I remember when Denise did her last Nightbeat newscast. She said she lives quite aways from the station in Rocky Hill and was never home for her child at night. She said she looked forward to being able to go home and have dinner with her family after the 6 o'clock newscast wraps up. I say good for her and anyone else who has the opportunity to spend more time with their family like that.
As far as the Courant article, it says Darren Sweeney's contract was NOT renewed in July. I remember watching him too during his last Sunday morning weather report. He was pretty gracious about having worked at WFSB and had nothing but nice things to say. By his comments, I thought that he chose to leave for another opportunity. I had no idea they didn't renew his contract. What was WFSB thinking?! He was a true meteorologist and had a gift for the trade. I would say he fit in with the head of the class (i.e., Brad Field, Geoff Fox, Bruce DePriest, Dr. Mel, and Mark Dixon). How does someone like him end up unemployed when there are so many clowns on-the-air in this market?
