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WBRZ FLASHBACK: WBRZ broadcasts in HD for the first time

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BATON ROUGE — This week in WBRZ history, Channel 2 went live in high definition for the first time ever.On July 27, 2008, WBRZ broadcast its main feed in HD widescreen. But the station broadcast on WBRZ-DT 13 in HD starting in 2002, the first to do so in Baton Rouge. At that point, only 2% of households across the nation had HD televisions.By 2008, it was more feasible and less cost-prohibitive to receive HD broadcasts, with more than 30% of hom…
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WBRZ broke the news in Baton Rouge, United States on Friday, August 1, 2025.
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