WTNH News 8 5:30PM Weeknight open from May 22, 2018

WTNH News 8 5:30PM Weeknight open from May 23, 2018

WTNH News 8 6PM Weeknight open from May 23, 2018

WTNH News 8 12PM Weekday close from May 24, 2018

WTNH News 8 5PM Weeknight open from June 5, 2018

WTNH News 8 5PM Weeknight open from June 6, 2018

WTNH News 8 6PM Weeknight open from June 7, 2018

WTNH News 8 5:30PM Weeknight open from June 8, 2018

WTNH News 8 Good Morning Connecticut & ABC News: Good Morning America - Good Morning Sunshine - Weekday Mornings promo from Spring 2020

WTNH News 8 - Happy Holidays promo from December 23, 2020

WTNH News 8 - Storm Team 8 ident from Mid-Late March 2021

WTNH News 8 11PM open from late May 2022

WTNH News 8 5PM Weeknight open from July 8, 2022

WTNH News 8 - Tragedy In Bristol open from Mid-Fall 2022

WTNH News 8 12PM Weekday open from October 26, 2022

WTNH News 8 6PM Weekend open from August 13, 2023

News team

Anchors

• Kristen Cusato - weekday mornings
• Chris Velardi - weekday mornings
• Keith Kountz - weekdays at noon and 6
• Sonia Baghdady - weeknights at 5, 5:30, and 11
• Darren Kramer - weeknights at 5, 5:30, 10, and 11
• Ann Nyberg - weeknights at 6 and 10
• Annie Rourke - weekend mornings mornings and reporter
• Don Lark - weekend evenings
• Sara Welch - weekend evenings and reporter

Storm Team 8 Meteorologists

• Dr. Mel Goldstein - Chief seen weekdays at noon
• Gil Simmons (Certified Broadcast Meteorologist) - weekday mornings
• Steve Villaneuva - weekend mornings
• Steve MacLaughlin - weeknights
• Sid Starks - weekend evenings

Sports

• Noah Finz - Director seen weeknights at 6, 10, and 11
• John Pierson - weekend evenings
• Marc Robbins - reporter

Reporters

• Teresa LaBarbera - weekday morning traffic and Connecticut Style Co-host
• Mark Davis - Chief Political Correspondent based at Hartford Bureau
• Jocelyn Maminta - health and medical correspondent and Connecticut Style Co-host
• Ted Koppy - "Wednesday's Child" segment producer
• Erin Cox - investigative and general assignment
• Tina Detelj - New London Bureau
• Crystal Haynes
• Jamie Muro
• Bob Wilson
• Kent Pierce

Notable former staff

• SallyAnn Mosey
• Sue Simmons - now at WNBC-TV
• Al Terzi - now at WFSB
• Cathy Marshall - Afterwards worked for CNN as Anchor and later Fox Sports
• Harry Martin - Now with WNYW FOX
• Pat Sheehan
• Kent Bennett
• Bob Picozzi
• Skip Church
• Dennis Buckman
• Diane Smith
• Geoff Fox

References

1. ^ DuMont TV historical website, Chapter 3: Stations, C. Ingram
2. ^ LIN TV Corp. Exploring Strategic Alternatives, LIN TV, May 18, 2007
3. ^ http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf

External links

• WTNH.com - Official Website
• Query the FCC's TV station database for WTNH