News Channel 8
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| News Channel 8 | |
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| Serves: Washington D.C., Northern Virginia, Suburban Maryland, United States Primary Studios: Arlington, Virginia |
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| Slogan | More Local. More Often. |
| Channels | Analog: various cable Digital: n/a |
| Affiliations | ABC News |
| Owner | Allbritton Communications |
| Former callsigns | n/a |
| Website | news8.net |
News Channel 8 is a regional cable television network serving Washington D.C., Northern Virginia, and Suburban Maryland. The cable station is seen in more than 1.1 million cable television homes. News Channel 8 is owned by Allbritton Communications, along with ABC affiliate WJLA. The station broadcasts out of WJLA's studios in Arlington, Virginia. In addition, the channel operates two Maryland news bureaus (in Rockville and Landover), and one in Washington D.C.
Through a fiber optic delivery system, the station targets programming and advertising to 3 separate geographical regions of the Washington Metro area. On September 5, 2006, Comcast moved News Channel 8, at their request, to channel 28 to be next to co-owned WJLA on channel 27.
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[edit] Programming and live newscasts
When not airing newscasts, News Channel 8 shows ABC News programming including: Nightline (Tuesday - Saturday at 9 a.m., encore of previous night's show), ABC World News (encore daily at 9 p.m.), 20/20, and This Week (Sundays at 8 PM). Also, the stations airs various local programs, including "NewsTalk" (a live daily call-in show featuring prominent newsmakers), "Federal News Today", "SportsTalk", "Inside ABC7 On Your Side", "Entertainment Forecast", and "Toyota Capital Golf Weekly". During overnights and weekends, they air some paid programming as well.
News Channel 8 is known for airing specific "Zone Reports" on the weeknights to 3 separate geographical regions of the Washington Metro area. They include: "The Washington Report", with news that affects the District; "The Virginia Report", news from Northern Virginia; and "The Maryland Report", news from communities in suburban Maryland. The appropriate edition is fed to each of the cable systems in the region. The newscasts are the same, except for the second segment (between the first and second commercial breaks), which is specifically tailored to each "zone." During the weather portion of newscasts, News Channel 8 uses WJLA's weather radar, which is known as "ABC 7 Live Super Doppler".
During the week, News Channel 8's programming features their own anchors and weathercasters, while sharing reporters with WJLA. On weekends, WJLA produces the evening newscasts for both stations using the same news team.
[edit] On-Air Personalities
[edit] Anchors
- Bruce DePuyt - "NewsTalk" Host (4 p.m., repeats at 11 p.m.)
- Melanie Hastings - "Morning Report" (5 - 9 a.m.)
- Beverly Kirk - "Live Tonight" (5 - 7:30 p.m.), Zone Report (9:30 - 10 p.m., repeated throughout the night), also "Federal News Today" host
- Dave Lucas - "Live this Morning" (9:30 a.m. - 12 p.m.) and "Afternoon Report" (12 - 12:30 p.m., repeated throughout the afternoon), also "Capital Golf Weekly" Host
- Pamela Brown - Weekend mornings and middays
[edit] Reporters
[edit] Weather
- Joe Witte - Mornings and middays
- Kyle Osborne - Weekday evening weathercaster, also "Entertainment Forecast" host
- Adam Caskey - Saturday mornings, fill-in during week
- Dave Zahren - Sunday mornings
- Steve Rudin - News Channel 8 / WJLA ABC-7 Weekend evening Meteorologist
[edit] Sports
- Glenn Harris - "Sports Talk" host
