WRCB-TV
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| WRCB-TV | |
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| Chattanooga, Tennessee | |
| Branding | Channel 3 /Channel 3 Eyewitness News |
| Slogan | Coverage You Can Count On |
| Channels | 3 (VHF) analog, 13 (VHF) digital |
| Affiliations | NBC |
| Owner | Sarkes Tarzian, Inc. |
| Founded | May 6, 1956 |
| Call letters meaning | Rust Craft Broadcasting (former owners) |
| Former callsigns | WRGP-TV (1956-1968) |
| Former affiliations | none |
| Website | www.wrcbtv.com/ |
WRCB-TV Channel 3 is an NBC affiliate based in Chattanooga, serving southeastern Tennessee, northwestern Georgia, northeastern Alabama, and Southwestern North Carolina. Its transmitter and tower are located in Signal Mountain, Tennessee, just outside Chattanooga proper.
WRCB-TV uses the branding "Channel 3 Eyewitness News" and the slogan "Coverage You Can Count On."
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[edit] History
The station signed on the air on May 6, 1956 as WRGP-TV. It picked up the NBC affiliation from WROM-TV (now WTVC). This made Chattanooga one of the smallest cities in the country, and the first in East Tennessee, with three VHF stations. It was named for one of the Chattanooga investors who founded the station, Raymond G. Patterson. Its studios were first located on McCallie Avenue, between downtown and Missionary Ridge.
The station has belonged to several owners over the years. When the local group decided to sell in 1959, WSTV, Inc. of Steubenville, Ohio bought WRGP. In 1961 WSTV and WRGP were sold to the Massachusetts-based United Printers And Publishers, who would later become Rust Craft Broadcasters, named after its greeting card line (the greeting card line has since been acquired by American Greetings). These owners changed the station's callsign to WRCB-TV in 1963. In 1968 the station moved to new facilities on Whitehall Road, on Chattanooga's north side, across the Tennessee River from downtown. Those new studios and equipment enabled channel 3 to begin broadcasting in color. In 1979, Rust Craft merged with magazine publisher Ziff Davis, who, in turn, sold WRCB to current owner Sarkes Tarzian, Inc. of Bloomington, Indiana; in 1982.
[edit] News Department
[edit] Newscasts
- Monday-Friday
- Channel 3 Eyewitness News Today (5-7AM)
- Channel 3 Eyewitness News Live at 5:00 (5-5:30PM)
- Channel 3 Eyewitness News Live at 5:30 (5:30-6PM)
- Channel 3 Eyewitness News at 6:00 (6-6:30PM)
- Channel 3 Eyewitness News at 11:00 (11-11:35PM)
- Saturday-Sunday
- Trendz on Three (9:30AM)
- Channel 3 Eyewitness News at 6:00 (6-6:30PM)
- Channel 3 Eyewitness News at 11:00 (11-11:30PM) (11-12:00AM Sunday)
[edit] Notable Personalities
CURRENT PERSONALITIES
- Paul Barys, Chief Meteorologist
- Mark Bruce, Weekend Anchor, Reporter
- David Carroll, 5PM and 6PM Anchor, School Patrol
- Will Carr, General Assignment Reporter
- Latrice Currie, Morning Anchor, Eye On Health Reporter
- Lesley Dale, General Assignment Reporter
- Greg Glover, 11PM Anchor, Reporter
- David Karnes, Morning Meteorologist
- Matt Johnson, General Assignment Reporter
- Bill Markham, 5:30PM Anchor, CrimeStoppers & I-Team Reporter
- Jed Mescon, Morning Anchor
- Amy Morrow, Weekend Anchor, Reporter
- Cindy Sexton, 5PM, 6PM, and 11PM Anchor
- Randy Smith, Sports Director
- Brian Travers, Weekend Meteorologist
- Webb Wright, Sports Reporter-Anchor
PAST PERSONALITIES
- Thom Benson, Morning Meteorologist (1995-2007)
- Paula Bridges, Weekend Anchor/Reporter (2003-2006)
- Efrem Graham, Weekend Anchor/Reporter (1997-2003, now at WTVG-TV)
- Russell Martin, Investigative Reporter
- Marty Matthews, Anchor/Reporter (?, now at WTSP-TV)
- Nick Simpson, Weekend Sports Anchor
- Todd Yakoubain, Weekend Meteorologist (1999-2005, now at KATV)
[edit] External links
| Broadcast television in the Chattanooga market (Nielsen DMA #86) | ||
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WRCB 3 (NBC) - WTVC 9 (ABC) - WDEF 12 (CBS) - WCLP 18 (PBS/GPB) - WELF 23 (TBN) - W26BE 26 (3ABN) - WYHB-CA 39 (A1)- WLFW-LP 41 (FamilyNet) - WTCI 45 (PBS) - WDNN-CA 49/WCNT-LP 36 (IND) - WFLI 53 (CW) - WDSI 61 (Fox/MNTV on DT2) |
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Defunct Television Channels |
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