WMVS - Digital Television

Digital Television

For more on MPTV's digital television services, see Milwaukee Public Television#Digital programming.

WMVS's digital signal is on Channel 8 and carries a 720p signal for WMVS's main schedule on 10.1. Formerly, WMVS-DT was carried on digital channel 35, the home of WMVT-DT, due to interference issues with Grand Rapids' WOOD-TV's channel 8 analog signal until a channel shuffle on September 1, 2008. On September 1, 2010, another channel shuffle took place which added three of MPTV's digital subchannel services to WMVS's bandwidth, while a standard definition simulcast of WMVS's 10.1 schedule was added to channel 36.2 to address antenna viewers who have been unable to receive WMVS's VHF signal since the conversion, which has been a major problem for many broadcasters on VHF post-transition. The picture format on 10.1 was also reduced to 720p to enable multicasting on WMVS's bandwidth. A secondary translator station for WMVS to be based on Channel 36 began service on August 14, 2012 from MPTV Tower to better serve the main portion of WMVS's service area with UHF-only antennas, along with a boost in power to the main WMVS signal courtesy of a Public Telecommunications Facilities Program award. The secondary translator airs all four WMVS services, but identifies each via PSIP as "10.1X" to reduce confusion with the main channel and allow viewers to choose which signal serves their needs better.

The layout of Milwaukee Public Television's digital services are detailed further within that article. Since the shuffle, the channel's branding has switched to MPTV 10-HD.

MPTV signed off their analog signals at 9am on June 12, 2009.