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<i>13 News</i></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header notheme">Programming</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Affiliations</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409" /><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><b>13.1:</b> <a href="/wiki/NBC" title="NBC">NBC</a></li><li><i>for others, see <a href="#Subchannels">§ Subchannels</a></i></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header notheme">Ownership</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Owner</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409" /><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Allen_Media_Group" title="Allen Media Group">Allen Media Broadcasting</a></li><li>(Rockford TV License Company, <a href="/wiki/LLC" class="mw-redirect" title="LLC">LLC</a>)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Sister_station" title="Sister station">Sister stations</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><b>Cable:</b> <a href="/wiki/Bally_Sports_Midwest" class="mw-redirect" title="Bally Sports Midwest">Bally Sports Midwest</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bally_Sports_Wisconsin" class="mw-redirect" title="Bally Sports Wisconsin">Bally Sports Wisconsin</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header notheme">History</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">May 13, 1953<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">First air date</div></th><td class="infobox-data">October 1, 1953<span class="noprint"> (71 years ago)</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1953-10-01</span>)</span><sup id="cite_ref-History_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-History-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Former call signs</div></th><td class="infobox-data">WREX-TV (1953–2009)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Former channel number(s)</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409" /><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><b>Analog:</b> 13 (VHF, 1953–2009)</li><li><b>Digital:</b> 54 (<a href="/wiki/UHF" class="mw-redirect" title="UHF">UHF</a>, 2000–2009)<sup id="cite_ref-History_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-History-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Network_affiliate" title="Network affiliate">Former affiliations</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409" /><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/CBS" title="CBS">CBS</a> (1953–1965)</li><li><a href="/wiki/DuMont_Television_Network" title="DuMont Television Network">DuMont</a> (secondary, 1953–1955)</li><li><a href="/wiki/American_Broadcasting_Company" title="American Broadcasting Company">ABC</a> (secondary 1953–1965, primary 1965–1995)</li><li><a href="/wiki/NTA_Film_Network" title="NTA Film Network">NTA</a> (secondary, 1956–1961)</li><li><a href="/wiki/The_CW" title="The CW">The CW</a> (DT2, 2006–2021)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Call_sign" title="Call sign">Call sign</a> meaning</div></th><td class="infobox-data">In memory of Rex N. Caster, son of founding station president L. E. