WUSA (TV)

WUSA-TV is a television station broadcasting on channel 9 in Washington, D.C.. Owned by TEGNA, WUSA is an affiliate of the CBS television network, and the longest-tenured affiliate of that network. WUSA's studios and transmitter are located in the Tenleytown neighborhood of Washington.

WUSA-TV

Washington, D.C.
Branding	wusa⋆9 (general)
Channels	Digital: 9 (VHF) Virtual: 9 (PSIP)
Affiliations	CBS
Owner	TEGNA
First air date	January 16, 1949
Call letters' meaning	USA Today and The UnitedStates of America
Former callsigns	WOIC-TV (1949-1950) WTOP-TV (1950-1978) WDVM-TV (1978-1986)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 9 (VHF, 1949-2009) Digital: 34 (UHF, 1998-2009)
Transmitter power	12.6 kW
Height	235 m
Facility ID	65593
Transmitter coordinates	38°57′1″N 77°4′47″W
Website	www.wusa9.com

History

WOIC-TV

The station went on the air on January 11, 1949 as WOIC-TV, and began full-time operations on January 16. The fourth-oldest station in the nation's capital, channel 9's original owner was the Bamberger Broadcasting Service, a subsidiary of R.H. Macy and Company. Bamberger also owned WOR-AM-FM in New York City, and was working to put WOR-TV (now WWOR-TV) on the air at the same time. Nine days later, WOIC broadcast the first televised American presidential inaugural address, given by President Harry S. Truman.

WOIC-TV picked up the CBS affiliation upon signing on, replacing WMAL-TV (channel 7, now WJLA-TV) as CBS's Washington outlet. But the Bamberger/Macy's ownership had other plans for their station: both WOIC and its New York sister station were scheduled to become affiliates of a planned television network operated by Mutual Radio. However, Mutual Television never made it to air, leaving channel 9 to remain a CBS station.

WTOP-TV

In June 1950, CBS teamed up with the Washington Post to purchase WOIC-TV from Bamberger/Macy's. The new owners, WTOP Incorporated (the Washington Post owned 55 percent, and CBS held the remaining 45 percent), changed the station's call sign to WTOP-TV, after its new sister stations WTOP radio (then at 1500 AM) and WTOP-FM (96.3 MHz., now WHUR-FM).

In July 1950, WTOP-TV became the first television station in Washington authorized to broadcast color television in the 405-line field sequential color standard, which was incompatible with the black-and-white 525-line NTSC standard. Color broadcasts continued for nearly 30 months, when regulatory and commercial pressures forced the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to rescind its original color standard and begin the process of adopting the 525-line NTSC-3 standard, developed by RCA to be backwards compatible with the existing black-and-white televisions.

In 1954, the WTOP stations moved into a new facility, known as "Broadcast House", at 40th and Brandywine streets NW in Washington. The building was the first in the country designed as a unified radio and television facility. Its name was in honor of Broadcasting House, home of the BBC in London. The building was well-known to WTOP's president. since he had spent much of World War II assigned to the BBC. Previous to the move to Broadcast House, the radio stations operated out of the Earle Building (now the Warner Building, home of the Warner Theatre), and WTOP-TV had operated out of the small WOIC studios at the same location. When Broadcast House was completed and the new television studios were inaugurated, the old studio became the garage for Broadcast House and the old master control room became both the master control and transmitter room for channel 9, since Broadcast House had been built around the station's original, four-sided tower. The building with the tower remains in the middle at the same location, although it is now an office building and retail store front operated by Douglas Development Corp.

The WTOP-TV tower was known in Washington for two things. First, at Christmas time, the tower was strung with Christmas lights and glowed brightly on top of Mount Reno, the tallest point in the District of Columbia. Second, the tower tended to sway much more than three-sided towers. In a strong wind the tower could be seen swaying back-and-forth, and during the winter ice from the tower fell quite often on the streets below.

Also in 1954, CBS sold its share of WTOP Inc. to the Washington Post to comply with the Federal Communications Commission's new seven-station-per-group ownership rule. CBS's partial ownership of WTOP radio and WCCO radio in Minneapolis exceeded the FCC's limit for AM stations. CBS opted to sell its share of WTOP, which it had purchased in whole in 1932 before selling controlling interest to the Post in 1949.

After the sale closed, the Post merged the WTOP stations with its other broadcast property, WMBR-AM-TV in Jacksonville, Florida and changed the name of the licensee from "WTOP Inc." to "Post Stations, Inc." WMBR radio was sold off in 1958, and WMBR-TV became WJXT. The Post renamed its broadcasting group "Post-Newsweek Stations" in 1961 after thePost bought Newsweek magazine. Post-Newsweek acquired its third television station, WLBW-TV (now WPLG) in Miami in 1970 and in 1974 added WTIC-TV (now WFSB) in Hartford, Connecticut to the group.

In 1972, WTOP-TV joined with the Evening Star Broadcasting Company (owned by the Post's rival, the now-defunct Washington Star and licensee of WMAL-TV) to build the Joint Tower, a 1040-foot, three-sided tower across the alley from Broadcast House at 4010 Chesapeake Street, NW. Transmission lines were extended from Broadcast House's transmitter area to the new tower for both WTOP-TV and WHUR-FM (the former WTOP-FM, which had been donated by Post-Newsweek to Howard University in 1971). The old tower continued to serve as the backup antenna for channel 9 until the station sold Broadcast House in 1996.

In 1974, WTOP and the other Post-Newsweek stations adopted the slogan The One and Only. The moniker was part of a trend toward group identification of stations, with each station being The One and Only Channel (channel number). Staff members from the One and Only period usually refer to themselves as "the one and onlies" as a source of pride. The slogan was dropped from active use in the late 1990s and has not been used as part of an image campaign since 1996. The slogan no longer appears on the air, but was revived in a sense when channel 9 adopted its current slogan, First and Only with Local News in HDTV.

WDVM-TV

In July 1978, Post-Newsweek exchanged WTOP-TV with the Evening News Association's WWJ-TV (now WDIV) in Detroit. Upon completion of the swap, WTOP-TV changed its call letters to WDVM-TV, with the new call letters representing the initials of the areas which channel 9 serves: D for the District of Columbia, V for Virginia, and M for Maryland. TheWashington Post and the Evening News Association, which published the Detroit News, decided to swap their stations for fear the FCC would force them to sell the stations at unfavorable terms or revoke their very valuable licenses because the FCC at the time was considering forbidding ownership of newspapers and broadcast stations in the same market.

WUSA-TV

In 1985, the Gannett Company purchased the Evening News Association. On July 4, 1986, Gannett changed WDVM's call letters to WUSA both in honor of the station being located in the nation's capital and Gannett's ownership of USA Today. The same connection is noted with Gannett's NBC-affiliated Denver station, KUSA-TV. The WUSA callsign had previously been used by Gannett's station in Minneapolis, which changed its callsign to KARE. While the station's current call sign is commonly printed as W*USA, particularly in Gannett press releases, the asterisk or star between the W and U is not officially recognized as part of the call sign, as FCC records list the station as WUSA. The star device was used to denote its connection to USA Today. (KUSA-TV employs a similar practice.) After the Women's United Soccer Association (the WUSA) was founded in the late 1990s (which also incorporates the star in the same fashion), the star was replaced on-air with the CBS eye.

From 1989 to 2000, WUSA had a 4 p.m. newscast and expanded its news block from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m., moving the CBS Evening News to 7:00 p.m.. In 2000, the 4pm newscast was dropped and WUSA cut a half-hour off the end of its 4-7 news block repositioning the CBS Evening News to 6:30 p.m. like most CBS affiliates. (The reason why the 4 p.m. newscast had been implemented in 1989 was that the station gave up The Oprah Winfrey Show to neighboring WJLA due to the program's cost.)

WUSA moved to a new Broadcast House at 4100 Wisconsin Avenue, NW in January 1992. WTOP-FM had left the old Broadcast House in 1971, but kept its transmitter there. WTOP radio departed in 1978; the Post had sold it a year earlier to the Outlet Company. The move to the more modern building was tinged with sadness due to the death from a brain tumor of channel 9's popular sportcaster, Glenn Brenner, just days before the move.

In 1998, WUSA launched its web site, wusatv9.com, but later removed the TV reference in the domain name to become wusa9.com.

During the September 11 attacks in 2001, WUSA made the decision to preempt CBS' national coverage of the attacks on the Pentagon and the World Trade Center with its own local coverage. This decision proved controversial. As a local affiliate, WUSA did not possess the resources to cover the attacks as extensively as the national network, and its decision to institute a "CBS blackout" prevented its audience from viewing much of the national reportage anchored by Dan Rather. The Washington Post criticized this decision, writing, "The city was subjected to a CBS blackout by the local affiliate, Gannett-owned Channel 9. The station chose to view this, incredibly enough, as a local story and reported it initially as if it were a winter snow day and school closings were of the utmost importance."

On May 2, 2005, WUSA became the first station in the Washington market to broadcast its newscasts in high definition.

Websites

In July 2007, WUSA launched a second web site at DVMmoms.com. The site focused on topics relating to local young moms in the Washington, D.C. area. Gannett also rolled out similar moms sites in other select markets where it have properties.

In February 2008, WUSA launched a third web site at DVMOurTime.com. The site is fronted by noon anchor J.C. Hayward and provides local restaurant and business discounts as well as news and events targeted towards baby boomers.

In May 2008, The McLaughlin Group, a nationally syndicated half-hour weekly public affairs television program, began production in the WUSA studios.

In 2008, Gannett and Tribune partnered to expand the Metromix brand that has been successful for many years in Chicago at the Chicago Tribune. WUSA's local Metromix.com site launched in July 2008 and is WUSA's fourth web site. There are 35 other Gannett and/or Tribune properties that have a Metromix site.

In August 2008, Gannett revamped its moms sites, and DVMmoms.com was renamed MomsLikeMe.com. Like the previous versions, the site features topics related to young moms and includes technology from Ripple 6, which was recently acquired by Gannett. There are MomsLikeMe.com sites in 85 other markets throughout the country.

In September 2008, WUSA's fifth web site was launched, called HighSchoolSports.net. The site features high school sports rankings, schedules, scores across the US for high school football, soccer, basketball, baseball, and more. Again, this is a Gannett-owned property that was launched in many markets throughout the country.

On April 20, 2009 it was announced that Washington, DC will be the first market to get free mobile digital television via cell phones and other mobile devices through Mobile TV. WUSA will be one of the first stations in the country to launch this new platform.

On June 11, 2009, WUSA ended its high-power analog TV transmissions, as required by the Federal Communications Commission, and continued to broadcast on their digital TV transmission only.

In June 2010, Gannett Broadcasting and DataSphere Technologies announced a partnership to create community-focused websites in 10 of their television station markets. WUSA was one of the first to launch these sites in August 2010. The sites are integrated within the existing website and feature hyper local news and user-generated content about area happenings and events. In addition to powering the community web sites, DataSphere provides enhanced functionality, including market-leading site search, coupons, a business directory and ad targeting. WUSA created 52 different neighborhood sites in the Metro DC area.

Digital television

The station's digital channel is multiplexed:

Digital channels

Channel	Name	Programming
9.1	WUSA-DT1	Main WUSA-TV Programming / CBS (HD)
9.2	WUSA-DT2	Bounce TV
9.3	WUSA-DT3	WUSA Weather Radar

On June 12, 2009, WUSA returned its digital broadcasts to its former analog channel number, 9.

News department

WUSA was the launchpad for several well-known news anchors. Sam Donaldson and Warner Wolf are among WUSA's most successful alumni. Max Robinson was co-anchor ofEyewitness News with Gordon Peterson from 1969 to 1978 before he became the first black anchorman on network television and one of the original anchors of ABC's World News Tonight. James Brown of CBS Sports was a sports anchor at the station in the 1980s.

Current on-air staff

Anchors

• Derek McGinty - Weeknights at 5, 7 & 11 p.m.
• Anita Brikman - Weeknights at 5, 6 & 11 p.m. and Living Well (Health) Reporter
• Lesli Foster - Weeknights at 5 & 6 p.m. and Living Smart (Consumer) Reporter
• J.C. Hayward - Weekdays at noon
• Andrea Roane - Weekday mornings (4:30-7 a.m.) and Buddy Check Reporter
• Mike Hydeck - Weekday mornings (4:30-7 a.m.)
• Bruce Johnson - Weekend Evenings and weekday reporter

Reporters

• Jessica Doyle - Business/Consumer Reporter; Fill-in Morning Anchor
• Kristin Fisher - General Assignment Reporter
• Lindsey Mastis - General Assignment Reporter
• Andrea McCarren - General Assignment Reporter (had previously worked at WUSA from 1992–1995)
• Scott Broom - General Assignment Reporter
• Surae Chinn - Morning Reporter
• Peggy Fox - Mom Reporter
• Bruce Leshan - General Assignment Reporter
• Brittany Morehouse - General Assignment Reporter
• Gary Neurenberg - General Assignment Reporter
• Armando Trull - General Assignment Reporter
• Ken Molestina - General Assignment Reporter

