Spotlight Connecticut

U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal, Cornwall First Selectman Gordon Ridgway, and Bolton First Selectman Pam Sawyer explain how parts of Connecticut are marking the 2023 Memorial Day holiday. In the second half, Jo-Jo Shutty MacGregor remembers her late husband and his unlikely Top 40 hit spoken-word song, "The Americans," which continues to raise money for the American Red Cross - over 50 years since...

North Canaan is home to the New England Accordion Connection and Museum Company, where Morgan Cunningham gets an exclusive tour.

Manchester-based podiatrist Dr. Marcy MacDonald looks back on her long-distance swims across the English Channel, including one in 2022 that lasted over 38 hours long.

Morgan Cunningham explores Andover's 175 anniversary, remembers CT-radio personality Floyd Wright, and more in this Free Topic episode

Spiritual Medium Maura Geist demonstrates a reading on Morgan as she prepares for another appearance at the Packing House in Willington. 

The Garden Barn in Vernon answers various questions about gardening as we move through spring. 

Dispute over what to do with the decommissioned 1913 New Canaan Library building serves as an idea-starter for preserving other notable landmarks across Connecticut and the United States.

Three UConn seniors discuss the founding of a new club that analyses and gets inspiration from Taylor Swift's music, business, and self-marketing tactics.

An art gallery exhibit at Eastern Connecticut State University displays art made in prison as part of criminal reform efforts. 

From a garage hobby to a full-blown factory, the co-founders and several employees of the Labyrinth Brewing Company share the brewery's story from founding to five years of operation. 

New Britain-native and Western Connecticut State University Graduate Guillermo "Gizmo" Rivera discusses his LA-based visual effects career and journey. 

Local authors and historians Christine Rockledge and Steven DePolito are working to dispel rumors of ghosts at the Norwich State Hospital, while they work on a new video documentary about the abandoned mental health facility. The Town of Preston provides an exclusive update on site remediation. 

Quenching thirst since 1912, Hosmer Mountain Soda co-owner Bill Potvin goes over the story of the Willimantic-hubbed beverage maker. 

The Vernon Historical Society remembers former resident artist Charles Ethan Porter whose works in the late 1800s made him a success locally and abroad, decades before the rise of Rockville's Gene Pitney.

Flanders Nature Center & Land Trust's Executive Director, Vince LaFontan, explains their maple syrup program and an upcoming pancake breakfast.

Space travel is the next journey for filmmaker Brendan Hall, a native of Marlborough, CT.

Just ahead of Valentine's Day, it's a tasty edition of Spotlight Connecticut with Carmen Romeo from Fascia's Chocolates in Waterbury. 

Bringing a nighttime talk show to a daytime audience, George Noory marks 20 years of full-time hosting and explains several topics discussed during the show, heard nightly on WTIC.

Happy Leash founder Kathleen Rojas explains her decision to quit her corporate career and launch a pet sitting business in Connecticut.

Marking its sixth expansion in only four years of operation, Golf Lounge 18 introduces its Canton virtual golf location.

Bowzer, of Sha Na Na fame, runs down his Rock 'N' Doo-Wop Party Volume 21 a week before the show at the Mohegan Sun Arena.

Morgan Cunningham runs down activities across Connecticut to celebrate the 2023 New Year

Morgan Cunningham reviews a series of holiday shopping interviews he did, leading up to Christmas: 2022.

Square dancers Bill Mager and Deb Sweeney spread word of local *modern* square dance clubs in Glastonbury, Farmington, Enfield, Newtown, and Wilton, Connecticut, that are part of an international square dancing association.

Local guitarist Jimi Bell chats with me about his bands, upcoming shows in Connecticut, and 1986 Ozzy Osbourne audition.