In the spirit of showing the serious effects of Hurricane Sandy along with the absurd, WRC, the Washington, D.C. NBC owned station, bore witness to a scantily dressed example of the absurd as a man wearing just a horse head mask and a pair of athletic shorts jogged through a morning live shot.

“I’m not quite sure what that’s all about,”  WRC reporter Megan McGrath told anchors Eun Yang and Aaron Gilchrist.  ”But Eun and Aaron, perhaps some people are getting a little stir-crazy early.”

While we don’t condone such behavior, after the jump you can see a still the man posted to reddit.com of his exploits along with an animated gif someone made of the ‘jog through’. Read more

Longtime WRC anchor and reporter Joe Krebs announced today that he will retire on March 30, after 32 years at the D.C. station.

“I really feel like I’ve been living my dream for almost 42 years, including the last 32 years here at Channel 4. Being a news broadcaster is what I always wanted to be,” Krebs said, announcing his retirement.  “Now, I want to travel with my wife and spend more time with my kids and grandchild–soon to be grandchildren–and, quite frankly, just do whatever darn well I want to do.”

Krebs has spent the last 18 years anchoring WRC’s morning newscast, and the station has tapped Aaron Gilchrist as his a.m. successor.  Gilchrist will join Eun Yang at the morning anchor desk beginning April 2. Read more