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: more ›

If you haven't been watching The Tonight Show since Conan O'Brien took over the show last week, you might have missed a segment that aired Monday night featuring local WUSA-9 TV news reporter Armando Trull. The sketch, which Conan dubbed "Trull Busters," features a clip of Trull reporting on a story outside a Metro station (looks like it could be Silver Spring, but it's hard to make out), only to have a portly gentlemen take a rather exaggerated pratfall directly behind him. You can view the video here; the sketch gets going around the 11:30 minute mark. more ›

Straight from WUSA9's 5 p.m. broadcast, Bruce Johnson reports that Marion Barry says he needs a kidney transplant. "I was just distracted, to be frank with you," Barry said of his failure to file his 2007 tax returns. The risk of jail time "wasn't an issue" in Barry's mind, he said, since the last time this came up, a judge threw out prosecutors's request to imprison the Ward 8 Council member for violating his parole. Johnson promised to follow up on Barry's health problems. Kidney failure can be caused by a number of medical conditions. UPDATE: The 72-year-old Barry confirms in additional footage that his kidney failure is the result of his diabetes. A donor has been reportedly found, and Barry is awaiting a date for the surgery. more ›

WUSA9.com is teasing a Bruce Johnson interview with Marion Barry in which the mayor-for-life reportedly admits he failed to file his 2007 income tax return, and then says he failed to do so because he was distracted by a serious medical condition. What serious medical condition might that be? Was it serious enough that Barry should have disclosed it before he ran for reelection to represent Ward 8 on the D.C. Council last year? Naturally, WUSA9 is urging you to tune in tonight to find out. We'll be sure to update once we get a peek at the interview. more ›