... I checked with the station itself and they confirmed that no plans had been put in place to go HD with local news then...and I confirm that they haven't taken the dive as of now (along with WHNS). After inquiring and getting the confirm, that piece of info on the Wikipedia Page was subsequently removed by someone (not myself)...
[edit: I thought you were talking about WLFL, not WYFF, so...]
I checked WLFL's Wikipedia page -- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WLFL -- and found this:

"On April 21, 2008, WTVD became the third television station in the area to produce its newscasts in high definition and the WLFL broadcasts were included in the upgrade."

This is vague enough to be interpreted either way, but seems intended to leave the impression that WLFL broadcasts the news in HD. [Several posts on the "Raleigh, NC - HDTV" thread make it clear that WLFL's news is SD, not HD.]

Added to the Local Over-the-air HDTV News Stations (http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?p=14618838#post14618838) table:
• KRCW (CW; Portland, OR) -- per mbclev
• KVCW (CW; Las Vegas, NV) -- per mbclev
• KSL (NBC; Salt Lake City, UT) -- per mbclev
• KSAZ (Fox; Phoenix, AZ) -- per coyoteaz

Removed from the table (leaving this DMA with no HD news stations):
• KWKT (Fox; Waco-Templ-Bryan, TX) -- per compubit

Added to the Noticias HD en Español list at the end:
• WSCV (Telemundo; Miami, FL) -- per CapeFishL

Thanks to all for their help in maintaining the list -- especially mbclev.

I just checked WLFL's Wikipedia page -- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WLFL -- and found this:

"On April 21, 2008, WTVD became the third television station in the area to produce its newscasts in high definition and the WLFL broadcasts were included in the upgrade."

This is vague enough to be interpreted either way, but seems intended to leave the impression that WLFL broadcasts the news in HD.

Your quote of my previous statement is incorrect. I checked with WYFF on their posting, not WLFL. I used WYFF as an example (and stated as such) of a statement on Wikipedia related to their newscast going to be/being in HD that, after verification, didn't turn out to be true. That's the reason that I also mentioned WHNS, a station within the same DMA as WYFF. I haven't at any time checked with WLFL on whether they were airing WTVD's Local News in HD. I've only checked with the folks on the "Raleigh, NC - HDTV" Message Board (as stated in the same post). For the sake of accuracy, please correct. Thanks!

... For the sake of accuracy, please correct. Thanks!
D'oh! My post is corrected. Sorry about that!

To Syzygy: You can add WVEC, Norfolk, VA's ABC affiliate, to the list of stations doing news in the 16:9 SD widescreen format.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WVEC

D'oh! My post is corrected. Sorry about that!

Not a problem. :)

• WVEC (ABC; Norfolk, VA) added to the Not HD News list.

Oklahoma City's KFOR officially switched to full hd news broadcasts tonight, can you add it to the list

• KFOR (NBC; Oklahoma City, OK) added to the Local Over-the-air HDTV News Stations (http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?p=14618838#post14618838) table. This seems to be the first HD news station in this DMA.

Add WIFR-DT, Rockford, IL (CBS, 23.1) to this list (1080i). They called it "widescreen" when their in-studio news cameras were in HD, but their field cameras and weather computer was not. Now ALL of it is HD, and they are correctly calling it as such. Looks fantastic.

• WIFR (CBS; Rockford, IL) added to the Local Over-the-air HDTV News Stations (http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?p=14618838#post14618838) table. Terrific! Taking honesty in advertising to the nth degree!

Add KOLN 10 in Lincoln, NE; KGIN 11 in Grand Island, NE; and KMTV 3(45) in Omaha, NE to the list of stations transmitting a non-HD 16x9 widescreen picture.

Add KOLN 10 in Lincoln, NE; KGIN 11 in Grand Island, NE; and KMTV 3(45) in Omaha, NE to the list of stations transmitting a non-HD 16x9 widescreen picture.

You can also add WCAV CBS 19, WVAW ABC 16, and WAHU Fox 27, all of Charlottesville, VA, to the list of 16:9 newscasts. They all broadcast out of the same facility.

• 3 Nebraska CBS affiliates and 3 Charlottesville, Virginia stations added to the Not HD News list.

Only wave 3 in louisville has news in hd

WAVE (NBC; Louisville, KY) has been in the table -- and lonely in Louisville -- for a long time.

INteresting on WIFR - WHNT/19 in Huntsville, AL has "News 19 Widescreen" in their newscast open - In-studio is HD, recorded tape looked to be HD also, but live shots and remote fixed cameras didn't appear to be HD. Another case of HD Honesty!

Jim

WHNT/19 in Huntsville, AL has "News 19 Widescreen" in their newscast opening -- In-studio is HD, recorded tape looked to be HD also, but live shots and remote fixed cameras didn't appear to be HD. Another case of HD Honesty!
Contrast that with almost every other station mixing HD and SD but claiming "News in HD"! And, as has been mentioned, many stations claiming "News in HD" don't actually have any high-definition content at all; even their studio shots are soft!

Interestingly, both WIFR and WHNT are CBS affiliates; while the most egregious liars are Fox O&O stations.

Contrast that with almost every other station mixing HD and SD but claiming "News in HD"!
So a newscast has to be 100% HD in order for a station to claim it's HD? That's just absurd. IMO, if your in-studio stuff is HD, you can claim your newscast is HD.

... IMO, if your in-studio stuff is HD, you can claim your newscast is HD.
Well, I don't mean to be hypercritical of the HD-in-studio-only newscasts, but now that I'm hearing about stations that do it right, I'm becoming less patient with my own local newscasts.

In Minneapolis, KARE 11 (NBC) began HD newscasts more than 3 years ago, and they still don't have many (if any) truly HD location shots. The other three major stations here are even worse, but they've only been doing HD news for a month or two. I know, times are hard... but evidently not too hard for stations in other cities to do HD full throttle, the way viewers want it!

KVVU Fox 5 in Las Vegas flipped the HD switch on their local news broadcast about one week ago.

And as of about a month ago (last time I checked), KVCW, which carries KVBC's specially produced newscast for them, was not in HD. The strange thing is the bug that features both the KVBC and CW logo has the letters HD in the "3". But the black bars definitely live on the sides of the screen. No HD for the CW newscast in Las Vegas.

Well, I don't mean to be hypercritical of the HD-in-studio-only newscasts, but now that I'm hearing about stations that do it right, I'm becoming less patient with my own local newscasts.

In Minneapolis, KARE 11 (NBC) began HD newscasts more than 3 years ago, and they still don't have many (if any) truly HD location shots. The other three major stations here are even worse, but they've only been doing HD news for a month or two. I know, times are hard... but evidently not too hard for stations in other cities to do HD full throttle, the way viewers want it!
Sure, it's easy now that everyone is doing it and that type of equipment is readily available without breaking the bank. Early adopters got first-gen equipment that can't compete feature-wise with new stuff. If/when Gannett hits the appropriate point in their budget cycle, they'll buy shiny new toys and take the lead in the market again, at least for a couple years until everyone else hits that point in the cycle and buys new toys of their own.

KVVU Fox 5 in Las Vegas flipped the HD switch on their local news broadcast about one week ago.

And as of about a month ago (last time I checked), KVCW, which carries KVBC's specially produced newscast for them, was not in HD...

• KVVU (Fox; Las Vegas, NV) added to the Local Over-the-air HDTV News Stations (http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?p=14618838#post14618838) table.
• KVCW (CW; Las Vegas, NV) removed.

Reporting here from Albuquerque, New Mexico ...

We just got color TV transmissions today and are slated for HD sometime in 2020 and very likely local HD in 2030.

Can't wait !!!

High-def local news is slowly coming here to the Connecticut stations.

WFSB (CBS) has been airing a few of their commercials (local news related) in high-def, but the actual newscasts are still standard-def. So I'm guessing full transition to high-def for the newscasts should be coming soon.

WVIT (NBC) will actually be the first in the state to begin high-def local news. The first high-def broadcast is actually happening tomorrow (Thursday) at 11am, following the Today show. With this, the news is being re-branded from NBC 30 to NBC Connecticut HD.

WTNH (ABC) & WCTX (MyTV 9) have actually been pretty quiet when it comes to high-def. There hasn't been anything announced HD-related on their front, so there's not much to report here and it's purely speculation on when they will. WCTX broadcasts WTNH newscasts, in case you are curious.

WTIC (FOX) & WTXX (The CW) I believe are moving into new HD studios soon, and will be the second in the state to have high-def newscasts beginning in the fall. WTXX broadcasts WTIC newscasts, in case you are curious.

WWOR's news broadcasts will not go HD until probably 2010 as per the station engineer. I guess it's not worth it since no one watches that channel anyway.

To Spyne: I hope you're right. WDSU, NBC in New Orleans (Hearst-Argyle) began running high-def news promos last August right before the Olympics-still SD.

