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WTTG Channel 5 is an owned-and-operated
Owned-and-operated station

In the broadcasting industry , an owned-and-operated station usually refers to a television station or radio station that is owned by the television network with which it is associated....
 TV station of the Fox Broadcasting Company
Fox Broadcasting Company

The Fox Broadcasting Company, commonly referred to as Fox and stylized as FOX, is an United States television network owned by Fox Entertainment Group, part of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation....
. It's located in 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, founded on July 16, 1790....
 and serves the entire Washington metropolitan area (including Northern Virginia
Northern Virginia

Northern Virginia consistsof several County and independent cities in the U.S. state of Virginia in a widespread region generally radiating southerly and westward from Washington, D.C....
, Maryland
Maryland

Maryland is a U.S. state located in the Mid Atlantic States of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia and the Washington, D.C. to the south and west, Pennsylvania to the north, and Delaware to the east....
 and the Martinsburg, West Virginia
Martinsburg, West Virginia

Martinsburg is a city in the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia region of West Virginia, United States. The city's population was 14,972 at the 2000 United States Census; according to a 2007 Census Bureau estimate, Martinsburg's population was 16,450, making it the largest city in the Eastern Panhandle and the ninth largest municipality in We...
 area) from a studio and transmitter located in the Tenleytown
Tenleytown

Tenleytown is the historic name for a neighborhood in northwest Washington, DC.In 1790, Washington locals began calling the neighborhood "Tennally's Town" after area tavern owner John Tennally....
 neighborhood of Washington. WTTG's sister station is MyNetworkTV
MyNetworkTV

MyNetworkTV is a television network in the United States, owned by the Fox Entertainment Group, a division of News Corporation. It is the lowest-rated of the six major US English-language commercial broadcast networks....
 O&O WDCA
WDCA

WDCA, 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 Broadcasting Company outlet WTTG , and is affiliated with the co-owned MyNetworkTV programming service....
, forming a duopoly owned by Fox Television Stations Group
Fox Television Stations Group

The Fox Television Stations are a group of television stations located within the United States which are owned-and-operated by the Fox Broadcasting Company, a subsidiary of the News Corporation....
.

station traces its history to May 19, 1945, when television set and equipment manufacturer Allen B. DuMont
Allen B. DuMont

Allen Balcom DuMont was an United States science and invention best known for improvements to the cathode ray tube in 1931 for use in television receivers....
 founded W3XWT, the second experimental station in the nation's capital (after NBC's W3XNB, forerunner to WRC-TV
WRC-TV

WRC-TV channel 4 is the NBC owned and operated station television station in Washington, D.C.. The station broadcasts its analog signal on channel 4 and its digital television signal on channel 48....
).

Later in 1945, DuMont Laboratories began a series of experimental coaxial cable
Coaxial cable

Coaxial cable is a cable consisting of an inner conductor, surrounded by a tubular insulating layer typically made from a flexible material with a high dielectric constant, all of which is then surrounded by another conductive layer , and then finally covered again with a thin insulating layer on the outside....
 hookups between W3XWT and its other television station, WABD in New York City
New York City

The City of New York is the List of United States cities by population in the United States, while the New York metropolitan area ranks among the List of urban areas by population....
 (now WNYW
WNYW

WNYW channel 5 is the Flagship of the News Corporation-owned Fox Broadcasting Company, located in New York City. The station's transmitter is atop the Empire State Building and its studio facilities are in the Yorkville, Manhattan section of Manhattan....
).






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WTTG Channel 5 is an owned-and-operated
Owned-and-operated station

In the broadcasting industry , an owned-and-operated station usually refers to a television station or radio station that is owned by the television network with which it is associated....
 TV station of the Fox Broadcasting Company
Fox Broadcasting Company

The Fox Broadcasting Company, commonly referred to as Fox and stylized as FOX, is an United States television network owned by Fox Entertainment Group, part of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation....
. It's located in 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, founded on July 16, 1790....
 and serves the entire Washington metropolitan area (including Northern Virginia
Northern Virginia

Northern Virginia consistsof several County and independent cities in the U.S. state of Virginia in a widespread region generally radiating southerly and westward from Washington, D.C....
, Maryland
Maryland

Maryland is a U.S. state located in the Mid Atlantic States of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia and the Washington, D.C. to the south and west, Pennsylvania to the north, and Delaware to the east....
 and the Martinsburg, West Virginia
Martinsburg, West Virginia

Martinsburg is a city in the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia region of West Virginia, United States. The city's population was 14,972 at the 2000 United States Census; according to a 2007 Census Bureau estimate, Martinsburg's population was 16,450, making it the largest city in the Eastern Panhandle and the ninth largest municipality in We...
 area) from a studio and transmitter located in the Tenleytown
Tenleytown

