75 Years of NBC4

On June 27, 1947, engineers flipped the switches to start transmitting our television signal across Washington, D.C., Maryland and Virginia. Here’s a look back at 75 years.

WRC-TV/Channel 4 hit the air for the first time 75 years ago Monday. When the switches were flipped to start up the transmitter on June 27, 1947, there were only 700 televisions in the Washington, D.C. region. We were only on the air for three and a half hours that first evening. Today, NBC4 operates 24 hours a day, seven…

Former News4 chief meteorologist Bob Ryan and entertainment reporter Arch Campbell sat down with Doreen Gentzler to reflect on their years at NBC4 and the impact the station has had on the community.

Between the two of them, Bob Ryan and Doug Kammerer have been keeping viewers safe from severe weather in the Washington area for 42 years. The meteorologists sat down to talk about forecasting in D.C.

For nearly 25 years Susan Kidd anchored, reported and took part in community events around the region and Liz Crenshaw spent more than 30 years at WRC working for our viewers as a consumer reporter. They sat down with Jim Handley to chat about their time at News4.

For more than 20 years, Lea Thompson anchored newscasts, hosted shows and broke dozens of important stories with the News4 investigative unit. She chatted with Pat Lawson-Muse about her time at NBC4.

WRC is celebrating 75 years on air, and we are celebrating this milestone by taking a trip down memory lane. Here’s how we’ve told you it’s time for News4 across the decades. Recognize anyone?

WRC is celebrating 75 years on air! We have covered lots of news, but also had lots of laughs. Here are some memorable throwback bloopers that you don’t often see on TV.

In 75 years on air, WRC has come up with creative and sometimes goofy ways to promote our newscast across the decades.Take a look if you weren’t here to see it.

A look back at some the biggest news we have delivered throughout our 75 years on air.

WRC has been on air for 75 years, and News4 is taking a look back at the station’s history. Hosted by former anchor Bryson Rash, take a trip of the WRC newsroom in the 1960s.

Video footage of a model strutting down a runway and falling twice famously made News4’s late, great Jim Vance and George Michael laugh uncontrollably on live television.

News4’s late, great Jim Vance and George Michael famously cracked up on live television in 2006 at footage of a model falling on a runway. More than a decade later, and after Vance’s death this year, we tracked down the model! Speaking from Poland, here’s what Kamila Wawrzyniak told News4 about what happened and what she thinks of Vance and...