ABC Affiliates | NBC Affiliates | ShopTalk Former WWBT Anchor Gene Cox Joins Rival WRIC By Merrill Knox on Jul. 3, 2012 - 10:42 AM Gene Cox is returning to Richmond local television this summer, Richmond Magazine reports. Cox signed off from WWBT last year after 33 years at the NBC-affiliate. Since then, he has been sitting out a noncompete clause in his cont ...