For Immediate Release

NBC CONNECTICUT PRESENTS

“DECISION 2019: THE RACE FOR HARTFORD MAYOR” FORUM ON TUESDAY, OCT. 29

THE FORUM WILL BE RE-AIRED IN SPANISH ON TELEMUNDO CONNECTICUT ON SUNDAY, NOV. 3

WEST HARTFORD, CT – (October 24, 2019) – NBC Connecticut and Telemundo Connecticut will host
a forum for the 2019 Hartford Mayoral Race on Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2019 at 7 p.m. (EDT). The hour-long
forum will air live on NBC Connecticut and will be live streamed on nbcconnecticut.com, the NBC
Connecticut mobile app, and on NBC Connecticut’s Facebook page. The program will air in Spanish on
Telemundo Connecticut on Sunday, Nov. 3 at 9 a.m. (EDT).

The one-hour forum will be moderated by NBC Connecticut anchor Keisha Grant. The forum will air
until 8 p.m. on air and immediately following, it will continue with additional Q+A from the panel on
NBCConnecticut.com and the NBC Connecticut app.

“NBC Connecticut and Telemundo Connecticut know Hartford voters are invested in this race and how
the outcome is going to impact them and their community,” said Diane Hannes, President and General
Manager of NBC Connecticut and Telemundo Connecticut. “Our teams of panelists are here to ask the
tough questions and make sure our viewers are informed and prepared come November 5.”

The team of panelists include NBC Connecticut Anchor Mike Hydeck, Noticiero Nueva Inglaterra
Anchor Grace Gómez and Southern Connecticut State University’s Political Science and Urban Affairs
Professor Jonathan Wharton.

This exclusive forum airing only on NBC Connecticut and Telemundo Connecticut will be joined by
Hartford’s mayoral candidates — Luke Bronin, Giselle “Gigi” Jacobs, Dr. Aaron Lewis and J. Stan
McCauley — each of whom have confirmed the date and agreed to participate.

This is the only Hartford Mayoral forum taking place between Democratic incumbent Luke Bronin and
his fellow mayoral candidates.

“This is the perfect opportunity for voters to learn about the candidates looking to lead our capitol city.
Those voters speak English and Spanish and we are proud to be able to serve both audiences,” said
Janet Hundley, Vice President of News at NBC Connecticut.

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About NBC Connecticut
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across multiple platforms, including more than 40 hours of newscasts each week on WVIT and online at
NBCConnecticut.com. The station is Connecticut’s leader with Facebook and Instagram followers and provides
mobile users on-the-go breaking news updates and weather information through a customized application. NBC
Connecticut’s commitment to excellence in journalism has been recognized with numerous Emmy Awards, and
the prestigious Peabody Award and Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Award.

About Telemundo Connecticut

Telemundo Connecticut / WRDM is Telemundo’s local owned television serving Spanish-language viewers in
Hartford, New Haven and Springfield, Connecticut. The station delivers its audiences 10 hours of local news as
well as Telemundo network’s world-class programming across all platforms. Telemundo Connecticut features
Noticiero Telemundo Nueva Inglaterra, the only local Spanish-language weekday newscast that delivers live, local
news, real-time weather forecasts, as well as consumer reports and sports information. WRDM is co-located with
NBC Connecticut / WVIT in West Hartford. Telemundo Connecticut’s information can be accessed online at
TelemundoNuevaInglaterra.com, through the “Telemundo Nueva Inglaterra” mobile app, the station’s social
media channels and on local over-the-air channels 19.1 in Hartford and 50.1 in Springfield, Frontier/AT&T channel
13, Cox channel 20, Altice/Optimum/Cablevision channel 16, and Comcast HD channel 1051.

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