Park. Now Executive Director of the Family Justice Center in Buffalo, NY Irv Weinstein – Reporter/anchor (1964–1998) Frankie Yankovic – Host of Polka Time (1962) Technical information Subchannels The station's digital signal is multiplexed: Between 2009 and 2015, the station had not multiplexed its channels. The two networks carried by WKBW-TV on its digital subchannels prior to 2009 (Retro Television Network, via WNGS, and the now-defunct World Championship Sports Network) were later carried on WGRZ-TV; Retro is now on WBXZ. It was announced that WKBW-TV would air the Laff network on 7.2 starting on April 15, 2015; however, the launch was delayed due to equipment issues. Both Laff and Escape, which airs on 7.3, debuted on April 28, 2015. Shortly following WUTV dropping its affiliation with the network, WKBW added Grit as a third subchannel in mid/late June 2017. Analog-to-digital conversion WKBW-TV discontinued regular programming on its analog signal, over VHF channel 7, on June 12, 2009, the official date in which full-power television stations in the United States transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate. The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 38. Through the use of PSIP, digital television receivers display the station's virtual channel as its former VHF analog channel 7. VHF channel 7 was reassigned to WNGS (channel 67, now WBBZ-TV), at the time under the control of WKBW, for its post-transition digital channel. On March 13, 2020, WKBW moved its physical frequency down to channel 34 (previously held by WVTT-CD, which moved down the dial to VHF channel 11) as the result of a domino effect stemming from the broadcast spectrum auction. The station's virtual channel 7 did not change. See also Bruce Almighty Circle 7 logo References External links Rocketship 7 Tribute site ABC network affiliates Bounce TV affiliates Ion Mystery affiliates Grit (TV network) affiliates E. W. Scripps Company television stations KBW-TV Television channels and stations established in 1958 1958 establishments in New York (state)