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WRC-TV, "NBC4" is an NBC owned and operated television station in Washington, DC. Owned by NBC Universal, 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. *
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.
Logos
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
- News4 Saturday Today - 6:00-7:00AM & 9:00-10:00AM
- News4 at 6PM - 6:00-6:30PM
- Redskins Report - 7:00-7:30PM (During the NFL season only)
- Joe Gibbs Show - 7:30-8:00PM (During the NFL season only)
- 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 (Syndicated but originates from WRC-TV)
- Redskins Game Plan - 11:30AM-Noon (During the NFL season only)
- 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)
Personalities
Notable personnel from WRC-TV's history include:
- Katie Couric, former reporter, now host of NBC's "The Today Show" and will soon become anchor of the CBS Evening News.
- Jim Vance, longtime main anchor and one of the first African-American news anchors in the U.S.
- George Michael, host of the long-running "Sports Machine"
- Sue Simmons, one of the first female African-American news anchors in the U.S. She coanchored with Vance from 1975 to 1980, when she left for WNBC-TV where she still is today.
- weatherman Willard Scott, who went on to perform forecasting duties for the network's "The Today Show".
- current Chief Meterologist Bob Ryan, former president of the American Meteorological Society, and who has been named the #1 forecaster in the US
- anchor and health activist Doreen Gentzler
- Steve Doocy, of Fox & Friends,was a feature reporter for NBC-TV's WRC station for six years.
References
External links
Early videotape recordings | NBC network affiliates | Channel 4 TV stations in the United States
"WRC-TV"