© 2025 Connecticut Public

FCC Public Inspection Files:
WEDH · WEDN · WEDW · WEDY
WEDW-FM · WNPR · WPKT · WRLI-FM
Public Files Contact · ATSC 3.0 FAQ
Play Live Radio
Next Up:
0:00
0:00
0:00 0:00
Available On Air Stations

Plane Crash, Sandy Recovery, Boughton Running, and Forbes Attacks CT

Chion Wolf

http://cptv.vo.llnwd.net/o2/ypmwebcontent/Tucker/Where%20We%20Live%2008-14-13.mp3

The New Haven area is still looking for answers after last week’s plane crash at Tweed Airport. Patrick Murray is in charge of the National Transportation Safety Board’s investigation into what happened. "The airplane impacted the ground and the house upside down, in a 60 to 70 degree angle," he said shortly after the accident. 

Today, it’s our weekly news roundtable, The Wheelhouse, and we talk about that investigation. Also a new, big, article in Forbes asks, “How did rich Connecticut morph into one of America’s poorest economies?” We also look at a big decision in the state’s favor in the collection of nickel deposits.

Meanwhile, another Republican’s getting ready to run for governor, and is the end near for the hyper-local Patch news company? 

GUESTS:

  • Diane Orson - WNPR reporter
  • Susan Campbell - Longtime Hartford Courant columnist, Communications and Development Director for Partnership for Strong Communities and incoming Robert C. Vance Chair in Journalism and Mass Communication at Central Connecticut State University.
  • Mark Pazniokas - Capitol bureau chief for the Connecticut Mirror
  • Rick Green - Political editor for the Hartford Courant
  • Dan Kennedy - Assistant professor at Northeastern University’s School of Journalism. His latest book is called The Wired City: Reimagining Journalism and Civic Life in the Post-Newspaper Age
  • Fred Carstensen - Director of the Connecticut Center for Economic Analysis

The independent journalism and non-commercial programming you rely on every day is in danger.

If you’re reading this, you believe in trusted journalism and in learning without paywalls. You value access to educational content kids love and enriching cultural programming.

Now all of that is at risk.

Federal funding for public media is under threat and if it goes, the impact to our communities will be devastating.

Together, we can defend it. It’s time to protect what matters.

Your voice has protected public media before. Now, it’s needed again. Learn how you can protect the news and programming you depend on.

SOMOS CONNECTICUT is an initiative from Connecticut Public, the state’s local NPR and PBS station, to elevate Latino stories and expand programming that uplifts and informs our Latino communities. Visit CTPublic.org/latino for more stories and resources. For updates, sign up for the SOMOS CONNECTICUT newsletter at ctpublic.org/newsletters.

SOMOS CONNECTICUT es una iniciativa de Connecticut Public, la emisora local de NPR y PBS del estado, que busca elevar nuestras historias latinas y expandir programación que alza y informa nuestras comunidades latinas locales. Visita CTPublic.org/latino para más reportajes y recursos. Para noticias, suscríbase a nuestro boletín informativo en ctpublic.org/newsletters.

The independent journalism and non-commercial programming you rely on every day is in danger.

If you’re reading this, you believe in trusted journalism and in learning without paywalls. You value access to educational content kids love and enriching cultural programming.

Now all of that is at risk.

Federal funding for public media is under threat and if it goes, the impact to our communities will be devastating.

Together, we can defend it. It’s time to protect what matters.

Your voice has protected public media before. Now, it’s needed again. Learn how you can protect the news and programming you depend on.