studio portion of its newscasts would soon be in high definition. The morning newscast on WPXT will be included in this upgrade, but will initially debut in standard definition. High definition newscasts commenced on October 23, 2011. In late 2012, WCSH began airing reports from New England Cable News, a wholly owned subsidiary of NBC parent Comcast. Previously these reports aired on WMTW, which is owned by Hearst, a prior 50% owner of NECN before Comcast assumed full ownership. NECN's Portland bureau operates out of WCSH's Congress Square facility. The weather department went through a series of changes in the mid-2010s, beginning with former WBZ meteorologist Todd Gutner returning from Boston, taking over morning weather duties from longtime forecaster Kevin Mannix. Joe Cupo, who handled evening duties for decades, took part in a corporate buyout in 2016. In March 2017, WCSH launched News Center Now, a half-hour issues-oriented program driven by social media; the new program replaced its traditional 5:00 p.m. weekday newscast. The station published archived episodes on its official YouTube channel for viewing on demand. Sports Director Lee Goldberg was reassigned to co-anchor and contribute reports for the new program, which resulted in the station discontinuing its traditional sports segment on the flagship 6:00 p.m. newscast. The de-emphasis of traditional sports coverage mirrored actions taken by Tegna sister station KUSA in Denver in January 2017. The show was renamed News Center Maine at 5 in September 2019 and the newscast was modified to conform to a more traditional news format, although some stylistic elements remained such as the use of handheld cameras. Shows were no longer archived on YouTube. Prior to the transition, Goldberg was reassigned to become weekday morning co-anchor and longtime morning anchor Lee Nelson was moved to early evenings. In January 2018, WCSH and its sister station WLBZ rebranded their newscasts under the News Center Maine moniker. On June 1, 2020, WCSH and WLBZ premiered an hour-long weekday newscast at 4 p.m. Subchannels The station's digital signal is multiplexed: References History of WCSH6 External links NBC network affiliates True Crime Network affiliates Court TV affiliates Quest (American TV network) affiliates Twist (TV network) affiliates This TV affiliates TheGrio affiliates Tegna Inc. Television channels and stations established in 1953 CSH 1953 establishments in Maine Former Gannett subsidiaries