Tenleytown is the historic name for a neighborhood in northwest Washington, DC.In 1790, Washington locals began calling the neighborhood "Tennally's Town" after area tavern owner John Tennally....
 neighborhood of Washington. WTTG's sister station is MyNetworkTV
MyNetworkTV

MyNetworkTV is a television network in the United States, owned by the Fox Entertainment Group, a division of News Corporation. It is the lowest-rated of the six major US English-language commercial broadcast networks....
 O&O WDCA
WDCA

WDCA, 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 Broadcasting Company outlet WTTG , and is affiliated with the co-owned MyNetworkTV programming service....
, forming a duopoly owned by Fox Television Stations Group
Fox Television Stations Group

The Fox Television Stations are a group of television stations located within the United States which are owned-and-operated by the Fox Broadcasting Company, a subsidiary of the News Corporation....
.

History

The station traces its history to May 19, 1945, when television set and equipment manufacturer Allen B. DuMont
Allen B. DuMont

Allen Balcom DuMont was an United States science and invention best known for improvements to the cathode ray tube in 1931 for use in television receivers....
 founded W3XWT, the second experimental station in the nation's capital (after NBC's W3XNB, forerunner to WRC-TV
WRC-TV

WRC-TV channel 4 is the NBC owned and operated station television station in Washington, D.C.. The station broadcasts its analog signal on channel 4 and its digital television signal on channel 48....
).

Later in 1945, DuMont Laboratories began a series of experimental coaxial cable
Coaxial cable

Coaxial cable is a cable consisting of an inner conductor, surrounded by a tubular insulating layer typically made from a flexible material with a high dielectric constant, all of which is then surrounded by another conductive layer , and then finally covered again with a thin insulating layer on the outside....
 hookups between W3XWT and its other television station, WABD in New York City
New York City

The City of New York is the List of United States cities by population in the United States, while the New York metropolitan area ranks among the List of urban areas by population....
 (now WNYW
WNYW

WNYW channel 5 is the Flagship of the News Corporation-owned Fox Broadcasting Company, located in New York City. The station's transmitter is atop the Empire State Building and its studio facilities are in the Yorkville, Manhattan section of Manhattan....
). These hookups were the beginning of the DuMont Television Network
DuMont Television Network

The DuMont Television Network, also known as the DuMont Network, DuMont, Du Mont, or Dumont was the world's first commercial television network, beginning operation in the United States in 1946....
, the world's first licensed commercial television network. DuMont began regular network service in 1946. Almost a year later on January 3, 1947, W3XWT received a commercial license -- the first in the nation's capital -- as WTTG. The station was named for Thomas T. Goldsmith, Dr. DuMont's best friend and the DuMont network's chief engineer.

Like its New York sister station, WTTG was far more successful than the network as a whole. In 1956, after DuMont ended network operations, WTTG and WABD were spun off as the "DuMont Broadcasting Corporation". It later changed its name to Metropolitan Broadcasting due to the failure associated with DuMont. In 1958, Washington investor John Kluge
John Kluge

John Werner Kluge is a Germany-United States entrepreneur and a billionaire. He is best known as a television industry mogul in the United States....
 bought controlling interest in Metropolitan Broadcasting and installed himself as its chairman. He changed the company's name to Metromedia
Metromedia

Metromedia was a media company that owned radio station and television stations in the United States from 1956 to 1986....
 in 1961. Goldsmith sat on Metromedia's board for over a quarter-century.

At first, WTTG ran on a low budget. However, in the late 1960s, it benefited from Metromedia's aggressiveness in acquiring top syndicated programming, giving it a significant leg up on WDCA, which signed on in 1966. By the 1970s, WTTG was one of the leading independent stations in the country, running a broad lineup of cartoons, off-network sitcoms, first-run syndicated shows, old movies, local news and locally produced programs. During this time period, and well into the early 1990s, WTTG was the flagship station for the Georgetown Hoyas
Georgetown University

Georgetown University is a Society of Jesus private university located in Georgetown, Washington, D.C. Father John Carroll founded the school in 1789, though its roots extend back to 1634....
 men's basketball
College basketball

College basketball most often refers to the American basketball competitive governance structure established by the National Collegiate Athletic Association ....
 team. Its main claim to fame was Panorama, an afternoon talk show hosted by John Willis, and Maury Povich
Maury Povich

Maurice Richard "Maury" Povich is an United States television talk show personality, who currently hosts his self-titled talk show Maury . He is married to journalist Connie Chung....
. WTTG offered Japanese cartoons dubbed into English including Astro Boy and Marine Boy
Marine Boy

Marine Boy was one of the first anime cartoons to be shown in a dubbed form in the U.S. , and later in Australia and the United Kingdom. It was produced in Japan as from 1966 to 1967 by Minoru Adachi through K Fujita Associates Inc....
.

