whio-dt began transmitting its digital signal on channel 41 in october 2001. the station shut down its analog signal, over vhf channel 7, on june 12, 2009, the official date in which full-power television stations in the united states transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate. the station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition uhf channel 41. through the use of psip, digital television receivers display the station's virtual channel as its former vhf analog channel 7.