Kevin Hogan is no stranger to Connecticut.

The Eyewitness News New London Bureau Chief has broadcasted news in the state since 1973. Kevin was born in New Haven and raised in Ansonia and he graduated from Kolbe High School in Bridgeport.

The TV bug bit Kevin in 1959 during a visit to the live studio of "Beat the Clock" in New York. That's when TV game show host Bud Collyer interviewed Kevin in the audience about his missing front teeth.

Kevin's broadcast career began while he attended Western Connecticut State University in Danbury, where he worked at the campus' radio station, WXCI-FM. Additionally, Kevin also interned at WNEW-TV in New York City and "The Ten O'Clock News with Bill Jorgensen.

In 1979, Kevin anchored mornings in New Haven on WELI-AM with veteran broadcaster Ron Rohmer. A year later, he became news director at radio stations WAVZ and WKCI in New Haven, during which time he won several broadcast awards from the Associated Press and the Radio Television News Director's Association.

In 1997, Channel 3 chose Kevin to take on the role of special correspondent to cover the Pope John Paul II's historic trip to Cuba, after which time Kevin became a permanent part of the Eyewitness News team, working as an anchor and reporter.

Kevin said he most enjoys his career because he meets many people and reports stories that help the community.

Kevin enjoys running, kayaking, gardening, cooking, riding his Vulcan Classic motorcycle and finalizing the ground-up restoration of his 1959 MGA Roadster. Kevin and his family live near the shoreline in southeast Connecticut.