WEST HARTFORD, Conn. – (June 17, 2025) – NBC Connecticut / WVIT has announced that Briceyda Landaverde will serve as the anchor for weekend editions of NBC Connecticut Today, joining NBC Connecticut StormTracker meteorologist Alexis Clemons.
Briceyda joined WVIT in June 2022 as a bilingual reporter. Previously, she served as a weekend morning anchor and reporter in Springfield, Mass., where she helped launch an online news update in Spanish.
In addition to her anchoring duties, Briceyda contributes content for Telemundo Nueva Inglaterra, offering important news and information to Spanish-language audiences across the Telemundo-owned stations serving New England.
“I’m deeply honored and excited to step into the role of weekend anchor,” said Landaverde. “This recognition means the world to me – not just as a journalist but as the daughter of immigrants who worked tirelessly to build a better future for our family. Their sacrifices, strength, and dreams are the foundation of everything I do. To be trusted with this responsibility, to serve and inform our community, is both humbling and inspiring. I look forward to bringing energy and professionalism to our weekend broadcasts. This is the American Dream.”
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About NBC Connecticut
Owned by NBCUniversal, NBC Connecticut / WVIT serves its audience with local news and weather information 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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MEDIA CONTACT
Katherine Clemons
katherine.clemens@nbcuni.com
