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Bob Ryan Announces Retirement From WJLA

By Merrill Knox on May. 8, 2013 - 4:13 PM

After more than three decades as a meteorologist in Washington, D.C., Bob Ryan will retire from ABC affiliate WJLA next month, The Washington Post reports. Ryan was chief meteorologist at NBC-owned WRC from 1980-2010. He joined Al ...

Local Broadcasters Critical of The Weather Channel’s Plan to Name Storms

By Kevin Eck on Oct. 4, 2012 - 10:34 AM

Just days after The Weather Channel’s announcement it would name significant winter storms, the Washington Post is reporting broadcast meteorologists are questioning the move. The Post reports the idea may stem from good int ...

DC Stations Report on Virginia Earthquake

By Merrill Knox on Aug. 23, 2011 - 4:20 PM

The east coast has been busy this week prepping for Hurricane Irene, but no one expected another natural disaster shortly after 2 p.m. this afternoon — a 5.9 magnitude earthquake that struck in Mineral, VA. As the closest me ...

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Brushing TBD.com Aside, D.C.’s WJLA Prepares to Launch New Website

By Andrew Gauthier on Apr. 19, 2011 - 1:38 PM

The name has turned out to be more accurate than perhaps originally intended as TBD.com, Allbritton’s local news site launched in partnership with D.C. ABC-affiliate WJLA last August, is about to take on a new identity follo ...

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