A crash Sunday morning in Redding leaves one person seriously injured. Police say a car veered off the Black Rock Turnpike, slammed into a utility pole and then a tree. According to Redding Police, it happened around 4:30am near the Easton line. The driver was the only occupant of the vehicle, and when first responders arrived, that driver… who has only been described as a male… was found to be trapped in the car and unresponsive. He was taken to Danbury Hospital with serious injuries. There has been no update on his condition. The cause of the accident is under investigation.
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.