Weather

• Topper Shutt - Chief Meteorologist; Weekdays 5pm, 6pm, 7 and 11pm
• Howard Bernstein - Weekday Mornings (4:30am-7am) and Noon
• Anny Hong - Weekend Meteorologist; Fill-In Meteorologist on weekdays

Sports

• Brett Haber - Sports Director seen Monday-Friday
• Dave Owens - Sports reporter and fill-in sports anchor
  • Sports Anchors are also Anchors/Reporters of "Sports Plus"

Traffic

• Angie Goff - Morning Traffic Anchor also Morning and noon Fill-in Anchor
• Monika Samtani - 5pm and 6pm Traffic Anchor
• Dave Calhoun - Fill-In Traffic Anchor
• Kris Sneed - Traffic Producer and Fill-In Traffic Anchor

Notable former staff

A — K

• Martin Agronsky - anchor/journalist/host of Agronsky & Company (1967–1988)
• Donald Allen - anchor/reporter (1962–1969, then moved to WJLA)
• Louis Allen - chief meteorologist (1974–1976)
• Bob Althage - anchor/health reporter (1982–1997)
• Phyllis Armstrong - anchor/reporter (1984–2009)
• Jess Atkinson - sports anchor (2000–2002, now works with the Maryland Terrapins)
• Julian Barber - reporter/anchor 1961-1969
• Gordon Barnes - chief meteorologist (1976–1988)
• Ric Barrick - meteorologist (1989, 2000–2002, now at WTVR-TV in Richmond, VA)
• Patranya Bhoolsuwan - Evening Traffic Anchor (?-2010)
• Glenn Brenner - sports anchor (1976–1992)
• Mike "Buck" Buchanan - anchor/reporter (1970–2004, now at WJLA-TV; father of reporter Doug Buchanan)
• Doug Buchanan - reporter (2002–2007)
• Maureen Bunyan - anchor/reporter (1973–1995)(now at WJLA-TV)
• Ken Broo - sports director (1997–1999, now at WLWT-TV)
• James Brown - sports anchor (1984–1990; now at CBS Sports)
• Heather Cabot - general assignment reporter (2000–2002)
• Pat Collins - reporter (1976–1986, now at WRC-TV)
• Stacey Cohan - general assignment reporter (1999–2006)
• Warren Corbett - general assignment reporter (1970s-1980s)
• Walter Cronkite - Channel 9's first anchorman (1950–1954; died in July 2009)
• Steve Davis - sports director (2002–2003)
• Gurvir Dhindsa - anchor/reporter (2000–2004, now at WTTG)
• Mike Dunston - general assignment reporter (1997–2000, now anchor at Fox Orlando)
• Bob Dalton - anchor (1951–1995)
• Sam Donaldson - anchor/reporter (1961–1967)
• John Douglas-Reporter/Anchor (1962–1970)
• Beverly Farmer - traffic reporter (1998–2000, 2002–2006)
• Mark Feldstein - investigative reporter (1984–1989)
• David French - anchor/reporter (1968–1974)
• Jan Fox - "9 Wants You to Know" correspondent, was also a weekend anchor (1990–2008)
• Jim Gandy - weekend weather (1999; used as a temporary weekend reporter similar to what happened at WXIA; was signed to Gannett Broadcasting but could not work atWLTX because of noncompete clause at time)
• Joan Gartlan - political reporter (1989–2001)
• Steve Gendel - reporter (1971–1985)
• Charlie Gertz - meteorologist (1969–1972)
• Chris Gordon - anchor/reporter (1976–1980 and 1984–1996, now at WRC-TV)
• Miriam Hernandez - general assignment reporter (?–1998, now at KABC-TV)
• Frank Herzog - sports anchor and reporter (1969–1983 and 1992–2004, now at WTOP)
• Doug Hill - chief meteorologist (1984–2000)
• Lexy Hickok - weekend meteorologist (1996–1999)
• Hillary Howard (Statter) - meteorologist (2000–2004; now at WTOP radio)
• Paul Irwin - News Director (2002–2004)
• Joyce Jackson - sports anchor and reporter (2002–2006)
• Virg Jacques - anchor/reporter (2000–2002)
• Kent Jarrell - Reporter/Anchor 1972-1992
• Paul Jones - reporter (1987–1994)
• Hilton Kaderli - chief meteorologist (1972–1974) (retired)
• Bill Kamal - meteorologist (1982–1993)
• Bob Kelly - reporter/anchor (1961–1970)
• Susan King - anchor/reporter (1975–1979)
• Ellen Kingsley - consumer reporter (1980–1992)

