provider operates the MyNetworkTV affiliate) which hindered in the program's ratings, as well as the success of the WXCW production. To take on the big three stations, WFTX began airing an hour-long weeknight 6 p.m. newscast on August 2, 2010, with the second half competing against the national evening news programs on WZVN, WBBH and WINK. Notable former on-air staff Michelle Tuzee — anchor/reporter (later with KABC-TV in Los Angeles) Technical information Subchannels The station's digital signal is multiplexed: Analog-to-digital conversion WFTX-TV discontinued regular programming on its analog signal, over UHF channel 36, 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 35. See also Channel 4 branded TV stations in the United States Channel 34 digital TV stations in the United States Channel 36 virtual TV stations in the United States References External links FTX-TV Fox network affiliates Ion Television affiliates Bounce TV affiliates Grit (TV network) affiliates Court TV affiliates Television channels and stations established in 1985 Cape Coral, Florida E. W. Scripps Company television stations 1985 establishments in Florida