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{{short description|Fox affiliate in Albany, New York}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=AugustJanuary 20212024}}
{{Infobox television station
| callsign = WXXA-TV
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| logo_size = 125px
| branding = Fox 23
| digital = 8 ([[very high frequency|VHF]])
| virtual = 23
| translators =
| affiliations = {{ubl|'''23.1:''' [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]<br>'''23.2:'|''for Capitalothers, [[Off-tracksee betting|OTB]]{{section TV ([[horse racing]])<br>'''23.3:''' [[Laff (TV network)link|Laff]]<br>|Subchannels}}'''23.4:''' [[Rewind TV]]}}
| network =
| country = United States
| airdate = {{start date and age|1982|7|30|p=y}}
| last_airdate =
| location = [[Albany, New York|Albany]]–[[Schenectady, New York|Schenectady]]–[[Troy, New York]]
| former_callsigns =
| former_channel_numbers = {{ubl|'''Analog:'''| 23 ([[ultra high frequency|UHF]], 1982–2009)|'''Digital:'''| 7 (VHF, 2005–2020)}}
| owner = [[Mission Broadcasting|Mission Broadcasting, Inc.]]
| licensee =
| operator = [[Nexstar Media Group]]<br>( via [[local marketing agreement|JSA]]/[[shared services|SSA]])
| sister_stations = [[WTEN]]
| former_affiliations = {{ubl|'''Primary:'''|[[Independent station (North America)|Independent]] (1982–1986)|'''Secondary:'''|[[Financial News Network|FNNUPN]] (1982–1985)|[[Primesecondary, Time Entertainment Network|PTEN]] (1993–1995)|[[UPN]] (1995–1998)|'''DT2:'''|[[Variety Television Network]] (2007–2009)|Untamed Sports TV (2009–2011)|[[TheCoolTV]] (2011–2012)|[[ZUUS Country]] (2012–2015)|'''DT4:'''|[[Bounce TV]] (2017-2021)}}
| erp = 2322 kW
| haat = {{convert|437.2|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
| class = [[Digital terrestrial television|DT]]
| facility_id = 11970
| coordinates = {{nowrap|{{coord|42|37|31.3|N|74|0|36.7|W|type:landmark_scale:2000}}}}
| callsign_meaning =
| licensing_authority = [[Federal Communications Commission|FCC]]
| website = {{URL|https://www.news10.com/fox-23/}}
}}
 
'''WXXA-TV''', [[virtual (channel]] 23 ([[very high frequency|VHF]] [[digital terrestrial television|digital]] channel 8), is a [[Foxtelevision Broadcasting Company|Foxstation]]-[[network affiliate|affiliated]] television station [[city of license|licensed]] to [[Albany, New York]], United States, serving New York'sthe [[Capital District, New York|Capital District]] (Albany–[[Schenectady,as Newan York|Schenectady]]–[[Troy,affiliate Newof York|Troy]]) as well asthe [[BerkshireFox County,Broadcasting MassachusettsCompany|Fox]] network. Owned by [[Wichita Falls, Texas]]–based [[Mission Broadcasting]], it is operated under [[local marketing agreement|joint sales]] anda [[shared services]] agreementsagreement (JSA/SSA) by [[Nexstar Media Group]], makingowner it a [[sister station]] toof [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] affiliate [[WTEN]] (channel 10, also licensed to Albany). BothThe two stations share studios on Northern Boulevard in Albany's [[Neighborhoods of Albany, New York|Bishop's Gate]] section, while; WXXA-TV's transmitter is located on the [[Helderberg Escarpment]] west of [[New Salem, New York|New Salem]].
 
WXXA-TV is the only commercial television station in Albany that has never changed its primary network affiliation or [[call signs in North America|call letters]].
 
