KTHV in Little Rock, Ark became the first station in Little Rock and all of Arkansas to broadcast local news in HD on December 19, 2010.

• KTHV (CBS) in DMA 56 (Little Rock-Pine Bluff, AR) added to the Local Over-the-air HDTV News Stations (http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?p=14618838#post14618838) table. (Of course, it's a new line in the table. Wikipedia has the info.)

According to Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KCAU-TV), KCAU (ABC) in Sioux City, IA began broadcasting news in HD on November 23.

Through watching a live stream of their 9 PM newscast, I also discovered that KTRV (Fox) in Boise, ID has HD news. I also found a Youtube video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wW9QOqMshhc) showing the plant upgrades made earlier this year to handle HD.

Added to the Local Over-the-air HDTV News Stations (http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?p=14618838#post14618838) table:
• KCAU (ABC) in DMA 149 (Sioux City, IA)
• KTRV (Fox) in DMA 113 (Boise, ID)

According to Wikipedia, wkbw (ABC) in Buffalo started doing newscasts in upconverted HD (aka widescreen ED) in late October 2010.

• wkbw (ABC) in DMA 51 (Buffalo, NY) added to the Local Over-the-air HDTV News Stations (http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?p=14618838#post14618838) table.

• wkbw (ABC) in DMA 51 (Buffalo, NY) added to the Local Over-the-air HDTV News Stations (http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?p=14618838#post14618838) table.

Sorry, I did not check the Wikipedia article for a couple of weeks. Remove wkbw from the list for the time being. Their upconverted HD (ED) newscast will launch in January 2011.

Sorry, I did not check the Wikipedia article for a couple of weeks. Remove wkbw from the list for the time being. Their upconverted HD (ED) newscast will launch in January 2011.
OK, it has been removed. I should've checked Wiki myself, but I got lazy.

FOX43 First to Broadcast News in High Definition

State of the art facility and newscast to debut in January

12:12 p.m. EST, December 23, 2010

YORK, PA — As a leader in innovative local news since the launch of FOX43 NEWS AT 10 in 1994, WPMT FOX43 is proud to announce that the FOX43 NEWS operation is going high definition in January. FOX43 will be the first news station in the market to go HD.

The conversion to high definition will create the market’s first and only true HD news operation. Using high definition cameras both in the studio and in the field, FOX43 NEWS will provide a showcase of high definition footage and live video in every single newscast. Thanks to newly rebuilt editing suites and improved on-air playback technology, viewers will experience an end-to-end high definition newscast unlike anything else in the market.

Riding along with this renovation is a brand new studio set, specifically built with high definition broadcasting in mind (pictures attached.) The set is under construction right now and will debut as part of the HD rollout in January 2011.

FOX43’s conversion to HD is more than a simple upscaling of standard definition video to the now-familiar 16x9 aspect ratio. FOX43 NEWS is proud to have invested in a full HD operation, from robotic cameras in the studio to top-of-the-line HD editing gear. The benefit to viewers will be apparent in the crisp, high-quality 720p HD video.

Prior to this advancement, the Harrisburg/Lancaster/Lebanon/York market was one of the largest in the country to be entirely without high-def news operations. FOX43 is proud to be the sole mover of change in this regard, and maintain the station’s reputation as a leader in local news.

FOX43 NEWS encompasses four separate newscasts: FOX43 NEWS AT 10, FOX43 NEWS AT 6:30, FOX43 NEWS AT 11, and FOX43 MORNING NEWS. All four broadcasts will switch to HD, presenting a total of six hours per weekday of high definition local news.

The all-new, all-HD FOX43 NEWS can be found on local cable outlets or over the air on digital channel 43-1.

When you see it, you’ll know. This is true high def.

http://www.fox43.com/news/wpmt-fox43-first-to-broadcast-news-hd,0,5299591.story

WPMT FOX43 gozinta the table when it actually starts doing HD news.

WHAM-TV to launch 10 p.m. newscast on CW

By MOLLY CAPPOTELLI

Rochester Business Journal
December 27, 2010

WHAM-TV 13 said Monday its news department will begin on Jan. 1 broadcasting a half-hour newscast at 10 p.m. on its sister station, the CW.

“We are extremely excited to expand our news product, and give the people of Rochester a convenient alternative to the late news,” said Chuck Samuels, vice president and general manager of WHAM-TV 13.

“13WHAM News on Rochester’s CW” will air seven days a week, station officials said. Rochester’s CW is the sister station of WHAM-TV 13, the area’s ABC affiliate.

In September, WHAM-TV 13 was the first Rochester television station to broadcast all of its newscasts in high definition. “13WHAM News at 10 on Rochester’s CW” also will be broadcast in HD, officials said.

The CW airs on Time Warner Cable Channel 16 and over-the-air channel 13.2, and in high definition on TWC Channel 1016.

http://www.rbj.net/article.asp?aID=186159

As with WPMT FOX43, please post again when 13WHAM on CW actually starts doing HD news.

I have a few more additions :)

From the station's Wikipedia entries:

klsr (Fox) in Eugene, OR has widescreen news
WREX (NBC) in Rockford, IL has HD news

The websites of ktvn (CBS) and krxi (Fox) in Reno, NV both definitely show widescreen news. I'm pretty confident it's not also in HD based on the screencaps shown here (http://img.lineupui.silicondust.com/snapshots/13/snapshot_24630613.jpg) and here (http://img.lineupui.silicondust.com/snapshots/11/snapshot_23925711.jpg).

WHAM-TV to launch 10 p.m. newscast on CW

By MOLLY CAPPOTELLI

Rochester Business Journal
December 27, 2010

WHAM-TV 13 said Monday its news department will begin on Jan. 1 broadcasting a half-hour newscast at 10 p.m. on its sister station, the CW...

As with WPMT FOX43, please post again when 13WHAM on CW actually starts doing HD news.

CW WHAM already does a morning news show weekdays from 7-9 AM in the HD studio.
Attached is a snapshot from the program (via Silicon Dust).

CW WHAM already does a morning news show weekdays from 7-9 AM in the HD studio. Attached is a snapshot...
Wikipedia says:
13.1 = main WHAM programming/ABC HD
13.2 = WHAM-DT2 "Rochester's CW"

The [news] show on WHAM-DT2 was included in the upgrade but can only be seen in HD on Time Warner digital channel 1016 since the digital subchannel airs in standard definition.

If I were to enter WHAM in both the ABC and CW columns, it would be a first (two identical call signs on the same line). So I've decided to leave WHAM under ABC and enter WHAM2 under CW.

Added to the Local Over-the-air HDTV News Stations (http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showpost.php?p=14618838&postcount=3) table:
• WREX (NBC) in DMA 134 (Rockford, IL)
• klsr (Fox) in DMA 118 (Eugene, OR)
• ktvn (CBS) and krxi (Fox) in DMA 108 (Reno, NV)
• WHAM2 (CW) in DMA 81 (Rochester, NY)

...krxi (Fox) in DMA 108 (Reno, NV)

That station is the only one left in the Cox ownership group not doing HD local news, now that WHIO in Dayton, OH has converted.

I've just found a post in the Davenport, IA HDTV thread saying that that area's CBS affiliate, WHBF (Rock Island, IL), started doing HD local news on Monday.

The post is at:

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showpost.php?p=19723446&postcount=1506

(The poster actually said he didn't know when the newscast was converted. My apologies if what I said was incorrect.)

WHBF switched to HD news on Tuesday, December 21, 2010.

• WHBF (CBS) in DMA 99 (Davenport, IA-Rock Island-Moline, IL) added to the Local Over-the-air HDTV News Stations (http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showpost.php?p=14618838&postcount=3) table.

Seems KFTV 21 (Univision) in Fresno has switched to HD. They are broadcasting on a new set also.

• KFTV (Uni) in DMA 55 (Fresno-Visalia, CA) added to Noticias HD [Alta Definición] en Español.

Add CIII - Global Toronto to the list - I'm guessing they went HD when CHAN - Global BC did. Also CHAN is in Vancouver, not Montreal...

J

In Canada —
• Added CIII (Global) in Canada's DMA #1 (Toronto, ON)
• Moved CHAN (Global) from Montreal to Vancouver

WSYR-TV is pleased to announce plans to become the first station in Central New York to deliver local programming in High Definition. “This reinforces our commitment to bring viewers the highest quality local news”, said NewsChannel 9 Vice President and General Manager, Theresa Underwood.

The transition is scheduled to take place in February. In addition to a new studio and state of the art equipment, NewsChannel 9 will have a fresh, clean look and new logo to maximize the crisp HD technology.

Viewers will be able to enjoy all local newscasts and Bridge Street, in addition to ABC’s current HD line-up. The HD signal can be viewed over the air at 9.1, on Time Warner digital cable on 9.1 or 889, and on Verizon FiOS 509.

http://www.tvnewsinsider.com/10643

In addition to a new studio and state of the art equipment, NewsChannel 9 will have a fresh, clean look and new logo to maximize the crisp HD technology.

Hmmm... I wonder if ABC is pushing the "Number in a Circle" style for their affiliates... THey've had the Circle 7 for a long time, then the 13s went "circular". WHAM in Rochester has the Circle 13 used by O&Os KTRK and WTVG, then WPVI's 6 in Philly recently went "Circular" - now WSYR's "Circle 9" (granted they're not the first to use this logo). WJRT/12 in Flint (being/been sold) and WTVD/11 in Raleigh are the only 2 ABC O&Os not putting their number inside a circle (yet...). Even KFSN/30 in Fresno has gone circular...

I sense a conspiracy! ;-)

J

You'll know if WNEP changes their graphic to a circle 16 after they go HD later this month.

Knoxville, Tennessee, finally has a station doing HD news. WVLT just started tonight.

• WVLT (CBS) in DMA 59 (Knoxville, TN) added to the Local Over-the-air HDTV News Stations (http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showpost.php?p=14618838&postcount=3) table. Wikipedia has the news.

Add whnt2 (19.2) Huntsville, AL - Antenna TV as a non-HD Widescreen Newscast - 9pm airs in widescreen.

Jim

• AntennaTV:whnt2 added under "Others" for DMA 79 (Huntsville-Decatur-Florence, AL).

Knoxville, Tennessee, finally has a station doing HD news. WVLT just started tonight.

I would have never thought they'd be the first. Looked really good last night.

Just coming back from Huntsville, I'm amazed at how much better looking WAFF (first in HD) is over WHNT (first in Widescreen) then over WAAY (SD all the way...). I guess I'm spoiled in at home where everything local news is HD...

J

WPMT starts HD news tonight!
http://www.fox43.com/news/wpmt-hd-launch-1-15-11,0,1173543.story

KGET Bakersfield is advertising that their local news will go HD sometime this month. I hope they get syndicated HD capability at the same time.

• WPMT (Fox) in DMA 39 (Harrisburg-Lancaster-Lebanon-York, PA) added to the Local Over-the-air HDTV News Stations (http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showpost.php?p=14618838&postcount=3) table. Wikipedia has an announcement.

KBAK is advertising that their news is going high definition soon. I assume this will include sister station KBFX. Hopefully this will include syndicated HD capability also. That will leave KERO as the only station in Bakersfield doing English language SD news. KERO added syndicated Hd capability in fall 2009, but no HD news yet.

Desert Hawk, please let me know, in this thread, when HD news actually starts. :)

KOKI in Tulsa, OK started doing local HD news last night with their 9 pm newscast.

• KOKI (Fox) in DMA 61 (Tulsa, OK) added to the Local Over-the-air HDTV News Stations (http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showpost.php?p=14618838&postcount=3) table. Wikipedia has the news.

• WPMT (Fox) in DMA 39 (Harrisburg-Lancaster-Lebanon-York, PA) added to the Local Over-the-air HDTV News Stations (http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showpost.php?p=14618838&postcount=3) table. Wikipedia has an announcement.

That now means that the largest media market without HD local news is Buffalo, NY (though WGRZ and YNN Buffalo are in SD widescreen, with WKBW-TV going SD widescreen soon, according to Wikipedia).

It seems KBAK went HD as of yesterday.

http://www.bakersfieldnow.com/news/local/113852864.html

• KBAK (CBS) in DMA 125 (Bakersfield, CA) changed to upper case. Wikipedia agrees.

