so after WGHP and WFMY. In-studio segments and news video was presented in widescreen. For a few months after the switch, weather graphics were still presented in the 4:3 format with blue-colored pillarboxing, but were later upgraded to the 16:9 widescreen format. In 2012, WXII began broadcasting its local newscasts in high definition. On August 13, 2012, WXII debuted a half-hour 10 p.m. newscast on its MeTV-affiliated subchannel on digital channel 12.2, to compete with the longer-established hour-long 10 p.m. newscast on Fox affiliate WGHP. On March 4, 2013, WXII started simulcasting its weeknight 6:00 p.m. newscast on its former sister radio station, WSJS. The two properties also entered into a news sharing agreement in which members of WSJS's reporting staff provide stories on WXII's newscasts while members of channel 12's news staff would also report for WSJS. On July 26, 2017, WXII announced that it would move its 10:00 p.m. newscast to its new sister station WCWG beginning July 31 and expanded it to a full hour on weeknights while remain as a half-hour on weekends. On September 5, 2017, WXII added an hour-long 4:00 p.m. newscast, expanding its early-evening news block to two-and-a-half hours from 4:00-6:30 p.m. Notable former on-air staff John Beard – anchor/reporter (1976–1977); later worked in Los Angeles (KNBC/KTTV) and at WGRZ in Buffalo Paul Dellegatto – chief meteorologist (1986–1990); now chief meteorologist at WTVT in Tampa Monica Malpass – anchor/reporter (joined WPVI-TV in Philadelphia in 1988) Bonnie Schneider – meteorologist (joined CNN in 2005); now with The Weather Channel Jennie Stencel – traffic reporter (resigned on May 14, 2010) Technical information Subchannels The station's digital signal is multiplexed: WXII added This TV on digital subchannel 12.2 on June 1, 2009. On July 24, 2012, Hearst Television renewed its affiliation agreement with MeTV to maintain existing affiliations with eight Hearst-owned stations already carrying the digital multicast network through 2015. As part of the renewal, Hearst also signed agreements to add the network as digital subchannels of WXII-TV and four other stations in Sacramento, Baltimore, Boston, and Oklahoma City. Digital subchannel 12.2 replaced This TV with MeTV on August 6, 2012. Analog-to-digital conversion WXII-TV shut down its analog signal on June 12, 2009, as part of the FCC-mandated transition to digital television for full-power stations. The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 31, using PSIP to display WXII-TV's virtual channel as 12 on