WJLA 'Sweep'ed To Victory

On the local news front: It looks like viewers really did “move with Gordon.”

The Post’s John Maynard writes up the May sweeps numbers, and declares that after six years and 23 sweeps periods long-time leader WRC Channel 4 has slipped behind WJLA’s Channel 7 in the 5 p.m. hour–the only time that all four news channels compete. WJLA’s newscast, with Maureen Bunyan and Leon Harris, averaged 135,000 households, about 10K more than WRC. The channel’s 6 p.m.

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