L — Z

• Edwin Laskos - reporter (1997–1999)
• Mack Lee - anchor/reporter (1982–1997)
• Doug Llewelyn - anchor/reporter (1970–1976)
• Mark Lodato - reporter (first to KPHO-TV in Phoenix, AZ)
• Devon Lucie - now at tbd and wtop as a weather forecaster
• Keith Marler - weekend meteorologist (2001–2003)
• Kim Martucci - weekday meteorologist (2004–2010, now freelancing at WRC-TV)
• Davey Marlin-Jones - film critic and entertainment reporter (1970–1987)
• Todd McDermott - anchor (2004–2008, now at WPXI in Pittsburgh)
• Patrick McGrath - anchor/reporter (1972–1983; now retired)
• Ken Mease - sports anchor and reporter (1985–2003)
• Rob Mennie - News Director (1995–1997)
• Lane Michaelsen - News Director (2008–2009)
• Andrea Mitchell - reporter (1976–1978)
• Tracey Neale - anchor/reporter (2004–2008)
• Nicole O'Brian - weekday morning/noon traffic reporter (2006–2007)
• Teri Okita - weekend anchor/reporter (1997–2000, now at Hawaii News Now)
• Gerald Owens - sports anchor and reporter, was originally morning co-anchor (1997–2003)
• Tony Pann - weekend meteorologist (2001–2009; now at WBAL-TV in Baltimore)
• Cindy Peña - reporter/fill-in anchor (?-2007)
• Ralph Penza - reporter (1979–1980)
• Gordon Peterson - anchor/reporter (1969–2004)
• Carolyn Presutti - morning anchor/noon reporter (1994–1996)
• Carol Randolph - host Morning Break (1975–1986)
• Gary Reals - also was at WJLA from 1983 to 1990 before returning
• Levan Reid - Sports Reporter/Weekend Sports Anchor (2003–2008)
• Don Richards - reporter/anchor 'The Esso Reporter' 1951-1967
• Dave Roberts - News Director (2000–2004)
• Steve Rudin - meteorologist (1995–2001, now at WJLA-TV/NewsChannel 8)
• Max Robinson - anchor/reporter (1969–1978)
• Monika Samtani - morning traffic reporter (1997–1999 and 2001–2002)
• Randy Shaw - radio/TV reporter.
• Lee Shepherd - anchor/reporter/meteorologist/Host of Cadence (1961–1971)
• Randal Stanley - News Director (2004–2007)
• Greg Starddard - general assignment reporter (2000–2003)
• Bob Strickland - anchor/reporter (1969–1996)
• Henry Tenenbaum - reporter, Assistant News Director, host PM Magazine (1974–1981, now at KRON-TV in San Francisco [1])
• Ruth Todd - meteorologist/anchor (1991–1992)
• Don Torrance - reporter (1980's)
• Patrick Van Horn - former Day & Date anchor
• Jane Van Ryan - reporter (1970s–early 1980s)
• Hal Walker - reporter/anchor (1963–1968, went on to be the first black Washington correspondent at CBS News) (D)
• Sara Walsh - weekend sports anchor/sports reporter (2006–2010, now at ESPN andESPNews)
• Mike Walter - anchor/reporter (2003–2009)
• Rick Williams - reporter (1983–1984)
• Tom Wills - reporter (1967–1975, now at WJXT-TV)
• Tony Williams - reporter (1992–1995)
• Mike Wolfe - Sports Anchor 1976-1981
• Warner Wolf - sports anchor (1968–1976 and 1992–1996)
• Eun Yang - reporter/anchor (1995–2001, now at WRC-TV)
• Barry Zevan - meteorologist (mid-1970s)

^[D] - Deceased

News/station presentation

Newscast titles

• WTOP News: NewsDay/NewsNight/The 11:00 Report (1950s-1960s)
• The Big News (1960s–1972)
• Eyewitness News (1972–2000)
• 9 Eyewitness News (2000–2002)
• WUSA 9 News (2002–2006)
• 9 News Now (2006–2013)
• wusa⋆9 (2013–present)