The linked article at bakersfieldnow.com says:
Television stations KBAK-TV (CBS) and KFBX-CD (Fox) launched local newscasts in true high definition on Sunday, January 16, 2011 at 5:00 p.m.
...but Wikipedia has no info on KFBX except as "a commercial radio station programming talk in Fairbanks, Alaska."

[edit]
Never mind...
KBFX-CA Channel 58 is a Class A low-power television station serving Bakersfield, California. It is a Fox affiliate which used to broadcast on analog channel 58. The analog signal went off the air in August 2010. KBFX currently broadcasts in high definition on RF channel 29 which maps to virtual channel 58-1, and also as a subchannel of KBAK-DT (prime time FOX programs are letterboxed); this digital signal is RF channel 33-2 and virtual mapped channel 58-2. It is also available in high definition on Bright House Networks cable.
• KBFX (Fox) added to the Bakersfield line.

Seems WJAR doesn't get it's 2011

WJAR said they were going HD at the end of 2010 but failed.

http://boards.radio-info.com/smf/index.php?topic=173479.0

Seems WJAR doesn't get it's 2011

WJAR said they were going HD at the end of 2010 but failed.

http://boards.radio-info.com/smf/index.php?topic=173479.0

Regrettably, conversion work has been postponed indefinitely, if not cancelled. As a result, all of Rhode Island's TV stations still air their local news shows entirely in 4:3 SD for the foreseeable future.

KBAK and KBFX both have news in HD now. They do not have syndicated HD or local commercials in HD. Oprah was in SD after the HD news on KBFX last night.

WPMT starts HD news tonight!
http://www.fox43.com/news/wpmt-hd-launch-1-15-11,0,1173543.story

Hard to believe it's taken central pa this long. Hopefully the others will make the move sooner now. I've noticed some audio issues but the video has looked great. Sharp, colorful and minimal set.

Seems WJAR doesn't get it's 2011

WJAR said they were going HD at the end of 2010 but failed.

http://boards.radio-info.com/smf/index.php?topic=173479.0

That leaves us as the largest market with no HD or widescreen...

KBAK and KBFX both have news in HD now...
Already handled (if you're not aware). See post #1792, above.

Regrettably, conversion work has been postponed indefinitely, if not cancelled. As a result, all of Rhode Island's TV stations still air their local news shows entirely in 4:3 SD for the foreseeable future.

WJAR is such a massive joke. EVERYTHING they broadcast (except for network programming), is in SD. Their station ID screen is SD, which causes the programming to obnoxiously break out of HD. Their school closings graphic is in SD, and the graphic itself takes up like 70% of the screen. Just hope you don't catch it during network programming. Even during the midterm elections their local poll results were in SD in national news coverage, so if you wanted to watch NBC for national election results on WJAR, you weren't watching it in HD. I honestly don't know how a TV station can be that technologically inept in 2011. It's not 1991 anymore for crying out loud.

In comparison, WPRI/WNAC air just about everything except their newscast in HD. Station IDs, closing graphics, and other graphics that may need to get thrown onto the screen. Even WLNE, who doesn't have a pot to **** in, somehow has the capability to not break the programming out of HD for their own graphics.

WJAR still is in first place in a majority of the timeslots, which WPRI breathing down their neck. How are they still in first place? Because of their colorful NBC logo attached to their channel number?

WJAR still is in first place in a majority of the timeslots, which WPRI breathing down their neck. How are they still in first place? Because of their colorful NBC logo attached to their channel number?

Conversely, what good is a station broadcasting everything in HD if that station does not have the proper personalities for its news shows, especially if the most dominant station continues to broadcast everything outside of network programming in 4:3 SD?

The reason for one station's first-place showing has something to do with not only the personalities of that station, but also the relative longetivity of those personalities at that same station. After all, if a market's most technologically advanced station's news department has all "nobodies" (meaning those people who are virtual unknowns or who are very bland in their persentations) - or worse, a bunch of novices that can't even do the news presentations or reports properly - then that station deserves to go nowhere but off the air permanently (since that station would have spent way too much money on technology but virtually nothing whatsoever on personnel, and had likely not have anywhere near sufficient money to pay its employees).

TV stations transition to HD for local news broadcasts

BY JEFF GOODMAN, Californian staff writer

Last Updated Wednesday, Jan 19 2011 03:41 PM

KBAK Channel 29 began broadcasting local news in high definition Sunday, according to a news release, making it the first of the three main news channels to complete the switch.

The CBS-affiliate station, which last year invested in HD cameras and editing equipment, was already offering HD viewing for some non-local network programming. It began using a made-for-HD news set in May.

"This next step illustrates our commitment to bring our community the best that local television has to offer," KBAK vice president Teresa Burgess said in a statement.

Representatives at the other two local news stations said this week they weren't far behind in the upgrade process.

KGET Channel 17 will make the transition to HD this Sunday, according to a news release.

In addition to the NBC-affiliate station's in-studio output, all of its news video from the field will be shot in HD, the release said. The makeover will also include tweaks to its weather forecast set.

Steve McEvoy, general manager of local ABC affiliate KERO Channel 23, said his station expects to broadcast local news in high definition by the end of this year but that it hasn't finalized a launch date.

"It's several years in the making," McEvoy said. "We're making sure we get it right."

More than 50 percent of U.S. households have HD television sets, according to a recent Nielsen Company study.

http://www.bakersfield.com/news/local/x1937969606/TV-stations-transition-to-HD-for-local-news-broadcasts

WZDC Goes HD For Local News in D.C.

Telemundo affiliate is first to offer Spanish-language local HD news in nation's capital

By George Winslow -- Broadcasting & Cable, 1/19/2011 7:23:11 PM

The Telemundo affiliate in Washington D.C. WZDC will be launching a local newscast in HD this month, making it the first Spanish-language station in the nation's capital to delivery local news in HD. The station also announced that it will be launching its HD feed on Comcast's cable system in the market.

As part of the HD upgrade, station recently expanded its news studio with a state-of-the-art facility and will debut a new set and look as part of the HD launch this month. The station is owned by ZGS Communications, a Hispanic-owned media company headquartered in Arlington, Virginia that owns or operates 13 Spanish-language television stations.

"Telemundo Washington is proud to be the only Spanish-language station in the market broadcasting local content in HD," noted Julio Aliaga, Telemundo Washington's news director in a statement. "We are leading the way and are committed to providing our audience with the best and latest technology to enhance their viewing experience."

http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/462672-WZDC_Goes_HD_For_Local_News_in_D_C_.php

• KBAK already added; waiting for KGET, KERO and WZDC to start.

Steve McEvoy, general manager of local ABC affiliate KERO Channel 23, said his station expects to broadcast local news in high definition by the end of this year but that it hasn't finalized a launch date.http://www.bakersfield.com/news/local/x1937969606/TV-stations-transition-to-HD-for-local-news-broadcasts

I must clarify what I think I said earlier. I think KERO is the last English-language TV station owned by McGraw-Hill to have SD local news. (I had said it was the last overall McGraw-Hill station not to convert, but I think Bakersfield's Azteca America station, KZKC-LP, which is also owned by McGraw-Hill, does news in Spanish as well.)

KERO is the only Bakersfield station to have syndicated HD and HD local commercials. They were the only station where I could see California political commercials in HD last year! Yet they don't have HD local news. KGET is supposed to start HD news tomorrow. I hope they get syndicated HD capability as well. I don't know if Azteca KZKC does local news or not. It is still broadcasting in analog on channel 42, simulcast in digital on a subchannel of KERO. A cameraman at last year's Kern County Fair thinks that 42 will stay analog until the FCC mandates the end of low power analog. Does Azteca ever plan to go HD?

WHNT in Huntsville, AL is promoting "News 19 HD" - Coming Soon... Don't have a date yet, but it's probably close...

KGET's news is in HD now. No syndicated HD, though. Why is a station not capable of syndicated HD if they have HD news? Recorded news segments are in HD, so they obviously have the ability to record and play back in HD. So why are syndicated shows still in SD?

KGET's news is in HD now. No syndicated HD, though. Why is a station not capable of syndicated HD if they have HD news? Recorded news segments are in HD, so they obviously have the ability to record and play back in HD. So why are syndicated shows still in SD?

Here in central Illinois we have a local station that has HD news broadcasts but no HD syndicated progrmming. Someone here said it takes different equipment to broadcast syndicated programming in HD.

Here in central Illinois we have a local station that has HD news broadcasts but no HD syndicated progrmming. Someone here said it takes different equipment to broadcast syndicated programming in HD.

Correct. There are several factors involved with getting HD on the air.

A station's plant (infrastructure) could still be analog. That makes it more difficult, but not impossible (our local NBC affiliate is still analog).

The news is produced in a whole separate area of the station, with its own batch of equipment, which is fed to master control.

For syndicated programming, the HD sat feeds have to be fed into an HD server, which is separate from the news equipment. The HD video must get from the server to master control. Again, separate from the news production gear.

That is why, in a very simplified nutshell.

Correct. There are several factors involved with getting HD on the air.

A station's plant (infrastructure) could still be analog. That makes it more difficult, but not impossible (our local NBC affiliate is still analog).

The news is produced in a whole separate area of the station, with its own batch of equipment, which is fed to master control.

For syndicated programming, the HD sat feeds have to be fed into an HD server, which is separate from the news equipment. The HD video must get from the server to master control. Again, separate from the news production gear.

That is why, in a very simplified nutshell.

They may also not have HD sat receivers. You can't use a SD digital sat receiver to receive HD sat programming or they may not have a non linear HD program distribution server from Pitch Blue or any of the other services that distribute HD programming non linearly.

They may also not have HD sat receivers. You can't use a SD digital sat receiver to receive HD sat programming or they may not have a non linear HD program distribution server from Pitch Blue or any of the other services that distribute HD programming non linearly.

Is there actually a station in the states that doesn't have an HD IRD? That would be really strange after all this time.

Umm, isn't PitchBue the linear distribution system and Pathfire the non-linear?

The main point is that the infrastructure to get HD (non in-pattern network) programming on air is different than the infrastructure to get live news, in HD, on the air.

• KGET (NBC) in DMA 125 (Bakersfield, CA) added to the Local Over-the-air HDTV News Stations (http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?p=14618838#post14618838) table. Wikipedia has an announcement.

Is there actually a station in the states that doesn't have an HD IRD? That would be really strange after all this time.

There are many. For those stations that have no way to play back HD content, why spend the money for something they can't use?

Umm, isn't PitchBue the linear distribution system and Pathfire the non-linear?

They are both non-linear. I have of each.

The main point is that the infrastructure to get HD (non in-pattern network) programming on air is different than the infrastructure to get live news, in HD, on the air.

Yes quite so. The news server is only used for news and the commercial server is not used for news. One can be HD and the other not.

Some HD updates.

WLTX-TV CBS for Columbia, South Carolina went hd, Here is a youtube vid showing it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-sYGzM5_BE

And

WRDW-TV CBS for Augusta, Ga is hd according to their website. (PS you have widescreen wrdw under abc not cbs)

http://www.wrdw.com/

• WLTX (CBS) in DMA 78 (Columbia, SC) added to the Local Over-the-air HDTV News Stations (http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?p=14618838#post14618838) table.
• WRDW (CBS) in DMA 114 (Augusta, GA) changed to upper case; affiliation corrected.

WILX-TV in Lansing, MI became the first station to launch in HD on Friday.

• WILX (NBC) in DMA 115 (Lansing, MI) added to the Local Over-the-air HDTV News Stations (http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?p=14618838#post14618838) table.

WSYR in Syracuse, NY has finished renovating their studio and had their first HD news broadcast today at 6pm. WWTI in Watertown gets a live simulcast of the news from WSYR as well.
http://www.9wsyr.com/content/special/hd/default.aspx
http://www.myabc50.com/news/local/story/ABC50-Newscasts-go-High-Definition/soXx1S_sO0a7BXAU7-_qEA.cspx

Added to the Local Over-the-air HDTV News Stations (http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showpost.php?p=14618838&postcount=3) table:
• WSYR (ABC) in DMA 82 (Syracuse, NY) -- Wikipedia has the news too
• WWTI (ABC) in DMA 176 (Watertown, NY)

KNSD, NBC's O&O station in San Diego, went HD with their local news as of 11pm on Saturday, 01/29.