When cable television
Cable television

Cable television is a system of providing television to consumers via radio frequency signals transmitted to televisions through fixed optical fibers or coaxial cables as opposed to the over-the-air method used in traditional television broadcasting in which a television antenna is required....
 began in the 1970s, WTTG became a regional superstation
Superstation

Superstation in United States television can have several meanings. In its most precise meaning, a superstation is defined by the Federal Communications Commission as "A television broadcast station, other than a network station, licensed by the FCC that is secondarily transmitted by a satellite carrier."...
. At one point, it appeared on every cable system in Maryland and Virginia
Virginia

The Commonwealth of Virginia is an United States U.S. state on the East Coast of the United States of the Southern United States. The state is known as the "Old Dominion" and sometimes as "Mother of Presidents", because it is the birthplace of Lists of United States Presidents by place of birth#By state....
, as well as most of Delaware
Delaware

Delaware is a U.S. state located on the East Coast of the United States in the Mid-Atlantic States region of the United States. The state takes its name from Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr, a British nobleman and Virginia's first colonial governor, after whom Cape Henlopen was originally named....
 and in parts of North Carolina
North Carolina

North Carolina is a U.S. state located on the Atlantic Seaboard in the southeastern United States. The state borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west and Virginia to the north....
, South Carolina
South Carolina

South Carolina is a U.S. state in the Southern United States of the United States. It borders Georgia to the south and North Carolina to the north....
 and Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania , often colloquially referred to as PA by natives and Northeasterners, is a U.S. state located in the Northeastern United States and Mid-Atlantic States regions of the United States....
. Though not distributed as widely as it once was, the popularity of WTTG has kept it available on cable on several Maryland and Virginia cable systems. It still serves as the default Fox affiliate for the Harrisonburg, Virginia
Harrisonburg, Virginia

Harrisonburg is an independent city in the Shenandoah Valley region of Virginia in the United States. Its population was 40,468 at the United States Census 2000 and 44,039 according to 2007 estimates....
 market. Additionally, it is still carried on cable in Charlottesville, Virginia
Charlottesville, Virginia

Charlottesville is an independent city located within the confines of Albemarle County, Virginia in the Commonwealth of Virginia, United States, and named after Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, the queen consort of George III of the United Kingdom of the United Kingdom....
 despite the city recently gaining a Fox affiliate out of WAHU-CA
WAHU-CA

WAHU-LD, channel 40, is the Class A Fox Network-affiliated television station for Charlottesville, Virginia. Its transmitter is located on Carters Mountain south of the city....
. It also served as the default Fox affiliate for Salisbury, Maryland
Salisbury, Maryland

Salisbury is a city in southeastern Maryland, United States. It is the county seat of Wicomico County, Maryland and the largest city in Eastern Shore of Maryland....
 until the debut of new default Fox affiliate, Fox21 Delmarva, a subsidiary of WBOC-TV
WBOC-TV

WBOC-TV, channel 16, is a CBS affiliate based in Salisbury, Maryland. WBOC-TV is owned by the Draper Holdings Business Trust, with its main studios in Salisbury, secondary studios/office facilities in Dover, Delaware and Milton, Delaware, and transmitter in Laurel, Delaware....
 on August 21, 2006).

Metromedia owned the station until 1986 when Rupert Murdoch
Rupert Murdoch

Keith Rupert Murdoch, Order of Australia, Order of St. Gregory the Great , usually known as Rupert Murdoch, is an Australian-born International Mass media business magnate....
, after buying 20th Century Fox
20th Century Fox

Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation , also known as 20th Century Fox, Fox 2000 Pictures, or simply Fox, is one of the six Worldwide major film studios....
, purchased the Metromedia television stations to form the nucleus of the Fox network. WTTG became one of 6 (now 16) Fox owned-and-operated stations (O&O), all the while retaining consistently high ratings, a rarity for a Fox station then. Initially, its programming was similar to what it had run as a true independent station, since Fox only programmed for a few hours on weekends. Then, in the summer of 1990, the morning cartoon block was ended in favor of Fox 5 Morning News. It was the second Fox O&O to have a morning newscast and the fourth or fifth Fox affiliate with morning news.

In the 1990s, Fox 5 added more syndicated talk shows and reality shows. It continued to air afternoon cartoons from Fox Kids until the fall of 2001, when they moved to WDCA (only to be cut to Saturdays everywhere in 2002). But WTTG later on brought back Fox children's programming under the banner 4Kids TV
4Kids TV

4Kids.tv is a children's website owned by 4Kids Entertainment. It was formerly a Saturday Morning Television programming block on the Fox Broadcasting Company known as 4Kids TV....
. On October 29, 2001, WDCA became WTTG's sister station when Fox bought it from Viacom
Viacom

Viacom , short for "Video & Audio Communications", is an United States media conglomerate with various worldwide interests in cable television and satellite television networks , and movie production and distribution ....
. Fox 5 continued to run top rated off-network sitcoms in the evenings. In 2002, it added an evening 5 to 6 p.m. newscast. Today, it has 40 hours a week of local news.

