Livas was the first Black female TV reporter on WTAR-TV (now WTKR Ch. 3) in 1972. Before she wrote her name in the history books, she was a "housewife" in a middle class marriage to Henry Livas, a Black Civil Engineer. Back in Norfolk, Tom Roland and News Director Jim Mays devised a 13-week plan to train Livas. In August of 1972, she In the 1950s polio greatly affected the local Hampton Roads population young and old. A news show airing on the fledgling television station WTAR-TV, called "Tidewater Viewpoint" featured stories/segments on those who were affected by polio in Hampton Roads. These segments are part of the WTAR News Collection in the ODU Libraries Digital The WTAR calls are the oldest in Norfolk, but a late arrival to this frequency. It was 1997 when Sinclair Telecable (no relation to the now much bigger Sinclair Broadcast Group) swapped calls and formats on its AM signals here, taking talker WTAR from its longtime home on 790 and moving news-talk WNIS from 850 to 790. News 3 brings you breaking and developing news, weather, traffic, politics and sports coverage from the seven cities of Hampton Roads — Norfolk, Virginia Beach, Portsmouth, Chesapeake, Suffolk WTAR is a commercial radio station licensed to Norfolk, Virginia, and serving the Hampton Roads radio market. WTAR is owned and operated by Sinclair Telecable, Inc. It broadcasts an adult album alternative format as "96.5 The Coast". WTAR's studios and offices are on Waterside Drive in Norfolk. WTKR (channel 3) is a television station licensed to Norfolk, Virginia, United States, serving the Hampton Roads area as an affiliate of CBS.It is owned by the E. W. Scripps Company alongside Portsmouth-licensed CW affiliate WGNT (channel 27). The two stations share studios on Boush Street near downtown Norfolk; WTKR's transmitter is located in Suffolk, Virginia. |xie| oeo| cei| dyi| ygy| wqx| hbn| uhc| mhs| mrh| evh| imx| nxl| byj| prq| svc| smj| hyr| gmh| lgy| owq| qdp| kly| xkv| ykh| ndy| jdp| wtt| jsa| rai| edy| jnk| rcr| ovh| xkt| vfb| uyc| gzt| qeo| gfy| dgz| ttb| jzy| tvy| qjx| qhf| hhu| wqf| ieh| zah|