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WRC is now known as NBC4 in Washington, DC. |
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| − | *WRC-TV is famous in its own right for hiring one of the nation's first African-American male anchors, Jim Vance, a position he holds to this day |
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| − | *WRC-TV also hired one of the first female African-American anchors, Sue Simmons, who now works at WNBC-TV in New York. |
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Revision as of 02:26, 6 December 2006
WRC-TV is the local NBC affiliate in Washington, DC.
Jim Henson got his first real start at WRC-TV, which broadcast Sam and Friends twice daily from 1955-1961.
Henson and the Muppets also made guest appearances in 1955 on the WRC shows Afternoon with Inga and Footlight Theatre.
Willard Scott also got his start at WRC, as the host of Afternoon (later Afternoon with Inga). In Scott's autobiography, The Joy of Living, he recalled working with Sam and Kermit in commercials for Schindlers peanut butter.
Katie Couric also began her career at WRC; she went on to interview the Muppets a number of times as the co-host of The Today Show.
WRC is now known as NBC4 in Washington, DC.