WRC-TV
Encyclopedia
WRC-TV, channel 4, is an owned and operated television station
of the NBC
television network, located in the American capital city of Washington, D.C.
The station's studios and transmitter are co-located in the Tenleytown
neighborhood of northwest Washington.
WRC-TV houses and originates NBC News
' Washington bureau, out of which David Gregory
, Chris Matthews
, Jim Miklaszewski
, Chuck Todd
, Andrea Mitchell
, David Shuster
, and Pete Williams are based.
The station traces its roots to experimental W3XNB, which was put on the air by the Radio Corporation of America, the then-parent company of NBC, in 1939. On June 27, 1947, the station received a commercial license and went on the air as WNBW (for NBC Washington). It is Washington's second-oldest licensed television station, after WTTG
(channel 5). WNBW was also the second of the five original NBC-owned television stations to sign-on, behind New York City
and ahead of Chicago
, Cleveland
and Los Angeles
. The station was operated alongside WRC radio (980 AM, frequency now occupied by WTEM
; and 93.9 FM, now WKYS
).
On October 18, 1954, its callsign changed to the present WRC-TV to match its radio sisters. The new calls reflected NBC's ownership at the time by RCA. It has retained its "-TV" suffix to this day, more than two decades after the radio stations were sold off.
The second presidential debate between candidates John F. Kennedy
and Richard M. Nixon was broadcast from the station's studios on October 7, 1960. David Brinkley
's Washington segment of the Huntley-Brinkley Report
originated at WRC-TV between 1956 and 1970.
The earliest color videotape in existence is a recording of the dedication of NBC/WRC's Washington studios on May 22, 1958. As Dwight D. Eisenhower
spoke at the event, it was also the first time a president had been videotaped in color. http://www.novia.net/~ereitan/rca-nbc_firsts.html
At the time of its sign-on, channel 4 was one of two wholly network-owned stations in Washington, the other being DuMont
's WTTG
. DuMont was shut down in 1956, and for the next 30 years WRC-TV was the only owned-and-operated station in Washington. That distinction ended when WTTG was sold to the newly-created Fox Network in 1986; it has since been accompanied by WDCA
and WBDC (now WDCW
) in that order, respectively as UPN and WB stations with their owners having stakes in those new networks. Today WRC is one of three network O&O's alongside the Newscorp-owned duopoly of WTTG and WDCA (now a MyNetworkTV
station).
On January 14, 2009 WRC-TV and WTTG entered in talks to pool video and share their news helicopters. The agreement is similar to ones already made between Fox and NBC O&Os in Chicago (WMAQ-TV and WFLD
) and Philadelphia (WCAU
and WTXF).
WRC-TV was the final network affiliated station in the Washington Metropolitan Area
to cease news broadcasts in standard definition. On Thursday, April 8, 2010, during the Today show newsbreaks, the station tested the high-definition version of its newscasts and broadcast the newsbreak in HD, but the news was back in standard definition at their next full newscast at 11 a.m. NBC4 started broadcasting from a temporary set on February 8, 2010 while "upgrades" were being made on its main set and the station made final adjustments for its switch to high definition. As of Thursday, April 22, 2010, all newscasts produced by NBC4 are in high definition.
Like all of the DC-area Mobile DTV broadcasters, WRC-TV commenced ATSC-M/H
broadcasting on February 27, 2011
on 4.3.
WRC-TV also has a Mobile DTV feed of subchannel 4.1, labelled "WRC NBC Mobile", broadcasting at 1.83 Mbit/s. This is the lowest bitrate of any DC-area television station mobile feed.
On or before June 12, 2009, WRC-TV shut down its analog signal on channel 4 to complete its analog to digital conversion. Its digital signal remained on channel 48. However, through the use of PSIP
, digital television receivers will display WRC-TV's virtual channel
as "4".
WRC-TV's studios were the home from 1996 to about 2002 of WHD-TV, an experimental high definition television station owned by a consortium
of industry groups and stations which carried the nation's first program in the format transmitted by a television station, an episode of Meet the Press, and aired on Channel 34 to provide the FCC and the National Association of Broadcasters
a channel to conduct many experiments in the new format. WHD-TV was discontinued around 2002.
The station started broadcasting its local news programs in High Definition full time on April 22, 2010. It is the only station in the U.S. capital that shoots most of its remote field video in 16:9
widescreen; other stations still shoot live field video in 4:3 and then either pillarbox or stretch this content.
On October 27, 2010, 4.2 NBC Plus went off the air and became NBC Washington Nonstop.