==History==
WXXA signed on July 30, 1982<ref>{{Cite journal|date=August 2, 1982|title=In Brief|url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1982/BC-1982-08-02.pdf|journal=Broadcasting & Cable|volume=103|issue=5|pages=88–89}}</ref> and aired an [[analog television|analog]] signal on [[ultra high frequency|UHF]] channel 23. It was the Capital District's first [[independent station (North America)|independent station]], as well as the first new [[Commercial broadcasting|commercial station]] to launch in the market since WTRI (channel 35), forerunner of [[WNYT (TV)|WNYT]] (channel 13), launched 28 years earlier. The Capital District had a fairly long wait for an independent station, considering its size. On paper, it had been large enough to support an independent since the late 1960s. However, the Capital District is a fairly large market geographically, stretching across a large swath of east-central New York, as well as portions of southwestern [[Vermont]] and western [[Massachusetts]]. Much of this area is very mountainous, particularly in the northern portion. UHF stations have never covered large areas or rugged terrain very well. By the late 1970s, cable and satellite—then as now, a must for acceptable television in much of this market—had gained enough penetration for an independent to be viable.▼
[[Image:WXAA-Range.svg|left|thumb|150px|Its coverage area (primary in dark red).]]▼
▲WXXA signed on July 30, 1982<ref>{{Cite journal|date=August 2, 1982|title=In Brief|url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1982/BC-1982-08-02.pdf|journal=Broadcasting & Cable|volume=103|issue=5|pages=88–89}}</ref> and aired an [[analog television|analog]] signal on [[ultra high frequency|UHF]] channel 23. It was the Capital District's first [[independent station (North America)|independent station]], as well as the first new [[Commercial broadcasting|commercial station]] to launch in the market since WTRI (channel 35), forerunner of [[WNYT (TV)|WNYT]] (channel 13), launched 28 years earlier. The Capital District had a fairly long wait for an independent station, considering its size. On paper, it had been large enough to support an independent since the late 1960s. However, the Capital District is a fairly large market geographically, stretching across a large swath of east-central New York, as well as portions of southwestern [[Vermont]] and western [[Massachusetts]]. Much of this area is very mountainous, particularly in the northern portion. UHF stations have never covered large areas or rugged terrain very well. By the late 1970s, cable and satellite—then as now, a must for acceptable television in much of this market—had gained enough penetration for an independent to be viable.
 
A [[construction permit]] had been issued for channel 23 in the 1950s with the calls WPTR-TV; that permit was canceled in 1960. Rumors had previously abounded that [[NBC]] would move its programming to the new channel 23 after [[WRGB]] (channel 6) switched to [[CBS]] in 1981. However, the network ended up affiliating with WNYT.
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The station was owned by '''Albany TV 23, Inc.''' a group of investors led by president and [[general manager|station manager]] Jim Boaz, Hollywood director [[Arthur Penn]], and former FDIC director [[William Seidman]]. Through Penn, it was able to secure financing from movie production company [[Orion Pictures]]. WXXA was a typical general-entertainment independent airing [[animated cartoon|cartoons]], [[feature film|movies]], [[broadcasting of sports events|sports]], and first-run syndicated programs. The station also carried [[business news]] programming from the [[Financial News Network]].
 