On May 15, 2006 WTTG launched a new website, which features more news and video with the "MyFox" name and interface. (The "My" in the MyFox name may be a reference to Fox's new network My Network TV, which is now shown locally on WDCA
WDCA

WDCA, 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 Broadcasting Company outlet WTTG , and is affiliated with the co-owned MyNetworkTV programming service....
.) It is at .

The new logo and set premiered on June 25, 2006. WTTG launched "NewsEdge" (previously titled "The Edge" until October 2006), its 11–11:30pm newscast, on July 31, 2006. "NewsEdge", which is anchored solo by 10pm co-anchor Brian Bolter, follows its 10–11pm newscast. Also with the launch of the 11pm broadcast, Fox 5 has now expanded its 5pm broadcast to 7 days a week. The 5pm on the weekend is only a half-hour long as opposed to the weekday hour-long broadcast. Plus the new "NewsEdge" has also gone to 7 days as well. The weekend 11pm broadcast is 15-minutes long, followed by "Sports Extra."

On September 4, 2006, WTTG began simulcasting its weekday morning and daily 10 PM newscasts on Baltimore
Baltimore, Maryland

Baltimore is an independent city and the largest city in the U.S. state of Maryland in the United States. Baltimore is located in central Maryland along the tidal portion of the Patapsco River, an arm of the Chesapeake Bay....
's Fox-owned WUTB
WUTB

WUTB, channel 24, is the MyNetworkTV Owned-and-operated station television station for Baltimore, Maryland. Its transmitter is located near Gilson Park in Catonsville, Maryland....
, under the banner of My 24 News. The higher-ups at both stations cite the decision to simulcast as a by-product of cross-regional news interests and increasing overlap between the Baltimore and Washington media market
Media market

A media market, broadcast market, media region, designated market area , Television Market Area or simply market is a region where the population can receive the same television station and radio broadcasting offerings, and may also include other types of media including newspapers and Internet content....
s. On October 2006, while WTTG aired Fox Sports' coverage of the 2006 Major League Baseball
Major League Baseball

Major League Baseball is the highest level of play in American professional baseball. Specifically, Major League Baseball refers to the organization that operates the National League and the American League, by means of a joint organizational structure that has developed gradually between them since 1903 ....
 postseason, the first half-hour of the 10 PM newscast was seen on Washington's Fox-owned WDCA
WDCA

WDCA, 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 Broadcasting Company outlet WTTG , and is affiliated with the co-owned MyNetworkTV programming service....
 under the banner of Fox 5 News at Ten Special Edition. The same has occurred in 2007, with a banner name of My 20 News at 10.

On July 2, 2007, WTTG discontinued its noon newscast and replaced it with an hour-long newscast at 11am, titled Fox 5 News Midday. On September 10, 2007, the station added "NewsEdge" at 6pm which is also anchored solo by Brian Bolter. The 6pm edition of "NewsEdge" follows its 5–6pm newscast. The addition of "NewsEdge" at 6pm was due in part to the success of its current 11pm counterpart.

On January 14, 2009, WTTG entered into talks with local NBC O&O WRC-TV
WRC-TV

WRC-TV channel 4 is the NBC owned and operated station television station in Washington, D.C.. The station broadcasts its analog signal on channel 4 and its digital television signal on channel 48....
 to share helicopters and pool news video.

On January 30, 2009, starting with their 6pm newscast, WTTG became the third station in DC (behind CBS affiliate WUSA
WUSA (TV)

WUSA is a television station broadcasting on channel 9 in Washington, D.C.. Owned by the Gannett Company, WUSA is an affiliate of the CBS television network....
 and ABC affiliate WJLA) to launch news in high definition. With the change to HD came new FOX O&O HD graphics currently used on sister FOX stations WNYW
WNYW

WNYW channel 5 is the Flagship of the News Corporation-owned Fox Broadcasting Company, located in New York City. The station's transmitter is atop the Empire State Building and its studio facilities are in the Yorkville, Manhattan section of Manhattan....
, KRIV
KRIV

KRIV, channel 26, is an O&O television station of the News Corporation-owned Fox Broadcasting Company, located in Houston, Texas. KRIV is co-owned with MyNetworkTV affiliate KTXH ....
, KDFW
KDFW

KDFW, channel 4, is the Fox Broadcasting Company owned-and-operated television station in the Dallas, Texas-Fort Worth, Texas Metroplex designated market area....
, and KTTV
KTTV

KTTV, channel 11, is an owned-and-operated television station of the News Corporation-owned Fox Broadcasting Company, located in Los Angeles, California....
.