, the longest-running show in U.S. broadcast television history, which debuted on November 6, 1947 and It's Academic
, which premiered in 1961 and is the longest-running game show in television history according to the Guinness Book of World Records. Sam and Friends
, Jim Henson
's late-night precursor to Sesame Street
and The Muppet Show
, got its start on WRC-TV on May 9, 1955.
Because of its ownership by the network, WRC-TV generally airs the entire NBC schedule, though NBC Nightly News
is broadcast a half-hour late (at 7 p.m.) to allow another 30 minutes of local news. WRC-TV was the over-the-air home of Washington Redskins
pre-season games for the 2009 season, meaning that some or all of NBC's prime-time schedule was pre-empted by game coverage.
Like other NBC-owned stations, WRC-TV's syndicated
program offerings include Access Hollywood
, The Ellen DeGeneres Show
and The Nate Berkus Show
, among others.
Television station
A television station is a business, organisation or other such as an amateur television operator that transmits content over terrestrial television. A television transmission can be by analog television signals or, more recently, by digital television. Broadcast television systems standards are...
of the NBC
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
television network, located in the American capital city of Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....
The station's studios and transmitter are co-located in the Tenleytown
Tenleytown
Tenleytown is a historic neighborhood in Northwest, Washington, DC.-History:In 1790, Washington locals began calling the neighborhood "Tennally's Town" after area tavern owner John Tennally...
neighborhood of northwest Washington.
WRC-TV houses and originates NBC News
NBC News
NBC News is the news division of American television network NBC. It first started broadcasting in February 21, 1940. NBC Nightly News has aired from Studio 3B, located on floors 3 of the NBC Studios is the headquarters of the GE Building forms the centerpiece of 30th Rockefeller Center it is...
' Washington bureau, out of which David Gregory
David Gregory (journalist)
David Michael Gregory is an American television journalist, and moderator of NBC News' Sunday morning talk show Meet the Press.-Early life:...
, Chris Matthews
Chris Matthews
Christopher John "Chris" Matthews is an American news anchor and political commentator, known for his nightly hour-long talk show, Hardball with Chris Matthews, which is televised on the American cable television channel MSNBC...
, Jim Miklaszewski
Jim Miklaszewski
James Allen Miklaszewski , better known as Jim or "Mik" Miklaszewski, is chief Pentagon correspondent for NBC News. "Mik" was reporting live for the Today Show on September 11, 2001 when a plane hit the Pentagon, where his office is based....
, Chuck Todd
Chuck Todd
Charles David “Chuck” Todd is an American journalist, Chief White House Correspondent and political director for NBC News, and contributing editor to Meet the Press...
, Andrea Mitchell
Andrea Mitchell
Andrea Mitchell is an American television journalist, anchor, reporter, and commentator for NBC News based in Washington, D.C.. She is the NBC News Chief Foreign Affairs Correspondent, and has recently reported on the 2008 Race for the White House for NBC News broadcasts, including NBC Nightly...
, David Shuster
David Shuster
David Martin Shuster is an American television journalist who has been an anchor for MSNBC and who has also worked for Fox News and CNN. He anchored MSNBC Live weekdays from 10-11am and 3-4pm ET and filled in for Keith Olbermann, Chris Matthews, Ed Schultz and Rachel Maddow on their respective shows...
, and Pete Williams are based.
History
WTTG
WTTG, channel 5, is an owned-and-operated television station of the Fox Broadcasting Company, located in the American capital city of Washington, D.C...
(channel 5). WNBW was also the second of the five original NBC-owned television stations to sign-on, behind New York City
WNBC
WNBC, virtual channel 4 , is the flagship station of the NBC television network, located in New York City. WNBC's studios are co-located with NBC corporate headquarters at 30 Rockefeller Plaza in midtown Manhattan...
and ahead of Chicago
WMAQ-TV
WMAQ-TV, channel 5, is an owned-and-operated television station of the NBC Television Network, located in Chicago, Illinois. WMAQ-TV's main studios and offices are located within the NBC Tower in the Streeterville neighborhood, with an auxiliary street-level studio on the Magnificent Mile at 401...
, Cleveland
WKYC-TV
WKYC, virtual channel 3 , is an NBC-affiliated television station located in Cleveland, Ohio, owned by the Gannett Company. Its studio is located on the shores of Lake Erie, while its transmitter is located in Parma, Ohio....
and Los Angeles
KNBC
KNBC, channel 4, is an owned-and-operated television station of the NBC Television Network, licensed to Los Angeles, California, USA. KNBC's studios and offices are located within the NBC Studios complex in Burbank, California, and its transmitter is located on Mount Wilson...
