| <b>Expanded History:</b><br />
Television on channel 7 begins in 1950, when Times World and the Polan Bros. of Huntington both applied for channel 7. Soon, the Polan Bros. instead filed a competing application for channel 10. The first station in the Roanoke valley, WROV-TV, went dark after only three months. Radio Roanoke (owner of WROV-AM 1240 and WROV-FM 103.7) filed a competing application for channel 7. Eventually, it was resolved with an agreement that Times World (owner of WDBJ-AM 960 and WDBJ-FM 94.9) would buy the UHF equipment of the now-dark WROV-TV, and in exchange Radio Roanoke would withdraw their application.
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<b>10/03/1955:</b> WDBJ-7 signed on from Mill Mountain with studios in the Mountain Trust Bank Building.
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<b>--/--/1957:</b> WDBJ-7 moved to a transmitter on Poor Mountain.
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<b>--/--/1969:</b> WDBJ-7 was purchased by Schurz Communications.
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<b>04/20/2002:</b> WDBJ-7 moved to studios in its new "Digital Broadcast Center" on Hershberger Road.
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<b>04/30/2002:</b> WDBJ-DT signed on with a full-powered signal.
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<b>--/--/2004:</b> WDBJ became the first in the market to invest in high-definition recording equipment. This allowed them to air a selection of movies from Paramount in high-definition.
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<b>09/05/2006:</b> WDBJ-DT 7-2 "Seven Too" joined My Network TV.
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<b>09/11/2006:</b> WDBJ-DT began carrying <em>Wheel of Fortune</em> and <em>Jeopardy</em> in HD, the first HD syndicated programming in the market.
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<b>12/19/2006:</b> WDBJ-DT 7-3 "Hometown Weather Channel" was discontinued.<br />
<b>04/22/2008, 5:00PM:</b> WDBJ began HD newscasts.<br /> |
