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The program is WDBJ's second attempt at a prime time newscast; the station previously produced a 10 p.m. newscast, titled News 7 Primetime, for religious independent station WEFC (channel 38, now Ion Television owned-and-operated station WPXR-TV) from September 1996 to August 1997; that program was canceled due to low ratings. [24]
He joined WDBJ in March 1982 and has been llChief llMeteorologist ever since. [1] Reed presents the weather forecasts for NEWS7 on the 5, 6, and 11 o'clock newscasts. Reed has been awarded the "Seal of Approval" by the American Meteorological Society and is an AMS Certified Broadcast Meteorologist (CBM), having been the sixth meteorologist in ...
WZBJ (channel 24) is a television station licensed to Danville, Virginia, United States, serving the Roanoke–Lynchburg market as an affiliate of MyNetworkTV.It is owned by Gray Media alongside Roanoke-licensed CBS affiliate WDBJ (channel 7).
On the morning of August 26, 2015, news reporter Alison Parker and photojournalist Adam Ward, both employees of CBS affiliate WDBJ in Roanoke, Virginia, United States, were fatally shot while conducting a live television interview near Smith Mountain Lake in Moneta.
WZBJ-CD (channel 24) is a low-power, Class A television station licensed to Lynchburg, Virginia, United States.It is a translator of Danville-licensed MyNetworkTV affiliate WZBJ (channel 24) which is owned by Gray Media; the WZBJ stations collectively serve as a sister outlet to Roanoke-licensed CBS affiliate WDBJ (channel 7).
Chris Hurst Member of the Virginia House of Delegates from the 12th district In office January 10, 2018 (2018-01-10) – January 12, 2022 Preceded by Joseph R. Yost Succeeded by Jason Ballard Personal details Born Christopher Laird Hurst (1987-07-09) July 9, 1987 (age 37) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. Political party Democratic Education Emerson College (BA) Occupation Journalist ...
Channel 7 kept the historic WDBJ call letters, with AM 960 becoming WFIR, standing for First in Roanoke, reflecting its status as the first broadcasting operation in the Roanoke Valley. In 1979, WFIR was purchased by Jim Gibbons, the former play-by-play announcer for the Washington Redskins football team. Gibbons added more news and sports ...
A half-hour 7 p.m. show was added in September 2009. The 1997 rebranding of the station's news operation as NewsChannel 10 coincided with the debut of "Storm Team 10". The "Storm Team" was created to give weather a stronger emphasis on the station and to emphasize that meteorologists were a team, with the title of "chief meteorologist" being ...