What's Happening

What's Happening is a weekly investigative public affairs television series that premiered in 1969 on WTIC in Hartford, Connecticut. The show examined pressing social and political issues of its era through in-depth reporting and community-focused journalism. As a local public affairs program, it served Hartford viewers with hard-hitting investigations into matters affecting the region. The series represented an important part of 1960s television's commitment to serious news and current events programming, offering audiences substantive coverage beyond standard broadcast news. What's Happening established itself as a platform for exploring complex local and national stories during a transformative decade in American television and society.