Station slogans

• The One and Only TV-9!/The One and Only Channel 9! (1974)
• Catch the Brightest Stars on TV-9 (1975–1976; localized version of CBS ad campaign)
• Keep Your Eye On (1976)
• We Give It All We've Got (1977)
• You Make Us the One (1979)
• One Good Thing Leads to Another (1980–1981)
• The One to Watch (1982; a similar promo was used by Melbourne's ATV-10 and Los Angeles's KNXT, and another promo was made for Sky News; The advertising series won a Clio Award)
• Reach for the Stars on Channel 9 (1981-1982; localized version of CBS ad campaign)
• Great Moments on Channel 9 (1982-1983; localized version of CBS ad campaign)
• February Looks Great on Channel 9 (1983; localized version of CBS ad campaign)
• We've Got the Touch, You and Channel 9 (1983–1984; localized version of CBS ad campaign)
• You and Channel 9, We've Got the Touch (1984-1985; localized version of CBS ad campaign)
• We've Got the Touch on Channel 9 (1985-1986; localized version of CBS ad campaign)
• Ours to Share (1985–1986; this was said to have gotten the director of promotions for channel 9 fired)
• Share The Spirit of Channel 9 (1986-1987; localized version of CBS ad campaign)
• Channel 9 Spirit, oh yes. (1987-1988; localized version of CBS ad campaign)
• Get Ready for Channel 9 (1990–1991; localized version of CBS ad campaign)
• The Look of D.C. is Channel 9 (1991-1992; localized version of CBS ad campaign)
• This is CBS, on Channel 9 (1992-1994; localized version of CBS ad campaign)
• "I am WUSA People on Channel 9" (1994-1995; localized version of CBS ad campaign)
• "You're on W*USA Channel 9" (1995-1996; localized version of CBS ad campaign)
• "Welcome Home to W*USA 9" (1996-1997; localized version of CBS ad campaign)
• "The Address is W*USA 9...Welcome Home" (1997-1999; localized version of CBS ad campaign)
• "The Address is W*USA 9" (1999-2000; localized version of CBS ad campaign)
• Whatever It Takes. (mid-late 1990s)
• Where Local News Comes First (2000–2002)
• No Gimmicks. No Hype. Just The News. (2002–2005)
• The First and Only Local News in the Nation's Capital in High-Definition (2005–2006)
• 9 NEWS NOW (2006–2013)
• The Next Generation of News (2013-present)

Logos

WOIC Channel 9 station id from 1949

WTOP Channel 9 station id from 1954

WTOP Channel 9 - A Newsweek/The Washington Post Station id from the mid 1960's

WTOP Channel 9 - A Post-Newsweek Station id from 1967

WTOP TV-9 station id from 1968

WTOP TV-9 station id from 1972

WTOP TV-9 station id from 1973

WTOP TV-9 station id from 1974

WTOP TV-9 Alternative-Version station id from 1974

WTOP The One & Only TV9 station id from 1977

WTOP We Give It All We've Got id from early 1978

WTOP The One And Only TV-9 Alternative-Version station id from late 1978

WDVM The One And Only TV-9 station id from late 1978

WDVM TV-9 - The One And Only promo from late 1978

WDVM TV9 logo from late 1979

WDVM The One & Only TV9 id from early 1979

WDVM TV-9 station ident from late 1979

WDVM The One & Only TV-9 promo from late 1979

WDVM TV-9 - The One And Only ident from late 1979

WDVM TV-9 Eyewitness News - The One And Only - J.C. Hayward id from late 1979

WDVM TV-9 - The One & Only station id from 1981

WDVM Channel 9 station id from 1982

WDVM TV-9 Eyewitness News open from 1982

WDVM TV-9 Eyewitness News 6:30AM open from 1982

WDVM TV-9 Eyewitness News 12PM open from 1982

WDVM TV-9 Eyewitness News 5PM open from 1982

WDVM TV-9 Eyewitness News 6PM open from 1982

WDVM TV-9 Eyewitness News Nightcast open from 1982

WDVM Channel 9 station id from 1983

CBS Network - We've Got The Touch id w/WDVM-TV Washington, D.C. byline from late 1983

WDVM Channel 9 Eyewitness News - The One To Watch promo from 1983

WDVM Channel 9 - Hour Magazine - Monday id for March 12, 1984

WDVM You And Channel 9, We've Got The Touch promo from 1984

WDVM Channel 9 - Ours To Share station id from 1985

WDVM Channel 9 - A Gannett Station id from early 1986

WUSA Channel 9 station id from early to mid July 1986

WUSA Channel 9 - A Gannett Station id from early to mid July 1986

WUSA Channel 9 Eyewitness News Nightcast - Tonight promo from early to mid July 1986

WUSA Channel 9 Eyewitness News 5PM Weeknight - James Brown With Sports - Weeknights ident from early to mid July 1986

