The ABC network’s flagship New York station WABC-TV is now broadcasting the studio portions of its local news in HD. Field reports are still in standard definition.
The switch was made with little fanfare. WABC is the second Big Apple station to take the leap to HD. WNBC-TV began doing HD news in September.
WABC-TV , the ABC station in the nation's largest DMA, New York City, quietly began airing its local news in 720p a few weeks ago. There was a lot of online chatter about the soft launch in the past few weeks from observers who were picking up the broadcaster's HD signal terrestrially, but WABC-TV still had not made a
WABC-TV, the ABC station in the nation's largest DMA, New York City, quietly began airing its local news in 720p a few weeks ago.
The ABC owned and operated New York City station is relying on a Nucomm ChannelMaster dual-band digital/analog transmitter to send live HD shots from its news helicopter
The station, the sixth Gannet station to convert to HD news broadcasts, made the move in 72 days.
The ABC affiliate made the move in September 2011 with 20 JVC GY-HM790 ProHD camcorders used in the field and the studio.
The station will begin broadcasting 33 hours of local HD programming in January 2007.
The Newport Television-owned station is using JVC ProHD cameras in the studio and for ENG acquisition.
The station recently purchased eight GY-HM790Us and eight GY-HM750Us, which are being used for studio and ENG work.