• KVVU (Fox; Las Vegas, NV) added to the Local Over-the-air HDTV News Stations (http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?p=14618838#post14618838) table.
• KVCW (CW; Las Vegas, NV) removed.

I turned on the CW last night at 10 and confirmed that the news broadcast produced by KVBC is still being shown in SD with the black sidebars. No HD news for KVCW. :(

They are the only English news broadcast not in HD in Las Vegas.

High-def local news is slowly coming here to the Connecticut stations.

WFSB (CBS) has been airing a few of their commercials (local news related) in high-def, but the actual newscasts are still standard-def. So I'm guessing full transition to high-def for the newscasts should be coming soon.

WVIT (NBC) will actually be the first in the state to begin high-def local news. The first high-def broadcast is actually happening tomorrow (Thursday) at 11am, following the Today show. With this, the news is being re-branded from NBC 30 to NBC Connecticut HD.

WTNH (ABC) & WCTX (MyTV 9) have actually been pretty quiet when it comes to high-def. There hasn't been anything announced HD-related on their front, so there's not much to report here and it's purely speculation on when they will. WCTX broadcasts WTNH newscasts, in case you are curious.

WTIC (FOX) & WTXX (The CW) I believe are moving into new HD studios soon, and will be the second in the state to have high-def newscasts beginning in the fall. WTXX broadcasts WTIC newscasts, in case you are curious.
I remember seeing HD news promos from WFSB a couple of years ago. I bleieve the new facility they moved into is ready for HD they just haven't switched yet. I don't believe any of the Meredith-owned stations have.

WGCL, KPHO, WSMV, KCTV, and KVVU are owned by Meredith and have HD news.

WGCL, KPHO, WSMV, KCTV, and KVVU are owned by Meredith and have HD news.

I guess there's still hope for sister-station WHNS (a.k.a. FOX Carolina) yet. Tick-tock...Tick-tock...

My mistake.

WVIT ("NBC Connecticut") in Hartford went HD with their local news yesterday. Here's the link to the related article, from the station itself:

http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/station/as_seen_on/NBC-Connecticut-Now-On-Air-in-HD.html

That means the largest market in the nation without HD local news is now Harrisburg/York/Lancaster, PA.

Updated list of O&Os without an HD local newscast:

CBS
WWJ Detroit
WFOR Miami
WJZ Baltimore

NBC
WRC Washington DC
KNSD San Diego

ABC
WJRT Flint/Saginaw
WTVG Toledo

If I were a betting man, I'd say WRC will be the last we cross off, even though those ABC affiliates are in tiny markets and WWJ doesn't even have a local newscast.

• WVIT (NBC; Hartford & New Haven, CT) added to the Local Over-the-air HDTV News Stations (http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?p=14618838#post14618838) table.

WVIT is NBC, not CBS.

WVIT is NBC, not CBS.
Oops. It was actually added to the table as NBC; only my post above was wrong.

Updated list of O&Os without an HD local newscast:



If I were a betting man, I'd say WRC will be the last we cross off, even though those ABC affiliates are in tiny markets and WWJ doesn't even have a local newscast.

I doubt it, more likely KNSD will be the last. Heck, they just lost their weather person (Pat Brown) and now use the KNBC guy (Fritz Coleman) working out of LA! :mad:

Regarding WRC, NBC News/MSNBC just upgraded their Washington studios to HD, and they're in the same facility as WRC. I'm hoping this is a sign that upgrades for the local are on the way.

To Spyne: I hope you're right. WDSU, NBC in New Orleans (Hearst-Argyle) began running high-def news promos last August right before the Olympics-still SD.

Exactly. Still SD. :mad:
I wont watch them because of that. Same with wwl. They put up the light blue sidebars to try and fake people out. :eek:
I only watch fox8 or wgno 26

Exactly. Still SD. :mad:
I wont watch them because of that. Same with wwl. They put up the light blue sidebars to try and fake people out. :eek:
I only watch fox8 or wgno 26

Don't feel bad. WYFF is in the same boat as WDSU...local news ads in HD, but no local news in HD. :(

Regarding WRC, NBC News/MSNBC just upgraded their Washington studios to HD, and they're in the same facility as WRC. I'm hoping this is a sign that upgrades for the local are on the way.

I'd give a "soon" timetable on this one. ;)

KNSD will probably be the last NBC O&O to go HD.

Well, we know that NBC has announced Meet the Press will go HD sometime this year, and we know that Meet the Press is shot in WRC's studios instead of the NBC News Bureau or MSNBC studios (for whatever reason), so presumably the two of these programs will go HD in relative tandem, and hopefully before the end of the year.

WAVE (NBC; Louisville, KY) has been in the table -- and lonely in Louisville -- for a long time.

Yep, and I have not been able to get any hint when our other local channels will begin broadcasting local news in HD either.

WVIT ("NBC Connecticut") in Hartford went HD with their local news yesterday. Here's the link to the related article, from the station itself:

http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/station/as_seen_on/NBC-Connecticut-Now-On-Air-in-HD.html

That means the largest market in the nation without HD local news is now Harrisburg/York/Lancaster, PA.

Yup, living here in Connecticut, I've been watching NBC Connecticut now in high-def, and it looks fantastic. Glad to see the picture "cleaned up" now. :)

I remember seeing HD news promos from WFSB a couple of years ago. I bleieve the new facility they moved into is ready for HD they just haven't switched yet. I don't believe any of the Meredith-owned stations have.

Yeah, a while ago they moved from their old broadcast house in Hartford to a new one in Rocky Hill. I believe the new Rocky Hill broadcast house is HD-ready (as far as I know), but it seems high-def newscasts are farther off than I thought. I sent a message to one of the lead anchors on the station, Dennis House (via Facebook), asking if high-def was coming anytime soon.

Myself: Hey Dennis, I'm not sure if you know but I want to ask you something. I've seen some Channel 3-produced commercials lately that were shown in HD, but the Eyewitness News newscasts are still in SD. Are you guys planning a full HD transition for Eyewitness News (and I'm presuming Better Connecticut & Face the State as well [WFSB locally-produced shows broadcasted in the same broadcast house]) soon?

Dennis: Not sure of a timeline on that, but I can tell you it is not soon.

So...yeah. With them airing a few ads in high-def, I'm really not sure what the holdup could be.

KDKA (Pittsburgh, PA) just went HD today. Found a blog about the new set here (http://community.post-gazette.com/blogs/tunedin/archive/2009/06/16/kdka-news-goes-hd.aspx).

I'm still waiting to hear if KDKA's sister station, CW affiliate WPCW, converted its newscasts to HD along with KDKA. I was in the Pittsburgh area from June 25-27, and I saw some of the WPCW newscast on June 26 in my motel room after I saw the Pirates-Kansas City game, and I saw no on-air mention of WPCW's news being in HD. (I even e-mailed the person who runs the PBRTV blog about this as well.)

With my luck, WRC will go HD next week (since I just spent last week in DC - and able to record HD Newscasts from 5, 7 & 9...

Jim

It has obviously been a long time since this thread opened, but all the news stations in my area are broadcasting in HD. To be honest with you, its the local news and I'm not really too concerned about it being in HD, but it does look a little nicer than SDTV.

You can add WCTV to the list; they've started today.

You can add WCTV to the list; they've started today.
... I hope that's a temporary set while they're waiting for a new one to be built. Dear god.

• WCTV (CBS; Tallahassee, FL) added to the Local Over-the-air HDTV News Stations (http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?p=14618838#post14618838) table, joining ABC's WTXL.

To Syzygy: You can add KTBC, the Fox O-and-O in Austin, TX, to the HD local news list. Wikipedia says that the station went HD on July 1, thus making Austin the 11th or 12th market to have all its local newscasts (in English) in HD (at least from the studio). I say 11th or 12th because I still don't know if WPCW, Pittsburgh's CW affiliate, went HD along with sister station KDKA (which would make Pittsburgh the tenth such market), and Phoenix's English-language TV stations soon followed.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KTBC

Also, another Fox O-and-O, WTVT in the Tampa-St. Petersburg area, went HD with its local news on June 30, according to Wikipedia.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WTVT

That means that the Fox TV station group might be the first ownership group in the nation to have all its stations doing local news in HD. All that remains is to find out if WOGX in Ocala, FL is carrying the news from Fox's Orlando station, WOFL, in HD.

Added to the Local Over-the-air HDTV News Stations table:
• KTBC (Fox; Austin, TX)
• WTVT (Fox; Tampa-St.Pete, FL)

As you know from reading this thread, Fox's criteria for HD are much more (shall I say) relaxed than other networks'.

Syzygy, I've also found that KOIN, Portland, Oregon's CBS affiliate, does its news in 16:9 SD widescreen, and that station has done so, according to Wikipedia, since February 1, 2007.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KOIN

• KOIN, Portland, OR added to the Not HD News list.

