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WRC-TV "NBC4" is a television station in Washington, DC. Owned by an NBC owned and operated, the station broadcasts its analog signal on channel 4 and its digital television signal on channel 48. Its transmitter is located in the Tenleytown section of Washington, DC.

History

The station signed on for the first time on November 6, 1947 as WNBW-TV (NBC Washington). It traces its roots to experimental W3XNB in 1939. In 1954, it became WRC-TV, named after WRC-AM-FM which NBC-TV had long owned.

The 2nd presidential debate between candidates John F. Kennedy and Richard M. Nixon was broadcast from the station's studios on October 7, 1960.

The earliest color videotape in existence is a recording of the dedication of WRC's Washington studios on May 21, 1958. As Dwight D. Eisenhower spoke at the event, it was also the first time a president had been videotaped in color. [1]

After the Dumont network (which owned WTTG) went bankrupt in 1955, WRC-TV had became the only network O&O station in Washington D.C. However, by 1986, News Corp., owners of the then close to signing on Fox Network purchased Metromedia (which owned WTTG), making its 6 independent stations (WTTG is one of them) the first Fox O&O's.

WRC offers NBC Weather Plus on digital station 48.

Programs

WRC-TV's studios are home to several notable programs. These include "Meet the Press," 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.

Newscasts

The station's radar is called "Digital Doppler XT".

Weekdays

  • News4 Today - 5:00-7:00AM
  • News4 at 10AM - 10:00-11:00AM
  • News4 at 4PM - 4:00-5:00PM
  • News4 at 5PM - 5:00-6:00PM
  • News4 at 6PM - 6:00-7:00PM
  • News4 at 11PM - 11:00-11:35PM

Saturdays

  • News4 This Week (Community Affairs) - 5:30-6:00AM
    • Jim Handly, Susan Kidd, and Wendy Rieger are rotating hosts.
  • News4 Saturday Today - 6:00-7:00AM & 9:00-10:00AM
  • News4 at 6PM - 6:00-6:30PM
  • Redskins Report - 7:00-7:30PM +
  • Joe Gibbs Show - 7:30-8:00PM +
  • News4 at 11PM - 11:00-11:30PM

Sundays

  • America This Week - 5:30-6:00AM
  • News4 Sunday Today - 6:00-8:00AM & 9:00-10:00AM
  • The Chris Matthews Show (public affairs) - 10:00-10:30AM *
  • Redskins Game Plan - 11:30AM-Noon +
  • News4 at 6PM - 6:00-6:30PM
  • News4 at 11PM - 11:00-11:30PM
  • The George Michael Sports Machine - 11:30-Midnight *
  • * Syndicated but originates from WRC-TV
  • + during the NFL season only

Notable Personalities

File:JimVanceWNBC2005.jpg
Jim Vance on the 5pm newscast.

Current

NEWS4 ANCHORS

  • James Adams, Weekend Evening Anchor/Reporter
  • Shannon Bream, Weekend Evening Anchor/Reporter
  • Keith Garvin, Weekend Morning Anchor/Reporter
  • Doreen Gentzler, 6PM & 11PM Anchor/Health Reporter
  • Jim Handly, 4PM Anchor/Reporter
  • Barbara Harrison, Morning Anchor/"Wednesday's Child" Host/Reporter
  • Joe Krebs, Morning Anchor/"Viewpoint" Host/Reporter
  • Pat Lawson Muse, 4PM Anchor/"Reporter's Notebook" Host/Reporter
  • Wendy Rieger, 5PM Anchor/Reporter
  • Jim Vance, 6PM & 11PM Anchor/Reporter
  • Eun Yang, Weekend Morning Anchor/Reporter

NEWS4 REPORTERS

STORMCENTER 4/ NBC4 WEATHER PLUS METEOROLOGISTS

SPORTS ANCHORS/REPORTERS

Former

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References

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