• KNSD (NBC) in DMA 28 (San Diego, CA) added to the Local Over-the-air HDTV News Stations (http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?p=14618838#post14618838) table.

With KNSD in San Diego going HD with their news, that means that NBC is the third ownership group with all its English-language newscasts in HD, at least from the studio (behind CBS and Scripps).

With KNSD in San Diego going HD with their news, that means that NBC is the third ownership group with all its English-language newscasts in HD, at least from the studio (behind CBS and Scripps).

Only if those stations with full-time news operations are counted.

And the two smallest ABC-owned stations - WTVG Toledo and wjrt Flint, the latter being the only ABC-owned station still doing 16x9 ED news instead of HD news - are in the process of being sold off.

On Monday, CBS affiliate KXMB (Bismarck) and semi-satellite KXMA (Dickinson) started broadcasting news in HD, becoming the first stations with HD news in the Bismarck-Minot-Dickinson, ND market and the entire states of North and South Dakota. The stations which serve the northern part of the market, KXMC (Minot) and semi-satellite KXMD (Williston) are scheduled to begin HD newscasts on Sunday. Here's (http://www.kxnet.com/video.asp?ArticleId=716424) a video from KXMC discussing the upgrades made to its sister stations to the south.

• KXMA, KXMB, KXMC and KXMD (CBS) in DMA 157 (Bismarck-Minot-Dickinson-Williston, ND) added as four separate lines to the Local Over-the-air HDTV News Stations (http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?p=14618838#post14618838) table -- assuming KXMC and KXMD will actually start HD newscasts soon.

WHNT in Huntsville started HD newscasts today @ 4:30am.

• WHNT (CBS) in DMA 79 (Huntsville-Decatur-Florence, AL) changed to upper case; Wikipedia has an announcement.
Wikipedia: "Unlike WAFF, WHNT's newscasts will be in high definition from the studio and from the field."

I wonder whether WHNT2 (AntennaTV) also has news in HD?

I wonder whether WHNT2 (AntennaTV) also has news in HD?

If so it would be downconverted. The .2 is SD. Not sure if they are doing .2 in 4:3 or 16:9. My guess would be 4:3.

If so it would be downconverted. The .2 is SD. Not sure if they are doing .2 in 4:3 or 16:9. My guess would be 4:3.

They do their news in SD 16:9 on 19.2.

They do their news in SD 16:9 on 19.2.
Same as compubit reported in this thread on 10 Jan 2011:
Add whnt2 (19.2) Huntsville, AL - Antenna TV as a non-HD Widescreen Newscast - 9pm airs in widescreen.

As of tonight's 6:30 p.m. news, WHNS (a.k.a. FOX Carolina) in the Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson, SC/Asheville, NC TV Market is now airing its news in Widescreen. I don't believe it's in HD, though.

WHNT in Huntsville started HD newscasts today @ 4:30am.

Arggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!! I missed it by one day. One lowsy day!!! I was just there!!!!

J

• whns (Fox) in DMA 36 (Greenville-Spartanburg, SC) added to the Local Over-the-air HDTV News Stations (http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showpost.php?p=14618838&postcount=3) table. Wikipedia has the news.

• KXMA, KXMB, KXMC and KXMD (CBS) in DMA 157 (Bismarck-Minot-Dickinson-Williston, ND) added as four separate lines to the Local Over-the-air HDTV News Stations (http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?p=14618838#post14618838) table -- assuming KXMC and KXMD will actually start HD newscasts soon.

Just so the record is complete, I can confirm that KXMC and KXMD began HD newscasts, as expected, on Sunday, February 6. Here's (http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?ArticleId=720712) another article and video discussing the improvements (note that the aspect ratio of the stations' videos is now wrong). Interesting that they completely left out OTA as a way to view the news in HD.

Moving to a completely different market, I saw on Wikipedia that the new newscasts produced by St. Louis NBC affiliate KSDK for what had been newsless KDNL, the city's ABC affiliate, are in HD.

KSDK was added to the table so long ago that I have no record of it being added; evidently it happened before I became responsible for the table in Dec 2008.

• KDNL (ABC) in DMA 21 (St. Louis, MO) added to the Local Over-the-air HDTV News Stations (http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showpost.php?p=14618838&postcount=3) table.

I have two (or maybe four) more additions:

WTAT (Fox) in Charleston, SC started HD news on January 24. Wikipedia and the station's own Facebook page say so.

An unusually strong winter VHF-hi band opening allowed me to pick up WDIO (ABC) in Duluth, MN from my house this morning. They are broadcasting news in SD widescreen.

KREM (CBS) and sister station KSKN (CW) in Spokane, WA have apparently had widescreen or HD news since last year. The Wikipedia entry for Fox affiliate KAYU states this indirectly by saying "KAYU is the only station in Spokane to not broadcast their news in widescreen or HD." Videos on KREM's website (http://www.krem.com/video) are in widescreen. Unfortunately, I haven't been able to find anything regarding whether the station is doing SD widescreen or HD news. Maybe there's somebody from the Spokane area lurking about on here that knows?

KREM is broadcasting in SD widescreen.

One more change:

Remove WCOV (Fox) in Montgomery, AL completely from the list: That station's news share agreement with WSFA (NBC) has expired as of January 2011 and not renewed. WAKA (CBS) replaced WSFA as WCOV's news share partner, and WAKA's newscasts are entirely in pillarboxed 4:3 SD.

• Added to the Local Over-the-air HDTV News Stations (http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showpost.php?p=14618838&postcount=3) table:
krem (CBS) and kskn (CW) in DMA 75 (Spokane, WA)
WTAT (Fox) in DMA 98 (Charleston, SC)
wdio (ABC) in DMA 139 (Duluth, MN)

• WCOV (Fox) in DMA 117 (Montgomery-Selma, AL) has been removed from the table.

• whns (Fox) in DMA 36 (Greenville-Spartanburg, SC) added to the Local Over-the-air HDTV News Stations (http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showpost.php?p=14618838&postcount=3) table. Wikipedia has the news.

WHNS-21 Fox Carolina is now broadcasting news in Widescreen Standard Definition. Not HD.

Reliably receive 2 NBC affilates, both owned by major broadcasting cos, Hearst and Belo, who do local news in HD in other markets, but not here in Greenville, SC. Would like to see upgrade for WYFF-4 and WCNC-36, Charlotte. But doesn't appear to be happening. Still Widescreen SD. And I think whatever plans WCNC may have had have now been postponed. But we can keep hoping.

WHNS-21 Fox Carolina is now broadcasting news in Widescreen Standard Definition. Not HD.

The whns in the listings (lower case) indicates only Standard Def. Widescreen.

Also, KPXJ, CW-21 in Shreveport has newscasts produced by KTBS - and they're HD too (9pm and 7am).

J

Reliably receive 2 NBC affilates, both owned by major broadcasting cos, Hearst and Belo, who do local news in HD in other markets, but not here in Greenville, SC. Would like to see upgrade for WYFF-4 and WCNC-36, Charlotte. But doesn't appear to be happening. Still Widescreen SD. And I think whatever plans WCNC may have had have now been postponed. But we can keep hoping.

Also, six of the Hearst stations still do local news in 4:3 SD (as do a few of the smaller-market Belo stations). And that's not to mention the handfuls of stations from both companies that currently do local news in widescreen SD (to give one example, Hearst-owned WLWT in Cincinnati does news merely in widescreen SD at a time when everybody else in that city does news in HD (at least from the studio)). The WCNC example you gave is very similar: Everybody else in Charlotte (over-the-air wise) does news in HD (including the newscast WSOC produces for its sister WAXN and the one WBTV does for WJZY).

The whns in the listings (lower case) indicates only Standard Def. Widescreen.

Also, KPXJ, CW-21 in Shreveport has newscasts produced by KTBS - and they're HD too (9pm and 7am).
Thanks for helping to explain the rules.

Even though Wikipedia seems to have nothing about KPXJ having HD newscasts...

• KPXJ (CW) in DMA 83 (Shreveport, LA) added to the Local Over-the-air HDTV News Stations (http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?p=14618838#post14618838) table.

KFDA (CBS) in Amarillo, TX became the first station in the market to air HD newscasts on Wednesday, February 23. The news can be found in several places, including Wikipedia and an article (http://amarillo.com/news/local-news/2011-02-18/local-tv-news-switches-hd) from the Amarillo newspaper.

According to Wikipedia, WOOD (NBC) and WZZM (ABC) in Grand Rapids, MI should not have been in caps on the table. Both stations actually broadcast their news shows in 16:9 ED, not true HD. As such, their entries should have been in lower-case.

... Everybody else in Charlotte (over-the-air wise) does news in HD (including the newscast ... WBTV does for WJZY).

KFDA (CBS) in Amarillo, TX became the first station in the market to air HD newscasts on Wednesday, February 23...

According to Wikipedia, WOOD (NBC) and WZZM (ABC) in Grand Rapids, MI should not have been in caps on the table...

Wikipedia says, under WOTV:
On October 5, 2009, WOOD-TV became the second station in Southwestern Michigan to begin offering local newscasts in 16:9 enhanced definition widescreen. Although not truly high definition, the broadcast match the ratio of HD television screens. The simulcasts on WOTV were included in the upgrade.

• Added to the Local Over-the-air HDTV News Stations (http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showpost.php?p=14618838&postcount=3) table:
WJZY (CW) in DMA 23 (Charlotte, NC)
KFDA (CBS) in DMA 131 (Amarillo, TX)

• Changed to lower case:
wzzm (ABC) and wood (NBC) in DMA 41 (Grand Rapids, MI)
wotv (ABC) in DMA 41 (Battle Creek, MI)

Also, six of the Hearst stations still do local news in 4:3 SD (as do a few of the smaller-market Belo stations). And that's not to mention the handfuls of stations from both companies that currently do local news in widescreen SD (to give one example, Hearst-owned WLWT in Cincinnati does news merely in widescreen SD at a time when everybody else in that city does news in HD (at least from the studio)). The WCNC example you gave is very similar: Everybody else in Charlotte (over-the-air wise) does news in HD (including the newscast WSOC produces for its sister WAXN and the one WBTV does for WJZY).

It is understandable that Hearst and Belo have put their financial resources for HD news toward their larger market stations first; however in Charlotte WCNC is the glaring local HD exception. And they are the 3rd rated local news station. While they produce a journalistically solid and award-winning newscast, they lack the visual wow factor that the other stations have. Although their widescreen SD upscaling does look very good considering, and the average John Q. Public who watches analog cable on flat screens probably doesn't even detect the difference. I just hope they will eventually upgrade to HD sooner than later.

Based on the videos at their website, kivi (ABC) and sister station knin (CW) in Boise, ID have transitioned to SD widescreen news. A blog (http://voices.idahostatesman.com/2011/01/20/mdeeds/newsflash_channel_6_news_not_going_widescreen_yet) on the Boise newspaper's website back in January mentioned that news on the stations was soon going to be widescreen.

Here in Savannah, Ga, DMA 96, WSAV (NBC) now has their newscast filming in HD, which means that all big 4 stations are now in HD in our city.

I've just found on Wikipedia that another TV ownership group had all stations with HD local news even before CBS did. The Dispatch Broadcast Group had both of its stations (WBNS-TV in Columbus, OH and WTHR in Indianapolis) go HD with their local news in 2007, long before KDKA-TV and WPCW in Pittsburgh became the last CBS-owned stations that had local news to convert to HD newscasts in 2009. My apologies for not noticing.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WBNS-TV
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WTHR

KTTC out of Rochester, MN switched over to 1080i studio cameras recently.
I think the first broadcast was last night (3/20/11) for the 10:00pm newscast.

Looks pretty darn good.

KTTC out of Rochester, MN switched over to 1080i studio cameras recently.
I think the first broadcast was last night (3/20/11) for the 10:00pm newscast.

Looks pretty darn good.

According to KTTC's Facebook page, you are correct about their news going HD on Sunday night.

http://www.facebook.com/pages/KTTC-TV/120941689244

Drewry Communications Selects JVC ProHD

All five stations will standardize on the camcorders for electronic newsgathering

By George Winslow -- Broadcasting & Cable, 3/31/2011 5:58:58 PM

As part of the move to upgrade its news operations to HD, the Drewry Communications Group has decided to standardize its electronic newsgathering efforts (ENG) at all five of the group's stations with JVC ProHD cameras from JVC Professional Products Company, a division of JVC Americas Corp.

