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Jackie Bradford on Jim Vance NBC4/WRC ~\n\n"He told me the story the other day...He said he was out at Betty Ford and one of the nurses came into him and said, 'Come here.' She took him into this room where there were stacks and stacks of letters and she said, 'Who are you?' 'Who are you?' Because he has lived his life so out loud and he's been nothing but honest with himself and with his viewers that is why he is so beloved."\n\nJackie Bradford, President and GM NBC4/WRC (right) and Andy Ockershausen, Our Town host (left)\n\nA Ockershausen:\tThis is Our Town. This is Andy Ockershausen and I am so delighted and happy and everything to welcome our next guest here. She's not really a guest. I would describe her as a general manager's general manager.\nJackie Bradford:\tOkay.\nA Ockershausen:\tShe's actually a president and a general manager. I've known this young lady for so many years and I've seen her in action and what she's done for her company and the greater Washington area is unbelievable. She has a unbelievable relationship with her staff. It kind of reminds me of me. You've got to get close to the people and you've done that Jackie. It makes a big difference. She's actively involved with the community with the DC Chamber of Commerce, the Greater Washington Board of Trade, the Urban League, and it goes on and on and on because she believes in involvement and it has paid off so much for Channel 4. She's the president of Channel 4, but her team has produced one of the largest health expos in the country for Our Town, or any town. She's opened 2 regional news bureaus, one's an investigative team among many other community endeavors to lead Channel 4 to continue to be the top TV station in the market. She plays a heck of a game of tennis and I'm so glad she's back in Our Town. Welcome, Jackie Bradford.\nQuit While We're Ahead!\nJackie Bradford:\tThank you Andy. Wow, we should just end there. \nA Ockershausen:\tQuit while you're ahead.\nJackie Bradford:\tYeah, quit while you're ahead.\nA Ockershausen:\tWe're not ahead yet. I was telling Jackie, and she knew this already but there may be a lot of people in our audience that don't, WRC and WMAL were joined at the hip at one time. We were both stations of the NBC network, red and the blue. I recall growing up with them in a building with a young, smart aleck from Alexandria named Willard Scott. He was the messenger in our building for both sides.\nJackie Bradford:\tDo you think he's going to do okay?\nA Ockershausen:\tI said he's a nutcase but he's going to do fine. But that's a relationship WMAL and WRC have. And we would use each other's talent but that was in the old days. It doesn't happen anymore. But Jackie, you were here in the financial world at one time. But you grew up ... you're a Baltimore girl.\nFrom Baltimore to Virginia and UVA\nJackie Bradford:\tBaltimore. I left before I got that accent so I always like to say I left in the 5th grade ...\nA Ockershausen:\tBefore Balmer.\nJackie Bradford:\tBefore Balmer, before it went downhill. But I graduated from Woodbridge High School, here in Virginia.\nA Ockershausen:\tWow, I know Woodbridge very well.\nJackie Bradford:\tYup. And went to the University of Virginia. I'd consider that local. Wahoo-wa.\nA Ockershausen:\tWell, the high school, was it called ... did it have another name?\nJackie Bradford:\tNope, we were Woodbridge. . .the mighty, mighty Vikings.\nA Ockershausen:\tThere's only Woodbridge High?\nJackie Bradford:\tYup.\nA Ockershausen:\tThey had some great athletic teams, I remember reading about that. But to go to UVA is quite a feat.\nJackie Bradford:\tYup.\nA Ockershausen:\tWell at one time you may remember, there was a boys school and the females went to Mary Washington.\nJackie Bradford:\tYup.\nA Ockershausen:\tAnd I grew up in Northern Virginia for a while and it was a great tribute ... anybody got in school at UVA was very fortunate. Is that correct?\nJackie Bradford:\tVery fortunate.