Its digital signal remained on channel 48. On or before June 12, 2009, WRC-TV shut down its analog signal on channel 4 to complete its analog to digital conversion. It offers Washington Nonstop on digital channel 4.2 and Universal Sports on 4.3. As of Thursday, April 22, 2010, all newscasts produced by NBC4 are in high definition. NBC4 started broadcasting from a temporary set on Februwhile "upgrades" were being made on its main set and the station made final adjustments for its switch to high definition.
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On Thursday, April 8, 2010, during the Today show newsbreaks, the station tested the high-definition version of its newscasts and broadcast the newsbreak in HD, but the news was back in standard definition at their next full newscast at 11 a.m. WRC-TV was the final network affiliated station in the Washington Metropolitan Area to cease news broadcasts in standard definition. The agreement is similar to ones already made between other Fox and NBC O&Os in Chicago ( WMAQ-TV and WFLD) and Philadelphia ( WCAU and WTXF). On JanuWRC-TV and WTTG entered in talks to pool video and share their news helicopters. C., along with Fox Broadcasting Company's WTTG and MyNetworkTV's WDCA (channel 20) - both owned by News Corporation.
WRC-TV is one of three network owned-and-operated stations in Washington, D. Eisenhower spoke at the event, it was also the first time a president had been videotaped in color. The earliest color videotape in existence is a recording of the dedication of NBC/WRC's Washington studios on May 22, 1958. David Brinkley's Washington segment of the Huntley-Brinkley Report originated at WRC-TV between 19. Nixon was broadcast from the station's studios on October 7, 1960. The second presidential debate between candidates John F. WNBW was also the second of the five original NBC-owned television stations to sign-on, behind New York City and ahead of Chicago, Cleveland and Los Angeles. It is Washington's second-oldest licensed television station, after WTTG (channel 5).
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On June 27, 1947, the station received a commercial license and went on the air as WNBW (for NBC Washington). It has retained its "-TV" suffix to this day-more than two decades after its former radio sisters had changed their call signs.The station traces its roots to experimental W3XNB, which was put on the air by the Radio Corporation of America, the then-parent company of NBC, in 1939. On October 18, 1954, its callsign changed to the present WRC-TV to match its sister radio station WRC (980 AM, now WTEM) and WRC-FM (93.9 MHz, now WKYS), which reflected NBC's ownership at the time by RCA. WRC-TV's studio/transmitter facility, which also houses NBC's Washington operations, have been in use since 1958. WRC-TV houses and originates NBC News' Washington bureau, out of which David Gregory, Chris Matthews, Jim Miklaszewski, Chuck Todd, Andrea Mitchell, Norah O'Donnell, Savannah Guthrie, David Shuster, and Pete Williams are based. The station's studios and transmitter are co-located in the Tenleytown neighborhood of northwest Washington. WRC-TV, channel 4, is an owned and operated television station of the NBC television network, located in the American capital city of Washington, D.C.
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