Popular TV News Anchor Announces Big Career Change: Report

CONNECTICUT — An award-winning former NBC Connecticut morning news anchor recently made an official career change over a year after he announced a mountain biking injury had landed him in the emergency room.

The Laurel Connecticut reports Ted Koppy recently started a new position with the Barnum Financial Group in Guilford after leaving the station in May 2024.

Koppy's personal LinkedIn page lists his current full-time position with Barnum as "financial advisor, investment advisor representative."

He began the position in June, according to the LinkedIn page, which also lists his tenure with NBC Connecticut as November 2016 to May 2024, a total of nearly eight years.

Koppy, who has won multiple Emmy Awards, previously worked for News 12 Connecticut and WTNH-TV before joining NBC Connecticut.

He also previously worked in the financial field at Waddell and Reed in Hamden, where he was employed for five years, according to The Laurel. (Read the full The Laurel Connecticut story here.)

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In addition to Guilford, Barnum has locations in Shelton, Glastonbury, Stamford and New London, in addition to multiple New York, New Jersey, Rhode Island and Washington locations, according to the company's website.

The career change comes over a year after Koppy announced on his Facebook page in November 2023 "a routine bike ride" had landed him in the emergency room.

Koppy wrote at the time he was also undergoing extensive tests that showed a "serious underlying condition" that physicians were still diagnosing.

"My family and I are extremely appreciative to the medical experts who are narrowing in on a precise diagnosis and treatment options," Koppy wrote on Facebook in 2023. "Many thanks to the viewers and social media friends who've reached out since then with kindness and concern regarding my absence. I am also grateful to NBC Connecticut for patiently allowing me to focus on my health."