KFDA-TV, the Drewry CBS affiliate serving Amarillo, Texas in DMA 131 became was the first station in the group to launch its local newscast in HD on February 23rd. Seven GY-HM790U cameras from JVC are currently being used in the field at the station.

Next on the list for the launch of a HD newscast is KXXV, the Drewry-owned ABC affiliate serving Waco-Temple-Bryan, Texas in DMA 89.

Mike Lee, vice president and general manager of KXXV added in a statement that the group's choice of JVC ProHD camcorders, particularly the GY-HM790U, was a result of several factors, including picture quality and the fact that they use inexpensive SDHC media cards, providing them with a cost-effective solution that helped the station group get the most out of its news budget.

The current workflow at KXXV involves ingesting tape-based footage to its Adobe Premiere CS5 NLE systems for post, then dubbing completed packages to tape for playback. With the move to a file-based system (along with its HD upgrade), the station will save on maintenance costs for its aging VTRs and camcorders and it spends less time ingesting and transcoding files.

KXXV is expected to make its own transition to local HD news on April 25. It has purchased 10 GY-HM790Us and three GY-HM700Us with Canon lenses for its main facility in Waco and for KRHD, its digital low-power satellite station in Bryan/College Station, Texas.

Drewry's other stations that have not yet made the transition to local HD news are KSWO and KAUZ, serving the combined market of Lawton, Okla., and Wichita Falls, Texas (DMA 146), and KWES in Odessa-Midland, Texas (DMA 151).

Separately, JVC also announced that KSHB, the NBC affiliate for Kansas City, Mo. (DMA 31) owned by Scripps TV Station Group, has purchased 21 GY-HM790U ProHD camcorders.

Most of the new cameras are being used for ENG, but one is located in the newsroom for breaking news reports and another is mounted on a jib in the news studio. KSHB began using its new camcorders in January.

KSHB also plans to purchase 11 KA-AS790G ASI modules, which will be utilized with the station's long cable runs in Arrowhead Stadium for Kansas City Chiefs coverage and Kauffman Stadium for Kansas City Royals coverage.

http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/466084-Drewry_Communications_Selects_JVC_ProHD.php

As of their 6 PM newscast tonight. First station in the Wausau market to do so.

Is Providence's HD launch still delayed?

I saw on Wikipedia that kdrv (ABC) in the Medford-Klamath Falls, OR market began airing SD widescreen newscasts in January.

And where'd Syzygy go? He hasn't signed in for over a month.

Add wsiu/Carbondale IL/PBS (Paducah/Cape Girardeau market) and wusi/Olney IL/PBS (Springfield/Decatur/Champaign market) to the list of stations carrying widescreen SD newscast. The PBS station airs a newscast Monday-Thursday. Widescreen is nice, SD quality not so nice - over-compressed...

Jim

KLRT Fox 16 News in Little Rock, AR went HD yesterday.

15 kilowatts of low power goodness...a low-power ABC affiliate launched a local 11 PM newscast tonight. With all new equipment, it's HD right out of the box.

KLRT Fox 16 News in Little Rock, AR went HD yesterday.

Wait, I thought this was about actual NEWS broadcasts. (Sorry, couldn't resist.) :cool:

Wait, I thought this was about actual NEWS broadcasts. (Sorry, couldn't resist.) :cool:

FOX News Channel and local news on a FOX affiliate are separate entities.

WWMT in Grand Rapids became the second station to go HD on April 16 at 6:00 PM.

I've just found on Wikipedia that another TV ownership group had all stations with HD local news even before CBS did. The Dispatch Broadcast Group had both of its stations (WBNS-TV in Columbus, OH and WTHR in Indianapolis) go HD with their local news in 2007, long before KDKA-TV and WPCW in Pittsburgh became the last CBS-owned stations that had local news to convert to HD newscasts in 2009. My apologies for not noticing.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WBNS-TV
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WTHR

CBS was indeed the first large stations group to have had all of its stations that have full-time news operations broadcasting their local news in HD. Detroit's WWJ-TV and WKBD-TV, as noted, still air 4:3 SD news; however, that duopoly does not have a full-time news operation of its own. Until the end of last year, the news headlines were provided by the Detroit Free Press newspaper. These days, the headlines seem to have been provided by WWJ radio.

Also, add ABC (a/k/a Disney/ABC Television Group) as another company that has all of its television stations broadcasting local news in HD - and that came only since April 1 of this year, when it completed the sale of its two smallest-market stations, WTVG Toledo and WJRT Flint (which was the only ABC-owned station doing non-HD local news), to SJL Broadcasting (ironically, a direct descendant of the company of the very same name that ABC had purchased the two stations from back in 1995).

And one note about NBC: Although the NBC-owned stations airing that network's programming all air local newscasts in HD, some of its Telemundo stations still broadcast local news in standard definition.

XETV (CW) is planning to go HD sometime soon, once they get their new studio cameras.

According to Wikipedia, WTOL (CBS) in Toledo, OH became the second station in that market to upgrade to HD newscasts this evening. The studio shots are in HD while field reports are in ED widescreen.

Few Additions:
KCBD in Lubbock, TX: http://www.kcbd.com/story/14426760/behind-the-scenes-kcbd-in-high-definition

KARK in Little Rock, AR: http://arkansasmatters.com/news-fulltext/?nxd_id=414877

KELO CBS station in Sioux Falls, SD announced that they will be going HD.

XETV (CW) became the last San Diego station to switch to HD last night.

Swani has a listing everyday on his website with what stations are switching their news in HD.

http://www.tvpredictions.com/

Raycom Media is planning to roll-out the new Chyron BlueNet graphics workflow solution at all of the group's 31 stations that produce news.

The purchase is part of a complete overhaul and HD upgrade of its graphics systems.

http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/468010-Raycom_Media_to_Roll_Out_Chyron_BlueNet.php

Oh gee, it took WJAR that long to announce going HD:rolleyes: figures im stuck in their DMA

http://www.tvpredictions.com/localhd051011.htm

"We feel we’re the market leader, and we should be the ones to do it first,” WJAR general manager Lisa Churchville told the Journal. Churchville says the cost of switching to HD news will be about $2 million over three years, which helps explain why no Providence station has made the switch yet.

WJAR (NBC in Providence) now doing HD:

http://www2.turnto10.com/news/2011/may/16/nbc-10-first-market-produce-news-hd-ar-491004/

So, Providence can remove the tag of "Having the biggest market without any HD or widescreen news..."

Here is a more up-to-date list of HD and widescreen SD newscasts. I believe I got all of the additions that have been mentioned here over the last several months, as well as some that weren't. To be more exact, I made the following changes.

Added:

Boise, ID - kivi (ABC), knin (CW)
Savannah, GA - WSAV (NBC)
Rochester, MN - KTTC (NBC), KXLT (Fox)
Waco, TX - KXXV (ABC)
Wausau, WI - WSAW (CBS), WAOW (ABC)
Medford, OR - kdrv (ABC)
Paducah, KY - wsiu (PBS)
Little Rock, AR - KLRT (Fox), KARK (NBC), KATV (ABC)
Lubbock, TX - KCBD (NBC)
South Bend, IN - WBND (ABC), WSJV (Fox)
Grand Rapids, MI - WWMT (CBS)
Toledo, OH - WTOL (CBS), wnwo (NBC)
San Diego, CA - XETV (CW)
Providence, RI - WJAR (NBC), WLNE (ABC), WPRI (CBS), WNAC (Fox)
News 12 Long Island
Tucson, AZ - KGUN (ABC), KWBA (CW), KMSB (Fox)
La Crosse, WI - wkbt (CBS)
Parkersburg, WV - WTAP (NBC), WTAP-DT2 (Fox)
Hartford, CT - WFSB (CBS)
Portland, ME - wcsh (NBC)
Plattsburgh, NY - wptz (NBC)
Wichita Falls, TX - KAUZ (CBS), KSWO (ABC)
Knoxville, TN - WBIR (NBC), WTNZ (Fox), WATE (ABC), WBXX (CW)
Honolulu, HI - kitv (ABC)
Green Bay, WI - WFRV (CBS), WBAY (ABC), WLUK (Fox)
Escanaba, MI - WJMN (CBS) (semi-satellite of WFRV in Marquette, MI market)
Huntington, WV - WSAZ (NBC)
Lansing, MI - WSYM (Fox), WLNS (CBS)
Panama City, FL - wmbb (ABC)
Santa Maria/San Luis Obispo, CA - kcoy (CBS), ksby (NBC)
Evansville, IN - WFIE (NBC)
Wichita, KS - KAKE (ABC)
Monroe, LA - KNOE (CBS)
Fort Wayne, IN - wise-dt2 (Fox), WFFT (Ind.)
Sioux Falls, SD - KSFY (ABC), KELO (CBS)
Rapid City, SD - KCLO (CBS) (semi-satellite of KELO in Rapid City, SD market)
Biloxi, MS - WLOX (ABC), WLOX-DT2 (HD on cable/satellite) (CBS)
Odessa, TX - KWES (NBC), KOSA (CBS)
Corpus Christi, TX - KZTV (CBS)
Palm Springs, CA - kmir (NBC)
Manchester, NH - WMUR (ABC) (in Boston, MA market)
Harrisonburg, VA - WHSV (ABC)
Eau Claire, WI - WEAU (NBC)
San Antonio, TX - KABB (Fox)
Sweetwater, TX - KTXS (ABC)
San Angelo, TX - KTXE (HD on cable) (ABC)
Buffalo, NY - WKBW (ABC), WIVB (CBS), WNLO (CW)
Sioux City, IA - KTIV (NBC)
Springfield, MA - WGGB (ABC), WGGB-DT2 (Fox), WWLP (NBC)
Nashville, TN - WZTV (Fox), WKRN (ABC)
Quad Cities, IA-IL - WQAD (ABC), KLJB (Fox)
Fort Smith, AR - khbs (ABC)
Utica, NY - WUTR (ABC), WFXV (Fox)
Tri-Cities, TN-VA - WKPT (ABC)
Tulsa, OK - KTUL (ABC)
Cadillac/Traverse City, MI - WMNN (Ind.), wpbn (NBC)
Birmingham, AL - WBMA (ABC)
Lynchburg, VA - WSET (ABC)
Richmond, VA - WRIC (ABC)
Columbia, MO - KMIZ (ABC), KQFX (Fox)
Harrisburg, PA - WHTM (ABC), WHP (CBS)
Bryan, TX - KBTX (CBS) (semi-satellite of KWTX)
Jonesboro, AR - KAIT (ABC)
Portland, ME - WCSH (NBC), WGME (CBS)
Albany, NY - WTEN (ABC), WNYT (NBC)
Macon, GA - WMAZ (NBC), WGXA (Fox), WGXA-DT2 (ABC)
Yakima, WA - kndo (NBC), kcyu (Fox) (semi-satellite of KFFX)
Tri-Cities, WA - kndu (NBC) (semi-satellite of KNDO), kffx (Fox) (news produced by KNDO)
Huntsville, AL - WAAY (ABC), WZDX (Fox)
Charleston, SC - WCIV (ABC)
Roanoke, VA - WFXR (Fox)
Lafayette, LA - KLFY (CBS), KATC (ABC)
Greensboro, NC - wxlv (ABC)
Washington, DC - NewsChannel 8
Bowling Green, KY - wbko (ABC)
Milwaukee, WI - WDJT (CBS)
Augusta, GA - WFXG (Fox), WJBF (ABC), WAGT (NBC)
Fargo, ND - WDAY (ABC)
Grand Forks, ND - wdaz (ABC) (semi-satellite of WDAY)
Cedar Rapids, IA - KCRG (ABC), kgan (CBS)
Wheeling, WV - WTRF (CBS)
Weston, WV - WDTV (CBS)
Detroit, MI - WWJ (CBS), WKBD (CW)
Topeka, KS - WIBW (CBS)
Scranton, PA - WYOU (CBS), WOLF (Fox), WBRE (NBC)
Monterey/Salinas, CA - KSBW-DT2 (ABC)
Mobile, AL - WALA (Fox), WPMI (NBC)
Salt Lake City, UT - KSTU (Fox)
Meridian, MS - WTOK (ABC)
Memphis, TN - wpty (ABC)
Bismarck, ND - KFYR (NBC)
Greenville, NC - wnct (CBS)