Criticism

In 2004, the inner operations of WTTG during the station's first years under Rupert Murdoch's control were critically scrutinized in Robert Greenwald
Robert Greenwald

Robert Greenwald is an United States film director, film producer, and political activist, noted in the 2000s for his documentary film critical of Fox News and of the George W....
's documentary Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism. The documentary, through a panel of former WTTG journalists and staffers, claimed that following Murdoch's acquisition, WTTG's news reporting became biased and sensationalistic, much in the style of the Fox News Channel
Fox News Channel

Fox News Channel is a US Cable News and satellite television news channel owned by the Fox Entertainment Group, a subsidiary of News Corporation....
, which Murdoch also owns and which the film primarily criticizes. Former WTTG employees claimed that: they were told "from the top" to air a tribute to Ronald Reagan
Ronald Reagan

Ronald Wilson Reagan was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States and the 33rd Governor of California . Born in Illinois, Reagan moved to Los Angeles, California in the 1930s, where he was an actor, president of the Screen Actors Guild , and a spokesman for General Electric ....
, as seen at the 1988 Republican National Convention
1988 Republican National Convention

The 1988 National Convention of the Republican Party of the United States was held in the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana from August 15 to August 18, 1988....
, uncut; they were told to run a piece from A Current Affair
A Current Affair (US TV series)

A Current Affair was a television newsmagazine that ran from 1986 in television to 1996 in television before reappearing briefly in 2005 in television....
 that "rehashed the whole matter of [Senator Ted Kennedy
Ted Kennedy

Edward Moore "Ted" Kennedy is the Senior Senator United States Senate from Massachusetts and a member of the Democratic Party . In office since November 1962, Kennedy is the list of current United States Senators by seniority member of the Senate, after President pro tempore of the United States Senate Robert Byrd of West Virginia....
's deadly car accident at] Chappaquiddick" which had "zero news value"; and an obsessive attitude over airing stories related to wedge issues such as race relations
Race relations

Race relations is the area of sociology that studies the social, political, and economic relations between Race at all different levels of society....
 and AIDS
AIDS

Acquired immune deficiency syndrome or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome is a disease of the human immune system caused by the HIV ....
.

Newscasts


Newscast titles

  • MetroMedia 5 News (1970s-1983)
  • Channel 5 News (1983-1992)
  • Fox 5 News (1992-present)


Logos



Digital television

On or before June 12, 2009, WTTG will shut down channel 5 and continue broadcasting on channel 36 to complete its analog to digital conversion. However, through the use of PSIP
Program and System Information Protocol

The Program and System Information Protocol is the communications protocol used in the ATSC standards digital television system for carrying metadata about each channel in the Broadcasting transport stream of a TV station and for publishing information about television programs so that viewers can select what to watch by title and des...
, digital television receivers will display WTTG's virtual channel
Virtual channel

In telecommunications, a logical channel number , also known as virtual channel in North America, is a channel designation which differs from the actual radio channel or frequency on which the Signalling travels....
 as "5".

Notable personalities


Current personalities


Anchors
  • Will Thomas - Weekend Evenings 5, 10, 11
  • Melanie Alnwick - Sunday Mornings, also serves as Special Projects reporter
  • Brian Bolter
    Brian Bolter

    Brian Bolter is a television news anchor and reporter. Bolter hopscotched across the country working in several TV markets as he gained experience. He's worked at KHBS-TV in Fort Smith, Arkansas, KARK-TV in Little Rock, Arkansas, KHQA-TV in Quincy, Illinois, and at WBAL-TV in Baltimore, Maryland....
     - 6, 10 and 11pm Weeknights
  • Steve Chenevey - 5-9am weekdays
  • Gurvir Dhindsa - 5-7am Weekdays
  • Laura Evans - 5pm Weekdays
  • Holly Morris
    Holly Morris (Television Reporter)

    ProfessionalHolly Morris is a television reporter for WTTG in Washington D.C. since 1998. She is originally from Cincinnati, Ohio. She graduated from Duke University in 1993 with a degree in civil engineering....
     - 11am Weekdays, also Morning Feature Reporter
  • Allison Seymour - 7-9am and 11am Weekdays
  • Maureen Umeh - Weekend Evenings 5, 10, 11
  • Shawn Yancy
    Shawn Yancy

    Shawn Yancy is a News Anchor for WTTG-TV, FOX 5 News in Washington, DC. Shawn co-anchors FOX 5 News at 5pm & 10pm and contributes to the Newsedge @ 6 and 11pm....
     - 5pm and 10pm Weeknights


Weather Team
  • Tucker Barnes - Morning Fill-In, also Weather Producer
  • Gary McGrady - Weekday 5p (AMS Certified)
  • Sue Palka - Lead Weather Anchor, 6, 10 and 11pm Weeknights (NWA)
  • Tony Perkins - Weekday Mornings
  • Gwen Tolbart - Weekend Evenings and Sunday Mornings