In July 1986, WXXA-TV agreed to become a charter affiliate of Fox,<ref name="atu-wxxafox1">{{cite news|last1=Snook|first1=Debbi|title=Rivers will be talking locally this fall on WXXA|url=http://albarchive.merlinone.net/mweb/wmsql.wm.request?oneimage&imageid=5447064|page=B8|access-date=March 6, 2017|work=[[Albany Times Union]]|date=July 15, 1986}}</ref> which launched on October 9.<ref name="atu-wxxafox2">{{cite news|title=Independents get some first-runs|url=http://albarchive.merlinone.net/mweb/wmsql.wm.request?oneimage&imageid=5453390|access-date=March 6, 2017|work=[[Albany Times Union]]|date=September 12, 1986|page=1B}}</ref> Initially, WXXA-TV still programmed itself as an independent, since Fox only aired one program (''[[The Late Show (1986 talk show)|The Late Show]] Starring [[Joan Rivers]]'') until April 1987 and even then would not present an entire week's worth of programming until the [[1993–94 United States network television schedule|1993–94 season]]. Shortly after Fox's launch, Albany TV 23 sold the station to Heritage Broadcasting Group (a Detroit-based company, unrelated to the similarly named [[Heritage Cablevision|Heritage Communications]] and [[Heritage Media]], that was also in the process of acquiring [[WWTV]] in [[Cadillac, Michigan]]) for $10.1 million.<ref name="atu-saletoheritage1">{{cite news|last1=O'Hara|first1=Rosemary|title=WXXA-TV sold for $10 million|url=http://albarchive.merlinone.net/mweb/wmsql.wm.request?oneimage&imageid=5447566|page=B7|access-date=March 5, 2017|work=[[Albany Times Union]]|date=July 19, 1986}}</ref><ref name="atu-saletoheritage2">{{cite news|last1=Haynes|first1=Laura|title=WXXA retains Fox; Boaz probably a 23 consultant|url=http://albarchive.merlinone.net/mweb/wmsql.wm.request?oneimage&imageid=5447792|page=6B|access-date=March 5, 2017|work=[[Knickerbocker News]]|date=July 22, 1986}}</ref> The station picked up programming from the [[Prime Time Entertainment Network]] (PTEN) block in 1993.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://groups.google.com/group/rec.arts.sf.tv/browse_thread/thread/98843822ed20a79c/5dbb63b15ca806e7?lnk=st&q=%22Prime+Time+Entertainment+Network%22+%22station+list%22+95&rnum=1 |title=B5: Babylon 5 TV Station List/Times updated! |access-date=November 27, 2006 |last=Whiteside |first=Lee |date=April 6, 1995 |work=rec.arts.sf.tv |publisher=[[Google Groups]] }}</ref>
 
In 1994, Heritage sold the station to Clear Channel Communications (now [[iHeartMedia]]) for $25.5 million,<ref name="ap-saletocc">{{cite news|title=WXXA-TV sold to Texas company|url=http://albarchive.merlinone.net/mweb/wmsql.wm.request?oneimage&imageid=5726101|access-date=March 6, 2017|work=[[Albany Times Union]]|agency=[[Associated Press]]|date=September 16, 1994|page=B12}}</ref> predating Clear Channel's sizable expansion of television assets in the [[Northeastern United States|Northeast]] in the following years. Clear Channel soon moved WXXA from its original studios on [[Central Avenue (Albany, New York)|Central Avenue]]/[[New York State Route 5|NYS Route 5]] in Albany (now a [[car dealership]]) to an expanded facility on Corporate Circle in Albany's [[Dunes, Albany, New York|Dunes]] section).
 
When [[UPN]] launched on January 16, 1995, WXXA aired programming from UPN off-hours on weekends. [[cable television|Cable]] viewers in virtually the entire market were also able to watch UPN in pattern on [[WSBK-TV]] in [[Boston]], which had been available on cable in the area for decades.<ref name="atu-wxxaupn">{{cite news|last1=Marder|first1=Keith|title=WXXA scores for the Trekkies|url=http://albarchive.merlinone.net/mweb/wmsql.wm.request?oneimage&imageid=5756886|access-date=March 6, 2017|work=[[Albany Times Union]]|date=January 19, 1995|page=C5}}{{dead link|date=December 2023|fix-attempted=yes}}</ref> WXXA's secondary affiliation ended in 1998, when UPN signed [[WYPX-TV|WYPX]] (channel 55) as its new secondary affiliate and [[low-power broadcasting#Television|low-powered]] [[WVBG-LD|WVBG-LP]] (channel 25) as a primary affiliate.<ref name=atu-wvbgupn>{{cite news|last=McGuire|first=Mark|title=Channel 25 is now affiliated with UPN|page=D6|url=http://albarchive.merlinone.net/mweb/wmsql.wm.request?oneimage&imageid=5886521|access-date=March 6, 2017|newspaper=[[Albany Times Union]]|date=September 30, 1998}}</ref> The network was picked up again by WXXA after Clear Channel, in partnership with Time Warner Cable, launched cable-only affiliate "[[WEDG-TV]]" in January 2000.<ref name=atu-wedgupn>{{cite news|last=McGuire|first=Mark|title=WVBG hurt by UPN deal|page=D5|url=http://albarchive.merlinone.net/mweb/wmsql.wm.request?oneimage&imageid=5957674|access-date=March 6, 2017|newspaper=[[Albany Times Union]]|date=November 17, 1999}}</ref> Eventually known on-air as "UPN 4" after its channel location, "WEDG" signed off in August 2003 concurrent with the sign-on of over-the-air UPN affiliate [[WNYA]] (channel 51), which was operated by WRGB.<ref name=atu-wedgend>{{cite news|last=McGuire|first=Mark|title=New UPN station to debut Sept. 1|page=D4|url=http://albarchive.merlinone.net/mweb/wmsql.wm.request?oneimage&imageid=6226904|access-date=March 6, 2017|newspaper=[[Albany Times Union]]|date=August 26, 2003}}</ref>
 