Changed to capital letters:

Des Moines, IA - KCCI (CBS)
Springfield, MO - KOLR (CBS), KSFX (Fox)
Milwaukee, WI - WISN (ABC)
Scranton, PA - WNEP (ABC)
Harrisburg, PA - WGAL (NBC)
Corpus Christi, TX - KRIS (NBC)
Grand Rapids, MI - WOOD (NBC)
Battle Creek, MI - WOTV (ABC)
Flint, MI - WJRT (ABC)
Buffalo, NY - WGRZ (NBC)
Greensboro, NC - WFMY (CBS)
Greenville, SC - WYFF (NBC)


Changed to lowercase letters:

Wichita, KS - ksas (Fox)


Changed affiliation and/or call sign:

Springfield, MO - KSFX (Fox) to KOZL (Ind.)
Boise, ID - knin (CW) to knin (Fox); KTRV (Fox) to KTRV (Ind.)
Boston, MA - WSBK (Ind.) to WSBK (MyTV)
Charlotte, NC - WJZY (CW) to WMYT (MyTV)


Removed from list:

Miami, FL - WBFS (MyTV)
Boise, ID - KTRV (Ind.)
Knoxville, TN - WBXX (CW)



DMA City State ABC CBS Fox NBC CW MyTV Ind. Others
--- -------------- ----- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ------
1 New York NY WABC WCBS WNYW WNBC WPIX TWC:NY1, Cablevision:NEWS 12 LONG ISLAND
2 Los Angeles CA KABC KCBS KTTV KNBC KTLA KCOP KCAL
3 Chicago IL WLS WBBM WFLD WMAQ WGN PBS:WTTW
4 Philadelphia PA WPVI KYW WTXF WCAU WPSG WPHL WFMZ
5 Dallas-Ft.Worth TX WFAA KTVT KDFW KXAS KDAF KTXA
6 San Francisco CA KGO KPIX KTVU KNTV KBCW kron KICU KOFY
7 Boston MA WCVB WBZ WFXT WHDH WLVI WSBK Comcast:NECN
7 Manchester NH WMUR
8 Washington DC WJLA WUSA WTTG WRC NEWSCHANNEL 8
9 Atlanta GA WSB WGCL WAGA WXIA WATL
10 Houston TX KTRK KHOU KRIV KPRC KIAH
11 Detroit MI WXYZ WWJ WJBK WDIV WKBD
12 Seattle-Tacoma WA komo KIRO KCPQ KING KZJO KONG
13 Phoenix AZ KNXV KPHO KSAZ KPNX KTVK
14 Tampa-St.Pete FL WFTS WTSP WTVT WFLA Bright House:Bay News 9
15 Mpls-St.Paul MN KSTP WCCO KMSP KARE KSTC
15 Bemidji MN PBS:KAWB
16 Miami-Ft.Laud FL WPLG WFOR WSVN WTVJ
17 Denver CO KMGH KCNC KDVR KUSA KWGN KTVD
18 Cleveland-Akron OH WEWS WOIO WJW WKYC WUAB
19 Orlando FL WFTV wkmg WOFL WESH WKCF WRDQ Bright House:Central Florida News 13
20 Sacramento CA KXTV KOVR KTXL KCRA KMAX KQCA

DMA City State ABC CBS Fox NBC CW MyTV Ind. Others
--- -------------- ----- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ------
21 St.Louis MO KDNL KMOV KTVI KSDK KPLR
22 Portland OR KATU KOIN kptv KGW KRCW kpdx
23 Pittsburgh PA WTAE KDKA WPGH WPXI WPCW
24 Raleigh-Durham NC WTVD WRAL WRAZ WNCN TWC:news 14 carolina
25 Charlotte NC WSOC WBTV WCCB wcnc WMYT WAXN TWC:news 14 carolina
26 Indianapolis IN WRTV WISH WXIN WTHR WNDY
27 Baltimore MD WMAR WJZ WBFF WBAL WNUV
28 San Diego CA KGTV KFMB KSWB KNSD XETV KUSI
29 Nashville TN WKRN WTVF WZTV WSMV
30 Hartford-N.Haven CT WTNH WFSB WTIC WVIT WCCT WCTX
31 Kansas City MO KMBC KCTV WDAF KSHB KCWE KSMO
32 Columbus OH WSYX WBNS WTTE WCMH
33 Salt Lake City UT KTVX KUTV KSTU KSL
34 Milwaukee WI WISN WDJT WITI WTMJ
35 Cincinnati OH WCPO WKRC WXIX wlwt
36 San Antonio TX KSAT KENS KABB WOAI
37 Greenville-Spart SC WLOS WSPA whns WYFF WYCW WMYA
38 West Palm Beach FL WPBF WPEC WFLX WPTV
39 Birmingham AL WBMA WIAT WBRC WVTM
40 Las Vegas NV KTNV KLAS KVVU KVBC

DMA City State ABC CBS Fox NBC CW MyTV Ind. Others
--- -------------- ----- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ------
41 Harrisburg-York PA WHTM WHP WPMT WGAL
42 Grand Rapids MI wzzm WWMT WXMI WOOD
42 Battle Creek MI WOTV
43 Norfolk VA wvec WTKR WVBT WAVY
44 Oklahoma City OK koco KWTV KFOR KAUT PBS:KETA,KWET
45 Albuquerque NM koat KRQE KASA kob
46 Greensboro NC wxlv WFMY WGHP wxii TWC:news 14 carolina
47 Austin TX KVUE KEYE KTBC KXAN KNVA
48 Louisville KY whas wlky WDRB WAVE
49 Memphis TN wpty WREG WHBQ WMC
50 Jacksonville FL WJXX WTEV WAWS WTLV WJXT
51 Buffalo NY WKBW WIVB WGRZ WNLO twc:ynn buffalo
52 New Orleans LA wgno wwl WVUE wdsu wupl
53 Providence RI WLNE WPRI WNAC WJAR
54 WilkesB-Scranton PA WNEP WYOU WOLF WBRE
55 Fresno-Visalia CA KFSN KMPH KSEE
56 Little Rock AR KATV KTHV KLRT KARK
57 Richmond VA WRIC WTVR WWBT WUPV
58 Albany-Schy-Troy NY WTEN WRGB WNYT WCWN
59 Tulsa OK KTUL kotv KOKI KJRH kqcw PBS:KOED,KOET
60 Mobile-Pensacola AL-FL WEAR WKRG WALA WPMI

DMA City State ABC CBS Fox NBC CW MyTV Ind. Others
--- -------------- ----- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ------
61 Knoxville TN WATE WVLT WTNZ WBIR
62 Ft.Myers-Naples FL WZVN WINK WBBH WXCW
63 Dayton OH WHIO
64 Lexington KY WTVQ WKYT WDKY WLEX
65 Charleston-Hntng WV WSAZ
66 Roanoke-Lynchbrg VA WSET WDBJ WFXR WSLS
67 Wichita-Hutchins KS KAKE KWCH ksas ksnw KSCW
68 Flint-Sag-Bay C MI WJRT wnem
69 Green Bay WI WBAY WFRV WLUK
70 Tucson AZ KGUN KOLD KMSB KVOA KWBA
71 Honolulu HI kitv KGMB KHNL KFVE
72 Des Moines-Ames IA WOI KCCI KDSM WHO
73 Spokane WA KXLY krem KHQ kskn
74 Toledo OH WTVG WTOL wnwo
75 Springfield MO KSPR KOLR KYTV KOZL
76 Omaha NE ketv kmtv KPTM WOWT
77 Columbia SC WOLO WLTX wach WIS
78 Portland-Auburn ME WGME WCSH
79 Rochester NY WHAM WHAM2
80 Huntsvll-Decatur AL WAAY WHNT WZDX WAFF AntennaTV:whnt2


DMA City State ABC CBS Fox NBC CW MyTV Ind. Others
--- -------------- ----- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ------
81 Paducah KY WSIL PBS:wsiu
82 Sprngfld-Decatur IL WAND PBS:WEIU
83 Shreveport LA KTBS KSLA kmss KPXJ
84 Syracuse NY WSYR wtvh wstm wstq
85 Madison WI WKOW WISC WMTV
86 Chattanooga TN WDEF
87 Brownsvl-McAllen TX KRGV XHRIO KVEO
88 Waco-Temple TX KXXV KWTX KWKT KCEN
88 Bryan TX KBTX
89 Cedar Rapids IA KCRG kgan KWWL
90 Colorado Springs CO KRDO KKTV kxrm KOAA
91 El Paso TX KVIA KDBC KFOX KTSM
92 Savannah GA WJCL WTOC WTGS WSAV
93 Jackson MS WDBD WLBT
94 Baton Rouge LA WBRZ WAFB wvla WBXH
95 Burlington-Pltts VT-NY WVNY WCAX WFFF wptz
96 Tri-Cities TN-VA WKPT WJHL WEMT WCYB
97 South Bend IN WBND WSBT WSJV WNDU
98 Charleston SC WCIV WCSC WTAT
99 Greenville-Wash NC WCTI wnct WYDO
99 Morehead City NC WFXI
100 Quad Cities IA-IL WQAD WHBF KLJB KWQC

DMA City State ABC CBS Fox NBC CW MyTV Ind. Others
--- -------------- ----- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ------
101 FSmth-Fay-Spngdl AR khbs
102 Johnstwn-Altoona PA WATM WWCP WJAC
103 Myrtle Beach-Flo SC wpde wbtw wfxb WMBF
104 Evansville IN WFIE
105 Lincoln-Hast-Kea NE KLKN KOLN
105 Grand Island NE KGIN
106 Tallahassee-Thom FL-GA WTXL WCTV WTLH
107 Tyler-Longview TX KLTV KYTX KETK
108 Reno NV KOLO ktvn KRXI KRNV
109 Ft.Wayne IN wpta wise2 wise WFFT
110 Youngstown OH WYTV WKBN WYFX
111 Augusta GA WJBF WRDW WFXG WAGT
112 Boise ID kivi kboi knin ktvb
113 Sioux Falls SD KSFY KELO
114 Springfield-Hlyk MA WGGB WGGB2 WWLP
115 Lansing MI WLNS WSYM WILX
116 Peoria-Bloomingt IL whoi week
117 Fargo ND WDAY
117 Grand Forks ND wdaz
118 Macon GA WGXA2 WMAZ WGXA
119 Montgomery-Selma AL WNCF WSFA
120 Trvrse Cty-Cadil MI wpbn WMNN

DMA City State ABC CBS Fox NBC CW MyTV Ind. Others
--- -------------- ----- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ------
121 Eugene OR KEZI kval klsr
122 SBarbra-SMar-SLO CA kcoy ksby
123 Yakima WA kcyu kndo
123 Tri-Cities WA kffx kndu
124 Lafayette LA KATC KLFY
125 Monterey-Salinas CA KSBW2 KION KCBA KSBW
126 Bakersfield CA KBAK KBFX KGET
127 Columbus GA WLTZ
128 La Crosse-Eau Cl WI wkbt WEAU
129 Corpus Christi TX KZTV KRIS
130 Amarillo TX KFDA
131 Chico-Redding CA
132 Wilmington NC WWAY WILM WSFX WECT TWC:news 14 carolina
133 Columbus-Tupelo MS WLOV WTVA
134 Rockford IL WIFR WREX
135 Wausau-Rhinelndr WI WAOW WSAW
136 Topeka KS WIBW
137 Monroe-El Dorado LA-AR KNOE
138 Columbia-Jeffers MO KMIZ KQFX KOMU
139 Duluth-Superior MN-WI wdio kdlh kbjr
140 Medford-Kmth Fls OR kdrv

DMA City State ABC CBS Fox NBC CW MyTV Ind. Others
--- -------------- ----- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ------
141 Beaumont-Pt.Arth TX KBMT K-JAC
142 Wchta Fls-Lawton TX-OK KSWO KAUZ
143 Lubbock TX KCBD
144 Salisbury MD WBOC
145 Palm Springs CA KESQ kmir
147 Sioux City IA KCAU kmeg kpth KTIV
148 Anchorage AK KTBY
151 Odessa-Midland TX KOSA KWES
152 Bismarck ND KXMB KFYR
152 Dickinson ND KXMA
152 Minot ND KXMC
152 Williston ND KXMD
153 Rochester-MasonC MN-IA kimt KXLT KTTC
155 Bangor ME WABI
158 Wheeling WV WTRF wtov
159 Panama City FL wmbb wjhg
160 IdahoF-Pocatello ID KIFI

DMA City State ABC CBS Fox NBC CW MyTV Ind. Others
--- -------------- ----- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ------
161 Sherman-Ada TX-OK KXII
162 Biloxi-Gulfport MS WLOX WLOX2*
163 Gainesville FL WCJB WGFL WOGX WNBW
164 Abilene-Sweetwat TX KTXS
169 Dothan AL WDFX
170 Clarksburg-Westn WV WDTV
172 Utica NY WUTR WFXV
173 Rapid City SD KCLO
177 Watertown NY WWTI
178 Harrisonburg VA WHSV
180 Marquette MI WJMN
181 Jonesboro AR KAIT
182 Bowling Green KY wbko
183 Charlottesville VA wvaw wcav wahu WVIR
184 Grand Junction CO KJCT KREX KKCO
186 Meridian MS WTOK
192 Parkersburg WV WTAP2 WTAP
193 Bend OR KTVZ
196 Casper-Riverton WY KTWO
197 San Angelo TX KTXE*
209 North Platte NE K25KA


The largest market to have no HD news is #101 Ft. Smith-Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR; the largest market to have no HD or widescreen SD news is #131 Chico-Redding, CA.