All that remains is to find out if WOGX in Ocala, FL is carrying the news from Fox's Orlando station, WOFL, in HD.


Yes it is, here's a capture from Fox 51 WOGX in Gainesville/Ocala, FL. Not only is it HD like it is in Orland, it's the same exact newscast as the one they show on Fox 35 in orlando

http://img196.imageshack.us/img196/2993/snapshot13700497.jpg

Yes it is, here's a capture from Fox 51 WOGX in Gainesville/Ocala, FL. Not only is it HD like it is in Orland, it's the same exact newscast as the one they show on Fox 35 in orlando

Thanks, cmc; that makes it official now. All of Fox's O-and-Os now do local news in HD (at least from the studio).

Add KOLN/KGIN Lincoln/Grand Island, Nebraska to the HD News arena:

http://www.1011now.com/home/headlines/52883667.html

(Of course they need to update their web content to have the right aspect ratio...)

Jim

• CBS affiliates KOLN (Lincoln-Hastings-Kearney, NE) and KGIN (North Platte, NE) -- 10/11 -- removed from the Not HD News list and added to the Local Over-the-air HDTV News Stations (http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?p=14618838#post14618838) table.

Finally, WHAS 11 in Louisville is doing the news in HD. That's two now.

• WHAS (ABC; Louisville, KY) added to the Local Over-the-air HDTV News Stations (http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?p=14618838#post14618838) table.

Does anyone have a picture of WHAS in HD?

News from WHNT in Huntsville actually isn't in HD. It's 16:9 SD.

• WHNT moved to the Not HD News list at the end. No HD news for Huntsville! (Taking your word for it -- but Wikipedia seems to verify it.)

Does anyone have a picture of WHAS in HD?

http://img199.imageshack.us/img199/2443/snapshot14048832q.jpg

full size at http://img199.imageshack.us/img199/4770/snapshot14048832.jpg

^^ Maybe it was the way it was captured, but that looks like 16:9 SD to me.

Agreed. The large black bars on the sides are fairly reliable indicators of upconversion as well.

• WHNT moved to the Not HD News list at the end. No HD news for Huntsville! (Taking your word for it -- but Wikipedia seems to verify it.)

Yeah, I wish we had some HD news. :(

WHNT brands it as "Digital Widescreen"

Finally, WHAS 11 in Louisville is doing the news in HD. That's two now.
It's starting to look like I should've added WHAS to the Not HD News list instead of the main list. Fortunately for Louisville, WAVE does broadcast its local news in high definition (says Wikipedia).

^^ Maybe it was the way it was captured, but that looks like 16:9 SD to me.

It's HD, sorry I just don't have a good capture card, again as I posted before in this thread

It's HD, sorry I just don't have a good capture card, again as I posted before in this threadOkay, but how are we to interpret the big vertical black bar on the left and the smaller vertical black bar on the right of your screen?

Where is the list?

The link to the list: Local Over-the-air HDTV News Stations (http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?p=14618838#post14618838)

It's repeated every once in a while; the last mention was 12 posts back.

I was viewing last night with the iPhone and had trouble finding it.

WGHP Greensboro/High Point/Winston-Salem began 16:9 news (not HD) September 13, 2009.
The quote's from the thread The Official AVS HDTV Programming Synopsis - Summer 2009! -- so the original post will be purged eventually.

• WGHP, Greensboro/High Point/Winston-Salem (Piedmont Triad), NC added to the Not HD News list.

Saw that WOAI-TV NBC in San Antonio, Tx went hd.

Saw that WOAI-TV NBC in San Antonio, Tx went hd.

Here's the official announcement of it, from that station's web site:

http://www.woai.com/content/dtv/story/News-4-WOAI-is-now-in-high-definition/Fl8beBkhKkmtiNubHKDljg.cspx

• WOAI (NBC; San Antonio, TX) added to the Local Over-the-air HDTV News Stations (http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?p=14618838#post14618838) table.

Add KAUT/43/MNT/Oklahoma City to the list of stations, S.V.P.

News is provided by KFOR (9pm and 7-9am) and appears in "Glorious HD" as the anchor on the morning show stated...

Looks pretty good!

Jim

Add the following Oklahoma Educational Television Authority stations to the list of HD News- Carrying the nightly Oklahoma News Report (Statewide newscast):

KETA/13/PBS Oklahoma City
KOED/11/PBS Tulsa
KOET/3/PBS Eufaula (Tulsa Market)
KWET/12/PBS Cheyenne (Oklahoma City Market)

"Carrying Oklahoma's only statewide newscast in High Definition, this is the Oklahoma News Report"
Jim

5 stations added to the Local Over-the-air HDTV News Stations (http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?p=14618838#post14618838) table:


DMA City State MNTV Others
--- -------------- ----- ---- ------
45 Oklahoma City OK KAUT PBS:KETA
61 Tulsa OK PBS:KOED,KOET
198 Cheyenne WY PBS:KWET

5 stations added to the Local Over-the-air HDTV News Stations (http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?p=14618838#post14618838) table:


DMA City State MNTV Others
--- -------------- ----- ---- ------
45 Oklahoma City OK KAUT PBS:KETA
61 Tulsa OK PBS:KOED,KOET
198 Cheyenne WY PBS:KWET


KWET serves west-central and southwestern Oklahoma (plus part of the eastern Texas panhandle), not Cheyenne, Wyoming, according to Wikipedia.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oklahoma_Educational_Television_Authority

KWET serves west-central and southwestern Oklahoma (plus part of the eastern Texas panhandle), not Cheyenne, Wyoming, according to Wikipedia.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oklahoma_Educational_Television_Authority

KWET is licensed to Cheyenne, alright...Cheyenne, Oklahoma. Who knew?

Okay, I've moved KWET from the line for Cheyenne, WY to the line for Oklahoma City, OK. (Even though Cheyenne, OK, is close to the Texas border and probably gets Amarillo stations, it's officially in the Oklahoma City DMA.)

The line for Cheyenne, WY (the 198th DMA) had to be deleted; it evidently has no HD news.

Here's a very helpful U.S. DMA map, with links to individual DMA maps where the counties are labeled:
http://www.truckads.com/licensed_affiliates1.asp#usamap

Thanks for the link - it's definitely one to bookmark. I had found another map, but no county listings, so I was playing the "find the city, find the county, look at the shape of the county and match it to the other map..."

Jim

Thanks. That validates my decision to add the same DMA-map link near the top of the Local Over-the-air HDTV News Stations (http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?p=14618838#post14618838) post.

WKRC Cincinnati switches to HD news tonight at 11.

http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20090927/ENT/909270335/1175/Local+Media++Director+needs+home+movies

Broadcasting local news in 16:9 not HD to the Scranton, PA area, are WNEP-TV and WOLF-TV.

• WKRC (CBS; Cincinnati, OH) added to the Local Over-the-air HDTV News Stations (http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?p=14618838#post14618838) table.
• WNEP and WOLF (Scranton, PA) added to the Not HD News list list at the end.

WMUR (ABC) in Manchester, NH has no HD local news yet. Not sure why they don't, their sister station in Boston (WCVB which is also ABC) broadcasts local news in HD.

KBJR (NBC affiliate) and KDLH (CBS affiliate) in Duluth, MN do their 10 PM newscast in EDTV (16:9 NON-HD).

Syzygy it would be interesting and helpful if you included in those list of stations
and indicate weither or not they do LIVE ENG Reports

for example here in chicago WLS-TV ABC affiliate is only station who is doing live ENG news reports from the field.. but not all the time.. I heard they only have a limited quanity of HD Cameras in the field right now..

All of the other news stations in chicago are only doing SD 16x9 at this time
with the execption of WGN which is doing SD 4x3 from the field

That would be a big job, I think. Ideally, we'd have to distinguish between true HD (of varying quality), widescreen SD and 4:3 SD. Stations mix these things together, so some members might want to see a percentage of in-the-field HD, and live vs. canned. Finally, things change rapidly in this arena.

BTW, WTF is ENG?

• KBJR and KDLH (Duluth, MN) added to the Not HD News list.

BTW, WTF is ENG?
Electronic News Gathering, aka live shots from outside the studio.

You can add KSBW (NBC) Salinas, California to the NO HDTV NEWS list.
All they offer is barf-o-vision. Does not really matter as most of the news casters will not benifit from HD, Britney Nielson being the exception.

• KSBW (Monterey-Salinas-Santa Cruz, CA) added to the Not HD News list.

KHQ, NBC's Spokane, WA, affiliate, is now broadcasting local news in HD (at least from the studio). The station says so on this web page:

http://www.khq.com/Global/story.asp?S=7194924

• KHQ (NBC; Spokane, WA) added to the Local Over-the-air HDTV News Stations (http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?p=14618838#post14618838) table.

KMPH Fox 26 in Fresno California is now doing its news in HD.

http://www.kmph.com/Global/story.asp?S=11236866

• KMPH (Fox; Fresno, CA) added to the Local Over-the-air HDTV News Stations (http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?p=14618838#post14618838) table.

