Amarillo’s KFDA will begin broadcasting its newscasts in HD next week, becoming the first station in the area to do so.
“Geographically, there’s no high-def TV station right now between Dallas and Albuquerque (N.M.), Oklahoma City and San Antonio,” Brent McClure, KFDA’s general manager, told the Amarillo Globe-News. “There’s nobody doing this. We’re the first in the whole West Texas region.”
The CBS-affiliate, which is owned by Drewry Communications Group, began the transition to HD two years ago, adding HD equipment to their studio and educating their team about the new technology.
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The switch will officially occur next Wednesday.
“We are trying to stay on the edge and bring people what they want,” McClure said.