WDBJ-TV (Roanoke, VA)

WDBJ-TV (Roanoke, VA)

WDBJ, also known as channel 7, is a television station based in Roanoke, Virginia, that is affiliated with CBS. The station is owned by Gray Television and has its studio facilities situated on Hershberger Road in the northwestern part of Roanoke. Its transmitter can be found on Poor Mountain in Roanoke County.

Local
English
Television

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Domain Authority
69
Ranking

Global

#49027

United States

#9427

Arts and Entertainment/TV Movies and Streaming

#283

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Monthly visitors

Articles

  • 2 days ago | wdbj7.com | Lindsey Cook

    ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) - In a matter of seconds, two young lives full of promise were taken much too soon. 19 year-old Amarani Gomez and 18 year-old Mariangela Duenas were struck by an alleged drunk driver in a head-on collision on Cove Rd. late Friday night. Friends and family said the two girls had bright futures ahead. Duenas was set to graduate high school in a matter of days and Gomez was hopeful to go back to college. “We’re never going to forget about them.

  • 3 days ago | wdbj7.com | Brittany Morgan

    ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) - For decades, the Roanoke Jewish Federation has recognized the athleticism, academics, and citizenship of area high school athletes, and Monday night was no different at the organization’s annual B’nai B’rith awards banquet. Congratulations to this year’s winners in Patrick Henry’s Sam Dowdy and Roanoke Catholic’s Addison Becker. Becker is a track and field, cross country, and wrestling athlete who couldn’t attend in person but plans to attend Liberty University in the fall.

  • 3 days ago | wdbj7.com | Mehmet Guzel

    ISTANBUL (AP) — Representatives of Russia and Ukraine met Monday for their second round of direct peace talks in just over two weeks, but aside from agreeing to swap thousands of their dead and seriously wounded troops, they made no progress toward ending the 3-year-old war, officials said.

  • 3 days ago | wdbj7.com | Taylor Locke

    ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) - Roanoke is stepping up its fight against homelessness with a new initiative: the “Mayor’s Hope and Home Task Force”. The idea was approved Monday at the city council meeting. “I’d like to see that as we are reducing the number of people experiencing homelessness,” Mayor Joe Cobb said, “we are placing them in homes, whether it is transitional living or long-term living.” Homelessness in Roanoke has surged since the pandemic.

  • 3 days ago | wdbj7.com | Lindsey Cook

    BLACKSBURG, Va. (WDBJ) - Virginia Tech is breaking ground, or reaching the skies, in research surrounding Uncrewed Aircraft Systems (UAS). We call them drones, and as they become more popular the research is needed now more than ever. Aviation expert Tombo Jones said the United States is currently behind in drone technology. The United States Army is trusting Jones and Virginia Tech to do that research, studying how they can strengthen our nation’s defenses.