July 4, 2012 after an analysis of audience and local viewers' demand for British programs. Technical information Subchannels The station's digital channel is multiplexed: Channel 26.2, "WETA UK", is a subchannel programmed in-house with a schedule of shows produced in the United Kingdom. Channel 26.5, "WETA Metro", is also produced in-house and focuses on timeshifted rebroadcasts of news programming and reruns that interest a local audience. Analog-to-digital conversion WETA-TV shut down its analog signal, on UHF channel 26, 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 continued to broadcasts on its pre-transition UHF channel 27. Through the use of PSIP, digital television receivers display the station's virtual channel as its former UHF analog channel 26. References External links WETA – WETA-TV PBS 26's official website National Education Projects - links to WETA's other websites History of WETA (requires proprietary software) WETA's First Broadcast: A New Era (1961) Documentary produced by WETA-TV PBS member stations Television channels and stations established in 1961 1961 establishments in Washington, D.C. Members of the Cultural Alliance of Greater Washington ETA-TV