October 30, it debuted a new set on its First at 4 broadcast in preparation for the HD debut. After nearly a year of delay, the station launched its high definition newscasts along with a revised logo and new graphics on September 27, 2009, during its 11 p.m. newscast; WKRC became the third station in the Cincinnati market (after WCPO and WXIX-TV, channel 19) and the second in the Newport group (after WOAI-TV) to make the upgrade. WKRC currently use JVC ProHD 250 Series cameras in its studios. The newscasts on The CW Cincinnati were not initially included in the upgrade, until it upgraded to HD at some point in 2013. On July 7, 2013, WKRC launched Sunday morning newscasts, airing in two blocks: one hour at 8:00 a.m. and an additional half-hour at 11:30 a.m. On January 6, 2014, the 10 p.m. newscast was moved back to WSTR, where it is called the Local 12 News at 10 on STAR 64. On February 3, 2014, the 7 a.m. newscasts would follow suit to WSTR. Notable alumni Nick Clooney – hosted his own talk show on WKRC in the early to mid-1970s, news anchor from 1975 to 1984 (father of George Clooney) Ira Joe Fisher – weather anchor (1980–1983, then 1985–1989, known for writing backwards on plexiglass; and later the weather reporter for The Saturday Early Show on CBS) Brad Johansen – news and sports anchor (1992–2018, later at WRAL-TV in Raleigh, now at WCMH-TV in Columbus) Sasha Rionda – reporter/host of Nuestro Rincón (now with CNN International) Glenn Ryle – staff announcer (1954–late 1980s, was also a children's show host, taking the on-air name "Skipper Ryle" until 1973; his program was second only to WCPO-TV's Uncle Al show in popularity) Rod Serling – worked for WKRC-TV between 1948 and 1953, writing a regular weekly series of live dramas for the anthology show The Storm. Bob Shreve – host of Saturday late night film showcase The Past Prime Playhouse (1975–1985) Linda Vester – station intern (went on to work as reporter/anchor for Fox News Channel, NBC News and MSNBC) Technical information Subchannels The station's digital signal is multiplexed: Analog-to-digital transition WKRC-TV discontinued regular programming on its analog signal, over VHF channel 12, 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 31 to