WXXA-DT began airing on VHF channel 7 on December 20, 2005. A combination of objections from analog co-channels [[WABC-TV]] (in New York City) and [[WWNY-TV]] (in [[Watertown (city), New York|Watertown]]), whose signals reach the fringes of the Albany area, was the primary reason for the late and delayed sign-on. On April 20, 2007, Clear Channel entered into an agreement to sell its entire television station group to [[Providence Equity Partners]]' [[Newport Television]] (the deal closed in March 2008).
 
On July 19, 2012, Newport Television announced the sale of 22 of its 27 stations to the [[Nexstar Media Group|Nexstar Broadcasting Group]], [[Sinclair Broadcast Group]] and [[Cox Media Group]].<ref>[http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/60876/newport-sells-22-stations-for-1-billion Newport Sells 22 Stations For $1 Billion], ''TVNewsCheck'', July 19, 2012.</ref> While most of WXXA-TV's New York State sisters were sold to Nexstar, that company opted not to buy channel 23; Sinclair could not purchase WXXA-TV because it already owned WRGB and [[The CW|CW]] affiliate [[WCWN]] (channel 45). While Nexstar and Sinclair passed on buying WXXA, the station eventually found a new owner on July 27, 2012, when Newport Television announced the sale of the station to Shield Media, LLC (owned by [[White Knight Broadcasting]] Vice President Sheldon Galloway) for $19.2 million. Shield then entered into certaina [[shared services|shared service]] and [[local marketing agreement|joint sales agreements]] with [[Young Broadcasting]], then-owners of WTEN.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/61098/shield-buying-newports-wxxa-for-194m|title=Galloway, Young Plan ABC-Fox Duop|date=July 27, 2012|website=TVNewsCheck|access-date=April 6, 2017}}</ref> The FCC granted the transaction on October 23,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/prod/cdbs/pubacc/Auth_Files/1509776.pdf |title= The FCC granted the transaction on October 23|access-date=December 6, 2012 }}{{dead link|date=June 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> and it was finalized on December 14.<ref>{{cite web|author=FCC Internet Services Staff |url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=1534146 |title=Application Search Details |publisher=Licensing.fcc.gov |access-date=April 22, 2013}}</ref> After consummation of the sale, WXXA moved from its Corporate Circle facility into WTEN's studios on March 23, 2013.
 
On November 8, 2013, [[Media General]] shareholders approved the company's merger with New Young Broadcasting, which was completed on November 12.<ref name=tvnc-youngmgcomplete>{{cite news|title=Media General, Young Now Officially One|url=http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/71928/media-general-young-now-officially-one|access-date=November 12, 2013|newspaper=TVNewsCheck|date=November 12, 2013}}</ref> The merged company kept the Media General name, and continued its agreements with Shield Media. More than two years later, on January 27, 2016, it was announced that the Nexstar Broadcasting Group would buy Media General for $4.6 billion. The operations of WXXA and outright ownership of WTEN became part of "Nexstar Media Group."<ref>[http://www.mediageneral.com/press/2016/jan27_2016nexs.html Shareholders of Both Companies to Realize Immediate and Long-Term Value] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160130083411/http://www.mediageneral.com/press/2016/jan27_2016nexs.html |date=January 30, 2016 }} © 2016 Media General. All rights reserved.</ref> Upon the sale's closure on January 17, 2017, the deal reunited WXXA with its former Newport sister stations that were sold to Nexstar in 2012.
 
