Satellite : WEAR-TV brings HD news to Florida panhandle

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WEAR-TV brings HD news to Florida panhandle
by Darren Murph, posted Sep 14th 2008 at 10:47AM

Starting this month, viewers in the Florida panhandle (Pensacola, Fort Walton Beach and Mobile, Alabama to be more precise) can start catching their local news in high-definition. The region's ABC affiliate (WEAR-TV) has finally seen fit to bring a clearer view of its newscasts to locals. Hailed as the "first and only" local station in the Mobile-Pensacola Metro area to air its local news in HD, the station is showing five different sessions per day in high-def.

WEAR TV to go high def
Contributed by Christine O'Connor
Friday, 05 September 2008
Last Updated Saturday, 06 September 2008
On Sunday, television news will seem a bit clearer to viewers in the Florida panhandle.


WEAR ABC 3 will launch high definition newscasts, becoming the first and only local television station in the Mobile-
Pensacola Metro area to broadcast local news in HD. Starting Sunday, Sept. 7, Channel 3 News at 10 will unveil the first
inaugural newscast in HD. On Monday, Sept. 8, the 5 adn 11 a.m. shows, along with the 4, 5, and 6 p.m. shows will also
air in HD.

"We have many more options to present the news," said Kyle Brinkman, news director at WEAR. "We can make the
news more entertaining and intriguing."