in 2004. On January 13, 2014, WPLG added an hour-long newscast at 4:00 p.m. weekdays, which competes against an existing hour-long newscast in that slot on WSVN. On April 27, 2014, WPLG expanded This Week in South Florida to one hour, retaining its 11:30 a.m. timeslot on Sundays. On August 13, 2018, WPLG added a half-hour 3 p.m. weekday newscast and later in fall, it expands to full hour. On March 10, 2021, it was announced that WPLG will start producing newscasts for WSFL-TV, allowing the latter to restore news content in some form to the station after cancelling in-house newscasts in September 2018. Began on June 1, 2021, under the Local 10 branding, WPLG airs a 2-hour extension of their weekday newscast from 7 to 9 a.m, and a nightly 10 p.m. newscast on WSFL. Notable current on-air staff Calvin Hughes – anchor Max Mayfield – Hurricane Specialist Will Manso – sports director; also heard during coverage of University of Miami football on WQAM (560 AM) Michael Putney – senior political reporter; also host of This Week in South Florida Notable former on-air staff Ernie Anderson – station announcer Morry Alter – host of The Morry Story (1980s) Jack Barry – host of local game show Hole in One in 1962 (later hosted The Joker's Wild; deceased) Ann Bishop (1970–1995; deceased) Susan Candiotti (now a national correspondent for CNN) Jimmy Cefalo – sports anchor (now a radio show host and Radio Play by Play Voice of the Miami Dolphins) Liz Cho (now at WABC-TV in New York City) Bertha Coombs (now with CNBC) Victoria Corderi (now with NBC News) Roy Firestone (later with ESPN) Megan Glaros (most recently at WBBM-TV in Chicago until 2020) Carlos Granda (now at KABC-TV in Los Angeles) Larry King Steve Kroft (1977–1980; retired correspondent for CBS News' 60 Minutes) Dwight Lauderdale (1976–2008; now retired) Bryan Norcross – Hurricane Specialist (1983–1990 and 2018–2022; now with Fox Weather) Charles Perez Walter Perez – reporter (now at WPVI-TV in Philadelphia) Rob Schmitt (now at Newsmax) Richard Schlesinger (now at CBS News) Mike Schneider – 6 and 11 p.m. anchor (now with NJ PBS as anchor and managing editor of NJ Today) Jon Scott – anchor (1983–1988; now anchor at Fox News Channel) Molly Turner Lisa Willis – reporter, fill-in anchor, 2001. Now retired from TV. Technical information Subchannels The station's digital signal is multiplexed: WPLG previously carried