. The station was operated alongside WRC radio (980 AM, frequency now occupied by WTEM
WTEM
WTEM — branded ESPN 980 — is a sports radio station licensed to Washington, D.C. and serving the Washington metro area. It is the flagship of a sports talk trimulcast with WWXT in Prince Frederick, Maryland and WWXX in Buckland, Virginia, all affiliated with ESPN Radio and owned by Red Zebra...
; and 93.9 FM, now WKYS
WKYS
WKYS, the "Station for Interactive Hip Hop and R&B", is an American radio station broadcasting an Urban Contemporary radio format, that serves the greater Washington metropolitan area. Its transmitter is located on the same tower as WRC-TV. The station broadcasts from a class B signal with an...
).
On October 18, 1954, its callsign changed to the present WRC-TV to match its radio sisters. The new calls reflected NBC's ownership at the time by RCA. It has retained its "-TV" suffix to this day, more than two decades after the radio stations were sold off.
The second presidential debate between candidates John F. Kennedy
John F. Kennedy
John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy , often referred to by his initials JFK, was the 35th President of the United States, serving from 1961 until his assassination in 1963....
and Richard M. Nixon was broadcast from the station's studios on October 7, 1960. David Brinkley
David Brinkley
David McClure Brinkley was an American newscaster for NBC and ABC in a career lasting from 1943 to 1997....
's Washington segment of the Huntley-Brinkley Report
Huntley-Brinkley Report
The Huntley-Brinkley Report was the NBC television network's flagship evening news program from October 29, 1956 until July 31, 1970. It was anchored by Chet Huntley in New York City, and David Brinkley in Washington, D.C...
originated at WRC-TV between 1956 and 1970.
The earliest color videotape in existence is a recording of the dedication of NBC/WRC's Washington studios on May 22, 1958. As Dwight D. Eisenhower
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower was the 34th President of the United States, from 1953 until 1961. He was a five-star general in the United States Army...
spoke at the event, it was also the first time a president had been videotaped in color. http://www.novia.net/~ereitan/rca-nbc_firsts.html
At the time of its sign-on, channel 4 was one of two wholly network-owned stations in Washington, the other being DuMont
DuMont Television Network
The DuMont Television Network, also known as the DuMont Network, DuMont, Du Mont, or Dumont was one of the world's pioneer commercial television networks, rivalling NBC for the distinction of being first overall. It began operation in the United States in 1946. It was owned by DuMont...
's WTTG
WTTG
WTTG, channel 5, is an owned-and-operated television station of the Fox Broadcasting Company, located in the American capital city of Washington, D.C...
. DuMont was shut down in 1956, and for the next 30 years WRC-TV was the only owned-and-operated station in Washington. That distinction ended when WTTG was sold to the newly-created Fox Network in 1986; it has since been accompanied by WDCA
WDCA
WDCA, virtual channel 20, is a television station in Washington, D.C.. Owned by Fox Television Stations, a division of the News Corporation, WDCA is a sister station to Fox network outlet WTTG , and is affiliated with the co-owned MyNetworkTV programming service...
and WBDC (now WDCW
WDCW
WDCW, channel 50, is the CW-affiliated television station for Washington, D.C. It transmits from the Hughes Memorial Tower located in the Brightwood section of the city. Owned by the Tribune Company, the station has studios on Wisconsin Avenue Northwest in the Glover Park section of Washington...
) in that order, respectively as UPN and WB stations with their owners having stakes in those new networks. Today WRC is one of three network O&O's alongside the Newscorp-owned duopoly of WTTG and WDCA (now a MyNetworkTV
MyNetworkTV
MyNetworkTV is a television broadcast syndication service in the United States, owned by the Fox Entertainment Group, a division of News Corporation...
station).
On January 14, 2009 WRC-TV and WTTG entered in talks to pool video and share their news helicopters. The agreement is similar to ones already made between Fox and NBC O&Os in Chicago (WMAQ-TV and WFLD
WFLD
WFLD, virtual channel 32 , is the Fox owned-and-operated television station, based in Chicago, Illinois; through its parent company News Corporation, the station is owned in a duopoly with area MyNetworkTV affiliate WPWR-TV...
) and Philadelphia (WCAU
WCAU
WCAU, channel 10, is an owned-and-operated television station of the NBC Television Network, located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. WCAU has its studios on the border between Philadelphia and Bala Cynwyd. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 34 from a transmitter in the...
and WTXF).
