[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 95 (Wednesday, June 18, 2014)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1015]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                         RECOGNIZING JIM VANCE

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                       HON. ELEANOR HOLMES NORTON

                      of the district of columbia

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, June 18, 2014

  Ms. NORTON. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to ask my colleagues to join me 
in recognizing Jim Vance, who this week is observing 45 years in the 
District of Columbia at NBC4 Washington, where he has provided 
outstanding service to Washington, DC and the national capital region.
  For more than four decades, Jim Vance has been the man the Washington 
region turns to on their NBC4 television screens. Jim has brilliantly 
made himself the preeminent anchor the region can trust to get the news 
straight, and at the same time, he has managed to become the friend 
people turn to because they like him. So great are Jim's talents and 
captivating personality, that NBC4 owes part of its success to Jim 
Vance.
  A graduate of the historically black Cheyney University, Jim Vance 
was a teacher in Philadelphia before he decided to become a reporter. 
His first reporting jobs were at The Philadelphia Independent newspaper 
and at radio station WHAT-AM. Jim later accepted his first television 
position as a reporter for WKBS-TV in Philadelphia in 1968, and one 
year later, he moved to the nation's capital to be a general assignment 
reporter at NBC4. Jim made a fast rise to the anchor desk in 1972, 
where he remains to this day.
  Jim Vance continues to thrive in his career. He can be seen daily on 
News4 at 6 p.m. and News4 at 11 p.m. with his co-anchor Doreen 
Gentzler. As a veteran television reporter, Jim's work has taken him 
across the United States and to locations around the world. Jim has 
been the recipient of a host of honors, including 17 Emmy Awards and 
induction in 2007 into the National Association of Black Journalists 
Hall of Fame.
  Mr. Speaker, Members of Congress are familiar with Jim's excellence, 
too, here in the nation's capital. I ask my colleagues to join me in 
recognizing Jim Vance for 45 years of extraordinary work as news anchor 
and reporter with NBC4 Washington and a favorite of the national 
capital region.

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