▁Be ard ▁was ▁with ▁the ▁station ▁nearly ▁three ▁dec ades . ▁Her ▁last ▁day ▁on ▁air ▁was ▁February ▁ 2 5 , ▁ 2 0 1 6 . ▁Current ▁Good ▁Mor ning ▁America ▁co - host ▁Robin ▁Roberts ▁was ▁a ▁sports ▁anchor ▁at ▁W D AM ▁in ▁the ▁early ▁ 1 9 8 0 s . ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 1 , ▁the ▁station ▁signed - on ▁its ▁digital ▁signal ▁on ▁U H F ▁channel ▁ 2 8 . ▁W D AM ▁signed - off ▁its ▁analog ▁signal ▁on ▁June ▁ 1 2 , ▁ 2 0 0 9 , ▁and ▁began ▁broadcast ing ▁exclus ively ▁in ▁digital . ▁With ▁the ▁digital ▁television ▁transition , ▁the ▁station ▁added ▁two ▁new ▁channels ▁to ▁its ▁line up ▁on ▁ 7 . 2 ▁and ▁ 7 . 3 . ▁On ▁January ▁ 2 8 , ▁ 2 0 1 0 , ▁W D AM ▁moved ▁from ▁U H F ▁channel ▁ 2 8 ▁to ▁the ▁pre - dig ital ▁all ot ment ▁on ▁V H F ▁channel ▁ 7 . ▁An ▁early ▁field ▁test ▁showed ▁a ▁dram atically ▁improved ▁signal ▁in ▁areas ▁that ▁were ▁lost ▁after ▁the ▁original ▁digital ▁transition . ▁ ▁On ▁May ▁ 3 0 , ▁ 2 0 1 2 , ▁Ray com ▁Media ▁and ▁ABC ▁joint ly ▁announced ▁that ▁W D AM ▁had ▁entered ▁into ▁a ▁long - term ▁affili ation ▁agreement . ▁This ▁resulted ▁in ▁W D AM - DT 2 ▁dro pping ▁This ▁TV ▁in ▁favor ▁of ▁ABC