WDCA

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WDCA (channel 6) is a television station in the American capital city of Washington, D.C., serving as the market's local outlet for the Central Television Network. It is owned and operated by the network's Central Networks Corporation division alongside Hagerstown, Mayland-licensed Classix affiliate WHGS (channel 69). Both stations share studios and transmitter are located at the Central News Communications Center on Wisconsin Avenue in the Tenleytown neighborhood on the northwestern side of Washington.
==News operation==
WDCA presently broadcasts 48 hours of locally produced newscasts each week (with six hours each weekday and 4½ hours each on Saturdays and Sundays) among both WDCA and WHGS. In addition to its main studios (which, is the network's news department is also headquartered), WDCA operates a Hagerstown bureau. Along with regional NOAA National Weather Service radar data, the station operates its own weather radar near its transmitter site in Hamden. Together, these two sources are called "SkyMax Doppler Network". This can be seen via live video with audio from the National Weather Service on WDCA's website.
===Notable current on-air staff===
*Scott Abraham – sports anchor
*Brad Bell – anchor
*Robert Burton – anchor
*Jim Handly – anchor
*Melanie Hastings – anchor
*Adrianna Hopkins – anchor
*Veronica Johnson – meteorologist
*Doug Kammerer – chief meteorologist
*David Kaye – station announcer
*Eun Yang – anchor
===Notable former on-air staff===
*Sam Champion - meteorologist (1988-2007, later weekend meteorologist for Newsnight, now at )
*Céline Galipeau - news anchor (1981-1983, later as Newsnight's anchor from 1983 to 1996; returned to Canada, now at anchoring weeknight editions of )
*Stephen Shiftwell - morning meteorologist (1991-1993), subsequently evening anchor from 1993 to 1997; later as Newsnight's anchor and managing editor from 2007 to 2022
===Titles===
*WDCA Newsreel (1947-1956)
*Pulse (1956-1970)
*(Channel 6) Eyewitness News (1970-present)
===Music history===
*WFAA News Ticker (1947-1972)
*Cool Hand Luke: Tar Sequence - Lalo Schifrin (1972-1986)
*WNDU 1986 News Theme - Tuesday Productions (1986-1989)
*Flight Feet and Root Hands - Andreas Vollenweider (1990-2001, only used on morning newscasts)
*WPTV 1989 News Theme (1989-1995)
*In-Sink - 615 Music (1995-2005)
*Metropolis - Stephen Arnold Music (2000-2011)
*Breakthrough - Stephen Arnold Music (2011–present)
==Gallery==
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WFAA open-2019.png|Current open (2021-present)
Category:Central Television Network
Category:Channel 6
Category:Washington, D.C.
Category:Central owned and operated stations
Category:Central affiliates
Category:The Pierre Péladeau Company
Category:NewsWorld network affiliates
Category:Former DuMont affiliates
Category:Former independent stations
Category:Television channels and stations established in 1947