Digital Television
WESH had carried NBC Weather Plus as a digital subchannel 2.2; national WX+ operations have since been terminated by the originating network, effective December 1, 2008.
Channel | Video | Aspect | Programming |
---|---|---|---|
2.1 | 1080i | 16:9 | Main WESH programming / NBC |
2.2 | 480i | 4:3 | Me-TV |
In addition to Weather Plus programming, WESH's 2.2 subchannel was previously used to carry NBC Daytime and syndicated programming from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., to accommodate Casey Anthony trial coverage on WESH's primary channel. The arrangement did not include NBC Sports' weekday coverage of the U.S. Open and Wimbledon, which were instead seen on WKCF. On July 11, 2011, WESH replaced the weather programming on subchannel 2.2 with Me-TV.
As part of the analog television shutdown and digital conversion, WESH shut down its analog transmitter on June 12, 2009, and continued to broadcast on its pre-transition digital channel 11. However, through the use of PSIP, digital television receivers display WESH's virtual channel as 2. WESH is the only VHF station in Orlando after the DTV transition, since WFTV and WKMG-TV opted for the UHF dial instead.
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