On August 21, 2020, it was announced that [[Mission Broadcasting]] would acquire WXXA.<ref>{{cite web|title=Mission Consolidation Continues With Michigan, N.Y. Moves|date=August 21, 2020 |url=http://www.rbr.com/mission-consolidation-continues-with-michigan-n-y-moves/|publisher=Radio & Television Business Report|access-date=September 13, 2020}}</ref><ref name="wxxatomission">{{cite web|url=https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/cdbsmenu.hts?context=25&appn=101819972&formid=314&fac_num=11970|title=Application for Consent to Assignment of Broadcast Station Construction Permit or License|work=CDBS Public Access|publisher=[[Federal Communications Commission]]|date=August 20, 2020|access-date=August 22, 2020}}</ref> The acquisition was completed on November 23.<ref>[http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/prefill_and_display.pl?Application_id=1823594&Service=DT&Form_id=905&Facility_id=11970 "Consummation Notice"], ''CDBS Public Access'', [[Federal Communications Commission]], November 25, 2020, Retrieved November 25, 2020.</ref>
 
===WXXA-DT2===
WXXA's second [[digital subchannel]] has had a number of affiliations over the years. In January 2007, Clear Channel launched a digital-only network known as [[The Variety Channel]]. The service aired classic television shows (similar to the [[Retro Television Network]]), auto showcase programming and various home improvement programs. The service was shut down on January 5, 2009, with WXXA switching over to Untamed Sports TV. This was followed by a switch on April 15, 2011, to the music video network [[TheCoolTV]], which was then dropped sometime in 2012 for [[ZUUS Country]]. Finally on January 1, 2015, Shield leased the channel to [[Capital OTB|Capital District Off-Track Betting]] for their internally originated network, Capital OTB TV.
 
==ProgrammingNews operation==
==={{see|WTEN#News operation===}}▼
===Syndicated programming===
[[broadcast syndication|Syndicated]] programming on WXXA includes ''[[The Big Bang Theory]]'', ''[[The Simpsons]]'', ''[[The Goldbergs (2013 TV series)|The Goldbergs]]'', ''[[Judge Judy]]'' and ''[[The People's Court]]'' among others.
 
▲===News operation===
On October 8, 1996, the station established a news department and began airing a nightly half-hour prime time newscast known as ''Fox News at 10''. It was not the time slot's first show in the market, as WMHQ (now [[WCWN]]) launched a WNYT-produced broadcast earlier in the year; in 1998, that production was canceled due to a lack of support, leaving WXXA as the only outlet for a prime time show.
 
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A final addition to newscast offerings on WXXA occurred June 29, 2009, when it launched a half-hour broadcast weeknights at 11 following a national trend by other Fox affiliates. Although ''Fox 23 News at 10'' has remained popular with viewers, its weekday morning show and ''Fox 23 News at 11'' continued to struggle in the ratings against long running newscasts on competing stations. ''Fox 23 News at 5'' (seen on weeknights) was eventually cut to a half-hour for that same reason. In 2012, ''Fox 23 News A.M.'' was moved to the 7 to 9 time slot. WXXA was the last remaining news department in the Capital District that continued to broadcast local news in 4:3 standard definition, and it never upgraded to high definition or 16:9 widescreen during the time that the newscasts were produced in-house.
 
With the consolidation of WXXA with WTEN, the ABC affiliate took over production of channel 23's newscasts. The two stations' reporting staffs were merged immediately following Shield Media's purchase of WXXA was completed.<ref name=sg-wtenwxxareporters>{{cite news|last=Lombardo|first=David|title=WTEN, WXXA share staff under new plan|url=http://www.dailygazette.com/news/2012/dec/19/wten-process-taking-over-fox-affiliate-wxxa/|access-date=December 26, 2012|newspaper=[[Schenectady Gazette]]|date=December 19, 2012}}</ref> On January 24, 2013, WXXA discontinued its weeknight 5:00 and 11:00&nbsp;p.m. newscasts, in order to focus more on the morning and 10:00&nbsp;p.m. newscasts; in an announcement on its Facebook page; the station redirected viewers of the canceled newscasts to the WTEN newscasts in those time slots. The weekday morning (7:00-9:007–9&nbsp;a.m.) and nightly 10:00&nbsp;p.m. newscasts, which do not compete against WTEN's newscasts, remain on the station.<ref name=atu-wxxano5and11>{{cite news|last=McGuire|first=Mark|title=Fox 23 cuts newscasts at 5 and 11|url=http://www.timesunion.com/business/article/Fox-23-cuts-newscasts-at-5-and-11-4220746.php|access-date=January 25, 2013|newspaper=[[Albany Times-Union]]|date=January 24, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=McGuire |first=Mark |url=http://www.timesunion.com/default/article/Fox-23-axes-Ann-Hughes-4275103.php |title=Ann Hughes out in Fox 23 layoffs |publisher=Times Union |date=February 14, 2013 |access-date=April 22, 2013}}</ref>
 
