presenting him a plaque to commemorate the occasion live on the Today Show. On March 25, 2022, in recognition of his 50th anniversary as a TV newsman, the city of Cleveland renamed a section of Parkway Avenue on the east side of Cleveland "Leon Bibb Way". Bibb—who spent a good portion of his career at WKYC and was their senior reporter/commentator at the time of the dedication—had grown up in a home near the street. Notable current on-air staff Leon Bibb – senior reporter and commentator Jay Crawford – news anchor Jim Donovan – sports director and news anchor Russ Mitchell – managing editor and lead news anchor Christi Paul – news anchor Mike Polk – feature reporter and contributor Notable alumni Asa Aarons (consumer reporter; later at WNBC; now at WCBS-TV) Doug Adair (deceased) Roger Ailes (deceased) Jim Bittermann (now at CNN) Joe Castiglione Lisa Colagrossi (deceased) Tim Conway (deceased) Phil Donahue Mike Douglas (deceased) Doreen Gentzler (now with WRC-TV in Washington, D.C.) Dick Goddard (later at WJW; deceased) Jim Graner (deceased) Kathryn Hahn (actress, was on children's show Hickory Hideout) Judd Hambrick Bill Jorgensen (retired) Wally Kinnan (deceased) Fred McLeod (deceased) Jay Miltner (deceased) Carl Monday (now at WJW) Al Primo Romona Robinson (retired) Al Roker (now at NBC News) Brian Ross (recently at ABC News) Chuck Schodowski (later at WJW) Linn Sheldon (deceased) Charley Steiner (now broadcaster for Los Angeles Dodgers baseball) Robin Swoboda Tim White (retired) Technical information Subchannels The station's digital signal is multiplexed: Analog-to-digital conversion WKYC shut down its analog signal, over VHF channel 3, 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 remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 17. Through the use of PSIP, digital television receivers continues to display the station's virtual channel as its former VHF analog channel 3.1. The "-TV" suffix was removed from the WKYC call sign on June 16, 2009. As part of the SAFER Act, WKYC kept its analog signal on the air until July 12 to inform viewers of the digital television transition through a loop of public service announcements from the National Association of Broadcasters. Cable coverage in Canada When atmospheric conditions permit, WKYC's signal can be received as far away as Detroit and into Canada in Windsor and London, Ontario. WKYC was also