WSET-TV

WSET-TV (physical and display channel 13) is the ABC-affiliated station for the Roanoke/Lynchburg television market licensed to Lynchburg, VA. It is owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group and signed on for the first time on Febuary 8, 1953 as WLVA-TV. It switched to it's current WSET-TV callsign in 1977. The station transmits from Thaxton mountain with an effective radiated power of 28,700 watts. It's transmitter is 625 meters above average terrain (943.9 meters above mean sea level, or 359 meters above ground level). The station also operates a translator station, W05AA (physical channel 5) in Roanoke, VA. W05AA broadcasts from 12 O'Clock Knob with an effective radiated power of 97 watts. It's transmitter is 606.2 meters above mean sea level, or 14.9 meters above ground level.

News Operation
The station currently produces (as of July 21, 2015) approx. 27 hours of local news per week (with approx. 25 hours total Monday-Friday, and 1 hour each Saturday and Sunday). On weekdays, newscasts are seen at 5:00 a.m. for 2 hours, 12:00 p.m. for 30 minutes, 5:00 p.m. for 30 minutes, 5:30 p.m. for 30 minutes, 6:00 p.m. for 30 minutes, 7:00 p.m. for 30 minutes, and 11:00 p.m. for 35 minutes. On weekends, newscasts are seen at 6:00 p.m. for 30 minutes, and 11:00 p.m. for 35 minutes. Newscasts are broadcast in high definition.

Other local programming
WSET-TV produces a similar program to WSLS's Daytime Blue Ridge called Living in the Heart of Virginia. It is seen at the same time as Daytime Blue Ridge, 12:30 p.m. weekdays.

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