WOOD NBC Channel 8 in Grand Rapids, MI is broadcasting local news in HD now.

• WOOD (NBC; Grand Rapids, MI) added to the Local Over-the-air HDTV News Stations (http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?p=14618838#post14618838) table.

According to Wikipedia, WOOD is sister to ABC affiliate WOTV and MyNetworkTV affiliate WXSP-CA. All three stations share studios on College Avenue Southeast in downtown Grand Rapids. Do they have news in HD?

KION and KCBA Monterey-Salinas-Santa Cruz, CA 16:9 NON-HD, even though they say it's HD....

Help! I'm not sure where to place KION and KCBA: HD or Not HD.

Previously, the only stations I was sure were claiming HD but failing to deliver it were Fox O&O affiliates like KMSP in Minnesota. And yet, because they claim HD, they are all in the HD list.

KCBA is a 19.75 kW Fox affiliate (not O&O), while KION is a 46 kW CBS affiliate.

• WOOD (NBC; Grand Rapids, MI) added to the Local Over-the-air HDTV News Stations (http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?p=14618838#post14618838) table.

According to Wikipedia, WOOD is sister to ABC affiliate WOTV and MyNetworkTV affiliate WXSP-CA. All three stations share studios on College Avenue Southeast in downtown Grand Rapids. Do they have news in HD?

WXSP is broadcast on a WOOD subchannel, it is SD only. WOTV simulcasts WOOD news, I'll have to check tonight to see if they are in HD.

Looks like WOOD news is simulcast on WOTV in HD. Some of their camera shots don't look HD, like they are using HD cameras for some shots and old SD cameras for others.

I've just found on Wikipedia that KVEO-TV, the NBC affiliate for Brownsville/Harlingen/McAllen, TX, has been doing local news in HD since October 1, 2007.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KVEO-TV

Also in that same area, ABC affiliate KRGV-TV has been doing local news in HD since September 9 of this year, according to Wikipedia.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KRGV-TV

(Someone mentioned KRGV's news in HD in the Harlingen HDTV thread.)

KVEO just started their news operation, and went "all the way" with HD. I haven't seen it, but need to get down to the valley...

Jim

WOLO (ABC) in Columbia SC has its news partially in HD as of October 5. Specifically, the graphics and the weather segments are in HD. Studio footage is in widescreen SD, and most or all field footage is in 4:3 SD with HD pillarbox bars with logos.

This setup comes about because WOLO's weather and technical operations are based at WCCB in Charlotte NC. The Columbia studio is effectively a "remote" operation (I think), and WOLO's weather segments originate in WCCB's studio. WCCB has had its news in HD for about a year.

Also add KNVA/54/CW in Austin, TX as HD; new newscast done by KXAN, users in Austin verified that it's HD.

Added to the Local Over-the-air HDTV News Stations (http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?p=14618838#post14618838) table:
• KCBA (Fox; Monterey-Salinas, CA) -- HDdude24
• KION (CBS; Monterey-Salinas, CA) -- HDdude24
• KNVA (CW; Austin, TX) -- compubit
• KRGV (ABC; Brownsville-McAllen-Harlingen, TX) -- mbclev
• KVEO (NBC; Brownsville-McAllen-Harlingen, TX) -- mbclev, compubit
• WOLO (ABC; Columbia, SC) -- jtbell
• WOTV (ABC; Grand Rapids, MI) -- vando45

The Columbia, Brownsville and Monterey DMAs (see map: Designated Market Areas (http://www.truckads.com/licensed_affiliates1.asp#usamap)) are new to the HD list.

I added KCBA, KION, WOOD and WOTV to the HD list because they claim HD, even if they may not deliver the required minimum of at least 720p resolution. I'm following a precedent established for KMSP in Minneapolis and several other Fox O&O stations. They all will probably get their acts together sooner or later. And I added WOLO because it's partially in HD. (Some HD is better than no HD, yes?)

Regarding KVEO, there seems to be a slight disagreement between mbclev/Wikipedia (they've been doing local news in HD since October 1, 2007) and compubit (they've just started their news operation). Nonetheless, I believe it's HD.

To clarify - the "just started their news operation" is relative to the other 2 stations that have had news in the market (since the . The station has been on the air for years, but no news in the recent era (apparently when they first started, but I haven't found any old TV Guide listings to confirm that). I do remember the discussions about being HD from the bottom up (since they had to build the infrastructure essentially from scratch). I fully suspect that the HD infrastructure and being the only HD newscast in the market for 2+ years may have helped keep it on the air (plus I don't know what NBC is currently doing to encourage it's affiliates to broadcast news...).

I know that when I'm on an HD TV, if there's a choice between HD and non-HD, HD usually wins.

Jim

... I know that when I'm on an HD TV, if there's a choice between HD and non-HD, HD usually wins.
True for me as well. But even when I'm forced to view the SD version of an HD program (because I'm using my HR10-250), it looks better than it used to when it was SD all the way.

WLKY-32 in Louisville is doing the news in HD

• WLKY (CBS; Louisville, KY) added to the Local Over-the-air HDTV News Stations (http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?p=14618838#post14618838) table.

CLTV is now produced in HD from the studios of WGN-TV. Look for a future launch of CLTV HD in your area, and call your cable operator to ask for CLTV in HD.

http://weblogs.cltv.com/news/local/chicago/2009/08/cltv_in_hd.html

I'm putting in a dispute on WHAS and WLKY in Louisville... Both are widescreen, but:

WHAS - picture looks like SD and graphics have blocking artifacts reminiscent of upconversion of a SD signal. When changing between 4pm program (Oprah) and 5pm news, was able to see the "switch" of the graphics from 4:3 to 16:9 - looks like the newscast opening graphics are 4:3 stretch-o-vision... Also, in a promo for tonight's programming, they mention that the ABC programs are in HD (including "HD" by the program name), but the 11pm news does not have HD beside the program name, and no mention of HD for the newscast. HD programming, though, looks great. BTW, Oprah was in SD (apparently no HD timeshifting...)

WLKY - another case where they appear to be planning (16:9 widescreen), but resolution is definitely SD... No mention of HD in the newscast (WAVE 3 has "HD" in their animated bug...). CBS HD looks great on their signal.

WDRB may be heading that direction, since their weathercast is using "HD" in the descriptions, but still an SD signal (not widescreen).

I bet HD is close in Louisville, but isn't quite there yet.

Jim

• WHAS and WLKY in Louisville added to the Not HD News list and removed from the main table in Local Over-the-air HDTV News Stations (http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?p=14618838#post14618838).

KGMB (CBS) Honolulu goes HD with it's newscast on Monday 10/26.

KGMB, KHNL(NBC) and KFVE(MyNet) are merging news operations out of KHNL's studios, already HD, but will use KGMB's talent(mostly) for the newscast.

CBS O&O WJZ in Baltimore finally has HD news, joining WBFF and WBAL.

• CBS stations KGMB in Honolulu & WJZ in Baltimore added to the Local Over-the-air HDTV News Stations (http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?p=14618838#post14618838) table.

Might it be worth tracking which stations are still doing the news in SD? Perhaps the list could be color-coded to indicate status and highlight which stations are lagging behind the rest of the market. Default for those in HD, yelllow for 16:9 SD, red for 4:3 SD, no listing for those with no news at all.

5 Dallas-Ft.Worth TX WFAA KTVT KDFW KXAS KDAF KTXA
6 San Francisco CA KGO KPIX KTVU KNTV KRON KICU

Might it be worth tracking which stations are still doing the news in SD? Perhaps the list could be color-coded to indicate status and highlight which stations are lagging behind the rest of the market. Default for those in HD, yelllow for 16:9 SD, red for 4:3 SD, no listing for those with no news at all.


FWIW, yellow doesn't show well on my display.

FWIW, yellow doesn't show well on my display.
Get a better display.

Get a better display.

Probably not his display, using the forum default skin the yellow is very hard to see. I'm guessing you're using one of the alternate skins.

Probably not his display, using the forum default skin the yellow is very hard to see. I'm guessing you're using one of the alternate skins.
Yep, I use the black skin.

Black skin here too. Maybe skip the yellow and go with italics for 16:9 SD.

5 Dallas-Ft.Worth TX WFAA KTVT KDFW KXAS KDAF KTXA
6 San Francisco CA KGO KPIX KTVU KNTV KRON KICU

(Birmingham, Al) WBRC Fox 6 owned by Raycom Media is going HD today at 5. There also getting a new set.

WGNO (ABC 26) NEW ORLEANS has hd news.

Yep, I use the black skin.Most people use the forum default. Yellow is difficult to see.

KSPR-DT 19 (33-1), Springfield, MO, begins HD local news on Sunday, 11/01/09.

WGNO (ABC 26) NEW ORLEANS has hd news.

