wpxt ceased analog transmission august 12, 2008 (more than seven months prior to the original federal communications commission (fcc) digital switchover deadline february 17, 2009) due to transmitter failure. on may 2, 2011, wpxt signed-on a new second digital subchannel to become the area's metv affiliate. on november 7, 2016, escape (now court tv mystery) was added to subchannel 51.3.