not true; WXYZ-TV in Detroit produced a 10 p.m. newscast for then-UPN O&O WKBD-TV from 2002 to 2004 after that station (which produced newscasts for WWJ-TV) shut down its news department. Technical information Subchannels The station's digital signal is multiplexed: WPTV-TV previously carried a 24-hour local weather channel, known as the VIPIR Plus Channel, on WPTV-DT2. Programming consisted of forecasts and live radar. This had been part of NBC Weather Plus from 2004 until 2008. On September 6, 2011, WPTV-DT2 became an affiliate of the Live Well Network; it was replaced by MeTV on April 21, 2014. WPTV re-aired its weekday noon newscast on this channel from 1 to 2 p.m.; this re-broadcast was discontinued when LWN was replaced with MeTV. Analog-to-digital conversion WPTV-TV discontinued regular programming on its analog signal, over VHF channel 5, at 5:45 a.m. 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 relocated from its pre-transition UHF channel 55, which was among the high band UHF channels (52–69) that were removed from broadcasting use as a result of the transition, to VHF channel 12 (used by WPEC for analog operations). Through the use of PSIP, digital television receivers display the station's virtual channel as its former VHF analog channel 5. References External links WFLX "Fox 29" PTV-TV E. W. Scripps Company television stations NBC network affiliates MeTV affiliates Laff (TV network) affiliates GetTV affiliates Ion Mystery affiliates Television channels and stations established in 1954 1954 establishments in Florida