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unusual facts about digital subchannel



2007 Subway 500

Because of the Southern California wildfires, which began on race morning, KABC in Los Angeles showed the race on a digital subchannel rather than on its main channel.

KBTZ

On July 1, 2009, Max Media established a new Fox affiliate on the digital subchannel of its ABC affiliates, KWYB in Butte and KWYB-LD in Bozeman.

KEPR-TV

On March 30, 2009, KEPR launched a digital subchannel affiliated with The CW, filling the void left by KCWK (channel 9) going dark at the end of May 2008 due to the Pappas Telecasting bankruptcy.

KGCW

KGCW can also be seen on KLJB's second digital subchannel (UHF channel 49.2 or virtual channel 18.2 via PSIP) from a transmitter in the Orion village of Western Township, Illinois.

KMMF

On July 1, 2009, Max Media established a new Fox affiliate on the digital subchannel of its ABC affiliates, KTMF in Missoula and KTMF-LD in Kalispell.

KRCB

Overnight programming is shared with the national satellite station Link TV and includes shows such as Mosaic: World News from the Middle East, while Create is simulcasted on DT2.

KUNP

On August 21, 2012, Fisher Communications signed an affiliation agreement with MundoFox, a Spanish-language competitor to Univision that is owned as a joint venture between Fox International Channels and Colombian broadcaster RCN TV, for KUNP and Seattle sister station KUNS to be carried on both stations as digital subchannels starting in late September.

WBNG-DT2

WBNG produces a nightly prime time newscast on this CW second digital subchannel which competes with another broadcast seen every night on rival Fox affiliate WICZ-TV.


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KBJR-DT2

It can also be seen on KRII's ninth digital subchannel that originates from a transmitter in Meadow Brook.

KCAU-TV

On January 16, 2012, KCAU, along with all of its sister stations, began broadcasting Disney/ABC's Live Well Network on its digital subchannel, replacing "Accuweather 9".

Until January 16, 2012, KCAU was the only station owned by Citadel Communications to carry AccuWeather programming on a digital subchannel; sister stations KLKN, WOI-DT, and WHBF-TV instead carried RTV on their DT2 subchannels, while WLNE-TV did not offer a DT2 subchannel.

KCWK

On April 24, 2006, it was announced that KAZW would launch a CW affiliate on digital subchannel 9.2, with programming being provided by The CW Plus.

KDLH-DT2

It can also be seen on KRII's second digital subchannel which originates on UHF channel 11.2 from a transmitter in Meadow Park.

KFTL-CD

KFTL airs Home Shopping Network 24 hours 7 days a week on digital subchannel 28.2; KFTL also airs Zuus Latino, the 24/7 Network, and ZUUS Country.

KGET-DT2

The fate of the CW in the Bakersfield market remained unknown until just days before The CW was scheduled to launch, when Clear Channel Communications (the owner of KGET at the time) obtained the rights to The CW Plus affiliation for the Bakersfield market on a new digital subchannel of KGET.

KHAS-TV

In September 2010, KHAS-TV digital subchannel 5.2 switched from a standard definition simulcast to This TV.

KLDO-TV

KLDO also carries LATV programming on its digital signal, on subchannel 27.2; ZUUS Latino Spanish music video programming on its digital subchannel 27.3 since March 2013.

KMYA-DT

The station was an affiliate of This TV from February to June 2009 (This TV was not shown at all in Little Rock from that point until 2012 when it resurfaced on a digital subchannel of KLRT-TV, which later dropped the subchannel after it was sold to Nexstar Broadcasting Group and Mission Broadcasting).

KSDX-LD

KSDX-LP was available on digital subchannel 68.2 on its Los Angeles sister station KRCA.

KTMO-LP

The station is also carried as a digital subchannel of KFDA-TV, digital channel 10.3.

KTVC

A newly created digital subchannel of NBC affiliate KMTR carries the CW Television Network, a merger of the two disbanding networks' programming assets, while KEVU-LP is affiliated with MyNetworkTV, a network from News Corporation, the parent company of Fox.

Non-Stop New York

:For the NBC-owned digital subchannel "New York Nonstop", see WNBC.

WISE-DT2

CBS affiliate WANE-TV (channel 15) offered UPN on its second digital subchannel, while The WB was affiliated with cable-only "WBFW" (with programming provided through The WB 100+, and promotional and advertising services provided by WPTA, channel 21).

WLOX

The station's front website banner also incorporated a "CBS - coming soon" link to the advertisement on YouTube suggesting a future digital subchannel with a schedule from the network for the market would be offered through WLOX.

WTHI-DT2

It also made Terre Haute one of the only markets in the United States with all three historical commercial broadcast networks (ABC, CBS and NBC) as primary affiliations with the Fox and MyNetworkTV affiliations on a digital subchannel, but lacking an over-the-air affiliate of The CW (which is currently available via CW Plus affiliate "WBI" on area cable providers).

ET (4 a.m. CT on the Illinois side of the market); WTHI-TV became the third LIN Media station to carry a major network affiliation on both the main channel and a digital subchannel (LIN-owned NBC affiliate WOOD-TV in Grand Rapids, Michigan and Fox affiliate WNAC-TV in Providence, Rhode Island, owned by Super Towers, Inc. and operated by LIN, both carry MyNetworkTV on a second digital subchannel).

WTVA-DT2

As a result of the move, the market's Me-TV affiliation was moved to the second digital subchannel of sister station WLOV-TV (resulting in Me-TV sister network This TV moving to a newly created third digital subchannel).