WRC’s News Anchor Wendy Rieger Recovering from Brain Surgery

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 TV 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 specialists and they determined she needed brain surgery.

Rieger, shown above at home following her surgery, 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.