that the two companies would shut down The WB and UPN and combine the networks' respective programming to create a new "fifth" network called The CW, which would be aimed at young adults between the ages of 18 and 34. KCEB assumed the CW affiliation, while KYTX-DT2 became an independent station branded as "MYTX" on September 18 after the network ceased operations; "MYTX" eventually became a Retro Television Network affiliate until it affiliated with MeTV on September 19, 2011; the subchannel then switched to The CW in May 2012 (assuming the affiliation with the network's CW Plus service from KCEB, which took the MeTV affiliation). In 2009, KYTX added Azteca América on digital subchannel 19.3, becoming the first Spanish language network affiliate in East Texas. The subchannel became a This TV affiliate in March 2012. In March 2013, digital channel 19.3 switched its affiliation to Cozi TV (with This TV programming later moving to KCEB on its third digital subchannel). As of 2014, 19.3 switched to MeTV, returning the network to KYTX since 19.2 switched to The CW two years prior. Analog-to-digital conversion KYTX signed on its digital signal on UHF channel 18 from a new transmitter tower in Ponta, becoming the first station in the Tyler–Longview market to transmit a full-power digital signal, and the first to offer network programming in high definition on June 12, 2004. The station shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 19, at 11:59 p.m. on February 17, 2009, the original target date for full-power television stations in the United States to transition from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate (which Congress had moved the previous month to June 12). The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 18, using PSIP to display the station's virtual channel as its former UHF analog channel 19. As part of the SAFER Act, KYTX kept its analog signal on the air until March 19 to inform viewers of the digital television transition through a loop of public service announcements from the National Association of Broadcasters. See also Channel 15 digital TV stations in the United States Channel 19 virtual TV stations in the United States References External links KYTX ("CBS 19") official website KYTX ("MYTX / East Texas CW 19.2") website CBS network affiliates The CW affiliates MeTV affiliates Twist (TV network) affiliates Court TV affiliates Defy TV affiliates True Crime Network affiliates