WFSB [CBS] in Hartford/New Haven, CT has just begun broadcasting their newscasts in HD. Picture quality is quite good, and quite sharp.

WBIR-TV 10 (NBC) in Knoxville, TN just started broadcasting there news in HD today. They also do a 10 o'clock news on WTNZ-TV 43 (FOX) which is also now broadcasting in HD from the same WBIR studio, WTNZ only has that one newscast per day.

http://www.wbir.com/dontmiss/171530/207/10News-now-broadcasting-in-high-definition-on-WBIR--WTNZ

Correction: WTNZ has news from 7 to 9 am in addition to the 10 pm newscast.

Also, on April 28, 2011, kitv (ABC) in Honolulu, HI began 16:9 SD widescreen newscasts (according to Wikipedia).

It looks like KSWO in Wichita Falls, TX switched to HD.

WFRV became the first station in Green Bay to switch to HD.
http://www.wfrv.com/news/local/Channel-5-launches-HD-Behind-the-scenes.html

WFRV became the first station in Green Bay to switch to HD.
http://www.wfrv.com/news/local/Channel-5-launches-HD-Behind-the-scenes.html

This action, plus WSAZ's upgrade to HD newscasts this weekend, will result in the 99 largest Nielsen DMAs having at least one widescreen local newscast (SD or HD) since Fort Smith-Fayetteville, AR (DMA #100) will then become the largest Nielsen DMA without HD or widescreen local newscasts. Buffalo, NY remains the largest Nielsen DMA without a true HD local newscast.

WWOR-TV in New York is scheduled switch to HD June 27th with their new 10 O'clock newscast. They have been running promos all week in HD.

WWOR-TV in New York is scheduled switch to HD June 27th with their new 10 O'clock newscast. They have been running promos all week in HD.I never actually thought the day would come.

WWOR-TV in New York is scheduled switch to HD June 27th with their new 10 O'clock newscast. They have been running promos all week in HD.
In Los Angeles Fox owned My13 runs their news at 11pm as it's basically the Fox 11 news at 11 on channel 13. Because of this 13 was able to go HD as soon as 11 did and Angelinos get another half hour of local Fox news. Also, the two Fox owned stations don't compete with each other for news ratings.

Just saying.:)

Due to a legal ruling years ago that dealt with WWOR when it was owned by General Tire and had the call letters WOR-TV and has remained in place through subsequent owners and linked into the one VHF per state ruling in the analog days (hence the change of call letters of COL from NYC to Secauscas, NJ) and now law suits by filed by groups who say that WWOR is more a NY station and not a NJ station, unlike KTTV and KCOP both licensed to LA, WNYW and WWOR are not co located in the same manner. They don't share studios, nor location due to the above.

While easy to link WNYW/WWOR to KTTV/KCOP and why things aren't done the same way, the legal landscape for the two markets with those stations are completely different and are handled as such.

WSAZ news in Huntington/Charleston WV quietly went HD today. First HD broadcast in the market. Overall very nice. There were a few glitches with the new graphics package, but they actually had 100% of field footage in HD on day one.

Looks like WWOR is still SD.

KATC in Lafayette is getting close. The graphics seem crisper, and they are actually showing Jimmy Kimmel in HD. Still in SD though at the moment.

WWOR-TV in New York is scheduled switch to HD June 27th with their new 10 O'clock newscast. They have been running promos all week in HD.

I never actually thought the day would come.

Looks like WWOR is still SD.

The initial reports of WWOR moving the news back to 10pm never mentioned the newscasts going HD.

It was reported on Swanni's TV Predictions back on June 16th, guess the WWOR-TV's spokesperson was incorrect.

WISN (ABC) in Milwaukee, WI started HD newscasts at 5pm today. Only studio cameras and graphic systems (news and weather) are HD. Pre-recorded stories and ENG is still widescreen SD - and quite poor looking, almost like you-tube. Hopefully that will be upgraded soon.

This leaves WDJT (CBS) as the only 4:3 news station left in town. They are in the process of updating their facilities as well, but no launch date has been announced yet.

Looks like WWOR is still SD.

And still pillarboxed 4:3 SD, at that.

And still pillarboxed 4:3 SD, at that.

It's unlikely that Newscorp is going to spend the money to upgrade just for 2.5 hours of news a week. NBCU still hasn't upgraded WNJU to HD and they air a little over 5 hours of news a week.

It's unlikely that Newscorp is going to spend the money to upgrade just for 2.5 hours of news a week. NBCU still hasn't upgraded WNJU to HD and they air a little over 5 hours of news a week.

Likewise for CBS Corporation with regards to its Detroit stations WWJ and WKBD, each of which airs 10 hours of "news" a week.

It's unlikely that Newscorp is going to spend the money to upgrade just for 2.5 hours of news a week. NBCU still hasn't upgraded WNJU to HD and they air a little over 5 hours of news a week.

In the number one market in the country? Are you kidding? If they see an advantage, they will in a heartbeat.

WISN (ABC) in Milwaukee, WI started HD newscasts at 5pm today. Only studio cameras and graphic systems (news and weather) are HD. Pre-recorded stories and ENG is still widescreen SD - and quite poor looking, almost like you-tube. Hopefully that will be upgraded soon.

This leaves WDJT (CBS) as the only 4:3 news station left in town. They are in the process of updating their facilities as well, but no launch date has been announced yet.

WISN looks a lot better after the upgrade. WDJT looks laughably horrible, especially now that it's the only SD shop in town.

WISN (ABC) in Milwaukee, WI started HD newscasts at 5pm today. Only studio cameras and graphic systems (news and weather) are HD. Pre-recorded stories and ENG is still widescreen SD - and quite poor looking, almost like you-tube. Hopefully that will be upgraded soon.

Well, WKOW (ABC) Madison isn't any better. It is bad enough that they macroblock like mad because their bitrate for HD is so bad (two SD streams and 5 Mbps set aside for mobile and other experiments). It really showed last night when they were covering the Warner Park fireworks. The anamorphic widescreen SD upconvert really made the fireworks look bad.

No idea when they are finally going to upgrade their remote trucks.

WNEP in Scranton, PA will go HD at 6 p.m. this evening.

WNEP in Scranton, PA will go HD at 6 p.m. this evening.

Just saw it, looks fantastic!

Anyone able to get screen grabs from WNEP? I remember watching that channel growing up...Scranton, PA/NYC DMA markets! Are they still the top newscast in the country ( I think I remember them getting that multiple years in a row.)

WFIE NBC Evansville, IN has news in hd started Monday

I found on the Wichita, KS HDTV thread that that city's ABC affiliate, KAKE-TV, is now doing local news in HD.

The official announcement from the station:

http://www.kake.com/home/headlines/KAKE_News_In_HD--Note_For_Cable_Viewers_125734328.html

WFFT in Fort Wayne loses their Fox affiliation to WISE after tonight, resulting in two things:
1) WFFT, independent, will start airing their local news in HD on October 1.
2) WISE-DT 33-2, which just upgraded to 720p to accommodate the Fox and MyTV lineups, is now airing its 10PM newscast in 16:9 SD just like the main station.

On August 1st, KSFY (ABC) in Sioux Falls became the first station located in South Dakota to broadcast news in HD. Here's (http://www.ksfy.com/story/15188881/ksfy-launches-newscasts-in-hd-unveils-new-hd-studio) an article from the station's website.

Get ready for this. WMUR in Manchester, NH switched to HD on August 2nd.

WMUR is in Manchester, NH, which is in the Boston DMA. However, the main ABC affiliate in Boston is WCVB, while WMUR generally serves New Hampshire. How should it be listed in the table, since the market technically has 2 ABC affiliates? Under "Other?"

Usually there will be 2 lines for the market (check Grand Rapids, MI).

Also, WHSV/ABC/3 in Harrisonburg, VA has gone HD with news, and their second ABC station (3.3), aka TV3 Winchester, which targets the Shenandoah Valley area of the Washington DC market is SD Wide screen (through cable and a translator near Winchester, VA).

J

WKBW in Buffalo switched to HD news tonight. I'm shocked!

KAAB Fox 29 is now broadcasting its news in HD. The Sinclair owned station is the last of San Antonio's four television news stations to go HD. Broadcasts began with the station's 9pm program on August 3rd. There is a Wikipedia entry but I saw it happen.

WKBW in Buffalo switched to HD news tonight. I'm shocked!

That means that the largest market without HD local news is now Flint-Saginaw-Bay City, MI. (WNEM and WJRT in that market are in SD widescreen.)

Technically, KAAB is the third not the last since KSAT is in 16x9 SD but claims to be HD.

I saw something on the board sometime ago about this, but I forgot what the argument was besides the rather soft studio shots. It's difficult to believe an outfit like Post-Newsweek would blatantly lie but I guess anything's possible.

It's difficult to believe an outfit like Post-Newsweek would blatantly lie but I guess anything's possible.
I agree. Before the Post-Newsweek station in Detroit (WDIV) went HD, they were stretching their newscasts. They actually did advertise this fact, but they called it "digital wide" not HD.

WGAL-tv channel 8, Lancaster,Pa. tonight at 5:00 P.M. announced their news program in HD !

A few stations with HD or widescreen newscasts are affected by affiliation switches that occurred today.

In Springfield, MO, KSFX, which has HD newscasts, went from being a Fox affiliate to an independent under call sign KOZL. The new Fox affiliate in the market, KRBK, does not have any newscasts at the present time.

In Boise, ID, KTRV, the only station with HD newscasts in the market, has also gone from being a Fox affiliate to an independent. KNIN, which has widescreen newscasts produced by KIVI (ABC), has taken over the Fox affiliation after being a CW affiliate. The new CW station in the market is on a 4:3 subchannel of KBOI (CBS), which has widescreen newscasts on the primary subchannel.

In addition, Nielsen has a new list (http://www.nielsen.com/content/dam/corporate/us/en/public%20factsheets/tv/nielsen-2012-local-DMA-TV-penetration.pdf) of DMA rankings to be used during the 2011-2012 TV season. The list (http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?p=20506933#post20506933) of stations with HD or widescreen SD newscasts on page 63 of this thread has been revised to reflect the changes. One thing of note, since the Ft. Smith-Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers market is has gone from #100 to #101, every one of the top 100 markets in the United States now has at least one station broadcasting news in HD or, in the case of Flint-Saginaw-Bay City, in widescreen SD.

KTIV (NBC 4, Sioux City, IA) has been doing local news in HD since late June or July.

