Results tagged “wjla”

The idea here is obviously that demonstrating how to do self-breast exams in a clear and precise manner could help save lives. But of course, it's also the start of the fall sweeps period, so the station is catching some heat for the appearance of showing naked boobs just to get ratings.

A majority of D.C. voters disapprove of the job D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty is doing, according to the results of a WJLA/SurveyUSA poll released this afternoon. Of 500 D.C. voters surveyed, 51 percent disapproved of his job performance, while 40 percent approved.

We heartily heart Fishbowl DC for digging up these sweet 1970s-era spots for local television news channels. Here's one for WJLA in 1976:

Yesterday's big WJLA scoop turned out to be no scoop at all. An early report that police had found what might have been human remains within the abandoned Forest Haven facility in Laurel turned out to be not true, according to the Gazette. "OPM and District police officials arrived at the closed Forest Haven facility for the mentally retarded Tuesday night and searched several "grave-like mounds" found there," but found nothing. The search was prompted after local TV news station WJLA forwarded an image provided by a tipster of the mounds.

The second installment of a two-part post previewing D.C.'s race for the newly reconfigured Board of Education. Read the first part here.