Robin Reed

12/31/2018

Making your vacation plans for 2019? Me too. Check out the link for information on an tour of Italy that I will be hosting with Teresa in May. Lots of information available if you would like to join us.

Discover Tuscany’s charming countryside, Florence’s art treasures, Venice’s grand waterways, and Rome’s ancient sites. Arrive in Milan and travel through the Tuscan heartland to Padua. Spend a day in Venice and relax on a gondola ride through the city’s waterways. In Florence, the birthpla...

04/18/2018

I’m so excited to share this announcement with you!
After 36 years of broadcasting on WDBJ7 and visiting classrooms across the region, I now have the great fortune to combine those two passions in a more formal way.
The Communications Department at Virginia Tech is building an impressive Multimedia Journalism program and I am honored to join the staff beginning this fall. As a Professor of Practice, I can keep my hand in both professions to give the VT students the most current experience.

Legendary WDBJ7 Anchor Robin Reed is joining Virginia Tech’s Department of Communication beginning in the Fall Semester while remaining as WDBJ7’s 6PM anchor.

03/12/2018

I put the flag out earlier and the snow came late. Happy Monday everyone!!

03/08/2018

March 8th brings cold wind and a few passing clouds with snow showers. Looks like the WDBJ Patio will not be open for business anytime soon. Blah.

02/12/2018

Many years ago when the Roanoke Express brought minor league hockey to town, the Reed family was hooked. Now, I'm happy to say that the Rail Yard Dawgs bring excitement back to the Berglund Center! My youngest son Dan and I had a great time with Claude Piche (not pictured because I'm slow with the phone camera) Plus no Roanoke Hockey Experience is complete without some quality time with Sammy Oakey. Big win over Knoxville.

01/03/2018

We are ever closer to the big weekend showdown in the Football Championship Series, JMU grads at WDBJ7 were sporting their purple and gold Wednesday. So what is Frosty's problem??

12/05/2017

The Virginia Tech TV studio at the Moss Fine Arts Center was FULL of nervous energy as they went on Facebook Live for the first time today. The team work was fun to watch. Good luck to these communication students.

12/01/2017

Can you spot the news story that was the inspiration for my office pod Christmas tree this year?

11/30/2017

Yes I know, all grandparents think their grand kids are the best. But still, check out the moves.

11/21/2017

This has been a troubled service but it looks like the Shenandoah Valley Airport at Weyers Cave has something good going here.

Although the meeting looked small, and relatively unassuming the decisions made -- were big.

11/21/2017

For all of my Holiday Vacation Alaska trip friends, the weather today in Denali Park. While that bus ride up the canyon scared the living daylights out of me, this kind of weather will take a very close second. Happy Thanksgiving everyone.

11/21/2017

This is an interesting article by Dan Casey of the Roanoke Times. It seems to me there are two stories here. As Dan has pointed out in numerous articles, the Greensboro Post Office is not doing Roanoke mail service any favors. The 50 days late ballot is a prime example.

The other is how many ballots arrived late. By a day or two. I wonder if we live in such a fast Amazon world, where a click on your device gives you instant shipping feedback, that sticking the ballot in the mail on election day and expecting it to be delivered in time is the result.

In any event, the holiday season is upon us. Safe travels everyone, watch out for the deer in the road and Happy Thanksgiving.

A quick survey of Roanoke-area registrars reveals that hundreds of absentee ballots in the November election were not counted because they arrived in the mail after the Election Day deadline.