94.3 WYBC

Dad of the Year: Patrick Rivers

WYBC is proud to congratulate Mr. Patrick Rivers, our WYBC Dad of the Year Winner for 2024!

Patrick was nominated by his wife, Jane.

Patrick is a very involved and thoughtful father. Even when life throws curveballs at him, he never stops caring for them, making them healthy meals like the best homemade pizza and sweet potato fries you’ve ever had! He listens intently to his daughters as they list the details of their school days. He respects and trusts them, raising them to be confident, intellectual, strong, and kind women.

Patrick receives a framed certificate, a $100 Gift Card to Ricky D’s Rib Shack, a $75 Gift Card to Rings End and gift cards to Sports Center of Connecticut in Shelton!

Happy Father’s Day!

Special thanks to

Past Winners

2023 – Chaz Carmon

2022 – Donny Williams

2021 – Michael Peterson

WYBC Lunch Club with D’Amato’s Seafood: May 2024

Tiffany from New Haven is the 94.3 WYBC Virtual Lunch Club winner for the month of May 2024! Tiffany and her co-worker enjoyed a delicious lunch with Wanda Coppage at D’Amatos Seafood on Whalley Avenue in New Haven!

Want to have lunch with Wanda? Go to our WYBC Contest Page and enter to win!

R&B Trivia Challenge Grand Prize Winner

Quashea from New Haven is our WYBC R&B Trivia Challenge Grand Prize Winner of a brand-new portable gas grill courtesy of Art’s Television & Appliance, 92 State Street in North Haven!

Here she claimed her prize at Art’s with Darryl Huckaby from DeDe In The Morning!

Congratulations, Quashea!

Mom of the Year: Quay Myers

WYBC is proud to congratulate Quay Myers, our WYBC Mom of the Year Winner for 2024!

Quay was nominated by Melissa Lytrelle Singleton.

Quay receives a framed certificate, flowers, a spa gift card, dinner for 2 at Kool Breeze Jamerican Cuisine on Whalley Avenue in New Haven and tickets to The Queens of R&B Tour featuring XSCAPE, SWV, Total and 702 at Hartford HealthCare Amphitheater!

Listen to Darryl’s interview with Quay: 94.3 WYBC / 2024 Mom of the Year: Quay Myers

Below is what Melissa wrote about Quay

I’m nominating this mom because of her resilience, her strength, her struggles, her faith & her life. I’ve seen her stand tall through situations that would & could have killed her but the faith she holds and the faith & strength of her family gives her the back bone to keep pushing. Having three children losing both her sons to gun violence a year apart being diagnosed with cancer & beating that all while still being a mother, a grandmother, a daughter, sister, aunt and supporter to those she love. It’s only right that I share the love I have for her by nominating her for showing up everyday.

WYBC Lunch Club with D’Amato’s Seafood: April 2024

Charlie from New Haven is the 94.3 WYBC Virtual Lunch Club winner for the month of April 2024! Charlie and his mother, Karen, enjoyed a delicious lunch with Wanda Coppage at D’Amatos Seafood on Whalley Avenue in New Haven!

Want to have lunch with Wanda? Go to our WYBC Contest Page and enter to win!

R&B Trivia Challenge Grand Prize Winner

Jhyllian from Hamden is our WYBC R&B Trivia Challenge Grand Prize Winner of a brand new 50 inch TV courtesy of Art’s Television & Appliance, 92 State Street in North Haven!

Here she claimed her prize from Andy at Art’s and Darryl Huckaby from DeDe In The Morning!

Congratulations, Jhyllian!

WYBC Lunch Club with D’Amato’s Seafood: March 2024

Tara, working remotely for Advantmed LLC, is the 94.3 WYBC Virtual Lunch Club winner for the month of March 2024! Tara and her guest enjoyed a delicious lunch with Wanda Coppage on zoom, courtesy of D’Amatos Seafood on Whalley Avenue in New Haven!

Want to have a virtual lunch with Wanda? Go to our WYBC Contest Page and enter to win!

WYBC Lunch Club with D’Amato’s Seafood: February 2024

Deborah, working at New Haven Superior Court for Juvenile Matters, is the 94.3 WYBC Virtual Lunch Club winner for the month of February 2024! Deborah and her guest enjoyed a delicious lunch with Wanda Coppage on zoom, courtesy of D’Amatos Seafood on Whalley Avenue in New Haven!

Want to have a virtual lunch with Wanda? Go to our WYBC Contest Page and enter to win!

WYBC & Yale University salute Sandra’s Next Generation

Name: Sandra Pittman

Business Name: Sandra’s Next Generation, 636 Congress Avenue, New Haven.

Year Business was started in New Haven: 1989

Why did you start your own business?

Growing up on 99 Edgewood Ave my family and sold Soul Food dinners for $5. We sold out every week and my husband encouraged us to open a restaurant.

Why did you choose to start your business in New Haven?

Why not start a business in the community we live in.

What challenges did you have to overcome in starting your business?

When starting our business, the most challenging element was being consistent. We had to duplicate what we knew worked day in and out.

WYBC & Yale University salute Noir Vintage & Co.

Name: Evelyn Massey

Business Name: Noir Vintage & Co., 111 Court Street, New Haven

Year Business was started in New Haven:

My business came to life with a storefront June 2023 but started at the end of the pandemic as an online store on Instagram, and with the help of market pop-ups and vending opportunities around the city it also boost my brand as well.

Why did you choose to start your business in New Haven?

I wanted to set up shop in New Haven where I grew up, it would only make sense to start this business where I’m most familiar and downtown was the ideal location to become the first black owned women vintage store that landed in the downtown area, also the first vintage store in New Haven owned by an African American woman.

Why did you start your own business?

I started this business out of love for timeless vintage clothing and the stories that came along with it, I’ve always been a person that loved old things there is such beauty in preserved treasures.

What challenges did you have to overcome in starting your business?

My challenges came about when it was time to fund my business, the difficulties of having a dream that you are passionate about with no money is the real reality, but I never gave up on believing that I would accomplish this someday, even as I got older…I kept that dream until it manifested, and now I am downtown with a beautiful shop, and I must say this it is never too late to follow your DREAMS! If you see it and dream it, you can have it. Never give up, yes it will get hard because running your own business is never easy!

Just DO It!!!