Sports
  • Anthony Amey - Weekend Sports Anchor (2008–present)
  • Dave Feldman - Sports Director/Lead Sports Anchor
  • Dave Ross - Weekday Mornings, also Sports Producer


Reporters
  • Bob Barnard
  • Roby Chavez
  • Tom Fitzgerald
  • Karen Gray Houston
  • John Henrehan
  • Sherri Ly
  • Wisdom Martin
  • Beth Parker
  • Sarah Simmons
  • Paul Wagner
  • Roz Plater
  • Claudia Coffey
  • Allyson Wilson
  • Matt Ackland
  • Stacey Cohan


Former personalities

  • James Adams - Anchor/Reporter (1977–1990, now at WRC-TV
    WRC-TV

    WRC-TV channel 4 is the NBC owned and operated station television station in Washington, D.C.. The station broadcasts its analog signal on channel 4 and its digital television signal on channel 48....
    )
  • Brooke Baldwin - Reporter (2006–2008, now at CNN)
  • Ric Barrick - Meteorologist(2001–2002, now at WTVR-TV
    WTVR-TV

    WTVR-TV is a CBS television affiliate based in Richmond, Virginia owned by Raycom Media. It broadcasts on analog channel 6, and its studios and tower are located on West Broad Street in downtown Richmond....
    )
  • Mike Barry - Meteorologist (2004–2006), currently WTTG fill-in meteorologist
  • Dave Bender - Reporter (1990–1993, now at KOVR
    KOVR

    KOVR, channel 13, is a CBS owned and operated station television station licensed to Stockton, California, and serving the Sacramento, California-Stockton television market....
     in Sacramento)
  • Jackie Bensen - Reporter (1987–1999, now in same position at WRC-TV
    WRC-TV

    WRC-TV channel 4 is the NBC owned and operated station television station in Washington, D.C.. The station broadcasts its analog signal on channel 4 and its digital television signal on channel 48....
    )
  • Dave Benz - Sports Anchor/Reporter (??–2009)now at Comcast Sports Net California
  • Josh Binswanger - Fox Morning News Anchor (1998–2000), left for History Channel, last at WBZ-TV in Boston
  • Steve Buckhantz
    Steve Buckhantz

    Steve Buckhantz is a television play-by-play announcer for the Washington Wizards....
     - Sports Anchor (1987–2001, currently play-by-play announcer for the Washington Wizards
    Washington Wizards

    The Washington Wizards are a professional basketball team based in Washington, D.C. They play in the National Basketball Association ....
    )
  • Connie Chung
    Connie Chung

    Constance Yu-Hwa "Connie" Chung Povich is an American journalism who has been an anchor and reporter for several U.S. television news networks....
     - Reporter (1970–1971)
  • Jack Conaty
    Jack Conaty

    Jack Conaty is currently the chief political correspondent for WFLD-TV in Chicago. He's been there since 1987.He holds a bachelor's degree in English from Providence College in Rhode Island....
     - reporter (1986–1987, now at WFLD-TV in Chicago)
  • Vince DeLisi - Sports Anchor and Reporter (1990–1992)
  • Rory Devine - reporter (1982-1983, now at KNSD
    KNSD

    KNSD is the NBC television station based in San Diego, California. It uses the on-air branding NBC 7/39, which reflects its channel location on all San Diego-area cable television systems and its over-the-air analog channel number ....
     in San Diego)
  • Stacey Donaldson - Meteorologist (1998–2002, now at KCNC-TV
    KCNC-TV

    KCNC-TV, channel 4, is the CBS O&O television station in Denver, Colorado. Its analog and digital television transmitters are located atop Lookout Mountain near Golden, Colorado....
     in Denver)
  • Barton Eckert - Anchor/Reporter (1975–1984, now at WTOP-AM
  • Darya Folsom - Morning Anchor/Reporter (1994–1998, now at KRON-TV
    KRON-TV

    KRON-TV, channel 4, is the MyNetworkTV affiliate for the San Francisco Bay Area. City of license to San Francisco, the station broadcasts its analog signal on Very high frequency channel 4, and its digital signal on Ultra high frequency channel 57....
     in San Francisco)
  • Joe Fowler - Sports Anchor/Reporter (1986–1987)
  • Michael Garguilo - Morning Anchor/Reporter (2000–2006, now at WNBC in New York)
  • Bill Gormly - Host of Children's Show Countdown Carnival (1963–1968), Staff Announcer
  • Brett Haber
    Brett Haber

