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REMEMBERING THE  GOLDEN YEARS OF RADIO IN CONNECTICUT
 
On Monday August 31, 2009 at 7 PM radio-TV veteran
Bill Hennessey, former Channel 30 news anchor and WTIC staffer
 talked about his recollections of the “Golden Years of Radio” in the Great Room of the
Paradise Pizza Restaurant, 10 East Street, New Britain
The public and broadcast people came to add their "two cents".
Emcee was TV personality Steve Parker.

Bill Hennessey, formerly the  “Ambassador of the CT Lottery”,
is more recently known as the “Voice of the Crowley Auto Group”.
He  spoke of the years  when  Ben Hawthorne, Bob Steele, Bob Ellsworth, Sereno Gammell,
Joe Girand, Ivor Hugh, Dick Bertel, Arnold Dean, Mitch Betters, Una King,
Charlie Parker and other talented stars shone brightly on CT's TV & radio airways.
The audience was invited to add their "two cents "and ask questions.

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