 WMCN discontinued regular programming on its analog signal, over UHF channel 53, in October 2002.The station's digital signal began operating on UHF channel 44, instead of its former UHF analog channel 53, which was among the high band UHF channels (52-69) that were removed from broadcasting use as a result of the digital television transition in 2009.WMCN was the first television station in the United States to receive permission from the FCC to discontinue its analog signal.