Channel
Channel
| Display Channel | Physical Channel | Video | Audio | Call Sign | Network/Programming | Nickname | Notes | |||||
| | 30.3 | | 1080i | DD5.1 | | | "WDBJ-7" | ||||
| | 30.4 | | 480i (w) | DD2.0 | | | | ||||
| | 30.5 | | 480i (w) | DD2.0 | | | | ||||
| | 30.8 | | 480i (w) | DD2.0 | | | | ||||
| | 30.7 | | 1080i | DD2.0 | | | "WZBJ-24" | ||||
| | 30.6 | | 480i (w) | DD2.0 | | | | ||||
| FAC-ID: 71329 |
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Granted |  ROANOKE, VA | |||||||
| Digital Channel | Display Channel |
Call Sign | Src ID | PMT PID | Video | Dimensions | Aspect Ratio | Video PID | Video (Mbps) | PCR PID | Audio Type | Audio PID | Audio Bitrate |
| 30.3 | 07-1 | WDBJ | 1 | 0x0030 | 1080i | 1920x1080 | 16:9 | 0x0031 | 1.3 ‑ 13.2 | 0x0031 | DD5.1 | 0x0034 | 384kbps |
| 30.4 | 07-2 | WDBJ365 | 2 | 0x0040 | 480i | 640x480 | 16:9 | 0x0041 | 0.5 ‑ 4.95 | 0x0041 | DD2.0 | 0x0044 | 192kbps |
| 30.5 | 07-3 | HEROES | 3 | 0x0050 | 480i | 640x480 | 16:9 | 0x0051 | 0.5 ‑ 6.8 | 0x0051 | DD2.0 | 0x0054 | 192kbps |
| 30.6 | 24-4 | DABL | 6 | 0x0060 | 480i | 640x480 | 16:9 | 0x0061 | 0.5 ‑ 3.2 | 0x0061 | DD2.0 | 0x0064 | 192kbps |
| 30.7 | 24-1 | WZBJ | 5 | 0x0070 | 1080i | 1920x1080 | 16:9 | 0x0071 | 1 ‑ 12.3 | 0x0071 | DD2.0 | 0x0074 | 192kbps |
| 30.8 | 07-4 | CRIME | 4 | 0x0080 | 480i | 640x480 | 16:9 | 0x0081 | 0.5 ‑ 6.3 | 0x0081 | DD2.0 | 0x0084 | 192kbps |
| Operator: | Gray Television |
| Licensee: | GRAY TELEVISION LICENSEE, LLC |
| Sisters: | WZBJ, WZBJ-CD |
| Analog Sign-on: | October 3, 1955 (7) |
| Digital Sign-on: | April 30, 2002 (18) |
| DTV Transition: | |
| Certification : | Analog channel 7. Digital channel 18. |
| Elected Round 1 : | Elected channel 18. (Approved) |
| : | Channel 18. |
| Last Analog: | |
| Channel 7 : | 2001' 316 kW DA |
| Call Sign History: | ||
| 00/00/0000 | WDBJ | |
| 09/14/1978 | WDBJ-TV | |
| 11/01/1983 | WDBJ | |
| (09/16/2022) | WDBJ | |
| Expanded History: 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. 10/03/1955: WDBJ-7 signed on from Mill Mountain with studios in the Mountain Trust Bank Building. --/--/1957: WDBJ-7 moved to a transmitter on Poor Mountain. --/--/1969: WDBJ-7 was purchased by Schurz Communications. 04/20/2002: WDBJ-7 moved to studios in its new "Digital Broadcast Center" on Hershberger Road. 04/30/2002: WDBJ-DT signed on with a full-powered signal. --/--/2004: 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. 09/05/2006: WDBJ-DT 7-2 "Seven Too" joined My Network TV. 09/11/2006: WDBJ-DT began carrying Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy in HD, the first HD syndicated programming in the market. 12/19/2006: WDBJ-DT 7-3 "Hometown Weather Channel" was discontinued. 04/22/2008, 5:00PM: WDBJ began HD newscasts. |