SterlingNorth 33 Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 Weather forecaster Bob Ryan has left WRC. He is rumored to be joining WJLA once his non-compete expires. WRC is also swapping the airtimes of The Ellen DeGeneres Show and its daytime light-light-light news[-clip] program Daily Connection. Starting today, Connection will air at 2pm, Ellen at 3pm. WUSA has also let go a bunch of people, I'm sure. Ones that stick out in my mind are forecasters Tony Pann (left in December, has since returned to Baltimore's WBAL, where he worked in the 90s), and Kim Martucci. Anyway, WUSA is suffling it's morning news lineup again. It's cancelling outright the recently shortened 9am news while starting news at 4:30am. This is to start March 8th. At 9am they will show Inside Edition (currently airing at 9:30am), and 9:30am The Insider (currently airing at 1:37am). Though unless The Insider started taping earlier (and as an entertainment show taped in Hollywood, that's very unlikely), WUSA will again be airing programming produced for the previous day. The Inside aired a day behind when WUSA aired it at 10:30am! I really don't know why WUSA even bothers with that show -- unless they're contractually obligated to air it along with Entertainment Tonight. Unless they give up on a block of news, they don't have a good place to put the show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tw-804 190 Posted March 2, 2010 Share Posted March 2, 2010 Speaking of WRC, Aaron Gilchrist will be the new weekend morning news anchor. Last Friday was his last day on WWBT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CLT-DCA-ORF-PTI 86 Posted March 2, 2010 Share Posted March 2, 2010 Not to mention, WRC is supposed to Debut their new Set soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SterlingNorth 33 Posted March 2, 2010 Author Share Posted March 2, 2010 Not to mention, WRC is supposed to Debut their new Set soon. I can't wait to see that. Is there any word when they're going HD? All I keep hearing is "soon". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WAVY 10 Fan 232 Posted March 2, 2010 Share Posted March 2, 2010 Weather forecaster Bob Ryan has left WRC. That leaves Jim Vance as the last NewsCenter 4 personality left I believe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squiggy 10 Posted March 24, 2010 Share Posted March 24, 2010 Anyone know when WRC will finish it's upgrade? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abric 157 Posted March 28, 2010 Share Posted March 28, 2010 Bumping an old thread: WUSA recently launched a 4:30am newscast on March 15th becoming the first station in D.C. with 4:30am news. Now, WRC's "News 4 Today" is starting their news at 4:30 tomorrow March 29th. Who knows when WJLA and WTTG will follow suit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CLT-DCA-ORF-PTI 86 Posted March 29, 2010 Share Posted March 29, 2010 Actually, WJLA is the only one left, WTTG started 4:25 am newscasts last week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SterlingNorth 33 Posted March 31, 2010 Author Share Posted March 31, 2010 Unrelated to anything, I just noticed that WUSA changed the copyright tag at the end of their newscasts from "WUSA Gannett Co. Inc." to "Detroit Free Press Inc." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abric 157 Posted April 8, 2010 Share Posted April 8, 2010 It has been a long wait (years even), but starting with this morning's News 4 Newsbreak, WRC-TV officially became the last station in the DC Metro area to broadcast local news in high definition. They should unveil their new set (maybe) later today. UPDATE: It seems the station is testing the HD equipment this morning. Expect a full switch to HD any day now. THIS JUST IN: 4 Tests HD Local News, Launch In 2 Weeks - 4/8 - Updated. NBC-owned Channel 4/ WRC debuted its high-def local news broadcasts this morning. The station is last of DC's four major TV news operations to provide local HD newscasts. NBC4 was back to standard-def on the 11 AM and Thursday evening newscasts. A source tells us: "WRC is just testing the HD during the 'Today' cut-ins, no other show is going HD right now. The launch of regular HD shows is still about two weeks away. 'Meet The Press' will be in HD soon, but construction on the network HD control room is yet to start. Look for that this summer"..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abric 157 Posted April 15, 2010 Share Posted April 15, 2010 From newscaststudio.com: Washington D.C.’s NBC affiliate, WRC-TV, will soon launch its news in HD with a new set. The set, designed by Clickspring Design and fabricated by blackwalnut, features a large RP screen with LED and metal elements. The overall design matches Clickspring’s previous work on MSNBC and WCAU-TV, other NBC properties. To see more of the set: http://blackwalnutweb.net/built/wrc/wrc%20nbc%20washington/index.html UPDATE: The pictures have been removed from their site until the set finally premieres. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abric 157 Posted April 22, 2010 Share Posted April 22, 2010 As of 11am this morning, WRC is finally in High Definition. This makes all DC stations in HD. Not only are News 4 newscasts in HD, but Daily Connection is in HD as well. The new set was designed by Clickspring Design (same company that created the MSNBC set in NY & DC) and fabricated by Black Walnut. It features lots of plexiglas with 36 "light blasters" behind them, that can change colors for anytime of the day, and pictures of many DC areas (Mixing Bowl, Capitol, Metro). It also features a 14' Panasonic 10K HD projector that shows live video from around the metro area. It also has a wild monitor that can move anywhere around the set. There are also HD weather graphics including Live Doppler in HD. It has been a 6 month process. Hope you like the look. This is a big step forward for News 4. Great job! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevieboy247 42 Posted April 23, 2010 Share Posted April 23, 2010 As of 11am this morning, WRC is finally in HD. This makes all DC stations in HD. It's about time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SterlingNorth 33 Posted April 25, 2010 Author Share Posted April 25, 2010 Allbritton Communications, owners locally of WJLA and cable channel NewsChannel 8, has been working on a "hyperlocal" news website which they hope will take on the Washington Post and Washington Examiner on the local news beats, and which is expected to have a television component that will replace NewsChannel 8. The website for this (which is expected to replace those for NewsChannel 8 and WJLA) is TBD.com. Really. It came from how Erik Wemple -- editor of this new venture. formerly editor of the Washington City Paper -- has been signing his emails. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidmatthew 0 Posted April 27, 2010 Share Posted April 27, 2010 Video? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squiggy 10 Posted April 27, 2010 Share Posted April 27, 2010 Video? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rah6448 21 Posted April 28, 2010 Share Posted April 28, 2010 where on Youtube can i find videos of WRC's new opens in HD? I hear they've got NBC Collection NG 4 with a Working For You signature, and i want to hear how it works out with their new open. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ntropolis 593 Posted April 28, 2010 Share Posted April 28, 2010 where on Youtube can i find videos of WRC's new opens in HD? I hear they've got NBC Collection NG 4 with a Working For You signature, and i want to hear how it works out with their new open. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RGSJenkins 432 Posted April 28, 2010 Share Posted April 28, 2010 Their L3's look really great, and also in the very same building, Meet the Press is getting a new set and logo this Sunday. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/36740654#36740654 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rah6448 21 Posted April 28, 2010 Share Posted April 28, 2010 Thanks Ntropolis!! The open seems to be really good, as the signature blended well with the main open cut =D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SterlingNorth 33 Posted May 17, 2010 Author Share Posted May 17, 2010 I started this thread noting (among other things) that Kim Martucci's contract was not renewed by WUSA. Well, to follow that up, she announced on Facebook that she is going to be working part time at WRC. Meanwhile, it appears that Bob Ryan will start at WJLA tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abric 157 Posted May 17, 2010 Share Posted May 17, 2010 I am a News4 watcher always will be. Congrats to Kim, I always liked her. Hopefully it will become permanent, WUSA's horrible loss is WRC's gain I still think Chuck Bell should be News4's new chief. Nothing against Veronica. But Chuck really knows his weather. Ryan can go to WJLA, he betrayed me by jumping to that station. All that station is good for is picking up old talent from others stations and networks since they can't do well with the people they have now. Anyway, good luck Bob, knowing he will only be there a few years before he retires for good. Then what? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SterlingNorth 33 Posted May 20, 2010 Author Share Posted May 20, 2010 Should I continue posting new personnel news to this thread? OK, might as well. Via DCRTV yesterday, WUSA loses another one. Dave Statter is taking a buyout. This is actually heartening since it was usually management who swings the axe (indiscriminately). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SterlingNorth 33 Posted May 23, 2010 Author Share Posted May 23, 2010 Audrey Barnes, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abric 157 Posted June 7, 2010 Share Posted June 7, 2010 Some more news from WRC-TV: President/GM Michael Jack is leaving to New York become the President/GM for NBC flagship WNBC. He is replacing Tim O'Brien who held that position since 2008. O'Brien has been named executive vice president of NBC Local Media. No word on Jack's replacement. Also, KYW meteorologist Doug Kammerer will become the new chief meteorologist of the Storm Center 4 weather team replacing Bob Ryan who is now at WJLA. He does have local ties to the metro region. He is a native of Fairfax County, VA. He starts working at the station in August. (IMO I think Veronica or Chuck should have gotten the promotion.) http://voices.washingtonpost.com/tvblog/2010/06/wrc-loses-president-gains-weat.html http://www.dcrtv.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.