WRC-TV was the final network affiliated station in the Washington Metropolitan Area
Washington Metropolitan Area
The Washington Metropolitan Area is the metropolitan area centered on Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States. The area includes all of the federal district and parts of the U.S...
to cease news broadcasts in standard definition. On Thursday, April 8, 2010, during the Today show newsbreaks, the station tested the high-definition version of its newscasts and broadcast the newsbreak in HD, but the news was back in standard definition at their next full newscast at 11 a.m. NBC4 started broadcasting from a temporary set on February 8, 2010 while "upgrades" were being made on its main set and the station made final adjustments for its switch to high definition. As of Thursday, April 22, 2010, all newscasts produced by NBC4 are in high definition.
Like all of the DC-area Mobile DTV broadcasters, WRC-TV commenced ATSC-M/H
ATSC-M/H
ATSC-M/H is a standard in the USA for mobile digital TV, that allows TV broadcasts to be received by mobile devices.....
broadcasting on February 27, 2011
Digital programming
WRC-TV's signal is multiplexed. It offers Washington Nonstop on digital channel 4.2 and Universal SportsUniversal Sports
Universal Sports is an American television network that airs various sports, primarily those contested in the Olympic Games, including swimming, gymnastics, cycling, track and field, figure skating, skiing, bobsledding and triathlon.-Programming:...
on 4.3.
| Channel | Programming |
|---|---|
| 4.1 | Main WRC programming / NBC |
| 4.2 | NBC Washington Nonstop NBC Washington Nonstop NBC Washington Nonstop is a 24-hour news and entertainment service on the secondary digital television subchannel of NBC's owned-and-operated station WRC-TV... |
| 4.3 | Universal Sports Universal Sports Universal Sports is an American television network that airs various sports, primarily those contested in the Olympic Games, including swimming, gymnastics, cycling, track and field, figure skating, skiing, bobsledding and triathlon.-Programming:... |
WRC-TV also has a Mobile DTV feed of subchannel 4.1, labelled "WRC NBC Mobile", broadcasting at 1.83 Mbit/s. This is the lowest bitrate of any DC-area television station mobile feed.
On or before June 12, 2009, WRC-TV shut down its analog signal on channel 4 to complete its analog to digital conversion. Its digital signal remained on channel 48. However, through the use of PSIP
Program and System Information Protocol
The Program and System Information Protocol is the protocol used in the ATSC digital television system for carrying metadata about each channel in the broadcast MPEG transport stream of a TV station and for publishing information about television programs so that viewers can select what to watch...
, digital television receivers will display WRC-TV's virtual channel
Virtual channel
In telecommunications, a logical channel number , also known as virtual channel, is a channel designation which differs from that of the actual radio channel on which the signal travels....
as "4".
WRC-TV's studios were the home from 1996 to about 2002 of WHD-TV, an experimental high definition television station owned by a consortium
Consortium
A consortium is an association of two or more individuals, companies, organizations or governments with the objective of participating in a common activity or pooling their resources for achieving a common goal....
of industry groups and stations which carried the nation's first program in the format transmitted by a television station, an episode of Meet the Press, and aired on Channel 34 to provide the FCC and the National Association of Broadcasters
National Association of Broadcasters
The National Association of Broadcasters is a trade association, workers union, and lobby group representing the interests of for-profit, over-the-air radio and television broadcasters in the United States...
a channel to conduct many experiments in the new format. WHD-TV was discontinued around 2002.
The station started broadcasting its local news programs in High Definition full time on April 22, 2010. It is the only station in the U.S. capital that shoots most of its remote field video in 16:9
16:9
16:9 is an aspect ratio with a width of 16 units and height of 9. Since 2009, it has become the most common aspect ratio for sold televisions and computer monitors and is also the international standard format of HDTV, Full HD, non-HD digital television and analog widescreen television ...
widescreen; other stations still shoot live field video in 4:3 and then either pillarbox or stretch this content.
On October 27, 2010, 4.2 NBC Plus went off the air and became NBC Washington Nonstop.
Programs
WRC-TV's studios are home to Meet the PressMeet the Press
Meet the Press is a weekly American television news/interview program produced by NBC. It is the longest-running television series in American broadcasting history, despite bearing little resemblance to the original format of the program seen in its television debut on November 6, 1947. It has been...
, the longest-running show in U.S. broadcast television history, which debuted on November 6, 1947 and It's Academic
It's Academic
It's Academic is a televised academic quiz competition for high school students, currently airing on two NBC affiliates in Washington, D.C. and Central Virginia and one CBS affiliate Baltimore, Maryland . The show has been on the air since October 7, 1961, making it the longest...
, which premiered in 1961 and is the longest-running game show in television history according to the Guinness Book of World Records. Sam and Friends
Sam and Friends
Sam and Friends was an early live-action/puppet television show created by puppeteer Jim Henson and his eventual wife Jane. It was taped and aired locally in Washington, D.C...
