The nation’s first television network affiliate located inside a casino opened Monday in Southwest Virginia, just north of the Tennessee state line.
It is a milestone in media innovation PBS Appalachia Virginia officials said will be a state-of-the-art operation and will pay off for the public television operation serving Southwest Virginia and surrounding areas.
It already is the only PBS station in the country that has no call letters and does no over-the-air broadcasting.
The PBS Appalachia Virginia television studio at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Bristol, 500 Gate City Highway, opened to the public on Monday, March 24, with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 4 p.m.
