Monday, June 14, 2021
Many WRC-TV viewers in the D.C. area contacted News4 after noticing that it had been a few weeks since Wendy Rieger, who anchors News4 at 5, the top-rated newscast in Washington at 5 p.m., had been on the air. According to the station: “About a month ago, she was having headaches and knew something wasn’t right.” She sought out medical care and specialists determined that she needed brain surgery. Rieger, pictured above, joined WRC-TV’s Jim Handly to talk about how she’s doing and when she noticed something was wrong. You can see that interview here.
In October 2020, Rieger had open heart surgery.