ended a news share agreement with then-Fox affiliate WCCB (channel 18), not long after that station announced plans to take over production responsibilities of its 10:00 p.m. newscast through the formation of its own news department (the second in that station's history). The prime time newscast on WAXN currently places first in the 10 o'clock timeslot, beating rival news programs airing on CW affiliate WCCB and Fox affiliate WJZY, which are both produced respectively by those stations. The strong lead-ins from rebroadcasts of Dr. Phil and The Dr. Oz Show have been cited as a contributing factor for the program's success. In October 2008, WAXN began broadcasting the 10:00 p.m. newscast in high definition, becoming the first prime time news broadcast in the Charlotte market to be televised in HD; WSOC had been producing its own newscasts in HD since it upgraded to the format on April 22, 2007, however the prime time newscast on WAXN was downconverted to standard definition in the stations' shared master control facility for the next year and a half. In September 2010, WAXN added a two-hour-long extension of WSOC's weekday morning newscast, running from 7:00 to 9:00 a.m. On December 2, 2013, WSOC expanded the weeknight edition of the WAXN 10:00 p.m. newscast to one hour, citing the program's high ratings and viewership increases as the reason for the expansion. In January 2020, WAXN debuted an hour-long 7:00 p.m. newscast. Technical information Subchannels The station's ATSC 1.0 channels using WAXN-TV's physical channel 32 prior to June 29, 2021, are now carried on the multiplexed digital signals of three other Charlotte television stations. However, they retain their virtual channel 64 identities. On February 14, 2014, WAXN-TV began testing of a new second digital subchannel, which initially displayed color bars. On April 1, 2014, at 4:00 a.m., WAXN began carrying programming from GetTV on the subchannel. WAXN-TV added a third subchannel carrying Escape (now Ion Mystery) at 12 noon on August 18, 2014. On March 9, 2017, WSOC-TV announced that they would launch Telemundo on its DT2 subchannel effective June 1. WSOC-DT2's former Laff affiliation, which had been in place since April 15, 2015, would be moved to WAXN. On May 31, 2017, Laff was officially added to WAXN's new DT4 subchannel. On May 2, 2022, GetTV switched channels from WAXN-TV to WSOC-TV; subchannel 2 became Laff, while subchannel 4 was removed. Analog-to-digital conversion WAXN-TV shut