sale was completed on November 16. Programming Syndicated programming Syndicated programs seen on KWBQ include Mom, The Goldbergs, The Big Bang Theory, Two and a Half Men, How I Met Your Mother, Modern Family, Right This Minute, Seinfeld and The King of Queens. Newscasts Starting in April 2015, KWBQ began to simulcast KRQE's morning newscast, including the later Fox New Mexico half of the show, from 4:30–9 a.m. It airs the Fox New Mexico (KRQE-DT2) program New Mexico Living from 10–11 a.m. Technical information The stations' digital signals are multiplexed: KWBQ has not carried any subchannels in past years but on January 11, 2016, the station added the action/western channel Grit and comedy channel Laff from Katz Broadcasting. Laff further adds to KWBQ's identity as a station for comedy while Grit and Ion add some programming diversity to the signal. KWBQ further added Ion Television to 19.4 on January 18, 2017, due to the January 2017 sale of KASA-TV to Ramar Communications, as well as the switch in Fox affiliation over to KRQE. On September 1, 2021, KWBQ is adding Nexstar-owned Rewind TV as KWBQ's fifth subchannel. Analog-to-digital conversion Both stations shut down their analog signals, respectively 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. KWBQ shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 19; the station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 29. Through the use of PSIP, digital television receivers display the station's virtual channel as its former UHF analog channel 19. KRWB-TV shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 21, and "flash-cut" its digital signal into operation UHF channel 21. As part of the SAFER Act, KWBQ kept its analog signal on the air until June 26 to inform viewers of the digital television transition through a loop of public service announcements from the National Association of Broadcasters. References External links The CW affiliates Grit (TV network) affiliates Laff (TV network) affiliates Rewind TV affiliates Ion Television affiliates Television channels and stations established in 1999 WBQ Mass media in Santa Fe, New Mexico Mass media in Albuquerque, New Mexico Nexstar Media Group 1999 establishments in New Mexico