On March 23, the consolidation was completed when all newscasts began originating from WTEN's studios produced in high definition. WXXA simulcasts WTEN's weekday morning show from 6:00- to 7:00&nbsp;a.m. From 7:00- to 9:00&nbsp;a.m., WTEN produces a newscast for WXXA as a local complement to ''[[Good Morning America]]''. During [[weather forecasting|weather forecasts]], the station features live [[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration|NOAA]] [[National Weather Service]] [[NEXRAD]] [[weather radar]] data from four regional sites including one locally on Woodstock Road south of [[Berne, New York#Communities and locations in Berne|East Berne]].
 
==Technical information==
▲[[Image:WXAA-Range.svg|left|thumb|150px|ItsWXXA's coverage area (primary in dark red, secondary in light pink).]]
 
===Subchannels===
The station's digital signal is [[Multiplex (TV)|multiplexed]]:
{| class="wikitable"
!|+Subchannels Programmingof WXXA-TV<ref>[http://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=WXXA#station RabbitEars TV Query for WXXA]</ref>▼
! scope = "col" | [[Digital subchannel#United States|Channel]]▼
! scope = "col" | [[Display resolution|VideoRes.]]▼
! scope = "col" | [[Aspect ratio (image)|Aspect]]▼
! scope = "col" | Short name▼
! scope = "col" | Programming
|-
! scope = "row" | 23.1
▲! [[Digital subchannel#United States|Channel]]
| 23.1 || [[720p]] || rowspan=45| [[16:9]] || WXXA-HD || Main WXXA-TV programming / [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]▼
▲! [[Display resolution|Video]]
▲! [[Aspect ratio (image)|Aspect]]
▲! Short name
▲! Programming<ref>[http://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=WXXA#station RabbitEars TV Query for WXXA]</ref>
|-
! scope = "row" | 23.2
▲| 23.1 || [[720p]] || rowspan=4| [[16:9]] || WXXA-HD || Main WXXA-TV programming / [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]
| 23.2 || rowspan=34| [[480i]] || WXXA-OT || Capital [[Off-track betting|OTB]] TV ([https://www.capitalotb.com/otbtv/ streams online])▼
|-
! scope = "row" | 23.3
▲| 23.2 || rowspan=3| [[480i]] || WXXA-OT || Capital [[Off-track betting|OTB]] TV ([https://www.capitalotb.com/otbtv/ streams online])
| 23.3 || WXXA-LFGR || [[LaffGrit (TV network)|LaffGrit]]▼
|-
! scope = "row" | 23.4
▲| 23.3 || WXXA-LF || [[Laff (TV network)|Laff]]
| 23.4 || WXXA-BCRewind || [[Rewind TV]]▼
|-
▲| 23.4 || WXXA-BC || [[Rewind TV]]
|-
! scope = "row" | 23.5
| Crime || [[True Crime Network]]
|}
 
===Analog-to-digital conversion===
WXXA-TV shut down its analog signal, over [[Ultra high frequency|UHF]] channel 23, on June 12, 2009, the official date inon which full-power television stations in the United States [[Digital television transition in the United States|transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts]] under federal mandate. The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition [[Very high frequency|VHF]] channel 7.,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130829004251/http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 29, 2013 |title=DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and the Second Rounds |format=PDF |access-date=March 24, 2012 }}</ref> Through the use of [[Program and System Information Protocol|PSIP]], digital television receivers display the station'susing [[virtual channel]] as its former UHF analog channel 23. During the 2019 digital television repack, WXXA moved from VHF channel 7 to channel 8.
 
==References==
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==External links==
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