, Jim Henson
Jim Henson
James Maury "Jim" Henson was an American puppeteer best known as the creator of The Muppets. As a puppeteer, Henson performed in various television programs, such as Sesame Street and The Muppet Show, films such as The Muppet Movie and The Great Muppet Caper, and created advanced puppets for...
's late-night precursor to Sesame Street
Sesame Street
Sesame Street has undergone significant changes in its history. According to writer Michael Davis, by the mid-1970s the show had become "an American institution". The cast and crew expanded during this time, including the hiring of women in the crew and additional minorities in the cast. The...
and The Muppet Show
The Muppet Show
The Muppet Show is a British television programme produced by American puppeteer Jim Henson and featuring Muppets. After two pilot episodes were produced in 1974 and 1975, the show premiered on 5 September 1976 and five series were produced until 15 March 1981, lasting 120 episodes...
, got its start on WRC-TV on May 9, 1955.
Because of its ownership by the network, WRC-TV generally airs the entire NBC schedule, though NBC Nightly News
NBC Nightly News
NBC Nightly News is the flagship daily evening television news program for NBC News and broadcasts. NBC Nightly News has aired from Studio 3B, located on floors 3 of the NBC Studios is the headquarters of the GE Building forms the centerpiece of 30th Rockefeller Center it is located in the center...
is broadcast a half-hour late (at 7 p.m.) to allow another 30 minutes of local news. WRC-TV was the over-the-air home of Washington Redskins
Washington Redskins
The Washington Redskins are a professional American football team and members of the East Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The team plays at FedExField in Landover, Maryland, while its headquarters and training facility are at Redskin Park in Ashburn,...
pre-season games for the 2009 season, meaning that some or all of NBC's prime-time schedule was pre-empted by game coverage.
Like other NBC-owned stations, WRC-TV's syndicated
Television syndication
In broadcasting, syndication is the sale of the right to broadcast radio shows and television shows by multiple radio stations and television stations, without going through a broadcast network, though the process of syndication may conjure up structures like those of a network itself, by its very...
program offerings include Access Hollywood
Access Hollywood
Access Hollywood is a weekday television entertainment news program covering events and celebrities in the entertainment industry. It was created by former Entertainment Tonight executive producer Jim Van Messel, and is currently directed by Robert Silverstein. In previous years, Doug Dougherty and...
, The Ellen DeGeneres Show
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
The Ellen DeGeneres Show, often shortened to Ellen, is an American television talk show hosted by comedian/actress Ellen DeGeneres. Debuting on September 8, 2003, it is produced by Telepictures and airs in syndication, including stations owned by NBC Universal. For its first five seasons, the show...
and The Nate Berkus Show
The Nate Berkus Show
The Nate Berkus Show, commonly referred to as The Nate Show, is a syndicated talk show hosted by interior designer Nate Berkus, which premiered on September 13, 2010....
, among others.
Ratings
As of 2001, WRC's newscasts have been the number one rated station in the market, with the long-running anchor team of Jim Vance and Doreen Gentzler. In the May 2010 sweeps, it placed first at 5:00 a.m., 6:00 a.m., 6:00 p.m. and 11:00 p.m. in total viewers, and first at 6:00 a.m., 6:00 p.m. and 11:00 p.m. in the 25–54 demo.News 4 anchors
- Jim VanceJim VanceJim Vance is an American television news anchor. Vance originally studied to be a teacher and holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Secondary Education from Cheyney University in Cheyney, Pa.-Biography:...
- Weeknights @ 6pm & 11pm (1969–present) - Doreen GentzlerDoreen GentzlerDoreen Gentzler is an American television news anchor. She is currently a 6 p.m. and 11 p.m. news anchor at WRC-TV, alongsideco-anchor Jim Vance.-Personal:...
- Weeknights @ 6pm & 11pm also health reporter (1989–present) - Jim Handly - Weekdays @ 4pm & 5pm and Viewpoint host
- Wendy Rieger - Weeknights @ 5pm and Going Green reporter
- Pat Lawson Muse - Weekdays @ 4pm and Reporter's Notebook & This Week host
- Joe Krebs - Weekday morning anchor
- Eun YangEun YangEun Yang is a Korean American morning news anchor for NBC4/WRC-TV, the local NBC television affiliate in Washington, DC. She has worked at News 4 since 2002....
- Weekday morning anchor - Barbara Harrison - Midday anchor and Wednesday's Child host
- Angie Goff - Weekend morning anchor
- Aaron Gilchrist - Weekend evening anchor
News 4 reporters
- Jackie Bensen - General assignment reporter
- Julie Carey - General assignment reporter
- Pat Collins - General assignment reporter
- Liz Crenshaw - Consumer reporter
- Erika Gonzalez - General assignment reporter
- Steve HandelsmanSteve HandelsmanSteve Handelsman is National Correspondent for NBC's affiliate news service, NBC NewsChannel. His reports can be seen on many NBC stations, sometimes with him "tagging out" with the stations local ID, giving the impression he is a reporter for that station, while other times stating he is from...
