Five Stations Launch NextGen TV In Roanoke-Lynchburg

WSET, WDBJ, WWCW, WSLS and WZBJ are now broadcasting with ATSC 3.0 technology.

Nexstar Names Three New VP-GMs

Kimberly Byrd, Ben Oldham and Robert Raff move up in Knoxville, Tenn.; Roanoke, Va;  and Myrtle Beach, S.C., respectively.

DMA 67

Nexstar Completes New Facility In Roanoke

As it opens a new $3 million, 15,000-square-foot building, Nexstar will add 30 employees to support an expansion of its local news programming under the WFXR news brand that launches Oct. 1.

DMA 67 (ROANOKE-LYNCHBURG, VA)

Arika Zink Upped TO GM Of WFXR, WWCW

Nexstar Broadcasting promotes the former GM of its Evansville, Ind., operations to head its Fox-CW duopoly in Roanoke, Va.

DMA 67

Nexstar Taps McNamara To Lead Roanoke Duo

Broadcast veteran and former KHON Honolulu GM Joseph McNamara will lead the Fox-CW pair of WFXR-WWCW and associated digital operations.