In September 2010, WWL-TV began broadcasting its newscasts in 16:9 widescreen standard definition; the WUPL newscast was included in the upgrade. The WWL-produced 9:00 p.m. newscast ended its run on WUPL after the April 26, 2013 edition, having been canceled due to consistently low ratings; three days later on April 29, the program was replaced by The 504, a pre-recorded interview show originally hosted by WWL-TV weekday morning co-anchor Melanie Herbert (the program is currently hosted by Sheba Turk, also a WWL weekday morning co-anchor). Newscasts returned to WUPL on September 9, 2014, with the debut of a half-hour weeknight 6:30 p.m. newscast produced by WWL. Technical information Subchannels The station's ATSC 1.0 channels are carried on the multiplexed digital signals of other New Orleans television stations: WUPL added MundoMax to its second digital subchannel in 2014 and Heroes and Icons to its third subchannel in 2015. When MundoMax went dark on November 30, 2016, WUPL duplicated its main feed on its second subchannel until the addition of the newly-launched Quest network in late January 2018. Analog-to-digital conversion WUPL shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 54, 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 continued to broadcast on its pre-transition UHF channel 24. Through the use of PSIP, digital television receivers display the station's virtual channel as its former UHF analog channel 54, which was among the high band UHF channels (52-69) that were removed from broadcasting use as a result of the transition. The station carries high definition programming in the 1080i resolution format rather than in 720p, MyNetworkTV's default HD resolution format, as WWL-TV (and the majority of the former Belo stations, regardless of network affiliation) carries its HD programming in the 1080i format. ATSC 3.0 References External links wupltv.com - WUPL official website MyNetworkTV affiliates Quest (American TV network) affiliates Heroes & Icons affiliates TrueReal affiliates This TV affiliates Tegna Inc. Television stations in New Orleans Television channels and stations established in 1995 1995 establishments in Louisiana Slidell, Louisiana Former Gannett subsidiaries ATSC 3.0 television stations