Virginia's WDBJ7 hops on HD news bandwagon

by Darren Murph, posted Apr 23rd 2008 at 8:08PM

Let's keep the trend alive, shall we? Following in the footsteps of Salt Lake City's 2NEWS, Detroit's WJBK and Denver's CBS4, Virginia's own WDBJ7 has also made the transition to air its local newscasts in high-definition. The CBS affiliate serves the Roanoke-Lynchburg area, and suffice to say quite a bit of work went on behind the scenes to pull it all together. Thankfully, the network journaled the process for us in pictures, so be sure to hit the read link for a gallery of off-camera shots.

[Thanks, Dariusz]

Filed under: CBS, OTA, Primetime

Tags: affiliate, cbs, hd news, hd newscast, HdNews, HdNewscast, news, newscast, virginia, WDBJ

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

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Raman @ Apr 23rd 2008 10:53PM

Also in Central Virginia NBC29, based in Charlottesville, also jumped to HD newscasts at the start of this week.

http://www.nbc29.com/global/story.asp?s=8204090

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Harpo @ Apr 23rd 2008 11:15PM

That figures, Richmond is still without an HD affiliate, but they get one in Roanoke!

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Jason @ Apr 23rd 2008 11:19PM

Looks like a bunch of studios are making the switch..

WTVD in Raleigh-Durham also went HD a couple days ago..
http://abclocal.go.com/wtvd/story?section=news/local&id=6097721

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David Hildreth @ Apr 24th 2008 1:10AM

It's as if ratings are just around the corner...

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Adam @ Apr 24th 2008 12:07PM

lol@David.

That's a Ross Video VISION4 switcher, designed in my home town of Ottawa, ON. Oh Canada! I'm so happy for those guys. They're really kicking ass.

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Ben @ Apr 24th 2008 1:57PM

@Harpo:

Actually, many people commonly mistake the Roanoke/Lynchburg market as smaller than it actually is... actually, Richmond is not that much larger. Just to put it in perspective according to Neilson... Richmond is only 8 spots higher, coming in at 59, compared with Roanoke/Lynchburg's 67.

And also to note...WSLS News Channel 10 broke into the HD ground in 2007.... so it's a shame that "Virginia's Most Watched News Station" (WDBJ7) took so long to get their broadcast up to snuff.

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