in march 2009, its weekday morning news at 6 added another two hours (7–9 a.m.) seen on "wnep 2". also in march, the station started up-converting its news programs to 720p widescreen format becoming the first one in the area to make such a change. wnep announced on august 6, 2009 that they would begin broadcasting a 4:00 p.m. newscast on september 8, known as "newswatch 16 at 4".