The first built-from-scratch DTV station
Cory Bergman July 27th, 2008
Broadcasting & Cable has a fascinating cover story on WMBF in Myrtle Beach, a brand new 100% digital TV station that’s being built from the ground up. The Raycom NBC affiliate will go live on 8-8-2008, the same day as the Olympics begins. Watch some of the behind-the-scenes work below…
Birth of a Station from Broadcasting & Cable on Vimeo.
8 Comments Add your own
1. Anonymous | July 28th, 2008 at 1:48 am
Not very romantic anymore.
2. Scott | July 28th, 2008 at 11:06 am
What about KOHD in Bend, OR? My understanding was they were digital and built from the ground up before going on air about a year ago…
3. Allen | July 28th, 2008 at 1:27 pm
Nice article, but the video was an good example of bad video.
4. Kerry | July 28th, 2008 at 3:59 pm
In opposition to Allen, I have to say that I really enjoyed this video. ‘Content is king’, not the quality, and in this case I have a particular niche interest in behind-the-scenes television. So, regardless of shaky camera movements, I still found it fascinating, and I hope Lost Remote can fit a few more of these tidbits in.
5. Allen | July 29th, 2008 at 6:05 am
It wasn’t just the camera work, I thought there was very little content. I wanted to see more and hear from more people.
6. B-Tuck | July 29th, 2008 at 7:39 am
I heard about this station a while back — even applied for a job opening there since I am currently at another NBC affiliate. Looks really great there — and I have fond memories of summer vacations in Myrtle Beach when I was growing up.
The video was shaky — but it’s neat to see what all they have going on over there.
7. Safran | July 30th, 2008 at 4:40 am
My only critique is that I would have liked to have learned about the web integration. If I had the opportunity to build a local media outlet from scratch, it would be Webcentric, with a TV newscast as one part. All we saw here was the TV news set which looked, for all the world, like every other news set. I hope they have taken a braver step than that.
8. Donelle | July 30th, 2008 at 8:43 pm
How exciting for the viewers of Myrtle Beach, hear it is growing - with no housing problems there. Sounds like a great investment for Raycom. and
NBC.
Eager to see more when they roll out on 8-8-08. Bet they have a great new team to go with all that 100% digital!
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