Digital Television
The station's digital signal on UHF 26, is multiplexed:
| Channel | Video | Aspect | Name | Programming |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26.1 | 720p | 16:9 | WGNO-DT | Main WGNO programming / ABC |
| 26.2 | 480i | 4:3 | AntTV | Antenna TV |
When Hurricane Katrina made landfall on the Louisiana coast on August 29, 2005, the storm destroyed WGNO's analog and digital transmitters. WGNO and WNOL temporarily transmitted their analog signals from a multi-purpose tower in Algiers, and broadcast their digital signals as subchannels of Pax TV owned-and-operated station WPXL-TV until March 29, 2008, when WNOL's digital transmitter on UHF channel 15 began service. On March 1, 2008, WGNO completed construction of its replacement digital transmitter, however since it operated on the same frequency as its analog signal (on UHF channel 26), the digital transmitter could not become operational until WGNO's analog transmitter was shut down. Until then, WGNO's high definition digital feed was remapped to virtual channel 26.1 through WNOL's digital signal on UHF channel 15, with WNOL's programming broadcasting in standard definition on virtual channel 38.1. On June 12, 2009, WGNO flash-cut its digital signal on UHF channel 26, allowing WNOL to resume high definition broadcasts on digital channel 15.
Digital subchannel 26.2 carries the Antenna TV network. It is also carried on Cox digital channel 118
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