Yesterday the Washingtonian published its list of the 2011 Washingtonians of the Year. Included amongst the list of prominent locals is none other than Tom Sherwood, an NBC4 reporter, columnist for the Current Newspapers and guest analyst on WAMU's The Kojo Nnamdi Show. more ›

I'm here, live from the Newseum, for what may be the final mayoral debate before the September 14 Democratic primary. Co-hosted by the Washington Post, NBC4 and WAMU 88.5 FM, the debate is a one-on-one match-up between Mayor Adrian Fenty and D.C. Council Chair Vince Gray. The Post's Eugene Robinson will moderate, while the Post's Nikita Stewart, NBC 4's Tom Sherwood and WAMU's Patrick Madden will pose questions to the candidates. If my live-blogging isn't exciting enough, you can stream the debate live here; it will also be re-broadcast on WAMU later today, and on NBC4 tomorrow at noon. more ›

Watching WRC/NBC4 news anchor Jim Vance totally lose it while cracking up over the video footage, of course. more ›

Venerable WRC/NBC4 weatherman Bob Ryan bid a low key but still emotional farewell to his viewers on Friday night. The rumors are that he may soon resurface at rival WJLA/ABC7, but the man has been with NBC for 30 years. His departure is without a doubt the end of an era. more ›

As we mentioned briefly in the roundup, Adrian "Mr. Personality" Fenty resurfaced on WRC/NBC4 early this morning, during the mayor's regularly scheduled Thursday appearance on the local news channel. more ›

WRC/NBC4 has been rebroadcasting only MSNBC programming for the last few hours (Chris Matthews is on right now), and the station finally put up this announcement on its web site at about 5:15 p.m. "Due to major technical problems, News4 at 4 p.m. and 5 p.m. will not be seen. Please tune in to News4 at 6 p.m. with Jim Vance and Doreen Gentzler." A call to the harried NBC4 newsroom confirmed that they are still planning on broadcasting a 6 p.m. newscast, but didn't yield much more info than that. We're trying to track down exactly what the technical problem was that knocked out the entire broadcasting mechanism for the local news station, and will update later on. more ›

Last year, local NBC news affiliate WRC/NBC4's web site got a major facelift. Gone was the relatively dull NBC4.com, and in its place was a nationally-launched web site template, in this case nbcwashington.com, that's trying to be both a home for the news content of WRC, as well as its own online brand, offering aggregated and exclusive content on top of the station's regular stories. more ›

As the editor of a news web site, I can sympathize with the need to find a quick photo to accompany a short item. Sometimes, when you're in a hurry, you just need to grab the best thing you can find and slap it up there. But this Getty Image that NBC4 picked to go along with its story about how the city of Herndon is launching a campaign to educate citizens about how to hire day workers is still making me giggle hours after it was first pointed out to me. NBC4 commenter matt robles said it best:

i love that picture. i sure as hell don't see that guy in herndon. i'd like to eat his chorizo con huevos