For most of its first half-century on the air, WRGB-TV in Schenectady-Albany-Troy was the dominant news station in the Capital District. This was in part because of its status as the area's first television station. In 1951, Ernie Tetrault joined WRGB to become the station's longest-running television news anchor until his retirement in 1993. In 1975, Liz Bishop joined the station as a sportscaster, and she became one of America's first female sportscasters. In 1982, Bishop moved from sports to news by becoming Ernie Tetrault's last anchor desk partner. And now, she is still the station's main female news anchor, and the station's longest tentured personality. In 2000, WRGB became the first television station in the market to offer a station-owned weather radar known as "Instant Doppler 6" that was installed next to its studios. On January 13, 2008, WRGB began producing its newscasts in high definition, becoming the first station in the Schenectady-Albany-Troy to do so.