wpbf discontinued regular programming on its analog signal, over uhf channel 25, at 11:59 p.m. 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 16. through the use of psip, digital television receivers display the station's virtual channel as its former uhf analog channel 25.