WLOS - Digital Television

Digital Television

WMYA's over-the-air signal only provides Grade B coverage to the North Carolina side of the market. To improve that station's over-the-air coverage, WLOS offers an SD simulcast on their second digital subchannel. On WLOS-DT3 is an SD simulcast of the main channel.

Originally, WLOS aired its digital signal at 834.7 kilowatts on UHF channel 56. However, the high UHF band (channels 52 to 69) was dropped from broadcast use after the February 17, 2009 cutoff date for analog broadcasting. As a result, it moved its digital broadcasts back to its previous analog channel number, 13. After the DTV Delay Act postponed the date to June 12, WLOS intended to keep the original date on February 17 but on February 12 the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) said stations must justify using the early cutoff date. On February 13, General Manager Jack Connors announced the FCC would also make WLOS end analog broadcasts on its translators leaving many in the mountainous area without a signal. As of November 5, 2010, WLOS is the only Sinclair-owned station that is broadcasting on the VHF dial.