If 'GNO is HD, it's some of the worst HD I've ever seen. Parts of it do appear HD (graphics, e.g.), but live studio shots at times (more often than not to me) are questionable, and recorded field packages definitely not. I also wonder why 'GNO doesn't promo the fact either on TV or online that they are in HD (I understand that WVUE doesn't either, and they're definitely HD). They are widescreen, however.

Get a better display.

I know others have made a more reasonable response to you, but there is nothing wrong with my display. But if you'd like to make a gift....

(Birmingham, Al) WBRC Fox 6 owned by Raycom Media is going HD today at 5. -- energy812

WGNO (ABC 26) NEW ORLEANS has hd news. -- dennispap

If 'GNO is HD, it's some of the worst HD I've ever seen. Parts of it do appear HD (e.g., graphics) -- CharlieB-oz

Added to the Local Over-the-air HDTV News Stations (http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?p=14618838#post14618838) table:
• WBRC (Fox; Birmingham, AL)
• WGNO (ABC; New Orleans, LA)

Unfortunately, a lot of stations are claiming HD news when it's only the graphics that are HD. (There's a caveat about that at the top of the above-linked post.)

If 'GNO is HD, it's some of the worst HD I've ever seen.

As you suspected, WGNO does *not* have HD news. For whatever reason, a lot of people are fooled by the widescreen SD.

Might it be worth tracking which stations are still doing the news in SD? Perhaps the list could be color-coded to indicate HD, 16:9 SD, or 4:3 SD, with no listing for those with no news at all.
That's fine with me, if you'd like to take on that task. In fact, it's a great idea.

Back in September 2008, Ken H (a moderator) asked me if I'd like to assume the responsibility for keeping the HD News post up to date. I accepted because I have a nifty editor that makes it easy to manipulate columns of text, keeping them properly aligned. My editor does not, however, make any allowance at all for manipulating columns of text that contain embedded color-coding sequences.

I've been thinking about the ultimate fate of the HD News post. In the long run, of course, it will be unnecessary and uninteresting because almost all stations will be at least claiming HD news. In the short run, it may be more interesting some day to see a list only of Not HD News, with perhaps a Hall of Shame for the worst-looking SD news and the most egregious false HD claims. But to do that we'd have to start almost from scratch. The Hall of Shame idea might lead to a separate thread where DBSTalkers from around the country can vent about how much their local stations fall short of the HD ideal. ;)

They don't have HD graphics -- they are using standard definition Avid Dekos.
Thanks for your decisive comment. So the graphics are SD.

• WGNO (New Orleans) re-added to the Not HD News list and removed from the main table in Local Over-the-air HDTV News Stations (http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?p=14618838#post14618838).

WOWT (NBC) Omaha has gone partially hd. Their studio shots are HD. Field pieces are still being presented in 4X3 SD.

• WOWT (NBC; Omaha, NE) added to the Local Over-the-air HDTV News Stations (http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?p=14618838#post14618838) table.

KSPR-TV, the ABC affiliate in Springfield, Missouri, is now broadcasting local news programs in High-Definition.

http://www.tvpredictions.com/localhdnews110409.htm

• KSPR (Springfield, MO; ABC) added; seems to be the first HD news station in that DMA.

Syzygy, I just clicked on the DMA map for the Grand Rapids, MI, area, and I think you're going to have a problem for that area on your HD local news list when that region's original ABC affiliate, WZZM, goes HD with its local news. Since I noticed that Battle Creek is included in the area (along with that city's ABC affiliate, WOTV), that gives that region two ABC affiliates. (I was born in Muskegon, MI, and had grandparents who used to live there, so I remember WZZM.)

I guess the best solution will be to create (if and when needed) a second line for DMA #39:

39 Grand Rapids MI (197,800 people in 2000)
39 Battle Creek MI (53,364 people in 2000)

Syzygy, I just found on Wikipedia that KATU, Portland, Oregon's ABC affiliate, started doing local news in HD on August 17.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KATU

I've also found that WXIN, Indianapolis' Fox affiliate, started doing HD local news on November 9.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WXIN_(TV)

Thanks, MB. Added:
• KlaATU ;) (Portland, OR; ABC)
• WXIN (Indianapolis, IN; Fox)

Sorry to dig up an old topic, but I got news on the Connecticut (Hartford/New Haven) market.

According to the wikipedia article ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WTIC-TV ) for the stations; WTIC & WTXX will begin HD local news on December 12. (WTXX broadcasts WTIC's news, as both stations are operated under the same roof.) I'll tune in that day to see if it happens and report back here.

WITI Milwaukee began 720p HD news Dec 5th.

Added to the Local Over-the-air HDTV News Stations (http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?p=14618838#post14618838) table:
• WITI (Milwaukee, WI; Fox) -- foxeng
• WTIC (Hartford-New Haven, CT; Fox) -- Spyne
• WTXX (Hartford-New Haven, CT; CW) -- Spyne

4 Preparing For HD Local Newscasts - 12/11 - DCRTV hears that construction on a new high-definition control room at Channel 4/WRC will begin in January, allowing the NBC station to join DC TV news rivals 5, 7, and 9 by offering HD local newscasts by spring 2010. We're told that there's a new digital router already at 4001 Nebraska Avenue ready to be installed. It's expected to be on the air sometime in March or April.....

http://www.dcrtv.com/

WTIC & WTXX (Hartford-New Haven, CT) is now officially HD with their local news. I'm watching their first HD newscast right now (10pm), and it looks awesome. It's also worth noting that even though WVIT was the first here to go HD, WTIC/WTXX is the first go to "full HD" meaning both their studio and field cameras are in HD. (WVIT's cameras are HD in-studio, but 16:9 SD in the field.)

KXTV ABC Sacramento plans to go live with HD news on the December 16th with up-converted graphics but new HD weather systems.
• KXTV (Sacramento, CA; ABC) added to the Local Over-the-air HDTV News Stations (http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?p=14618838#post14618838) table.

• KXTV (Sacramento, CA; ABC) added to the Local Over-the-air HDTV News Stations (http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?p=14618838#post14618838) table.

According to that station's web site (http://www.news10.net), their news will go HD at 11 P.M., Pacific time, tonight.

ABC affiliate WZZM 13 in Grand Rapids, Michigan went HD yesterday.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ozeo2qQ1oIk&hd=1

Intresting since you arleady have a ABC affiliate in the same market already with HD news (WOTV).

• WZZM (Grand Rapids, MI; ABC) added to the Local Over-the-air HDTV News Stations (http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?p=14618838#post14618838) table.
(Just as I said I might, back on 11-05-09, in answer to a comment by mbclev, I've added a second line in the table for WOTV in Battle Creek.)

Syzygy, I think you'd better exchange WOTV with WZZM in the HD news list, so that those call letters are in their correct cities. (WZZM is in Grand Rapids, and WOTV is in Battle Creek.)

Syzygy, I think you'd better exchange WOTV with WZZM...
Thanks. It is done.

I've just found on Wikipedia that KPTV, Portland, Oregon's Fox affiliate, has been doing news in 16:9 SD widescreen since June 5, 2007.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KPTV

• KPTV (Portland, OR) added to the Not HD News list.

KDBC - CBS affiliate in El Paso, Tx, has gone hd. They went hd when their news operations merged with KTSM the areas NBC affiliate who was already showing news in hd.


http://www.kdbc.com/

You can remove WOLF-TV from the not HD 16:9 EDTV list. They have gone backwards to 4:3 SD after losing their news production deal with WNEP-TV. WBRE is now producing WOLF's 10 o'clock news and their technology is stuck in the last decade:rolleyes:

• KDBC (El Paso, TX; CBS) added to the Local Over-the-air HDTV News Stations (http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?p=14618838#post14618838) table.
• WOLF (Scranton, PA) removed from the Not HD News list.

New Chopper For 11 - 12/24 - A DCRTVer tells us that Baltimore's Channel 11/WBAL will debut its new "SkyTeam 11 HD Chopper" in January.....


http://dcrtv.com/

As a transplanted Baltimorean, I'm happy to see they'll have an HD Chopper. ;)

WFMY, Greensboro is producing 16:9 widescreen SD news. Not HD.

• WFMY (Greensboro/High Point/Winston-Salem, NC) added to the Not HD News list.

KTXL (Sacramento, CA; FOX) started HD news tonight. HD cameras, HD local stories, HD live shots, HD graphics, HD weather.

• KTXL (Sacramento, CA; Fox) added to the Local Over-the-air HDTV News Stations (http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?p=14618838#post14618838) table.

KTXL (Sacramento, CA; FOX) started HD news tonight. HD cameras, HD local stories, HD live shots, HD graphics, HD weather.

That makes the Sacramento-Stockton market the 13th or 14th in the nation to have all its local newscasts in HD, at least from the studio. (I still don't know if WPCW in Pittsburgh has its newscasts in HD [its sister station, KDKA, converted several months ago, and when I was in the Pittsburgh area in June, I did not see a mention of WPCW's news being in HD]; that's why I say "13th or 14th".)

