Veteran weatherman Bob Ryan is set to premiere on WJLA/ABC7 during the 11 p.m. newscast tonight, his first broadcast on a channel other than WRC/NBC4 in about three decades. Ryan signed off from Channel 4 in March, and in an interview with the Washington Post’s Paul Farhi today, finally dishes on why he made the move. In addition to being able to share duties with existing Channel 7 weatherman Doug Hill, which will apparently…

Thanks to the holiday, What’s That You Say?, our roundup of the best comments, is a day late. But keep your comments coming, and don’t forget to register if you haven’t. You may already be a winner of the not-really-prestigious weekly avatar and username contests! Comment of the Week: jen209 on D.C. being named only the 8th gayest city in the country: So maybe we ARE the gayest, it’s just that all of our gays…

Ah, late autumn, when we all gather around the Thanksgiving turkey in our flip-flops and cutoffs, raise our frozen drinks to friends and family, and jump in the pool. But while it may be true that this year we can swim any day in November, January’s not making any promises, at least according to several teams of local weather forecasters, who’ve compiled their tea leaves and groundhog shadows into predictions for the coming winter. Enjoy…

Is former WUSA Channel 9 morning weatherperson Hillary Howard coming to WJLA? Our source at WJLA Channel 7 reported seeing the news personality in the building a few times in the past couple of weeks, including this morning. The Washington Times reported on Howard’s departure from WUSA: Of all the questionable personnel moves WUSA-TV (Channel 9) has made lately, none has fired up readers of this column as much as the CBS affiliate’s decision…

What’s with the mass exodus of local news personnel from WUSA Channel 9 to WJLA Channel 7? First, it was weather man Doug Hill who defected a few years back, then news anchor Maureen Bunyan. Now, 35 year WUSA veteran Gordon Peterson is leaving the Channel 9 organization next week to join rival WJLA, Channel 7. Our source at WJLA tells DCist that staffers, anchors and higher ups at the station are “very excited” about…