With almost a half-century of TV journalism experience in the nation’s capital, NBC4’s Pat Collins likely could have brought his snow stick in from the cold and become a news anchor. No chance ...

NBC4 Washington Legend Pat Collins Is Retiring. Here Are Some of His Most Memorable Moments There's no one who does it quite like the grape, the Newsman, NBC4's resident beat poet: Pat Collins.

Pat Collins, ‘beat poet’ of local news, will retire after 49 years. December 7, 2022. 5 min. Pat Collins, longtime reporter for WRC/NBC4, in the newsroom. (Courtesy of WRC) By Paul Farhi.

If you want your story told correctly and reported on with some dramatics NBC4’s Pat Collins is your guy. Twitter has been in stitches after watching one particular news story featuring veteran ...

CHANG: Perhaps more than anything, Pat Collins loved to cover a good snowstorm. (SOUNDBITE OF TV SHOW, "NBC4 WASHINGTON") COLLINS: Finally, we get a snow of consequence - finally, a stick-worthy snow.

Pat Collins Talks About His Start, Finding Marion Barry and That Famous Grape Suit Pat Collins recalled using a helicopter to track down Mayor Marion Barry after his 1990 arrest, landing near a ...

Pat Collins, the NBC Washington reporter known for his folksy likeability, flair for fanciful outfits and beat-poet-esque delivery, has attained viral fame (again) for his report about a case of ...

Pat Collins’s famous snow stick is lighter than you might expect, says NBC4 correspondent Tommy McFly. But the burden of carrying it is heavy indeed. McFly took temporary charge of the Washington-area ...

NBC4 reporter Pat Collins with his original snow stick — a yardstick from the old C&P Telephone company — and his fancy Channel 4 snow stick.

Patricia "Pat" Collins, a civic-minded matriarch who raised six children, including Republican Sen. Susan Collins, and led a life of public service, died Tuesday at age 96, the senator announced.