newscast was viewed as being somewhat amateurish due to inexperienced reporters and technical problems and the length of the hour-long format. By June 2015, WJZY had begun shifting back towards a traditional format; Mark Washburn of The Charlotte Observer explained that "after aiming to re-engineer local news, Fox 46 has retreated to the formula it once mocked: chasing fire trucks and standard urban crime". On December 21, 2021, the station announced it would change its news brand to Queen City News (with the slogan "Carolinas' Own"), which took effect on January 10, 2022. The move came after Nexstar concluded that WJZY had no real brand, with viewers often confusing it with Fox News Channel. Nick Kosir worked for WJZY for seven years and was the WJZY morning meteorologist. He was best known for humorous Instagram photos and later for dance videos. He had over 2 million followers on social media when he announced in April 2021 that he was leaving WJZY and moving to Fox Weather. Technical information Subchannels The station's digital signal is multiplexed: Also on the WJZY multiplex is WMYT-TV's lone subchannel (55.1); Fox Television Stations sold off WMYT's spectrum in the 2016 FCC spectrum auction. Analog-to-digital conversion WJZY shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 46, 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 47. As part of the SAFER Act, WJZY kept its analog signal on the air in the immediate aftermath of the switch to inform viewers of the digital television transition through a loop of public service announcements from the National Association of Broadcasters. ATSC 3.0 WJZY debuted on Charlotte's new ATSC 3.0 (NextGen TV) service, hosted by WAXN-TV, on July 7, 2021. References External links Fox network affiliates Movies! affiliates Heroes & Icons affiliates Nexstar Media Group Television channels and stations established in 1987 1987 establishments in North Carolina JZY Ion Television affiliates TheGrio affiliates Rewind TV affiliates