WFOR (CBS) in Miami has finally gone HD. Now all local news in Miami is in HD. Its about time.

WFOR (CBS) in Miami has finally gone HD. Now all local news in Miami is in HD. Its about time.

According to Wikipedia, WFOR's MyTV sister station, WBFS, is getting local news in HD along with WFOR.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WFOR-TV

I've also found on Wikipedia that the San Francisco Bay Area's CW affiliate, KBCW, also airs local news in HD, leaving MyTV affiliate KRON as the only English-language SD holdout in that area.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KBCW_(TV)

With WFOR and WBFS's conversions, that leaves only WPCW in Pittsburgh as the only CBS-owned station doing local news, so far as I know, that doesn't do local news in HD.

You can also add Miami's CW affiliate, WSFL, to the local news in HD list. (They converted when WTVJ converted in 2008.)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WSFL-TV

Also, WLWT, Cincinnati's NBC affiliate, started doing news in 16:9 SD widescreen on January 20. (This has also been mentioned on the Cincinnati HDTV thread.)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WLWT

• WFOR, WBFS and WSFL (Miami-Ft.Lauderdale, FL) and KBCW (San Francisco, CA) added to the main HDTV News table.
• WLWT, Cincinnati, OH added to the Not HD News list at the bottom of that post.

Thanks to mbclev for his (?) assiduous research, which turned up dozens of additions (it seems to me) to the Local Over-the-air HDTV News Stations (http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?p=14618838#post14618838) table for which I'm responsible. Thanks also to Mike4HDTV for setting in motion this latest batch of additions.

NBC affiliate WYFF is suppose to start broadcasting in 16:9 SD today.

• WYFF, Greenville, SC added to the Not HD News list.

I must correct myself on an earlier post. I've noticed that the Minneapolis-St. Paul area has all its stations doing local news in HD, so the number of markets where all the English-language newscasts are in HD I think should be 14 or 15 (again, I'm still waiting to hear if WPCW in Pittsburgh went HD along with KDKA). My apologies for what I said then, and maybe now if I'm not right this time.

And Syzygy, you got the "his" right.

You can now add West Palm Beach, FL's Fox affiliate, WFLX, to the HD local news list. (They went HD when CBS affiliate WPEC upgraded.)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WFLX

Also, Jacksonville, FL's "First Coast News" simulcast of WTLV (NBC) and WJXX (ABC) is now in HD.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WTLV
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WJXX

Added to the Local Over-the-air HDTV News Stations (http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?p=14618838#post14618838) table:
• WFLX (Fox) of West Palm Beach, FL
• WJXX (ABC) and WTLV (NBC) of Jacksonville, FL

I've just seen on the Springfield/Joplin, MO HDTV thread that Springfield's NBC affiliate, KYTV (KY3) went HD with their local news yesterday.

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=272222&page=153

• KYTV (NBC) of Springfield, MO added to the Local Over-the-air HDTV News Stations (http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?p=14618838#post14618838) table.

(Thanks, mbclev. We've managed to get this entry into the table only 13 hours after the station's first HD news broadcast ended.)

Gainesville ABC affiliate WCJB now broadcasting local news in high def.

Gainesville ABC affiliate WCJB now broadcasting local news in high def.

In this case, it's Gainesville, FL. (WCJB has been doing HD news since January 9, according to Wikipedia.)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WCJB-TV

• WCJB (ABC) of Gainesville, FL added to the Local Over-the-air HDTV News Stations (http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?p=14618838#post14618838) table.

WTEV 47 (CBS) and WAWS 30 (FOX) lit up their HD cameras between yesterday and today.

WTLV 12 (NBC) and WJXX 25 (ABC) are supposed to light up later today.

WJCT (Ind) lit up late last year.

• WJCT (PBS), WTEV (CBS) and WAWS (FOX) of Jacksonville, FL, added to the Local Over-the-air HDTV News Stations (http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?p=14618838#post14618838) table:

According to Wikipedia, WTEV and WAWS share an entire news department, and Action News on WTEV and WAWS began broadcasting in high definition yesterday.

On 27 Jan, mbclev reported WTLV and WJXX (sharing studios near Jacksonville Municipal Stadium, according to Wikipedia) were already doing HD news as a simulcast; could be he jumped the gun a little.

• WJCT (PBS), WTEV (CBS) and WAWS (FOX) of Jacksonville, FL, added to the Local Over-the-air HDTV News Stations (http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?p=14618838#post14618838) table:

According to Wikipedia, WTEV and WAWS share an entire news department, and Action News on WTEV and WAWS began broadcasting in high definition yesterday.

On 27 Jan, mbclev reported WTLV and WJXX (sharing studios near Jacksonville Municipal Stadium, according to Wikipedia) were already doing HD news as a simulcast; could be he jumped the gun a little.

WTLV and WJXX may have just been testing. The Jacksonville Times Union said they will begin local HD broadcasts for the 5:30 PM news. I know for sure they haven't been broadcasting HD as late as yesterday.

WTLV and WJXX may have just been testing. The Jacksonville Times Union said they will begin local HD broadcasts for the 5:30 PM news. I know for sure they haven't been broadcasting HD as late as yesterday.

Both are doing HD news today. Just checked.

WTLV and WJXX have now lit up their HD cameras.

Also, I fat fingered the list. It was WJXT (Ind) that started HD local newscasts last year.

I haven't any information when our PBS station (WJCT) will start local broadcast.

So, now all local stations that do newscasts are in HD.

KETV (ABC) in the Omaha DMA can be added to the not HD list. They launched 16x9 widescreen newscasts today.

Did a rundown of the South Carolina Stations, these all can be added to the not HD list:
WBTW- CBS affiliate, Florence/Myrtle Beach
WFXB- FOX affiliate, Florence/Myrtle Beach
WACH- FOX affiliate, Columbia

Oh and WILM-LD, CBS can be added to the HD list for Wilmington, NC. It simulcasts WRAL's news.

Re: Local Over-the-air HDTV News Stations (http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?p=14618838#post14618838)
• WJCT (PBS) of Jacksonville, FL removed from the main table.
• WILM (CBS) of Wilmington, NC added to the main table.

Added to the Not HD News list:
• KETV (ABC) of Omaha, NE
• WACH (Fox) of Columbia, SC
• WBTW (CBS) and WFXB (Fox) of Myrtle Beach/Florence, SC

My CBS affiliate is in HD.

So where are you, dan_o_00? Wisconsin has 3 DMAs all its own, and shares 3 more with Minnesota, plus 2 more with Michigan's Upper Peninsula. The station's call letters would be nice.

And is your CBS affiliate's local news in HD, or is it just your CBS affiliate that's in HD?

And is your CBS affiliate's local news in HD, or is it just your CBS affiliate that's in HD?

Well, in the Madison DMA, the CBS affiliate has been HD news for quite a while now. Report to this thread ages ago. So, it can't be Madison.

Fox 8 (WVUE) and ABC 26 (WGNO) in New orleans are HD while WWL and WDSU are not. I'm in NOLA today and I'll check to see if the CW 38's news is in HD since their news is done by ABC 26

WXII Winston-Salem/Greensboro/High Point NC just began 16:9 SD widescreen news.

• WXII (NBC) added to the Not HD News list.

Fox 8 (WVUE) and ABC 26 (WGNO) in New orleans are HD while WWL and WDSU are not. I'm in NOLA today and I'll check to see if the CW 38's news is in HD since their news is done by ABC 26
Unless they changed yesterday, WGNO does not have local HD news-merely 16X9 widescreen. WVUE, the only New Orleans station with local HD news, has been broadcasting with studio HD since April, 2007. They now have HD field recorded reports, HD weather, and HD news and program promos.

We have a local news from Time Warner Cable called News14 Carolina, and they say it is HD. I was in the Time Warner office last week, and they had a decent Sony HDTV with the channel on, and it looked horrible. So not sure if it really is in HD.

We have a local news from Time Warner Cable called News14 Carolina, and they say it is HD. I was in the Time Warner office last week, and they had a decent Sony HDTV with the channel on, and it looked horrible. So not sure if it really is in HD.
HD is unlikely. Wikipedia's News 14 Carolina article (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/News_14_Carolina) says:

"In 2004, Belo Corp. ended its partnership, forcing the Charlotte operation to cut costs by moving administrative, production and master control jobs to Raleigh and closing the Salisbury and Gastonia bureaus, resulting in the loss of about 50 jobs."

I must correct myself on an earlier post. I've noticed that the Minneapolis-St. Paul area has all its stations doing local news in HD, so the number of markets where all the English-language newscasts are in HD I think should be 14 or 15 again. My apologies for what I said then, and maybe now if I'm not right this time.


