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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 2324, 2013, WXXA discontinued its weeknight 5 and 11&nbsp;p.m. newscasts, in order to focus more on the morning and 10&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 (7–9&nbsp;a.m.) and nightly 10&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 to 7&nbsp;a.m. From 7 to 9&nbsp;a.m., WTEN produces a newscast for WXXA as a local complement to ''[[Good Morning America]]''. During [[weather forecasts]], the station features live [[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]].
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