WDBJ7 Roanoke News and Weather NRV Lynchburg Danville | Photos of News7 preparing to go HD
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 New equipment started arriving weeks before the switch from standard definition to high definition. |
 WDBJ7's news set required some modifications to accommodate the new format. |
 High definition is much more detailed so our news anchors and meteorologists met with a professional make-up artist for tips on how to look their best. |
 The make up artist works with Meteorologist Brent Watts. |
 Brent gets a lesson in "eyebrows". |
 Art Director, Joel Sink, worked for weeks to change News 7's graphic look from SD to HD. |
 News 7 Meteorologists get ready for the region's first HD weathercast. |
 Directors had to prepare to use the HD equipment before it was actually installed. |
 All three of WDBJ7's studio cameras had to be replaced to shoot the wider format. |
 On the day of the HD launch, the main control room was gutted just after News 7 Mornin'. The full transition had to be done between the morning news and News 7 at 5. |
 Chief Meteorologist Robin Reed checks computer configurations before moving equipment to the Skytracker 7 Weather Center. |
 Most of the cables were run in advance, but last minute work kept the crew busy. |
 The many computer interfaces News 7 uses to produce a newscast had to be switched over at the last minute. |
 Jay Webb and Robin Reed reconnect all the weather data sources to the new HD equipment in the Skytracker 7 Weather Center. |
 Meteorologist turned engineer, Robin Reed. |
 New HD monitors are installed on the news set while a Roanoke Times photographer looks on. |
 Studio floor crew get last minute instructions on the new cameras. |
 News 7's last standard definition newscast was News 7 at Noon. |
 With the main news control room gutted, News 7 at Noon had to be temporarily directed out of one of WDBJ 7's commercial editing suites. |
 By lunchtime the new high definition video switcher was in place in the control room. |
 The crew was working quickly to switch out the entire control room by News 7 at 5. |
 In the studio work continued to replace cameras. |