- General assignment reporter; national correspondent - Megan McGrath - General assignment reporter (daughter of WTTGWTTGWTTG, channel 5, is an owned-and-operated television station of the Fox Broadcasting Company, located in the American capital city of Washington, D.C...
's Patrick McGrath) - Mellisa Mollet - general assignment reporter
- Brian Mooar - National Correspondent
- John Schriffen - General assignment reporter
- Danella Sealock - Traffic reporter
- Tom Sherwood - Political reporter
- Darcy Spencer - General assignment reporter
- Shomari Stone - General assignment reporter
- Tisha Thompson - investigative reporter
- Derrick Ward - General assignment reporter
- Jane Watrel - General assignment reporter; national correspondent
- Tracee Wilkins - General assignment reporter
Meteorologists
- Doug Kammerer (AMS Certified) - Chief Meteorologist at 5, 6 and 11pm
- Veronica Johnson (AMS) - 4pm Meteorologist and America This Week host
- Tom Kierein (AMS) - Morning/Midday Meteorologist
- Chuck Bell (AMS) - Weekend Meteorologist
- Kim Martucci (NWA) - Fill-in Meteorologist
Sports reporters
- Dan HellieDan Hellie- Biography :Dan Hellie is an American sports anchor and reporter for WRC-TV, an NBC affiliate in Washington, D.C.-Early life:Hellie was born in Manila, Philippines, and was raised in Gaithersburg, Maryland. He attended Magruder High School, where he was a three-sport athlete in football,...
- Sports anchor and reporter during the week, Sports Final co-host and Hellie Pad host - Hakem Dermish - Sports reporter and producer
Notable former on-air staff
- Jess AtkinsonJess AtkinsonJess Gerald Atkinson is a former American football placekicker in the National Football League for the St. Louis Cardinals, New York Giants, Washington Redskins, and the Indianapolis Colts...
- Sports anchor/reporter (1990–1996) - Shannon BreamShannon BreamShannon Bream is an American journalist for the Fox News Channel. She is Fox News's Supreme Court reporter as well as the Anchor of America's News Headquarters on Sundays from 12:00-2:00 p.m...
- Weekend evening anchor/reporter (2004–2007) - Campbell BrownCampbell BrownCampbell Brown is an American television news reporter and anchor. She previously hosted an eponymous primetime show on CNN and was formerly co-anchor of NBC's Weekend Today...
- Reporter (1993–1996; formerly with NBC NewsNBC NewsNBC News is the news division of American television network NBC. It first started broadcasting in February 21, 1940. NBC Nightly News has aired from Studio 3B, located on floors 3 of the NBC Studios is the headquarters of the GE Building forms the centerpiece of 30th Rockefeller Center it is...
; now with CNNCNNCable News Network is a U.S. cable news channel founded in 1980 by Ted Turner. Upon its launch, CNN was the first channel to provide 24-hour television news coverage, and the first all-news television channel in the United States...
) - Wally Bruckner - Sports anchor/reporter (1990–2006)
- Nick CharlesNick CharlesNicholas Charles Nickeas , better known as Nick Charles, was an American sportscaster and journalist. He was one of CNN's first on-air personalities and won three CableACE Awards for best sports program during his 17-year tenure as co-host of the network's Sports Tonight...
- Sports anchor/reporter (1976–1979; also at WJZ-TVWJZ-TVWJZ-TV, channel 13, is an owned and operated television station of the CBS Television Network, located in Baltimore, Maryland. WJZ-TV's studios and offices are located on Television Hill in the Woodberry section of Baltimore, adjacent to the transmission tower it shares with four other Baltimore...
BaltimoreBaltimoreBaltimore is the largest independent city in the United States and the largest city and cultural center of the US state of Maryland. The city is located in central Maryland along the tidal portion of the Patapsco River, an arm of the Chesapeake Bay. Baltimore is sometimes referred to as Baltimore...
; 1st CNN sports anchor)(Deceased 2011) - Richard L. CoeRichard L. CoeRichard Livingston Coe , born in New York City, was a theatre and cinema critic for The Washington Post for more than fifty years. Coe was renowned for the astute advice he gave to many pre-Broadway try-out companies...