I gotta wonder now that my local market of Greenville, New Bern, Washington; NC is in the top 100 if WITN and WNCT (the NBC Gray owned and CBS Media Gen.)will rush to jump into HD.? WCTI/WFXI the ABC and FOX have been doing HD news for over a year. The competition seems to really be on fire right now in this market, as I hear the ratings are really close.

KWHY, Channel 22 in Los Angeles has local news, in Spanish, in HD. (Spanish independent)

KWHY used to be owned by NBC Universal, but was sold. Not sure if KVEA is involved in the production, but one package had a T52 mic flag in the package.

I believe that this makes every station in LA that broadcasts in HD and has a news department has HD News.

J

I don't know if this has been mentioned but on WLNE (ABC Providence/New Bedford) Affiliate's Website it states Coming Soon in High Definition.

Nexstar stations WUTR and WFXV are now (as of 9/12/11) broadcasting evening newscasts in high definition to the Utica, NY market.

Just in time for the start of the new TV season, these stations have begun HD newscasts:


Springfield, MA - WGGB (ABC), WGGB-DT2 (Fox, HD on cable only)
Nashville, TN - WZTV (Fox)
Quad Cities, IA-IL - WQAD (ABC), KLJB (Fox)
Utica, NY - WUTR (ABC), WFXV (Fox)


Additionally KHBS (ABC) in the Ft. Smith-Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR market has started broadcasting widescreen SD newscasts. This makes #117 Fargo-Valley City, ND the largest TV market in the United States without HD or widescreen SD newscasts.

WLNE (ABC in Providence, RI) doing HD news as of today. I don't see an article about it or something on their website, but I'm watching it right now.

And wow, a Springfield, MA station doing news in HD? Never thought I'd see the day.

Something I missed when I saw WGGB had gone to HD news is that the upgrade also covers the cable-only HD feed of WGGB-DT2, according to this article (http://www.tvtechnology.com/article/123684) published last month before the transition took place.

WKPT-TV / 19 / ABC in Kingsport, TN is airing their "newscasts" in HD - the newscasts use a virtual set and is mostly "rip and read" 5 minute (6:25pm) and 10 minute (11:00pm) with HD graphics using a single camera. But they're promoted as being in HD...

Jim

Also, add two Allbritton stations to the list of stations that air newscasts in HD:

1) KTUL (ABC) in Tulsa, OK has been airing newscasts in HD since August 22. KTUL's upgrade to HD makes kotv and kqcw (both owned by the same company and operated from the same facility) the only two stations in the Tulsa market that still broadcast in SD widescreen rather than true HD.

2) KATV (ABC) in Little Rock, AR became the last "Big Four" network-affiliated station in that market to upgrade to HD newscasts (having made the upgrade on September 10).

WGGB in Springfield, MA officially went to HD at noon today.

Some more recent HD debuts:


The ABC affiliate in Birmingham, AL (officially WBMA is the market affiliate, but in reality satellites WCFT in Tuscaloosa and WJSU in Anniston are). There are some examples of the new look here (http://www.youtube.com/user/tayloroux#p/u) on YouTube.
Roanoke-Lynchburg, VA - WSET (ABC)


WRIC (ABC) in Richmond, VA was to begin HD newscasts today, but according to a post on the station's Facebook page the launch was postponed indefinitely in order to "fix a few technical snags."

Additionally, I discovered that independent station WMNN-LD in the Traverse City-Cadillac, MI market has been doing HD newscasts since the station signed on in February. So far this is the only station in the market with HD or widescreen news.

Grrr...

I'm in Richmond now and was hoping to catch WRIC, but will have to wait...

J

The ABC affiliate in Birmingham, AL (officially WBMA is the market affiliate, but in reality satellites WCFT in Tuscaloosa and WJSU in Anniston are).

Do they have WBMA-LD up yet?

Do they have WBMA-LD up yet?

Yes they do, according to the Wikipedia entry for the station and records (http://transition.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/tvq?call=WBMA) in the FCC database. The license to cover (http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=1428963) the construction permit for WBMA-LD on channel 40 was granted June 6.

WPRI (CBS out of Providence, RI) began doing HD newscasts today. Their newscasts on WNAC (FOX) are also in HD too.

In the matter of 4 months this year (from May to September), Providence went from a DMA without any HD newscasts to a DMA where all of its newscasts are in HD. Also confirmed on Wikipedia.

Also, there is another affiliation change. WSBK (Independent out of Boston) is now a MyNetworkTV affiliate.

WJZ is doing live remotes and reports in HD.

Well, DC got a double whammy of local news OTA in HD.

WZDC-LD (Telemundo 25) is on the air in HD (originally when they converted to digital, they went 480i SD), but are now 1080i. The station had been doing HD news, but only on cable in DC (no suburbs). News is now OTA HD

WFDC (Univision 14) has also made the jump to HD - I'm guessing WZDC going HD OTA may have pushed them... It's new this week - may even be today. Still a few things to work out - wide shot looks out of focus (1 shots look nice and sharp); weather graphics are 4x3 SD & black bars on the side; had some cases of SD video being stretched to 16x9. The station also has the capability of HD local ad inserts.

Jim

News is in HD now.

Company-wise, that makes Scripps the first to have all of its stations broadcast local news in HD (at least the in-studio portions)...

That distinction will disappear soon (unless KERO-TV (ABC) in Bakersfield, CA upgrades its newscasts to HD soon): Scripps is buying up McGraw-Hill's entire TV stations group for $212M. The three other ABC affiliates in the McGraw-Hill group are (in order of descending market rank): KMGH-TV Denver, WRTV Indianapolis and KGTV San Diego. McGraw-Hill also owns several low-power Azteca América affiliates, which are included in the sale to Scripps.

WFFT (ex-Fox independent) in Fort Wayne went HD with a new set last week.

I've found two stations upgrading to SD or HD news in recent times:

KSBY (NBC, San Luis Obispo, CA) going 16:9 SD in late September, thanks to this post in the SLO HD thread:

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showpost.php?p=21000132&postcount=1124

WKRN (ABC, Nashville, TN) going HD with their news on Tuesday, thanks to this report from tvpredictions.com:

http://www.tvpredictions.com/localhd101311.htm

WATE in Knoxville (finally) started HD newscasts today. Last station in town to do so and PQ looks better than the others.

WATE in Knoxville (finally) started HD newscasts today. Last station in town to do so and PQ looks better than the others.
They also do a 10 p.m. newscast on WBXX-TV 20 (CW) which will be in HD as well.

Also yesterday, WPBN (NBC, Traverse City, MI) and WTOM (NBC, Cheboygan, MI) went 16:9 SD widescreen, according to their Facebook wall.

http://www.facebook.com/UpNorthLive?sk=wall

I am amazed at how many stations are still just turning HD and some even just going to 16/9 SD!

I am amazed at how many stations are still just turning HD and some even just going to 16/9 SD!

With it taking several million dollars to upgrade not counting master control, in this economy, it is surprising to me the number of stations that are converting in these smaller markets.

Got an update from the Harrisburg market thread and a poster from the area noticed WHTM broadcasting their local news in HD. According to the WHTM wiki page, the station began broadcasting newscasts in HD on 10/14/11.

It is now. KELO in Sioux Falls South Dakota is now 100% HD News.

WOOD-TV (NBC, Grand Rapids, MI) went to HD news on Saturday night.

http://www.woodtv.com/dpp/entertainment/24-Hour-News-8-now-in-HD

WJRT-TV (ABC, Flint, MI) went to HD news this morning.

WJRT-TV (ABC, Flint, MI) went to HD news this morning.

Combined with WCSH (NBC) in Portland, ME going to HD on Sunday, this means that all of the top 100 markets now have at least one station broadcasting HD newscasts.

WJRT-TV (ABC, Flint, MI) went to HD news this morning.

Maybe that's what you saw. Unfortunately, I cannot confirm this because I could not find an actual professionally published source about it (Wikipedia had this stated, but was removed for the very same reason I stated above). It seems as though certain Wikipedia "bureaucrats" (moderators) have tightened their criteria for what goes into the articles in question.

Maybe that's what you saw. Unfortunately, I cannot confirm this because I could not find an actual professionally published source about it (Wikipedia had this stated, but was removed for the very same reason I stated above). It seems as though certain Wikipedia "bureaucrats" (moderators) have tightened their criteria for what goes into the articles in question.

The news anchors announced this several times during the 5:00 and 6:00am broadcasts. They were using a totally new graphics package, and their weather report is now "12 First Alert HD."

Well it's on their Facebook page.
From Monday 4:06am - Hope you noticed this morning that ABC12 is now broadcasting in High Definition. Our new HD look should bring you a better, clearer picture than any other station in Mid-Michigan. Our weather graphics are top notch! Check it out, we think the new technology will make your viewing much better. Thanks for watching ABC12 News.

WTEN (ABC) in Albany, NY on Wednesday became the second news source in the Capital Region (after WRGB/CBS and sister WCWB/CW) to broadcast local news in HD. Here (http://www.mediabistro.com/tvspy/albanys-wten-debuts-new-set-hd-newscasts_b26638#more-26638) are some photos of the new set launched in conjunction with the move to HD.

Found on Wikipedia:

WGRZ (NBC, Buffalo, NY) started doing HD local news on October 29.

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

In the SF Bay Area:

Contrary to the listings in Zap2It, KSTS 48 Telemundo is not in HD. Still 4x3 SD.

Contrary to what the on-screen graphics imply, KDTV 14 Univision is not in HD, but WS 16x9... (unless they're shooting the cameras through a layer of petroleum jelly or some Saran wrap...).

J

All four Indianapolis "news" stations (ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC) broadcast all of their news programs morning, noon, evening, and night in HD.

WMAZ (CBS) in Macon, GA began broadcasting HD newscasts on Monday, November 14. Before the launch, the Macon market, which is #118, had been the 2nd largest in the country without local news in either HD or widescreen SD. That title now looks to go to the #124 market, centered in Lafayette, LA.

KSAS (Fox) in Wichita, KS may have to be changed from capitals (KSAS) to lowercase (ksas) starting January 1, 2012. The news share agreement with KWCH (CBS) is set to expire on December 31 of this year, and KSAS entered into a new agreement with ksnw (NBC) in that market. ksnw presently airs only the weather portion of its newscasts in HD but everything else in widescreen SD. What is currently the KWCH-produced 9 p.m. newscast (currently simulcast on both KSAS and KSCW) will be shown exclusively on KSCW (CW).

Also, in September 2011, WBFS (MyTV) cancelled its 10 p.m. weeknight newscast. As such, it no longer airs a local newscast. It should be completely removed from the table as of now.

Newschannel 8 (Washington, D.C., Northern Virginia, Suburban Maryland) to go HD in January.

http://dcrtv.com/davetv.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newschannel_8

The Boise, ID market lost local news in HD today, December 5th, after independent station KTRV announced (http://www.idahostatesman.com/2011/12/05/1905542/boise-ktrv-suspends-news-operations.html) a suspension of all local news operations. This was the first, and as of yet the only, station in the market to upgrade to HD newscasts. The upgrade happened while the station was Boise's Fox affiliate, but that affiliation was discontinued on September 1st. The new Fox affiliate, former CW affiliate KNIN, as well as the "big three" network affiliates in Boise all air newscasts in widescreen SD.

WFMY Greensboro, NC began HD in the studio on November 13th. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WFMY-TV

The market now has two HD newscasts (WGHP which stated Sept 2010) and WFMY. Hearst owned WXII (the third newscast in the market) is still 16:9 SD.

WHDH as of last Monday went HD for live shots. Some packages "might" be HD - don't look as good as live shots, but better than 16:9 SD. Apparently they have new editing etc as well.

WAAY in Huntsville began HD newscasts today at 5:00. I haven't checked to see if the news they provide for WZDX is also HD. If indeed it is, that will make all news in Huntsville HD.:cool:

The only exception in Huntsville is WHNT-2, which broadcasts the 9:00 news in 16:9 SD.

WBAY in Green Bay, WI became the second station to switch to HD starting today.

Interestingly, in our market in Champaign-Urbana, IL, WICD the ABC affiliate is showing syndicated programs in HD but newscasts are still in SD.

Interestingly, in our market in Champaign-Urbana, IL, WICD the ABC affiliate is showing syndicated programs in HD but newscasts are still in SD.
Syndicated programming is much easier to show in HD than newscasts.

