local HD news

LIN Media-owned Fox and CW affiliate KHON Honolulu (DMA 69) has premiered new looks and newscasts in high definition. The station upgraded the entire infrastructure to broadcast in HD, as […]

The Nexstar CBS affiliate is upgrading its studio cameras, set, weather lab, graphics and logo and increasing the size of its studio in anticipation of the switch.

The LIN Fox affiliate in Mobile, Ala., debuted local HD news with a new set at 9 p.m. on April 21.

The LIN-owned Fox affiliate in Mobile, Ala., has plans to begin producing local newscasts in high definition by April when construction on a new set is scheduled to be complete. Until then, all local newscasts will be presented from a temporary set that the station began using on March 3.

The Nexstar NBC-CBS duopoly in Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, Pa., will debut HD news on April 2. In addition, it is adding two new half-hours of WBRE-produced news for WYOU weekdays at noon and 7 p.m.

The new approach to its 11 p.m. newscast follows the Gannett CBS affiliate’s upgrade to HD.

As the Young Broadcasting CBS affiliate readies its new high-definition studio, robotic cameras and editing systems, it’s also getting rid of paper scripts for its anchors, moving to iPads.

Its NBC and CBS affiliates, KRIS and KZTV, respectively, are now broadcasting local news in high def from renovated and upgraded studios.

Raycom is rolling out high-def newscasts in all its small and mid-size market stations, and expects to have all but five on air in HD by the end of the year. A good example of just how Raycom goes from SD to HD is WAFF, the NBC affiliate in Huntsville-Decatur-Florence, Ala. Its overhaul featured a new studio, control room, edit bays and a raft of gear including 23 Sony camcorders, a Snell Kahuna production switcher and three Hitachi studio cameras.

The Bonten ABC affiliates in Abilene and San Angelo, Texas, launched the upgraded broadcasts yesterday. Panasonic, Bitcentral and Grass Valley are among the equipment suppliers.

Gray Television’s NBC affiliate WSAZ Charleston-Huntington, W.Va. (DMA 64) has completed the final conversion phase to high-definition broadcasting with the transition of all locally produced news programming to an HD […]

Cowles California Media-owned digital duopoly (CBS and Fox) KCOY Santa Barbara-San Luis Obispo-Santa Maria, Calif. (DMA 122) have launched high definition local newscasts . Bringing viewers local news in HD […]

The Green Bay, Wis., CBS affiliate has completed a six-month technological transition to deliver its newscasts, including weather, in high def.

WTAP, Gray Television’s NBC affiliate in Parkersburg, W.Va., says it is about to become the first TV station in West Virginia to produce its local newscasts in true high definition. The station will launch its local HD newscasts on Sunday, May 29, with the airing of WTAP News at 11.

WJAR, the NBC affiliate in Providence, R.I., is aiming to be the first station in the market with high-definition news, but others won’t be far behind as WPRI (CBS), WNAC (Fox) and WLNE (ABC) are also gearing up.

Gannett NBC affiliate WBIR and Raycom Fox affil WTNZ have entered into an agreement that will lead to increased local news programming, including a two-hour morning news show that will usher in high-def broadcasts for the stations’ viewers. When the agreement takes effect March 28, WBIR will begin producing WTNZ’s Monday-Friday evening newscasts, which in coming weeks will expand from the current 35 minutes to an hour at 10-11 p.m. WTNZ’s weekend newscasts will remain 35 minutes.

After years of piecing together the transition, Amarillo, Texas, CBS affiliate KFDA will launch its first high-definition newscast this Wednesday.

Gray Television’s CBS affiliate in Augusta, Ga. started broadcasting its local news in high definition at noon Monday, becoming the first television station in Augusta to do so, according to the station.

Newport Television’s Syracuse, N.Y., ABC affiliate will make the upgrade to high def in February. In addition to a new studio and state-of-the-art equipment, the station will unveil “a fresh, clean look and new logo to maximize the crisp HD technology.”

Advanced, custom-designed 4/3″ sensor delivers depth of field and field of view similar to a 35 mm movie camera. The camcorder uses low-cost still camera and film-style lenses.

The Harrisburg, Pa., Fox affiliate is upgrading to HD in both the studio and the field beginning in January.