New Haven Black Wall Street Festival

New Haven Black Wall Street Festival

WYBC and Art’s Television & Appliance invites you to the New Haven Black Wall Street Festival happening Saturday August 16th on the New Haven Green. See WYBC at the Festival! We’ll be with our friends at Art’s Television & Appliance! Plus, meet DeDe McGuire from WYBC’s DeDe In The Morning! New Haven’s Black Wall Street…

Art’s Keyword Grand Prize Winner: Sharon from New Haven

Art’s Keyword Grand Prize Winner: Sharon from New Haven

Sharon from New Haven is our WYBC Art’s Keyword Grand Prize Winner of a brand-new Frigidaire air conditioner courtesy of Art’s Television & Appliance, 92 State Street in North Haven! Here she claimed her prize from Andy from Art’s with Darryl Huckaby from DeDe In The Morning! Congratulations, Sharon!

WYBC Lunch Club with D’Amato’s Seafood: July 2025

WYBC Lunch Club with D’Amato’s Seafood: July 2025

Lynette from West Haven is our 94.3 WYBC Lunch Club winner for the month of July 2025! Lynette and her co-worker Sheila enjoyed a delicious lunch with Wanda Coppage at D’Amatos Seafood on Whalley Avenue in New Haven! Want to have lunch with Wanda? Go to our WYBC Contest Page and enter to win!

Hamden National Night Out

Hamden National Night Out

The Town of Hamden is celebrating its annual National Night Out event on Tuesday, August 5th from 4-7pm at Villano Park, 260 Mill Rock Road in Hamden. Hamden’s National Night Out is a fun, free evening of many community organizations, local entertainment, children’s activities, raffles, a cook out and much more! The event will take…

Wake Up Wednesday To New Haven

Wake Up Wednesday To New Haven

The NAACP Million Jobs Campaign brings Wake Up Wednesday To New Haven starting on Wednesday August 6th. It’ll happen every Wednesday from 10am-6pm at McDonald’s, 250 Whalley Avenue in New Haven. For more info, call 888-693-4689.

WYBC “Beat The Odds” Scholarship 2025 Winner: AJ Johnson

WYBC “Beat The Odds” Scholarship 2025 Winner: AJ Johnson

We’re celebrating and honoring AJ Johnson, our WYBC “Beat The Odds” Scholarship Winner 2025! Thanks to Derwin Griffith State Farm, The Walter Luckett Foundation, Howard K. Hill Funeral Services and Ocean State Job Lot, and Yale Broadcasting Company for making this scholarship possible.

Family Wellness Fair

Family Wellness Fair

Come out to the Family Wellness Fair on Saturday, August 9th from 11am to 2pm at The Dixwell Q House, 197 Dixwell Avenue in New Haven. There will be food trucks, CPR Training, Blood Pressure Screening, a career fair, music, activities, workshops and so much more!

Sisters’ Journey & WYBC Celebrate Survivors

Sisters’ Journey & WYBC Celebrate Survivors

Photo provided by Sisters’ Journey. Sisters’ Journey Celebrates – Dana Hébért Read her inspiring story (thanks www.sistersjourney.org) On January 5, 2016, my business, Beauty By Dezign LLC, was featured in my town’s local paper. I was thrilled to be recognized as an upcoming salon for our African-American community in Manchester. However, the very next day, at…

This Day in Black History: July

This Day in Black History: July

WYBC celebrates Black History EVERYDAY! Facts from www.blackfacts.com July 1 1971 – Multiple Grammy Award winning musician Missy Elliot was born today. 1899 – The Father of Gospel Music, Thomas Dorsey, was born today in Villa Rica, GA. July 2 1908 – Thurgood Marshall, the first African American Supreme Court Justice, was born today in Baltimore,…