Tim Taylor, with Bill Martin and Stacey Bell at 10:00 p.m., hoping the two would attract a younger audience to the program. The change paid off for channel 8, and today its newscasts frequently rank number-one in the ratings. Notable current personalities André Bernier – chief meteorologist Amanda Berry – contributor (missing persons updates) Kristi Capel – anchor Mackenzie Bart – evening meteorologist Wayne Dawson – anchor Carl Monday – I-Team contributor Notable alumni Doug Adair Ernie Anderson Vince Cellini Casey Coleman Tim Conway Joel Daly Denise D'Ascenzo Bob Franken Alan Freed Dick Goddard Judd Hambrick Allie LaForce Fred McLeod Robin Meade Bob Neal Kelly O'Donnell Soupy Sales Martin Savidge Wilma Smith Mark Spain Robin Swoboda Tim Taylor Mark Thomas Bob "Hoolihan" Wells Neil Zurcher Technical information Subchannels The station's digital signal is multiplexed: Analog-to-digital conversion WJW shut down its analog signal, over VHF channel 8, 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 relocated from its pre-transition UHF channel 31 to VHF channel 8. ATSC 3.0 The former temporary channel 31 transmitter has remained in a functional, though dormant state since the transition; Tribune Broadcasting donated the transmitter to the National Association of Broadcasters, which it used to conduct a six-month test of the "Futurecast" ATSC 3.0 standard advanced by LG Electronics and GatesAir beginning in May 2015, as WI9X3Y. The transmitter remained active for the duration of the 2016 World Series (which the Indians played in), broadcasting in 4K UHD to the Cleveland area using the ATSC 3.0 standard with Dolby AC-4 Audio (though the audio standard has not been completely finalized yet, with AC-4 and competitor MPEG-H as the remaining options for audio). This station also broadcasts brief, intermittent ATSC 1.0-compatible signals during parts of the day for reception comparisons under the callsign of WI9XJY. References Further reading Coughlin, Dan (2010). Crazy, With the Papers to Prove It. Cleveland, OH: Gray & Company, Publishers. Feran, Tom and Heldenfels, Rich (1997). Ghoulardi: Inside Cleveland TV's Wildest Ride. Cleveland, OH: Gray & Company, Publishers. Schodowski, Chuck (2008). Big Chuck: My Favorite Stories from 47 Years on Cleveland TV. Cleveland, OH: Gray & Company, Publishers. Zurcher, Neil (2010). Tales from the Road: Memoirs from a Lifetime of Ohio Travel, Television, and More. Cleveland, OH: Gray & Company, Publishers. External