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A CEREMONIAL RESOLUTION
21-152
IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
January 5, 2016
To recognize, honor, and express the Council’s overwhelming gratitude to Glenn Harris, the District of Columbia sportscasting legend, for his decades-long career as a District of Columbia fixture – a game announcer, broadcaster, and mentor to a generation of sports journalists. .
WHEREAS, Glenn Harris is native Washingtonian and grew up in Anacostia;
WHEREAS, Glenn Harris, the first in his family to attend college, attended and graduated from Howard University and, as a senior, was told that the university’s radio station, WHUR-FM, was looking for someone;
WHEREAS, Glenn Harris has always been a lover of sports and was one of the area’s first sports talk radio show hosts;
WHEREAS, in 1991, Glenn Harris left WHUR-FM to begin his nightly show, “SportsTalk,” at News Channel 8;
WHEREAS, his vast knowledge of local sports played a large part in helping the News Channel 8 Sports Team earn back-to-back awards for “Best Year-Round TV Sports Coverage.”;
WHEREAS, he has continuously hosted his evening talk show since 1993 and established a reputation as one of the most respected sports anchors in the Washington area;
WHEREAS, before News Channel 8, Glenn Harris had stints at WRC and WTTG, and years of radio shows at WOL;
WHEREAS, even before that, Glenn Harris was a fixture in local gyms, as a referee, broadcasting by himself into a cassette recorder, or just as a man about town interacting and talking with everyone in the sports community;
WHEREAS, those who know Glenn Harris well -- and that’s a lot of people -- all have stories about Glenn Harris’ interactions with his listeners and viewers;
WHEREAS, he would talk to strangers on the street the same way he talked to one of his well-known friends, passionately and at great length; and
WHEREAS, connecting with his audience was integral to having a broadcasting career spanning 5 decades;
RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this resolution may be cited as the “Glenn Harris Recognition Resolution of 2016”.
Sec. 2. The Council of the District of Columbia recognizes Glenn Harris as a regional institution, wishes him the best in his retirement, and declares February 2, 2016, as “Glenn Harris Day” in the District of Columbia. A lover of sports and an icon in the sports broadcasting business, he not only communicates but inspires and changes lives.
Sec. 3. This resolution shall take effect immediately upon the first date of publication in the District of Columbia Register.