    Brett Haber is an American sportscaster. He is currently the Sports Director for WUSA , the CBS affiliate in Washington, DC. In the mid-1990s he was an anchor on ESPN's flagship news program SportsCenter....
     - Sports Anchor/Reporter (1997–2000, now at WUSA-TV)
  • Kerri Lee Halkett - Traffic Reporter/Anchor (1997–2000, now at WTXF in Philadelphia)
  • Chick Hernandez - Sports Anchor/Reporter (1993–2000, now in same position at Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic)
  • Lou Holder - Weekend Sports Anchor/Reporter (200?–2007)
  • Hillary Howard
    Hillary Howard

    Hillary Howard is an Emmy award winning reporter. She currently co-anchors the 2pm to 7pm shift on all-news station WTOP-FM in Washington, DC....
     (Statter) - Meteorologist (1990s–2000, now at WTWP
    WTWP

    WFED is a full-power radio station in the Washington, D.C. region, broadcasting from just outside the District line in Wheaton, Maryland. The signal is relayed on WWFD on 820 kHz in Frederick, Maryland....
     Radio in Washington, DC; wife of WUSA-TV reporter (Dave Statter)
  • Bill Johnson - Staff Announcer and Children's Show Host (1950s and 60s)
  • Gus Johnson
    Gus Johnson (sportscaster)

    Gus Johnson is an United States sportscaster. He is currently employed by CBS Sports, Showtime, Madison Square Garden Network, the Big Ten Network, and the Detroit Lions Television Network....
     - Weekend Sports Anchor/Reporter (1991–1992, now a play-by-play
    Play-by-play

    Play-by-play, in broadcasting, is a North American term that means the reporting of a sporting event with a voiceover describing the details of the game in progress....
     commentator for CBS Sports
    CBS Sports

    CBS Sports is a division of CBS which airs many of the sports telecasts in the United States.CBS Sports broadcasts programs like NFL on CBS, The NFL Today, SEC on CBS, National Collegiate Athletic Association basketball, Professional Golfers' Association of America golf, and professional tennis....
    )
  • Morris Jones
    Morris Jones

    Morris Jones is an American television journalist.He was the anchor of Sinclair Broadcast Group's News Central broadcast which originated from Sinclair's suburban Baltimore headquarters where he appeared to co-anchor many news broadcasts on Sinclair stations throughout the United States....
     - Anchor/Reporter (1983–2001, now at Sinclair Broadcasting as Washington Bureau Correspondent)
  • Jim Karvellas - Sports Anchor/Reporter (?, deceased)
  • Dennis Ketterer - Meteorologist (1983–1985, now at WBOC-TV
    WBOC-TV

    WBOC-TV, channel 16, is a CBS affiliate based in Salisbury, Maryland. WBOC-TV is owned by the Draper Holdings Business Trust, with its main studios in Salisbury, secondary studios/office facilities in Dover, Delaware and Milton, Delaware, and transmitter in Laurel, Delaware....
     in Salisbury, Maryland)
  • Mike Landess - Anchor/Reporter (1998–2001, now at KMGH in Denver)
  • Jeff Lawson
    Jeff Lawson

    Jeff Lawson is a England mixed martial artist. He will be appear on The Ultimate Fighter: United States vs. United Kingdom for the UFC debuting on April 1, 2009....
     - Meteorologist (1984–1989, now at WVEC in Norfolk, Virginia)
  • Lark McCarthy - Fox 5 Morning News co-anchor (1990–2007, left station on 6/1/2007 to move to Las Vegas
    Las Vegas, Nevada

    Las Vegas is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nevada, the seat of Clark County, Nevada, and an internationally renowned major resort city for gambling, shopping, and entertainment....
    )
  • Patrick McGrath - National Correspondent (father of WRC-TV reporter Megan McGrath)(1983–2009, left station on 1/30/2009)
  • Pat Mitchell
    Pat Mitchell

    Pat Mitchell is the current President and Chief Executive Officer of The Paley Center for Media in New York, New York and the former President and CEO of Public Broadcasting Service....
     - Anchor/Panorama Host (1977–1979, now President/CEO of the Museum of Television and Radio in New York)
  • Tracey Neale - Anchor/Reporter (1994–2003)
  • Maury Povich
    Maury Povich

    Maurice Richard "Maury" Povich is an United States television talk show personality, who currently hosts his self-titled talk show Maury . He is married to journalist Connie Chung....
     - Anchor/Reporter/Panorama Host (1967–76 and 1983–86, now host of the syndicated talk show Maury
    Maury (TV series)

    Maury is a syndicated American television show hosted by Maury Povich, created along the same lines as The Jerry Springer Show. Episodes usually deal with issues of sexual infidelity, parental testing results, unusual illnesses or makeovers, or parenting....
    )
  • Lee Reynolds - Children's Show Host Captain Tugg
    Captain Tugg

    Captain Tugg was the host of a local children's cartoon show that was broadcast in the early 1960's by WTTG, Channel 5, a Washington, D.C. television station....
     (1958–1966), Grandpa Reynolds (1956–1959), and Captain Lee and Mates (1964–1966)
  • Mike Dunston - Reporter (now anchor at WOFL-TV, Orlando, FL)
  • Mike Ritz - Sports Reporter (1987–1991, now at The Golf Channel
    The Golf Channel

