Families Network of Western Connecticut, Inc. in Danbury, has received a $5,000 grant from Fairfield County’s Community Foundation to support the 2024 Spanish language cohort of the Parent Leadership Training Institute. While PLTI has not been offered in Spanish in Danbury since 2015, it has been around in Danbury since 1998, and so far it has graduated 451 Parent Leaders. The PLTI initiative is a 20-week civics and democracy curriculum, and this grant will enable them to serve this large and growing segment of our local population. For more information, CLICK HERE
Ed Histed
Ed launched his radio career in 1975 and has spent more than five decades in the broadcasting industry. During that time, he has served in a wide range of roles including Air Personality, News Director, Sales Manager, Operations Manager, and General Manager at numerous radio stations in various markets across the country. Beyond on-air and management responsibilities, Ed has also worked extensively on the technical side of broadcasting. His background includes RF engineering and information technology, with particular experience configuring digital automation systems and remote voice-tracking platforms used by stations across the country. Ed was also among a select group of industry professionals invited by Google to its California headquarters following the company’s acquisition of Scott Studios. He was one of just 12 broadcasters nationwide chosen to participate in discussions and provide input during the design and rollout of Google’s digital broadcast automation platform. Although the majority of Ed’s career—spanning roughly four decades—was rooted in music radio, he transitioned into news and information programming in 2012. He says the move into spoken-word broadcasting was a natural evolution after decades of experience in multiple areas of the industry.