TV (now MeTV) affiliated second digital sub channel. On August 22, 2016, WGAL debuted an hour long newscast at 4 p.m. This coincided with the cancellation of The Meredith Vieira Show. Former on-air staff Bill Kuster – weather anchor Marijane Landis – producer, host and children's show creator Wendall Woodbury – anchor, host and reporter (1968–1992; deceased) Technical information Subchannels The station's digital signal is multiplexed: On January 1, 2009, WGAL began carrying This TV on digital subchannel 8.2. On December 29, 2014, it switched to MeTV, which was previously a subchannel of WGCB-TV. Analog-to-digital conversion WGAL discontinued regular programming on its analog signal, over VHF channel 8, on June 12, 2009, as part of the federally mandated transition from analog to digital television. The station's digital signal relocated from its pre-transition UHF channel 58, which was among the high band UHF channels (52-69) that were removed from broadcasting use as a result of the transition, to its analog-era VHF channel 8 for its post-transition operations. Translator Out-of-market cable coverage WGAL is carried on cable providers far outside of the Harrisburg–Lancaster–Lebanon–York market including Fulton County (to the west), parts of Chester and Berks counties (to the east), Northumberland County (to the north), and Cecil and Harford counties in Maryland (to the south). In September 2017, Comcast began the practice of blacking out all NBC network programming on WGAL in the Philadelphia market claiming they are complying with a request from WCAU (which is in fact also owned by Comcast). References External links Official website NBC network affiliates Television channels and stations established in 1949 MeTV affiliates GAL Hearst Television 1949 establishments in Pennsylvania