With the click of a mouse, the era of analog broadcasting came to an end
on June 12. The switch to digital broadcast means channels 35 and 52
will become WGVU-TV 5 in Grand Rapids and WGVK TV-11 in Kalamazoo.
At 9:55 a.m., all WGVU stations went live as Grand Valley State
University President Thomas J. Haas, Grand Valley President Emeritus
Arend D. Lubbers and Chairman Emeritus of Meijer, Inc. Fred Meijer
activated the switch.
President Emeritus Lubbers was the first to welcome viewers in December
of 1972 when then-WGVC began broadcasting. He reflected on the switch to
digital.
AUDIO CLIPS
-- Lubbers said when he came to Grand Valley there wasn't a public
television station, but he was able to get then Congressman Gerald Ford
interested in gathering funding for one (audio clip
).
-- Lubbers said he received a wonderful gift from the group owning the
license for a public television station (audio clip
).
WGVU goes digital, Lubbers reflects
Jun 11, 2009
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