WUSA Channel 9 Eyewitness News - Don Torrance With Stay Healthy promo from early to mid July 1986

WUSA Channel 9 Eyewitness News 6PM Weeknight - Mike's On The Road - Friday promo for October 10, 1986

WUSA Channel 9 - A Gannett Station id from 1987

WUSA Channel 9 Eyewitness News 6PM open from 1987

WUSA Channel 9 - Wheel Of Fortune Syndicated-Version - Weeknights promo from late 1987

WUSA Channel 9 - Wheel Of Fortune Syndicated-Version - Weekdays promo from late 1987

WUSA Channel 9 - In Our Lives - Saturday promo/id from late 1987

WUSA Channel 9 - Capital Edition - Sunday promo from late 1987

WUSA Channel 9 Eyewitness News 5PM Weeknight open from September 3, 1987

WUSA Channel 9 Eyewitness News 5PM Weeknight open from May 1988

WUSA Channel 9 Eyewitness News 5PM Weeknight open from May 16, 1988

WUSA Channel 9 Eyewitness News 6PM Weeknight open from May 16, 1988

WUSA Channel 9 Eyewitness News 6PM Weeknight on-air screen bug from May 16, 1988

CBS Network ident w/WUSA-TV Washington, D.C. byline from late 1988

WUSA Channel 9 Eyewitness News Weekend open from 1989

WUSA Channel 9 - The One & Only id from late 1990

WUSA Channel 9 Eyewitness News 4PM Weekday open from December 5, 1990

WUSA Channel 9 Eyewitness News 6PM Weeknight open from December 5, 1990

WUSA Channel 9 station id from 1991

WUSA Channel 9 Eyewitness News Update bumper from 1994

WUSA Channel 9 - You're On promo from early 1995

WUSA Channel 9 Eyewitness News Tonight open from late 1995

WUSA 9 station id from late 1997

WUSA Channel 9 Eyewitness News Tonight open from late 1997

WUSA Channel 9 Eyewitness News - Eyewitness Weather Team: Whatever It Takes promo from 1998

WUSA Channel 9 Eyewitness News - 9 Eyewitness Weather Team id from 1998

WUSA 9 Eyewitness News 12PM Weekday open from 1999

WUSA 9 Eyewitness News 6PM open from 1999

WUSA 9 Eyewitness News Tonight open from 1999

WUSA 9 Eyewitness News - Breaking News open from 1999

WUSA 9 Eyewitness News 6PM Weeknight open from September 10, 2001

WUSA 9 Eyewitness News - Terrorist Attacks open from September 11, 2001

WUSA 9 Eyewitness News 5PM Weeknight Special Edition open from September 11, 2001

WUSA 9 Eyewitness News 6PM Weeknight Special Edition close from September 11, 2001

WUSA 9 Eyewitness News Tonight Weeknight open from September 11, 2001

WUSA 9 Eyewitness News - Terrorist Attacks: Continuing Coverage promo for early-mid September 2001

WUSA 9 Eyewitness News 5PM Weeknight - Ahead promo for September 12, 2001

WUSA 9 Eyewitness News 6PM Weeknight close from September 12, 2001

WUSA 9 News 5AM Weekday open from 2002

WUSA 9 News 12PM Weekday open from 2002

WUSA 9 News 5PM Weeknight open from 2002

WUSA 9 News 6PM open from 2002

WUSA 9 News - 9 Weather Special Report bumper from 2002

WUSA 9 News 11PM Weeknight - All Night...The News promo from 2003

WUSA 9 News 5PM Weeknight open from 2005

WUSA 9 News This Morning 8AM Weekend open from 2005

WUSA 9 News Now 5AM Weekday open from 2006

WUSA 9 News 11PM open from 2006

WUSA 9 logo from the late 2000's

WUSA 9 News Now open from 2008

WUSA 9 New iPad App promo from 2012

WUSA 9 News - New Graphic Package promo for January 17, 2013

WUSA 9 logo from late January 2013

WUSA 9 News open from late January 2013

WUSA 9 News - Team Coverage open from late January 2013

WUSA 9 News - Breaking open from late January 2013

WUSA 9 News - Right Now open from late January 2013

WUSA 9 News - New Information open from late January 2013

WUSA 9 News - Sports Desk open from late January 2013

WUSA 9 News 6PM Weeknight close from January 17, 2013

WUSA 9 News - Toyota Sponsorship bumper from late January 2013

WUSA 9 News - Mobile App - The Presidential Inauguration Coverage promo for January 21, 2013

