the Rockford market after WIFR and the third in the Quincy Newspapers station group after KWWL and WKOW. Technical information Subchannels The station's digital signal is multiplexed: WREX formerly operated Stateline CW, a digital broadcast affiliate of The CW Television Network via The CW Plus. Stateline CW is seen on channel 14 on DirecTV as well as most Rockford area cable systems. Stateline CW moved to WIFR-LD5 in 2021. On April 4, 2013, WREX added MeTV, on digital subchannel 13.3. Subchannels 13.4 and 13.5 went on the air with color bars on April 30, 2019, with Justice Network launching on 13.5 on May 1, and Court TV on 13.4 a week later. Analog-to-digital conversion WREX shut down its analog signal, over VHF channel 13, at 12:30 p.m. on February 17, 2009, the original target date in which full-power television stations in the United States were to transition from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate (which was later pushed back to June 12, 2009). The station's digital signal relocated from its pre-transition UHF channel 54, which was among the high band UHF channels (52-69) that were removed from broadcasting use as a result of the transition, to its analog-era VHF channel 13 for post-transition operations. See also Channel 13 digital TV stations in the United States Channel 13 virtual TV stations in the United States Channel 14 branded TV stations in the United States References External links 13 Weather Authority Blog NBC network affiliates MeTV affiliates Court TV affiliates True Crime Network affiliates Entertainment Studios Television channels and stations established in 1953 REX 1953 establishments in Illinois