- Entertainment critic prior to Arch Campbell (1960s-1974; deceased) - Katie CouricKatie CouricKatherine Anne "Katie" Couric is an American journalist and author. She serves as Special Correspondent for ABC News, contributing to ABC World News, Nightline, 20/20, Good Morning America, This Week and primetime news specials...
- General assignment reporter (1987–1989; former NBC Today show co-host; later anchored the CBS Evening News) - Lindsay CzarniakLindsay CzarniakLindsay Ann Czarniak , is an American sports anchor and reporter. After spending 6 years with WRC-TV , the local NBC television affiliate in Washington, D.C., Czarniak joined ESPN as a SportsCenter anchor in August 2011.She has also been a pit reporter for TNT's NASCAR Sprint Cup Series coverage...
- Sports anchor/reporter (2005–2011; Sports Final co-host and former Sports MachineThe George Michael Sports MachineThe George Michael Sports Machine is a syndicated, sports-related television program which aired from 1984 until 2007. The show was hosted by George Michael, a former radio disc jockey-turned television sports anchor, and was produced at WRC-TV, the NBC-owned station in Washington,...
co-host) - now at ESPNESPNEntertainment and Sports Programming Network, commonly known as ESPN, is an American global cable television network focusing on sports-related programming including live and pre-taped event telecasts, sports talk shows, and other original programming.... - Steve DoocySteve DoocyStephen James "Steve" Doocy is an American network-television personality on the Fox News Channel, journalist, and a best selling author.-Early life:...
- Features reporter (1983–1989) - Robert HagerRobert HagerRobert Hager is an analyst and a former correspondent for the US television network NBC News . Hager started his journalism career in radio before moving to network news. He began his work at NBC in June 1969, covering the Vietnam War...
- Reporter (1960–1965; formerly an NBC NewsNBC NewsNBC News is the news division of American television network NBC. It first started broadcasting in February 21, 1940. NBC Nightly News has aired from Studio 3B, located on floors 3 of the NBC Studios is the headquarters of the GE Building forms the centerpiece of 30th Rockefeller Center it is...
correspondent) - Mike HambrickMike HambrickMike Hambrick is an American television anchor and correspondent who has worked on network television stations such as WJLA-TV in Washington, DC, KTVT-TV in Dallas, KTAR-TV in Phoenix and WBAL-TV in Baltimore. Hambrick was also a news anchor for WPXI-TV in Pittsburgh where he also served as its...
- Anchor (1981–1985) - Richard C. HarknessRichard HarknessRichard C. Harkness was an American radio and TV journalist. He was the Washington correspondent for NBC from 1943 to 1970....
- News reporter/anchor (1940s–1960s) - Jim HartzJim HartzJim Hartz was an American television personality during the mid- and late-1970s. Hartz became best known to a national audience for a two-year stint as the co-host of the Today Show, along with Barbara Walters. Hartz replaced Frank McGee.Hartz was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and graduated from Tulsa...
- Anchor (1976–1979) - Charlayne Hunter-GaultCharlayne Hunter-GaultCharlayne Hunter-Gault is an American journalist and former foreign correspondent for National Public Radio, and the Public Broadcasting Service....
- Reporter (1967–1968) - Lynda LopezLynda LopezLynda López is an Emmy Award-winning Puerto Rican American journalist and the youngest sister of actress and singer Jennifer Lopez.-Early years:...
- Reporter (1986–1997) - Catherine "Cassie" MackinCassie MackinCatherine Patricia "Cassie" Mackin was a pioneer woman journalist in United States television network broadcasting. In 1976 she became the first woman to regularly anchor an evening network newscast alone...
- Anchor/reporter (1969–1972; deceased) - Suzanne MalveauxSuzanne MalveauxSuzanne M. Malveaux , is an American television news reporter.She is currently the anchor of CNN Newsroom 11am to 1pm. Before that she was White House correspondent for CNN and primary substitute host on CNNs "The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer"...
- Reporter (1996–1999) - Dave MarashDave MarashDavid Marash, known as Dave Marash is an American television journalist.Marash garnered considerable attention when he joined Al Jazeera English in January 2006 as the network's Washington, D.C. anchor, thus becoming the de facto American face of the new English language station. Two years later,...
- Anchor/reporter (1985–1989) - Doug McKelwayDoug McKelwayDouglas B. McKelway is a television journalist who serves as a general assignment reporter for the Washington, D.C. bureau of the Fox News Channel. He joined the network in November 2010. McKelway previously worked at the Washington D.C. ABC affiliate WJLA-TV.He was born and raised in Washington...