WUSA 9 News - New At 6 open from the mid 2010s

WUSA 9 - McDonald's All Day Breakfast Sponsorship id from Fall 2015

WUSA 9 News - Wake Up Washington open from early November 2015

WUSA 9 News 11PM Weeknight close from June 14, 2016

WUSA 9 News - Campaign 2016: Election Night open from November 8, 2016

WUSA 9 - Time (10:29 PM) & Temperature (57") id from November 8, 2016

WUSA 9 News 11PM Weekend close from December 31, 2016

WUSA 9 News - The Inauguration Of Donald Trump open from late January 2017

WUSA 9 News 11PM Weeknight open from January 20, 2017

WUSA 9 News - Topper Shutt And First Alert Weather: Most Accurate For 6 Years id from February 2017

WUSA 9 News 11PM Weeknight open from February 13, 2017

WUSA-TV Washington, D.C. id bug taken from March 8, 2017 at the bottom right hand corner, during the start of the first episode of "Survivor: Game Changers" from March 8, 2017

WUSA 9 News - Stands With Charlottesville promo for late July 2017

WUSA 9 News 5PM Weeknight open from August 21, 2017

WUSA 9 News - Wake Up Washington Weekday open from August 24, 2017

WUSA 9 News 12PM Weekday open from August 24, 2017

WUSA 9 News 11PM Weeknight open from September 15, 2017

WUSA 9 News 11PM Weekend open from September 24, 2017

WUSA 9 News 11PM Weeknight open from September 26, 2017

WUSA 9 News 11PM Weeknight open from September 27, 2017

WUSA 9 News: Great Day Washington open from December 25, 2017

WUSA 9 News 6PM Weeknight open from December 25, 2017

WUSA 9 News 11PM Weekend open from December 30, 2017

WUSA 9 News 11PM Weekend close from December 30, 2017

WUSA 9 News 11PM Weeknight open from January 10, 2018

WUSA 9 News 11PM Weeknight close from January 10, 2018

WUSA 9 logo from late April 2018

WUSA 9 - Facebook logo from late April 2018

WUSA 9 News Wake Up Washington open from late April 2018

WUSA 9 News 12PM open from late April 2018

WUSA 9 News 5PM open from late April 2018

WUSA 9 News 11PM open from late April 2018

WUSA 9 News - Live open from late April 2018

WUSA 9 News - Weather open from late April 2018

WUSA 9 News - Bill Cosby Guilty open from late April 2018

WUSA 9 News Wake Up Washington Weekday open from April 26, 2018

WUSA 9 News 5PM Weekday open from April 26, 2018

WUSA 9 News 11PM Weekend open from May 19, 2018

WUSA 9 News 11PM Weeknight open from December 17, 2018

WUSA 9 News 11PM Weeknight open from December 12, 2019

WUSA 9 News 11PM Weeknight close from December 12, 2019

Awards

2001 Emmy: NEWS SPECIALS, "Katherine Graham: A Washington Legend" - Ben Brodsky, Producer, Catherine Snyder-Charlip, Producer, Samara Martin Ewing, Producer [1]

Newscast theme

The theme used for its Newscasts from 1970-1982 was an instrumental version of the song "It's Superman" from the musical "It's a Bird...It's a Plane...It's Superman".

The newscast (Newsday - noon and Newsnight 6 p.m. and 11 p.m.) theme during the 1960s was "The Liberators" from Norman Dello Joio's music for the 1950s TV series "Air Power."

Footnotes

1. ^ "Digital Signal Sources". The Washington Post. 2008-05-20.
2. ^ As indicated under "Licensee" above, the Evening News Association was renamed "Detroit Free Press, Inc." in 2005, when that Gannett subsidiary simultaneously bought the Free Pressand sold the News.
3. ^ WUSA-TV Breaking News Smoke and Fire Reported at the Pentagon (September 11, 2001) (Retrived 13 January 2011)
4. ^ Shales, Tom. “On Television, the Unimaginable Story Unfolds.” 12 Sep. 2001. Washington Post. Pg. C01. LexisNexis. Web. 8 Nov. 2009.
5. ^ http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf
6. ^ FCC document: "APPENDIX B: ALL FULL-POWER TELEVISION STATIONS BY DMA, INDICATING THOSE TERMINATING ANALOG SERVICE BEFORE ON OR FEBRUARY 17, 2009."

External links

• WUSA9.com - Official Website
• Query the FCC's TV station database for WUSA
• BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on WUSA-TV