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Bob Ryan on being part of the Channel 4 Dream Team ~\n\n"People would say, "Oh, what was it like?" I said, "Everybody loved what we did and didn't want to do anybody else's job." I didn't want to do sports! I didn't want to be an anchor, and sure as heck nobody wanted to have my job."\n\nBob Ryan retired Meteorologist and Andy Ockershausen in studio\n\nBob Ryan with Trumbull and Core from the Good Ole' Days\nBob Ryan: ... cold tomorrow night, and the weekend's going to start off nice. Sunny and pleasant on Saturday, about 60. I think we'll see a fair amount of clouds in here on Sunday, and maybe some rain by late Sunday or Monday.\nBill Trumbull When you were a kid, were you called Red Ryan?\nBob Ryan: Oh, I was called all sorts of things. The one I remember most was ... sort of diabolical friend of my father's called me peckerhead. You know, for Woody Woodpecker and things like that.\nBill Trumbull Yeah, well, nice talking to you, Bob.\nBob Ryan: Never liked that one.\nBill Trumbull Thank you. You want to get the lights? I'll lock up. \nChris Core: Well, turn off the mic now. \nBill Trumbull I asked him a simple question. You're going to make this place a warehouse. Okay.\nChris Core: I didn't know we were going to be able to-\nBill Trumbull No. \nChris Core: Okay. We're still on-\nBill Trumbull Breaking new ground. \nChris Core: Yeah. \nBill Trumbull Okay.\n And speaking of heat pumps. \nChris Core: Yeah, what's the best combination you can think of, huh? \nBill Trumbull I'm sweating my live spot coming up. You're on your own here.\nChris Core: Well, let's talk about the heat pump then.\nBill Trumbull Alright.\nChris Core:: Metro Washington Heat Pump Association wants you to know that the energy efficient heat pump ...\nBill Trumbull Loud and clear. Yes, no guessing, no guessing. Plays the slot for his television...\nAndy Ockershausen: Now, that is Washington radio. Several years ago with unbelievable Trumbull and Core and Bob Ryan, and we're so delighted to have Bob back here in the WMAL studio. This is Our Town, and this is Andy Ockershausen. We're all laughing because that could not have been planned, Bob. That was an ad lib of the greatest thing I've ever heard on radio.\nBob Ryan: Live radio. It was...\nAndy Ockershausen: Live radio. Trumbull and Core had so much that they would make something out of nothing like that. What was he called? Bill? I always think of Bill. What was he called?\nJanice Iacona Ockershausen Jackie Bill?\nAndy Ockershausen: Huh?\nJanice Iacona Ockershausen Jackie Bill.\nAndy Ockershausen: Jackie Bill, here comes Bob Ryan, the man who made Washington weather fun, and the forecast fun, and WMAL fun for 33 years, Bob.\nBob Ryan: Yeah.\nAndy Ockershausen: It's incredible. You got a-\nBob Ryan: Time marches on.\nAndy Ockershausen: ... great career, and you're missed. Bob Ryan was important to this town, Our Town, and he knows how important weather is and what it means to us. Bob was one of the originals of the four ... we called it the Channel 4 Four Dream Team: Vance, Gentzler, Campbell, George Michael. I mean, it was just incredible, and he also was doing Harden and Weaver, and Trumbull and Core. I used to say, "Does this man ever sleep?" No, he's always on the air on WMAL. Bob, welcome to Our Town.\nBob Ryan: Thank you. Thank you. It is great to be in Our Town, and wow, what a town.