That's correct, KARE (NBC) had been HD for many years, then last year boom! FOX (KMSP), ABC (KSTP) and CBS (WCCO) went HD.
In my humble opinion CBS is the most stunning picture quality followed closely by KARE then FOX and ABC a distant forth. Oh I guess KSTC (IND.) also has a local HD news broadcast(1hr early) and share the studio with KSTP(ABC), both owned by Hubbard Broadcasting.
WFTC(MyTv) used to have a 9pm(1hr early) HD news broadcast(I think?? it was HD before it shutoff, shared with KMSP(FOX)) but dropped it last year.
AFIK WUCW(CW) has never had a local(or any) newscast.

Looks like News 14 Carolina is in 16x9 SD, the way NY1 was before it switched to full high definition.

• News 14 Carolina (TWC), Charlotte, Raleigh, Greensboro, and Wilmington, NC added to the Not HD News list at the end of the Local Over-the-air HDTV News Stations (http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?p=14618838#post14618838) post.

Network affiliations added to the 36 other Not HD News stations; this list is now ordered by primary city rather than by station call letters.

Colorado Springs:
-KKTV, CBS affiliate, started HD newscasts in October 2009.

• KKTV (CBS) of Colorado Springs, CO added to the Local Over-the-air HDTV News Stations (http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?p=14618838#post14618838) table.

Here are some more HD stations.

KREX (CBS Grand Junction)
KMEX (Univison Los Angeles)
KOHD (ABC) and KTVZ (NBC) from Bend, OR
KTWO (ABC Cheyenne)

Also, NECN (New England Cable News) is now in HD, but I'm not sure where that would go, because it could technically apply to the Boston, Providence, Hartford, Springfield, Part of Albany, Portland, Bangor, Presque Isle, and Burlington markets, though it is based in Boston.

• Five English-language stations (including NECN) and one Spanish-language station added to the Local Over-the-air HDTV News Stations (http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?p=14618838#post14618838) table.

I'm putting "Comcast:NECN" in Boston (under Others) because of this from Wikipedia: "New England Cable News maintains a remote camera in the Boston Globe building in the Dorchester section of Boston as well as a camera in the television studio of Suffolk University in downtown Boston."

Interestingly, the three DMAs (184 Grand Junction, CO; 192 Bend, OR; and 198 Cheyenne, WY) containing the 4 new English-language stations are the three smallest DMAs with HD local news -- except for 209 North Platte, NE.

From The Official AVS HDTV Programming Synopsis - Winter 2010!
Here are some additions for the HD locals:

#2 (Los Angeles): KMEX (Univision)
#7 (Boston): NECN (New England Cable News)
---I'm not sure how exactly to put this one, because it could technically apply ---to markets 7, 30, 53, 57, 77, 94, 154, and 205, though it is based in Boston.
#184 (Grand Junction, CO): KREX (CBS)
#189 (Bend, OR): KOHD (ABC) and KTVZ (NBC)
#196 (Casper, WY): KTWO (ABC)
bg02445, I see you have different DMA ordinals for Bend and Cheyenne. Mine are based on a table released in 2008 by The Nielsen Company. If you found a more recent table online, would you please point me to it?

FYI, Nielsen updates the markets every year.

FYI, Nielsen updates the markets every year.
I knew that. But a month or two ago I couldn't find the 2009 list using Google. I just Googled "189 Bend" and found no DMA list.

Maybe Nielsen wants everyone to pay them for the list now. :(

[Edit] Never mind, I found a 2009-10 list by Googling for "189 Bend" DMA -- http://www.tdga.org/bm~doc/2010-television-salary-survey-overview-report.pdf -- "All information is copyrighted and its use for any purposes beyond that of the individual members is prohibited without the expressed written consent of TDGA."

By Googling for "188 Laredo" "189 Bend" dma, I also found non-copyrighted copies of the 2009-10 DMA list at tvimedia.com:
http://www.tvimedia.com/_data/docs/lineups/ati_masters_1_10.pdf
http://www.tvimedia.com/_data/docs/lineups/ati_cupidsfunniestmoments_2_10.pdf

Here you go: http://www.tvjobs.com/cgi-bin/markets/market2.cgi

Here you go: http://www.tvjobs.com/cgi-bin/markets/market2.cgi
That's the best table I've seen; there are no embedded headers and the format is very accessible.

Still, there's that © 1994-2010 Broadcast Employment Services. All rights reserved.

I think I may have it wrong, putting KTWO in Cheyenne rather than Casper.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KTWO-TV says:
KTWO-TV is the ABC affiliate for most of the state of Wyoming. It is licensed to Casper ... It is also available ... on the digital subcarrier of Cheyenne Fox affiliate KLWY and a network of UHF translators across the state.

Should I move KTWO to Casper?
Should I add KLWY (for its subcarrier) in Cheyenne?

Still, there's that © 1994-2010 Broadcast Employment Services. All rights reserved.
They don't have a copyright on that information, just the site itself.

I think I may have it wrong, putting KTWO in Cheyenne rather than Casper.


Should I move KTWO to Casper?
Should I add KLWY (for its subcarrier) in Cheyenne?

KTWO is based in Casper; KLWY is in Cheyenne, but the digital channel for KTWO on KLWY is only 480i..., so "Yes" and then "No" :-)

Jim

I've just found on Wikipedia that Richmond, VA's Fox affiliate, WRLH, converted its local news to HD when WWBT did.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WRLH-TV

I've also found a Buffalo News blog (on the Buffalo HDTV thread) that NBC affiliate WGRZ is now doing their news in 16:9 SD widescreen.

http://blogs.buffalonews.com/talkintv/2010/02/channel-2-news-picture-will-be-changing.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WGRZ

A slight update for the Hartford-New Haven, CT market.

WVIT (NBC) has been HD since July 2009, but not full HD. Basically meaning that only the studio cameras are in HD, but the field cameras are 16:9 SD. It seems more recently they are slowing getting HD footage from the field, labeling it "HD on scene". I emailed WVIT to see if all field cameras will soon be HD, and I'll report here when/if I get a reply.

WTNH (ABC)/WCTX (MNTV) has not transitioned yet to HD (still 4:3 SD), but I discovered information that HD newscasts are in the works. Some of you may have heard there have been anchor changes recently at WTNH (some promotions and demotions) to try to compete better in the market. But the article I read about it mentioned that it's preparing for HD broadcasts as well. I emailed WTNH to try and get more information, and I got this reply:

Good morning,

Yes, we are in the process of updating all the components
to HD equipments so we can deliver an HD broadcast. I do not have a
specific date but we are hoping it will happen very soon.

Regards,

Judi Mickmac
Program Manager
WTNH-TV/WCTX-TV
203.784.8944

So if I were to make a prediction, it'll be sometime this year in 2010 we'll see WTNH/WCTX go HD. Like I said, I'll update this post when/if I get a reply from WVIT about my question.

• WVIT (NBC), in the heart of the Hartford-New Haven DMA, added to the Local Over-the-air HDTV News Stations (http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?p=14618838#post14618838) table. (Even if only the studio cameras are in HD, the station has "HD news" as far as this table is concerned.)
• KTWO (ABC) moved to Casper from Cheyenne.
• WGRZ (NBC) in Buffalo added to Not HD News.

All DMA ordinals in the two 'code' tables have been updated to match Nielsen's 2009-10 list.

A slight update for the Hartford-New Haven, CT market.

WVIT (NBC) has been HD since July 2009, but not full HD. Basically meaning that only the studio cameras are in HD, but the field cameras are 16:9 SD. It seems more recently they are slowing getting HD footage from the field, labeling it "HD on scene".

Syzygy, I think this might be the beginning of a new idea. You could start a list of TV stations that have news reports from the field in HD. This list could be formatted like the "Not HD News" list initially, then as the list grows, it could be formatted like the studio HD news list (listed by DMA). (I think ABC affiliate WEWS here in Cleveland was the nation's first station with field reports in HD, although if anyone wants to say otherwise, feel free to do so.)

• News 14 Carolina (TWC), Charlotte, Raleigh, Greensboro, and Wilmington, NC added to the Not HD News list at the end of the Local Over-the-air HDTV News Stations (http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?p=14618838#post14618838) post.

It's also not over-the-air, seeing as it's strictly a cable channel, but I see you've at least identified it as TWC.

Syzygy, I think this might be the beginning of a new idea. You could start a list of TV stations that have news reports from the field in HD. This list could be formatted like the "Not HD News" list initially, then as the list grows, it could be formatted like the studio HD news list (listed by DMA). (I think ABC affiliate WEWS here in Cleveland was the nation's first station with field reports in HD, although if anyone wants to say otherwise, feel free to do so.)
To me it looks like a can of worms. We already have stations in the HD News list that are (or started off) borderline, meaning their studio shots weren't all that sharp.

Now you'd like to discriminate on the basis of the quality of the field reports. You must know that many stations have only some HD field reports, and that their quality varies.

