WRIC-TV

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WRIC-TV

Petersburg/Richmond
Slogan	Straight To The Point; Live, Local, Late Breaking
Channels	8 analog, 22 digital
Affiliations	ABC
Owner	Young Broadcasting
Founded	1955
Call letters meaning	RIChmond
Former callsigns	WXEX-TV (1955 - 1990)
Former affiliations	NBC (1955-1965)
Website	www.wric.com

WRIC-TV is the ABC affiliate for the Richmond, Virginia television market. It is owned by Young Broadcasting. The station is licensed to nearby Petersburg, while its studios are just off the Powhite Parkway extension (State Route 76) on Arboretum Place in western Chesterfield County. It broadcasts its analog signal on channel 8 from a transmitter that is located nearby.

1 History
2 Former Personalities
3 Logos
4 External links

[edit] History

The station began operation in 1955 as WXEX-TV, an NBC affiliate. It was originally licensed to Petersburg, and was owned by local owners known as Petersburg Television. The transmitter was located in the Bermuda Hundred area of eastern Chesterfield County, and the station reached not only Petersburg, but the much larger Richmond market, albeit with a weaker signal than the two stations licensed to Richmond at the time. The studios were located on Crater Road in Petersburg. Later, satellite studios were established just off Midlothian Turnpike in Bon Air, Virginia, a suburb of Richmond.

The station switched to ABC in 1965 and has been with that network ever since. In 1968 the station was sold to Nationwide Television. Call letters were changed in 1990 to WRIC. In 1993 the station was sold to Young Broadcasting.

[edit] Former Personalities

Cathleen Trigg - Reporter
Richard Real - Political Reporter
Doug Luzader - Reporter
Steve Price - Investigative Reporter
Ryan Deal - Reporter
Laura Main - Reporter/Anchor
Chesley McNeil - Weather/Mr. Outside
Michael Flynn - Reporter
Ramona Parks - Reporter
Mara MacDonald - Reporter
Craig Civale - Reporter
Kevin Freeman - Anchor
Megan O'Donnell - Weekend Sports
Ric Young - Anchor (now at WTVR-TV)
Jacqueline McLean - Reporter/Anchor
John Reid - Anchor
Simon Perez - Reporter
Derrick Dennis - Reporter
Joanna Massee - Weekend Anchor
Tiffany Woods - Reporter
Rucks Russell - Reporter
James Black - Reporter
Cheryl Tan - Weekend Anchor (now anchor/reporter at WAVY-TV in Hampton Roads)
Bruce Cunningham - Sports Director (now at WBFF-TV Baltimore)

[edit] Logos

Logo used until 2004. The stylized "circle 8" was used from around 1990/1991 until 2004 when the 8 was put into a box.

Logo used from 2004 to the present.

WRIC-TV 8's A Better Community.

WRIC-TV logo with ABC logo lodged on the "8" logo.

[edit] External links

Broadcast television in the Richmond market (Nielsen DMA #61)
WTVR 6 (CBS/The Tube) - WRIC 8 (ABC) - WWBT 12 (NBC) - WFLV 15 (Rel) - WXOB 17 (Rel) - WCVE 23 (PBS) - WFMA 28 (Rel) - WRLH 35 (Fox/MNTV) W39CO 39 (TBN) - WKYV 45 (Rel) - WRID 48 (DS) - WCVW 57 (PBS) - WUPV 65 (The CW) Past station: WVRN 63 (Ind)

Broadcast television in the Richmond market (Nielsen DMA #61)

WTVR 6 (CBS/The Tube) - WRIC 8 (ABC) - WWBT 12 (NBC) - WFLV 15 (Rel) - WXOB 17 (Rel) - WCVE 23 (PBS) - WFMA 28 (Rel) - WRLH 35 (Fox/MNTV) W39CO 39 (TBN) - WKYV 45 (Rel) - WRID 48 (DS) - WCVW 57 (PBS) - WUPV 65 (The CW)

Past station: WVRN 63 (Ind)

ABC Network Affiliates in the state of Virginia
WHSV 3 (Harrisonburg) - TV3 Winchester 3 (WHSV-DT3) (Winchester) - WRIC 8 (Petersburg) - WSET 13 (Lynchburg) - WVEC 13 (Hampton) - WVAW-LP 16 (Charlottesville)
See also: CBS, CW, Fox, MyNetworkTV, NBC, PBS, and Other stations in Virginia