Editing WCWN (section)

==Technical information==

===Subchannels===
The station's ATSC 1.0 channels are carried on the [[multiplex (TV)|multiplexed]] signals of other Capital District television stations:
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Subchannels provided by WCWN (ATSC 1.0)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=WTEN|title=RabbitEars TV Query for WTEN|website=[[RabbitEars.info]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=WRGB|title=RabbitEars TV Query for WRGB|website=[[RabbitEars.info]]}}</ref>
! scope = "col" | [[Digital subchannel#United States|Channel]]
! scope = "col" | [[Display resolution|Res.]]
! scope = "col" | [[Aspect ratio (image)|Aspect]]
! scope = "col" | Short name
! scope = "col" | Programming
! scope = "col" | ATSC 1.0 host
|-
! scope = "row" | 45.1
| [[1080i]] || rowspan=3|[[16:9]] || WCWN-HD || [[The CW]] || [[WTEN]]
|-
! scope = "row" | 45.2
| rowspan=2|[[480i]] || Charge! || [[Charge! (TV network)|Charge!]] || rowspan=2|[[WRGB]]
|-
! scope = "row" | 45.4
| TheNest || [[The Nest (TV network)|The Nest]]
|}

From its launch in 2006 until October 1, 2007, WCWN offered [[The Tube (TV channel)|The Tube]] on its second digital subchannel and [[Time Warner Cable|Time Warner]] digital cable. On November 1, 2008, WCWN-DT2 relaunched as an affiliate of [[This TV]], then shortly thereafter swapped subchannels with WRGB and took [[Universal Sports]]. WCWN-DT2 went dark again on January 1, 2012, when Universal Sports moved to cable only status and later shut down altogether.

===Analog-to-digital conversion===
WCWN shut down its analog signal, over [[UHF]] channel 45, on June 12, 2009, the official date on which full-power television stations in the United States [[Digital television transition 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 43, using [[virtual channel]] 45.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf |title=DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and the Second Rounds |format=PDF |access-date=March 24, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130829004251/https://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf |archive-date=August 29, 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> During the 2019 digital television repack, WCWN relocated from UHF channel 43 as it was no longer allocated to broadcast television and is now broadcasting on UHF channel 22.

===ATSC 3.0 lighthouse===
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Subchannels of WCWN (ATSC 3.0)<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=WCWN#station |title=RabbitEars TV Query for WCWN |website=[[RabbitEars.info]]|access-date=February 4, 2014 |archive-date=February 21, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221233341/https://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=WCWN#station |url-status=live }}</ref>
! style="background-color: #bdbdff" scope = "col" | [[Digital subchannel#United States|Channel]]
! style="background-color: #bdbdff" scope = "col" | [[Display resolution|Res.]]
! style="background-color: #bdbdff" scope = "col" | Short name
! style="background-color: #bdbdff" scope = "col" | Programming
|-
! scope = "row" | [[WRGB|6.1]]
| rowspan=2 | [[1080p]] || WRGB || [[CBS]] ([[WRGB]])
|-
! scope = "row" | 6.10
| style="background-color:#ffffd0|T2 || style="background-color:#ffffd0|[[Tennis Channel#Streaming channels|T2]]
|-
! scope = "row" | 6.11
| || style="background-color:#ffffd0|PBTV || style="background-color:#ffffd0|[[Tennis Channel#Streaming channels|Pickleballtv]]
|-
! scope = "row" | [[WTEN|10.1]]
| [[720p]] || WTEN || [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] ([[WTEN]])
|-
! scope = "row" | [[WMHT (TV)|17.1]]
| 1080p || WMHT || [[PBS]] ([[WMHT (TV)|WMHT]])
|-
! scope = "row" | [[WXXA-TV|23.1]]
| 720p || WXXA || [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] ([[WXXA-TV]])
|-
! scope = "row" | 45.1
| 1080p || WCWN || [[The CW]]
|}
{{legend|#ffffd0|Subchannel streamed via the Internet<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rabbitears.info/static.php?name=atsc3_streaming|title=ATSC 3.0 Streams Delivered Via Internet|website=[[RabbitEars.info]]|accessdate=March 24, 2024}}</ref>}}