Editing WDRB (section)

==Technical information==
[[File:2021 11 20 wdrb-wbki-tv 06z (51712088962).jpg|right|thumb|upright=1|The WDRB–WBKI tower on Floyds Knobs in southern Indiana.|alt=A tall antenna with a goalpost-shaped appendage with two red antennas. Two antennas are mounted lower on the mast.]]
===Subchannels===
This station's signal is [[multiplex (TV)|multiplexed]]:
{| class="wikitable"
|+Subchannels of WDRB<ref name=rei>{{cite web|title=Digital TV Market Listing for WDRB|url=http://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=WDRB#station|website=[[RabbitEars]]|access-date=January 26, 2017|archive-date=March 27, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160327171402/http://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=WDRB#station|url-status=live}}</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 = "row" | 41.1 
| [[720p]] || rowspan="4" | [[16:9]] || WDRB || [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]]
|-
! scope = "row" | 41.2 
| rowspan="3" | [[480i]] || Ant.TV || [[Antenna TV]]
|-
! scope = "row" | 41.3 
| ION.TV || [[Ion Television]]
|-
! scope = "row" | 41.4 
| CourtTv || [[Court TV]]
|- style="background-color:#DFEBF6; border-top: 2px solid #003399;"
! scope = "row" | [[WBKI (TV)|58.3]]
| rowspan="3" | 480i || rowspan="3" | 16:9 || My TV || [[MyNetworkTV]] ([[WBKI (TV)|WBKI]])
|- style="background-color:#DFEBF6; 
! scope = "row" | [[WBKI (TV)|58.5]]
| Mystery || [[Ion Mystery]] ([[WBKI (TV)|WBKI]])
|- style="background-color:#DFEBF6; 
! scope = "row" | [[WBKI (TV)|58.6]]
| Ion + || [[Ion Plus]] ([[WBKI (TV)|WBKI]])
|}
{{legend|#DFEBF6|Broadcast on behalf of another station}}

WDRB began broadcasting three subchannels of WBKI as part of that multiplex's September 2022 conversion to [[ATSC 3.0]] (NextGen TV) broadcasting.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://tvnewscheck.com/tech/article/five-stations-launch-nextgen-tv-in-louisville/|title=Five Stations Launch NextGen TV In Louisville|work=TVNewsCheck|date=September 12, 2022|access-date=April 24, 2023|archive-date=September 14, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220914000301/https://tvnewscheck.com/tech/article/five-stations-launch-nextgen-tv-in-louisville/|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Analog-to-digital conversion===
WDRB discontinued regular programming on its analog signal, over [[UHF]] channel 41, 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 49,<ref name="Analog to Digital">{{Cite web |date=May 23, 2006 |title=DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and Second Rounds |url=http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130829004251/http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf |archive-date=August 29, 2013 |access-date=August 29, 2021 |publisher=Federal Communications Commission}}</ref> using [[virtual channel]] 41. The station was repacked from channel 49 to channel 32 in 2019.<ref name="Repack Table">{{Cite web|url=http://data.fcc.gov/download/incentive-auctions/Transition_Files/Phase_Assignment_Closing_PN.csv|title=FCC TV Spectrum Phase Assignment Table|format=CSV|website=[[Federal Communications Commission]]|date=April 13, 2017|access-date=April 17, 2017|archive-date=April 17, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170417160749/http://data.fcc.gov/download/incentive-auctions/Transition_Files/Phase_Assignment_Closing_PN.csv|url-status=live}}</ref>