broadcast was shifted back to Binghamton. These segments are recorded earlier in the day (usually by 5 o'clock) and feature locally based photojournalists. A repeat of the 6 o'clock newscast at 11 was subsequently added to the schedules of WIVT and WBGH. Soon after adding the hyper-local Binghamton news, WIVT ceased simulcasting WETM's newscasts making the taped weeknight program the only local news shown on the station. However, WBGH continued to air WETM's weekend 11 p.m. newscast until at some point in late 2013. WETM upgraded its local newscast production to high definition level on July 15, 2014. It is the second television station in the market to perform the change as rival WENY switched on April 23, 2012. Notable former staff Rod Denson Jericka Duncan – now at CBS News Staci-Lyn Honda – now at WSYR-TV Ken Rosato – now at WABC-TV Technical information Subchannels The station's digital signal is multiplexed: Analog-to-digital conversion WETM-TV became the first station in Elmira to broadcast a high definition feed in 2001 with the launch of a digital signal on VHF channel 2. The station shut down its analog signal, over UHF channel 18, at 12:01 a.m. 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 relocated from its pre-transition VHF channel 2 to UHF channel 18. References External links Television channels and stations established in 1956 1956 establishments in New York (state) ETM-TV NBC network affiliates Antenna TV affiliates Laff (TV network) affiliates Ion Mystery affiliates Nexstar Media Group