an episode of Once and Again, "The Gay-Straight Alliance", which contained a scene in which two female characters kiss one another, and ran a prime time infomercial instead. WSET was the only ABC affiliate to preempt the episode. The decision, which station management refused to explain, provoked condemnation from GLAAD. News operation WSET presently broadcasts 27 hours of locally produced newscasts each week (with five hours each weekday and one hour each on Saturdays and Sundays). On September 12, 2011, WSET began broadcasting its local newscasts in high definition, the station is the third in the Roanoke–Lynchburg market to make the transition to HD. Former Good Morning America co-host and ABC World News anchor Charles Gibson began his television career at the station; he was a reporter/anchor for WLVA-TV during the late 1960s. Notable current on-air staff Dave Walls – sports/news anchor and reporter Notable former on-air staff Charles Gibson – reporter/anchor (WLVA-TV, late 1960s) Technical information Subchannels The station's digital signal is multiplexed: Analog-to-digital conversion WSET-TV discontinued regular programming on its analog signal, over VHF channel 13, on June 12, 2009, the official date in which full-power television stations in the United States transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate. In October 2009, the station's digital signal relocated from its pre-transition UHF channel 34 to VHF channel 13. The station's over-the-air coverage in much of the western part of the market, especially the New River Valley, is somewhat marginal due in part to the mountainous terrain. W05AA was converted to digital operation in late 2009, which helped to fill in coverage holes in Roanoke. Translator Out-of-market coverage WSET was available in Roxboro, North Carolina, on Charter Spectrum until 2020. It is carried in Yanceyville, North Carolina, on Comcast Cable and in Farmville, Virginia, on Shentel. References External links Official website RabbitEars.Info: Roanoke-Lynchburg Stations SET-TV ABC network affiliates Charge! (TV network) affiliates Comet (TV network) affiliates TBD (TV network) affiliates Television channels and stations established in 1953 1953 establishments in Virginia Sinclair Broadcast Group