NewsChannel 8 in D.C.

[PKGable]

Does anyone know anything about this station? I tend to stay away from 24 hour local news stations, and I am wondering if this station would be any different (i.e. is it good, a station you would want to work for, people are happy there, quality news content, etc.)

[Clever Login Name]

Top Ten market, Top 100 pay scale. 'Nuff said.

[thenewsleader12345]

its crap. they hire people from tiny markets.. its not taken seriously. you arent a "DC" reporter..nor does anyone think you are.

[kneedinthegroin]

It's Allbritton. These guys make Fox news look balanced. In 2000 they made stations in Little Rock and Harrisburg, PA endorse Bush. Their president is a former Reagan aide and is head of the Reagan library.

[Produce man]

So the right's got Albritton and the left has NBC.

[Clever Login Name]

Just NBC?

[AutoTranz]

Originally posted by Clever Login Name:
Just NBC?Of course not...
http://www.smh.com.au/ffximage/2004/11/24/danrather_wideweb__430x317.jpg

Sorry...but that door was left wide open.

[ June 12, 2007, 09:33 PM: Message edited by: AutoTranz ]

[WalMartNation]

I've seen some good cable operations and some bad ones. Most of the good ones are tied in with an affiliate station in the city (NECN in Boston is in with the ABC station there, same with NWCN and the NBC in Seattle)...

NewsChannel 8 is not one of them... and saying that it's top 100 payscale is being too generous.

[stharlan23]

well newschannel 8 is tied in with WJLA-TV, the abc affiliate.

[kneedinthegroin]

Seriously just because O'Reilly says NBS leans left doesn't make it so. But Joe Allbritton making his GM's do editorial endorsements pretty much seals the deal.

[elllsss82]

I used to live in DC AND NC8 has lotta union problems b/c Allbrighton pays WJLA & NC8 the same. Both sides want different payscales/compensation, personally I would post this question in DCRTV.com or hit their archive page for info on Newschannel 8. They're definately not ran by Bright House Networks, that's for sure.

[WalMartNation]

Originally posted by stharlan23:
well newschannel 8 is tied in with WJLA-TV, the abc affiliate.Okay. I was back there about 4 years ago and noticed that they were operating out of Springfield, VA... are they working out of WJLA in the city now?

[The Mockingbird]

Looking for a job at local cable news is kind of like being a stripper. Always assume everyone wants to screw you, and will treat you like a piece of meat. graemlins/eusa_shifty.gif

[workin for the man]

Both JLA and NC8 are in Rosslyn, VA, 2 minutes outside of "DC". The payscale for the most part is not the same between the two, NC8 pays like a 50-60's market, while JLA pays pretty much the market medium.