    Golf Channel, formerly known as The Golf Channel before the July 2008 dropping of The, is an United States of America cable television network with coverage focused on the game of golf....
    )
  • Amy Robach
    Amy Robach

    Amy Joanne Robach is an anchor and correspondent at NBC News and formerly at sister network MSNBC....
     - Anchor/Reporter (1998–2003, now at MSNBC)
  • Diane Roberts - Sports Reporter ans Substitute Sports Anchor
  • Nathan Roberts - Anchor/Reporter (1988–1991, formerly of NewsChannel 8, now at WTOP-AM)
  • Angela Robinson - Anchor/Reporter/Panorama host (1983–1993, now at WPBA-TV in Atlanta)
  • Al Roker
    Al Roker

    Albert Lincoln "Al" Roker, Jr. is an United States television broadcaster, best known as the weather anchor for NBC's Today show. He holds American Meteorological Society Television Seal #239....
     - Weather Anchor (1976–1978, now seen on the Today Show)
  • Steve Rudin - Meteorologist (2001–2004, now at WJLA-TV
    WJLA-TV

    WJLA-TV, channel 7, is the American Broadcasting Company television affiliate in Washington, D.C.. It is the Flagship of the Allbritton Communications Company, which also operates local cable station News Channel 8....
    /NewsChannel 8)
  • Tom Sater - Meteorologist (1998–2005)
  • Kevin Schultze - Reporter (1993–1996)
  • Bob Sellers
    Bob Sellers

    Bob Sellers was an anchor for WTTG's Fox 5 Morning News. He also was an anchor for Fox News Channel. Joining the network in 2002, he regularly hosted weekend hours of Fox News Live and sometimes did headline updates during weekend evenings....
     - Weekday Morning News Anchor (2006–2008)
  • Michelle Sigona - Traffic Reporter (2004–2006, now at America's Most Wanted
    America's Most Wanted

    America's Most Wanted is an United States television program produced by 20th Century Fox, and is the longest-running program of any kind in the history of the Fox Broadcasting Company....
    )
  • Aleen Sirgany - Anchor/Reporter (1999–2001, now at CBS News
    CBS News

    CBS News is the news division of American television and radio network CBS. Its current president is Sean McManus who is also head of CBS Sports....
    )
  • Karna Small - Anchor (1976–1978, now Karna Bodman and an author )
  • Bernie Smilovitz - Sports Anchor (1978–1986, now at WDIV-TV
    WDIV-TV

    WDIV-TV, channel 4, is an NBC-affiliated television station based in Detroit, Michigan, United States. It is owned by Post-Newsweek Stations and is the flagship station and home base of the group with the offices of the group located alongside WDIV's studios; the "Local" branding now utilized by all stations in the group was launched here al...
     in Detroit)
  • Jill Sorenson - General Assignment Reporter (2004–2005, now a sports anchor and reporter at Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic)
  • Cynthia Steele - Evening anchor (1990–199?)
  • Jackie Stone - Reporter (1983–1991)
  • Todd D. Wallace - Morning Anchor (2000–2002, now at WRTV-TV in Indianapolis)
  • Tim White - Morning Anchor (1990–1992, now at WKYC-TV
    WKYC-TV

    WKYC-TV, 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....
     in Cleveland)
  • Brian Williams
    Brian Williams

    Brian Douglas Williams is the anchorman and managing editor of NBC Nightly News, the evening news program of the NBC television network. Williams replaced Tom Brokaw on December 2, 2004....
     - Anchor/Reporter/Panorama Host (1985–1986, now at NBC News
    NBC News

    NBC News is the news division of United States television network NBC, a part of NBC Universal, which is majority-owned by General Electric. Its current president is Steve Capus....
    /MSNBC as Nightly News anchor)
  • Brian Wilson
    Brian Wilson (Fox News correspondent)

    Brian Wilson is an anchor reporter for the Fox News Channel. He is the past chairman of the Capitol Hill Radio/TV Correspondents' Association....
     - Anchor/Reporter (19??–2000, now at Fox News Channel
    Fox News Channel

    Fox News Channel is a US Cable News and satellite television news channel owned by the Fox Entertainment Group, a subsidiary of News Corporation....
    )
  • Jeff Gilbert
  • Sara Underwood - Reporter (???–2000), then at WBZ-TV
    WBZ-TV

    WBZ-TV, channel 4, is an Owned-and-operated station television station of the CBS, located in Boston, Massachusetts. WBZ-TV's studios and office facilties are located in the Allston-Brighton section of Boston, and its transmitter is located in Needham, Massachusetts....
    ,now at WFXT-TV)


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