If you'd like to undertake the management of such a list, let me know. (Maybe you'd like to assume the maintenance of the existing lists as well; that'd be fine with me. Ken H asked me if I'd like to do it, and I was honored to accept. If you were to ask him if you could own that post, I'd go along with that too; once your parallel post existed, mine could be deleted.)

If you'd like to undertake the management of such a list, let me know. (Maybe you'd like to assume the maintenance of the existing lists as well; that'd be fine with me. Ken H asked me if I'd like to do it, and I was honored to accept. If you were to ask him if you could own that post, I'd go along with that too; once your parallel post existed, mine could be deleted.)

No thanks. You do a good enough job with your lists as they are. Furthermore, I don't know how to set up tables like you do, and also it's tough to find Wikipedia mentions of TV stations that have field news reports in HD. I just brought up this idea to see if it was a good one.

Add KCEN/6/Temple-Waco, TX to the HD stations. Newscast is advertised as KCEN HD News (nee KCEN 9 News nee NBC 6 News) - and is definitely widescreen (watching a center-cut newscast in SD on cable) - either show a letter-boxed newscast on the SD channel or adjust your shots so that you aren't talking to people that are cut-off the 4x3 screen (and adjust your graphics accordingly...).

Jim

• KCEN (NBC) in Temple added to the Local Over-the-air HDTV News Stations (http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?p=14618838#post14618838) table.

Add WJRT to the 16:9 SD list for Flint, MI. It has been 16:9 since October and as confirmed by the director of engineering, no content is currently produced in HD, other than some graphics.

• WJRT (ABC) in Flint-Saginaw-Bay City, MI added to Not HD News.

Someone in the Springfield/Joplin, MO, HDTV thread said that Springfield's CBS affiliate, KOLR, and Fox affiliate KSFX are both doing 16:9 SD local news.

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showpost.php?p=18284731&postcount=4661

Seattle.

KCPQ (Fox) went HD for studio cameras and weather graphics a few months ago.

I thought KCPQ was still in 16:9 widescreen. They have been in widescreen since April of '09.

I thought KCPQ was still in 16:9 widescreen. They have been in widescreen since April of '09.I am fairly certain they went to HD from the studio in December. But, there's nothing posted on their website.

KMSP's news (Fox 9 in Mpls/St.Paul) finally went HD a year after saying they had already done so (thereby getting themselves into the HD News table). Back then it was a very soft picture, not even "Fox Widescreen." But now they've got a very sharp HD studio picture and acceptable EDTV location shots.

"NOW IN HD" is constantly displayed next to that logo with the rotating foot and cap. Yeah, NOW it's HD. So what was that you were doing for a year, up to now, and which you advertised as HD? :(

I thought KCPQ was still in 16:9 widescreen. They have been in widescreen since April of '09.
I am fairly certain they went to HD from the studio in December. But, there's nothing posted on their website.
I'm assuming until further notice that KCPQ is still in 16:9 widescreen. There seems to be little incentive for them to invest in HD cameras and equipment, as Wikipedia says: "KCPQ will be the only Tribune-owned Fox station without an early evening or midday newscast, after September 21, 2009..."

You be the judge if KCPQ is HD or not.

Upconvert. Graphics don't even look HD.

I'm assuming until further notice that KCPQ is still in 16:9 widescreen. There seems to be little incentive for them to invest in HD cameras and equipment, as Wikipedia says: "KCPQ will be the only Tribune-owned Fox station without an early evening or midday newscast, after September 21, 2009..."

Trib is real big on having their stations do HD from the field. If KCPQ isn't doing HD from the field (including live shots), then based on other Trib stations, they are more than likely still SD widescreen.

Upconvert. Graphics don't even look HD.
Agreed. Nothing in the KCPQ screen shot looks sharp enough to be HD.

Trib is real big on having their stations do HD from the field. If KCPQ isn't doing HD from the field (including live shots), then based on other Trib stations, they are more than likely still SD widescreen.They do five hours of news in the mornings and an hour at 10.

Agreed. Nothing in the KCPQ screen shot looks sharp enough to be HD.I'll ask KCPQ. Seems like a better way to answer the question.

4's HD Local News Coming In Late April

3/30 - More Channel 4/WRC news. Look for the debut of high-def local newscasts on 4 during the last week of April. "Rehearsals are now underway with the new set and control room, they are expected to be ready to go by then," we hear. The switch would make Channel 4 the last of DC's major local TV news operations to go HD.....

http://www.dcrtv.com/

4's HD Local News Coming In Late April

3/30 - More Channel 4/WRC news. Look for the debut of high-def local newscasts on 4 during the last week of April. "Rehearsals are now underway with the new set and control room, they are expected to be ready to go by then," we hear. The switch would make Channel 4 the last of DC's major local TV news operations to go HD.....

http://www.dcrtv.com/


Does that include their sydication shows as well such as Daily Connection? That Lindsay Czarniak is the only reason I watch NBC 10 at 3AM, even in SD

Still, it's kinda said NBC 10 here in Philly has done HD news for two years now and down there WRC-TV 4 can't get their act straight.

WRC is the only major network in the top 12 DMAs without local HD news, and one of only two NBC affiliates without HD news in the top 25 DMAs.

Daily Connection will surely go HD (at least for those of us watching in DC) since it's done right out of WRC's news studio like a news broadcast. And this should also pave the way for Meet the Press to transition sometime in the next couple months as well, since it uses WRC's production facilities as well.

WRC is the only major network in the top 12 DMAs without local HD news, and one of only two NBC affiliates without HD news in the top 25 DMAs.

Daily Connection will surely go HD (at least for those of us watching in DC) since it's done right out of WRC's news studio like a news broadcast. And this should also pave the way for Meet the Press to transition sometime in the next couple months as well, since it uses WRC's production facilities as well.


Can't come soon enough, but unlike NBC 10, I dunno if HD is a good idea for NBC 4 in DC, none of the news anchors are easy on the eyes if you know what I mean,:p

AS for the syndication shows, I think NBC O&O's do a good job with transmitting HD feeds (LXTV out of NBC 4 NY is HD here unlike Daily Connection)

4 Launches HD Local News

4/8 - NBC-owned Channel 4/WRC debuted its high-def local news broadcasts this morning. The station is last of DC's four major TV news operations to provide local HD newscasts. Does that mean that NBC News shows coming from the Washington bureau, also in WRC's building, will also be in HD from now on? A la "Meet The Press" this Sunday? Stay tuned.....

http://www.dcrtv.com/

Rejoice! I have been waiting forever.

4 Launches HD Local News

4/8 - NBC-owned Channel 4/WRC debuted its high-def local news broadcasts this morning. The station is last of DC's four major TV news operations to provide local HD newscasts. Does that mean that NBC News shows coming from the Washington bureau, also in WRC's building, will also be in HD from now on? A la "Meet The Press" this Sunday? Stay tuned.....

http://www.dcrtv.com/

Are you sure, my DVR has the morning broadbast and only the Today Show was in HD.
http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/3360/snapshot18717932.jpg

I'lll set my guide to record the afternoon broadcast and I'll let you know how it is

Daily Connection not HD.

4 PM news in crappy ol' SD, as well. I'm guessing what was seen this morning was nothing more than a brief test of HD.

4 PM news in crappy ol' SD, as well. I'm guessing what was seen this morning was nothing more than a brief test of HD.

Could be, I know here in Philly before NBC 10 launched HD news, they did a variety of tests , including 4:3 HD and theme swaps on the broadcast (I know weird but true!:p) before launching in full blown HD from the new set.

As long as we're on the subject, any word on WMAR ABC 2 going HD for news? Baltimore locals come in for me too so I would be intrested as well

4 Launches HD Local News

Correction: only weather updates during The Today Show were in HD.

http://dcrtv.com/mailbag.html

KMSP's news (Fox 9 in Mpls/St.Paul) finally went HD a year after saying they had already done so (thereby getting themselves into the HD News table). Back then it was a very soft picture, not even "Fox Widescreen." But now they've got a very sharp HD studio picture and acceptable EDTV location shots.

"NOW IN HD" is constantly displayed next to that logo with the rotating foot and cap. Yeah, NOW it's HD. So what was that you were doing for a year, up to now, and which you advertised as HD? :(

Totally agree, it wasn't HD before no matter what they said on the screen. IMO WCCO is still #1 in PQ(except for their poor 4:3 Wx segment) followed closely by KARE(who has the best Wx graphics) and now FOX as a decent #3 alternative. Don't get me started on KSTP who also say they are HD but looks more like Fox used to(basically a 16:9 upconvert). I rarely watch KSTP news because of their poor HD:(

4 PM news in crappy ol' SD, as well. I'm guessing what was seen this morning was nothing more than a brief test of HD.

Correct. It was a test during Today show cut ins. The full blown HD newscast should go full time in 2 weeks.

Their temporary studio looks like something we used in college back in the late 60s.