Virginia's WAVY-TV joins the crowd, produces local news in HD

by Darren Murph, posted Jul 24th 2008 at 6:53PM

While citizens in the Roanoke-Lynchburg area have been enjoying their local news in high-definition for a few months now, WAVY-TV is bringing the same luxury to mums, dads and offspring in Norfolk / Portsmouth / Newport News / Hampton Roads. The NBC affiliate just flipped the switch this week, marking the first time local news was offered in HD anywhere in the Greater Hampton Roads area. So, are y'all impressed with the quality?

[Thanks, Robert and Martin]

Filed under: NBC, Primetime

Tags: affiliate, hampton, hampton roads, HamptonRoads, hd news, hd newscast, HdNews, HdNewscast, nbc, newport news, NewportNews, news, newscast, norfolk, portsmouth, virginia, WAVy

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theJoKell @ Jul 24th 2008 7:54PM

Despite that screenshot making it look horrible, yes I'm very impressed with the quality! And the new set looks great. Kudos to Les Garrenton (Wavy's engineer) and all the great work they've done.

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KraziJoe @ Jul 24th 2008 8:31PM

And yet WRC and WJLA STILL don't have HD Newscasts. DC is severely lacking.

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teh low3down @ Jul 25th 2008 5:33PM

The newscast looks great. Now I have something to watch in HD. WVEC's digital widescreen looks horrible and Regina Mobly has a huge speech issue.

Thank you WAVY.

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