(established in September 2000) and WRDQ (launched at the same time as WKCF's morning show). A simulcast of the 6a.m. hour of WESH's weekday morning newscast would subsequently be added to the station. On November 1, 2007, WESH began broadcasting its local newscasts in high definition, with the WKCF newscasts included in the upgrade. After a seven-year hiatus, WKCF resumed a nightly 10p.m. newscast produced by WESH on August 31, 2009. As of January 2015, the 5a.m. hour of WESH's weekday morning newscast is now simulcast on WKCF. Technical information Subchannels The station's digital signal is multiplexed: During the George Zimmerman trial in 2013, WKCF's second digital subchannel, in addition to its then-This TV affiliation, was used to carry NBC Daytime and WESH's daytime syndicated programming to accommodate trial coverage on WESH. Hearst's contract with This TV's then-parent company Tribune Broadcasting ran out at the end of 2017, and WKCF-DT2 switched to carrying programming from Justice Network (now True Crime Network) on January 1, 2018. Analog-to-digital conversion WKCF ended programming on its analog signal, on UHF channel 18, on June 12, 2009, as part of the federally mandated transition from analog to digital television. The station's digital signal continued to broadcasts on its pre-transition UHF channel 17. Through the use of PSIP, digital television receivers display the station's virtual channel as its former UHF analog channel 18. WKCF was one of three stations in the Orlando area (along with WKMG-TV and WOFL) to participate in the "Analog Nightlight" program, which lasted until WKCF's analog transmitter was shut down permanently on July 12, 2009. References External links Orlando.ThisTV.com - This TV Orlando website EstrellaTVOrlando.com - Estrella TV Orlando website Television channels and stations established in 1988 The CW affiliates True Crime Network affiliates Estrella TV affiliates KCF Hearst Television 1988 establishments in Florida