9, 2013, KONG added a weeknight 9 p.m. newscast from KING, becoming the second newscast to air at that timeslot in the Seattle market (after KCPQ added a weeknight 9 p.m. newscast in 2011 on KZJO while keeping the 10 p.m. newscast on KCPQ), resulting in Seattle's first two-hour continuous prime time news block. Technical information Subchannels The station's ATSC 1.0 channels are carried on the multiplexed digital signals of other Seattle television stations: Analog-to-digital conversion KONG shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 16, on June 12, 2009, as part of the federally mandated transition from analog to digital television. The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 31, using PSIP to display KONG's virtual channel as 16 on digital television receivers. In 2009, KONG became one of the first four television stations in the country to begin broadcasting mobile DTV signals. The OMVC chose KONG and KOMO-TV in Seattle and WPXA-TV and WATL in Atlanta as the stations to beta test the ATSC-M/H standard, which has since been officially adopted for free-to-air broadcast television with clear reception on mobile devices, overcoming many of the defects of the original ATSC standard. ATSC 3.0 See also Channel 6 branded TV stations in the United States Channel 16 virtual TV stations in the United States Channel 31 digital TV stations in the United States References External links KING5.com - Official KING/KONG-TV website ONG (TV) Tegna Inc. Independent television stations in the United States Television channels and stations established in 1997 1997 establishments in Washington (state) Everett, Washington Major League Soccer over-the-air television broadcasters Former Gannett subsidiaries ATSC 3.0 television stations