On April 23, 2009, George Winterling announced he would semi-retire after nearly 47 years as WJXT's chief meteorologist. On May 20, 2009, Winterling stepped down as meteorologist for the station's 6:00 and 6:30 p.m. newscasts. On May 21, 2012, Metro Jacksonville, a news and discussion blog on local urban issues, announced that it would enter into a content partnership with WJXT. Under the agreement, Metro Jacksonville formats content for WJXT's News4Jax.com website on a self-branded page. The mutually beneficial partnership provides WJXT with more web content and provides Metro Jacksonville with a wider audience. On October 28, 2013, WJXT expanded its weekday morning newscast to 5½ hours, with the addition of an hour to the program from 9:00 to 10:00 a.m. Notable former on-air staff Bryan J. Kelly – traffic reporter (now announcer for the WWE as "Byron Saxton") Steve Kroft – investigative reporter (1975–1977; was most recently with CBS News, retired correspondent for 60 Minutes) Mike Patrick – sports anchor (1970–74; was most recently with ESPN, former play-by-play broadcaster for ESPN Sunday Night Football from 1987 to 2005; now retired) Randall Pinkston – reporter (1974–1976; was most recently with Al Jazeera America until it folded on April 12, 2016) George Winterling (AMS Certified Consulting Meteorologist Seal of Approval) – hurricane expert (chief meteorologist from 1962 to 2009) Toni Yates – weekend anchor (now at WABC-TV in New York City) Technical information Subchannels The station's digital signal is multiplexed: Analog-to-digital conversion On June 12, 2009, at 8:55 a.m. (during its broadcast of the weekday morning newscast The Morning Show), WJXT terminated its analog signal, on VHF channel 4, as part of the federally mandated transition from analog to digital television. The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 42. Through the use of PSIP, digital television receivers display WJXT's virtual channel as 4. WJXT anchor/reporter Melanie Lawson reported live from WJXT's Killarney Shores transmitter site as a veteran station technician pushed the "plate off" button in the building at the base of the transmitter. The WJXT analog signal had transmitted from that site for over two decades following a failure on the original transmitter tower at the station's 4 Broadcast Place studios. The station's digital transmitter also broadcasts from the same site, alongside the digital transmitters of NBC affiliate WTLV and ABC affiliate WJXX. Several monitors at WJXT's South Bank studios were reported by on-camera talent to have