Syndicated programming is much easier to show in HD than newscasts.

That makes sense. I assume there would be less equipment costs. Another local station started with HD newscasts, but it was a couple of years before they started showing syndicated programming in HD.

WGME-TV (CBS, Portland, ME) now doing local news in HD, according to Wikipedia.

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

KLFY (CBS, Lafayette, LA) started doing HD local news yesterday.

http://www.klfy.com/global/story.asp?s=16407393

KLFY (CBS, Lafayette, LA) started doing HD local news yesterday.

http://www.klfy.com/global/story.asp?s=16407393

Combined with WLNS (CBS) in Lansing, MI going to HD in October, according to the station's Wikipedia page, all of bankrupt Young Broadcasting's "big four" network stations are now airing news in HD. The only standout would appear to be MyNetwork station KRON in San Francisco, which evidently continues to air news in widescreen SD.

As you might have known, Scripps completed its purchase of the McGraw-Hill stations back this past Friday (December 30). Of that group, KERO had plans to upgrade its newscasts to HD (but has evidently not yet completed the upgrade). The other three ABC stations in the ex-McGraw-Hill group are already airing newscasts in HD. (In another station group acquisition news, Sinclair (SBGI) is in the process of swallowing up two sizable television station groups - the Four Points Media group and the Freedom Communications television group, with stations such as KUTV, WPEC, WRGB and KEYE moving into the same ownership blanket as KABB, WBFF and WSYX, among others.)

And speaking of New Young Broadcasting (essentially the bankrupt Young Broadcasting that's now controlled by secured creditors), all of the stations that are airing their local news in HD except WATE and WLNS are managed by Gray Television. (The other Young station not managed by Gray, KRON, is also the only station in that group still broadcasting in SD 16:9.) Gray is not allowed to manage WATE or WLNS because Gray already owns and operates rival stations (WVLT and WILX, respectively) in those two markets.

And we will wait until this evening for the status of the newscasts on KSAS (Fox) in Wichita, KS. KSNW (NBC), which is currently the only station in that market that broadcasts in SD 16:9 rather than full HD, has taken over the production of the KSAS newscasts.

Reno NV has all network news in hd and i think the weather is in hd also for all.

The Sinclair/Four Points Media acquisition was finalized yesterday.

The Sinclair/Four Points Media acquisition was finalized yesterday.

Yes. And the two stations with local newscasts in that ex-Four Points group - KUTV Salt Lake City and KEYE Austin - have already been broadcasting in HD from the studio. Their field video footage is still mostly 4:3 SD, however. (It should be noted that all of the ex-Four Points stations were once co-owned with the CBS network itself.)

In addition, of the Freedom stations also being acquired by Sinclair, only five of the stations are doing their local news in HD: WPEC West Palm Beach, WWMT Kalamazoo, WRGB Albany and KFDM Beaumont (all CBS affiliates; the weekday morning and weeknight 10 p.m. news shows on CW affiliate WCWN are produced by duopoly-mate WRGB). WLAJ (ABC) in Lansing also airs news briefs produced by sister WWMT in HD; however, it is not included among the five stations because it does not have a news department of its own nor does it air a full news show at all.

Newschannel 8 in Washington, DC has gone HD (finally). The channel showed up early this week, but went live with HD from the studio (SD from the field) last night.

J

They officially launched live on Wednesday.

Bowling Green's WBKO going all-widescreen in the coming days

http://jakesdtvblog.blogspot.com/2012/01/bowling-greens-wbko-going-all.html

Chicago finally gets a Spanish-language newscast in HD. Per Rob Feder in TimeOutChicago.com (http://timeoutchicago.com/arts-culture/chicago-media-blog/15078323/crain):

The new year brought a new look to Chicago’s top-rated Spanish-language television station. Univision WGBO-Channel 66 converted its news operation to HD and unveiled a new set for Noticias Univision Chicago, the 5 and 10pm newcasts anchored by Jorge Barbosa and Angelica Atondo. “It is important for our station to remain ahead of the curve when it comes to reporting news to our viewers,” news director Marisol Seda said in a statement.

Some pics are posted here (http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?p=21480195#post21480195).

Also, two more changes:

WDJT (CBS) in Milwaukee became the final station in that market to launch its newscasts in HD on Sunday evening, January 8 at 10 p.m., a few hours prior to the launch of CBS's new weekday morning news show, CBS Morning News. The studio and most (but not all) field shots are in HD. The upgrade does not include the news shows it produces for its low-power sister outlets since those stations do not broadcast in HD.

Since KSNW has evidently not upgraded its newscasts from its current SD 16x9 format, that station took over the newscast production for KSAS (Fox) in Wichita, KS. As a result, KSAS should be changed to lowercase (or, KSAS -> ksas) on the list.

WWLP (NBC, Springfield, MA) now with HD news, according to Wikipedia:

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

The Fargo, ND market got local news in widescreen SD a few days ago thanks to WDAY (ABC). As a result, the largest market with no local news in 16:9 has become #131 Chico-Redding, CA.

On another note, according to their respective Wikipedia pages, WFXG (Fox), WJBF (ABC), and WAGT (NBC) - all in the Augusta, GA market - began broadcasting news in HD last fall. The CBS affiliate in the market had already been airing local news in HD for months.

KCRG in Cedar Rapids switched to HD on Saturday January 21.
kcrg.com/yournewnine (http://kcrg.com/yournewnine)

According to Wikipedia, WIVB (CBS) and WNLO (CW) in Buffalo started doing their newscasts in HD on February 1. They are the last major broadcast news operation in that market to upgrade to HD. This leaves WNYO (MyTV) still with 4:3 SD newscasts because that station's master control is not capable of airing WGRZ's HD newscasts in the format. (WUTV (Fox) airs no local news at all whatsoever.)

WSJV (Fox, South Bend, IN) now with HD local news, according to this post:

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showpost.php?p=21515608&postcount=3690

Of the three 'major' affiliates, CBS's WIVB finally went HD yesterday. They were last to go HD (or 16x9).
The first was NBC's WGRZ, but only cropped SD. 2nd was ABC's WKBW, but their look isn't much better than the SD cameras of WGRZ.

Clearly, WIVB wins for the best 'on air look', quality wise.

Of the three 'major' affiliates, CBS's WIVB finally went HD yesterday. They were last to go HD (or 16x9).
The first was NBC's WGRZ, but only cropped SD. 2nd was ABC's WKBW, but their look isn't much better than the SD cameras of WGRZ.

Clearly, WIVB wins for the best 'on air look', quality wise.

WGRZ did upgrade its studio cameras to HD on October 29 of last year - over one month after WKBW's upgrade to "HD". Thus, although WGRZ was the first to go 16x9, it was the second to go HD.

WSJV (Fox, South Bend, IN) now with HD local news, according to this post:

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showpost.php?p=21515608&postcount=3690

That makes WSJV the last major news operation in the South Bend-Elkhart market to go HD for its newscasts. WSBT (CBS) was the first, going HD in November 2008. Second was WNDU (NBC), whose upgrade took place in April 2010. Third was low-power WBND (ABC), who went HD in April of last year.

WGRZ did upgrade its studio cameras to HD on October 29 of last yearSurely news to me. You would never know it.
How/where did that info come from??

Surely news to me. You would never know it.
How/where did that info come from??

At least that's what WGRZ claims. Even though they might have upgraded to widescreen HD cameras, they may very well downconvert the HD studio shots to 16x9 SD then re-upconvert back to 1080i. Nevertheless, they still claim it's HD.

And you got this info where?

And you got this info where?

All I could find besides what Wikipedia claims are a few blogs. And even if Gannett (the owner of WGRZ) made such a claim to have "upgraded" to "HD", they did so quietly without much if any fanfare.

By the way, as noted in Wikipedia, the last "in-house" news operation of a CBS-owned property that remained in 4:3 SD, WWJ-TV and WKBD in Detroit, now airs their morning news show in HD as of February 2. However, they should be currently excluded from the table because they still do not have a full-time news department nor do they air regular evening or late-night newscasts.

However, they should be currently excluded from the table because they still do not have a full-time news department nor do they air regular evening or late-night newscasts.

I disagree. Both stations are airing a news product - albeit not in the traditional news at morning, noon, 5, 6 & 11 - and it's in HD. Using that rationale, numerous stations who have news outsourced then wouldn't then be considered. Stations that use(d) INN out of Davenport (and/or whomever replaced them) shouldn't be counted, as they have no more of a news staff than WWJ: 1 or two local reporters and everything else (anchors, weather forecasters, camera operators) is coming from a "newscast mill". WWJ/WKBD at least gave local on-air talent. KMAX in Sacramento operates the same way - only a morning newscast and they're on the list. Also, Fox affiliates that have outsourced news...

Hopefully, this will eventually jumpstart WWJ's news department and they can go back to offering local evening news - maybe focusing at an alternate time such as 6-7pm for the early evening newscast and push CBS Evening news to 7. Granted, this is Detroit with all of its issues...

J

Hopefully, this will eventually jumpstart WWJ's news department and they can go back to offering local evening news - maybe focusing at an alternate time such as 6-7pm for the early evening newscast and push CBS Evening news to 7.
Not going to happen.

Not going to happen.

At least not for the foreseeable future. CBS itself has been cutting budgets over the past few years. Then there are the ratings: Channel 62 has never had much, if any, of what we consider a "local" newscast to begin with. (And this dates back to its early days as WGPR-TV back in 1975.) That's not to mention that WWJ-TV has been one of CBS's weakest owned-and-operated stations, with its prime-time ratings underperforming the network's nationwide average (its prime-time ratings among the "Big Four" outlets in Detroit are generally in third place, behind WXYZ and WJBK; only WDIV has lower prime-time ratings than WWJ).

When its sister station WKBD-TV shuttered its own in-house operation in 2002, ABC affiliate WXYZ-TV produced a 10 pm newscast for WKBD for a couple of years. Since the formation of The CW, WKBD has since fallen behind WMYD and on occasion behind even WADL in the ratings.

By the way, WXYZ (and WEWS in Cleveland) almost dropped ABC in favor of CBS when WJBK (and WJW Cleveland) switched to Fox in 1994. That was until ABC came up with a large-scale deal involving most if not all of the Scripps-owned stations that would ultimately keep WXYZ and WEWS affiliated with ABC. (That deal called for four of the Scripps-owned stations that weren't already affiliated with ABC to switch to that network: Former Fox affiliates KNXV in Phoenix and WFTS in Tampa Bay, NBC affiliate WMAR in Baltimore and CBS affiliate WCPO in Cincinnati; in the case of WCPO, it had to wait for ABC's affiliation deal with WKRC to expire in June 1996 before it could make the switch to ABC.) Scripps also briefly owned the FCC license of KENS (CBS) in San Antonio during Fall 1997 but never held operational control of that station (as it would be traded to Belo, who actually operated the station via a time brokerage agreement during Scripps ownership, a month and a half later).

The Fargo, ND market got local news in widescreen SD a few days ago thanks to WDAY (ABC). As a result, the largest market with no local news in 16:9 has become #131 Chico-Redding, CA.

On another note, according to their respective Wikipedia pages, WFXG (Fox), WJBF (ABC), and WAGT (NBC) - all in the Augusta, GA market - began broadcasting news in HD last fall. The CBS affiliate in the market had already been airing local news in HD for months.

According to a story on the 5pm newscast tonight, WDAY has gone full HD.

According to a story on the 5pm newscast tonight, WDAY has gone full HD.

The official announcement from that station:

http://www.wday.com/event/article/id/59510/

According to posts made over in the local HD subforum, earlier today WIBW (CBS) became the first station in the Topeka, KS market to broadcast local news in HD.

KUVN in Dallas/Ft. Worth has gone HD - sometime between Christmas and President's Day... All that's left in DFW is KXTX/Telemundo 39 (and KFWD's repeats of News 8...)

J

The CBS affiliate in Phoenix, KPHO 5, was still SD as recently as Spring 2009. They were the last station in the Phoenix market to switch to HD.

The CBS affiliate in Phoenix, KPHO 5, was still SD as recently as Spring 2009. They were the last station in the Phoenix market to switch to HD.

Actually, they were the next-to-last station to switch to HD. FOX-owned KSAZ was still SD until after the Fourth of July of that year.