Ted Koppy is joining WVIT NBC 30 (NBC Connecticut) in Hartford as the weekday morning anchor, New England One has learned.
Ted Koppy is joining WVIT NBC 30 (NBC Connecticut) in Hartford as the weekday morning anchor, New England One has learned.
"Ted Koppy is joining NBC Connecticut" a station spokesperson told New England One. "His first day on air will be Tuesday, November 8. Ted will anchor our weekday morning newscast, NBC Connecticut Today, alongside Heidi Voight."
Ted replaces Todd Piro who will move to anchoring the weekend morning newscasts and reporting three days a week giving him more flexibility to fill-in at sister-network MSNBC in New York City.
Ted joins NBC Connecticut from News 12 Connecticut where he has been an anchor and reporter since April 2014.
Prior to joining News 12 Connecticut, Ted spent almost three years as a personal finance educator.
Before that, he spent clost to seven years as an anchor and reporter at WTNH ABC 8 in New Haven, Connecticut.
Ted has also worked as the morning and noon anchor at KPHO CBS 5 in Phoenix, Arizona; an anchor and reporter at WTAE ABC 4 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; an anchor, reporter and children's program host at WHEC NBC 10 in Rochester, New York; and an anchor, reporter, photographer, and producer at KDLT NBC 46 in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
During his career, Ted has received multiple local Emmy nominations, and has won an Edward R. Murrow award, in addition to awards from the Society of Professional Journalists, and the Associated Press for spot news coverage and feature stories. He’s also won an NPPA and a Parents’ Choice award.
A native of Minnesota, Ted is a 1989 graduate of Saint John's University where he earned a Bachelor's degree in government and German.
Ted starts at NBC Connecticut on Election Day, November 8.
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