WRCB-TV

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WRCB-TV
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	ABC (1956-1958 Secondary)
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."

Contents 1 History 2 News Department 2.1 Newscasts 2.2 Notable Personalities 3 External links

[edit] History

The station signed on the air on May 6, 1956 as WRGP-TV. It picked up the NBC affiliation from WDEF-TV that year and has been with the network ever since, though it shared ABC programming with WDEF until WTVC-TV signed on in 1958. 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., a Bloomington, Ind.-based company, 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 (11-11:30PM)

Saturday-Sunday

• Channel 3 Eyewitness News at 6:00 (6-6:30PM)
• Channel 3 Eyewitness News at 11:00 (11-11:30PM)

[edit] Notable Personalities

CURRENT PERSONALITIES

• Paul Barys, Chief Meteorologist
• Thom Benson, Morning 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
• Matt Johnson, General Assignment Reporter
• Tonisha Johnson, Reporter
• Bill Markham, 5:30PM Anchor/Crime Stoppers 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

PAST PERSONALITIES

• Paula Bridges, Weekend Anchor/Reporter (2003-2006)
• Efrem Graham, Weekend Anchor/Reporter (1997-2003, now at WTVG-TV)
• Russell Martin, Reporter
• Nick Simpson, Weekend Sports Anchor
• Todd Yakoubain, Weekend Meteorologist (1999-2005), now at KATV

[edit] External links

• WRCB website
• Query the FCC's TV station database for WRCB-TV

NBC Network Affiliates in the state of Tennessee
WRCB 3 (Chattanooga) - WSMV 4 (Nashville) - WCYB 5 (Bristol) - WMC 5 (Memphis) - WBIR 10 (Knoxville)
See also: ABC, CBS, CW, Fox, i, MyNetworkTV, PBS and Other stations in Tennessee