- (?–2001) - reporter and anchor - now at Fox News ChannelFox News ChannelFox News Channel , often called Fox News, is a cable and satellite television news channel owned by the Fox Entertainment Group, a subsidiary of News Corporation... - George MichaelGeorge Michael (sportscaster)George Michael was an American sportscaster best known nationally for The George Michael Sports Machine, his long-running sports highlights television program. Originally named George Michael's Sports Final when it began as a local show in Washington, D.C...
- Sports anchor/reporter; former host of The George Michael Sports MachineThe George Michael Sports MachineThe George Michael Sports Machine is a syndicated, sports-related television program which aired from 1984 until 2007. The show was hosted by George Michael, a former radio disc jockey-turned television sports anchor, and was produced at WRC-TV, the NBC-owned station in Washington,...
(1980–March 25, 2007); hosted Monday segments from Redskins Park and Redskins Report/Full Court Press until December 2008 (died December 24, 2009) - Max RobinsonMax RobinsonMax Robinson was an American broadcast journalist, and ABC News World News Tonight co-anchor. He was the first African American broadcast network news anchor in the United States and one of the first television journalists to die of AIDS...
- reporter (1967–1968; deceased) - Charlie RoseCharlie RoseCharles Peete "Charlie" Rose, Jr. is an American television talk show host and journalist. Since 1991 he has hosted Charlie Rose, an interview show distributed nationally by PBS since 1993...
- Talk show host (1981–1984) - Tim RussertTim RussertTimothy John "Tim" Russert was an American television journalist and lawyer who appeared for more than 16 years as the longest-serving moderator of NBC's Meet the Press. He was a senior vice president at NBC News, Washington bureau chief and also hosted the eponymous CNBC/MSNBC weekend interview...
- Frequent correspondent from Meet the PressMeet the PressMeet the Press is a weekly American television news/interview program produced by NBC. It is the longest-running television series in American broadcasting history, despite bearing little resemblance to the original format of the program seen in its television debut on November 6, 1947. It has been...
; deceased - Bob RyanBob Ryan (meteorologist)Bob Ryan is a meteorologist who forecasts for WJLA, the ABC affiliate in Washington, D.C.. From 1980–2010, he served as the Chief meteorologist at Washington NBC affiliate WRC-TV. Before serving as the station's chief meteorologist for 30 years, he was previously the Today Show's first on-air...
- AMS Certified Meteorologist (1980–2010)-now at WJLA-TVWJLA-TVWJLA-TV, channel 7, is the ABC affiliated television station in Washington, D.C.. It is the flagship station of the Allbritton Communications Company, which also operates local cable station NewsChannel 8. The two stations share broadcast facilities in the Rosslyn section of Arlington, Virginia... - Willard ScottWillard ScottWillard Herman Scott, Jr. is an American media personality and author best known for his television work on NBC's The Today Show and as the creator of the Ronald McDonald character.-Early years:...
- NBC pageNBC pageAn NBC page is a person usually in his or her early twenties working in various departments of the NBC television network during a one-year period as a training ground for careers in television broadcasting and entertainment...
(1950; Bozo the ClownBozo the ClownBozo the Clown is a clown character very popular in the United States, peaking in the 1960s as a result of widespread franchising in early television.Originally created by Alan W...
from 1959–1962; meteorologist (1968–1980); now at NBC's Today Show) - Sue SimmonsSue SimmonsSusan "Sue" Simmons has been the lead female news anchor at WNBC television in New York City since 1980.-Background:Simmons grew up in the New York City neighborhood of Harlem; her father was John Simmons, a renowned jazz bassist whose compatriots included Louis Armstrong, Art Tatum, John...
- Anchor/reporter (1976–1980) - Carole SimpsonCarole SimpsonCarole Simpson is a broadcast journalist, news anchor, and author- Biography :Simpson, a graduate of the University of Michigan, began her career on radio at WCFL in Chicago, Illinois. She moved to television at Chicago's WMAQ and onto NBC News in 1974, becoming the first African-American woman...
- Reporter/public affairs host (1977–1982) - Jim SimpsonJim Simpson (sportscaster)Jim Simpson is a retired American sportscaster, known for his smooth delivery as a play-by-play man and his versatility in covering many different sports. In 1997, he won the Sports Lifetime Achievement Award, and in 2000 he was inducted into the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters...
- Sports reporter (1960s) - Kimberly Lohman Suiters - Weekend anchor (2008-2011)
- Linda VesterLinda VesterLinda Vester is an American TV news host. She was the host of Dayside with Linda Vester on the Fox News Channel, first joining the channel in 1999. She later left the channel to look after her children....
- Reporter (1992–1993; formerly with Fox News ChannelFox News ChannelFox News Channel , often called Fox News, is a cable and satellite television news channel owned by the Fox Entertainment Group, a subsidiary of News Corporation...
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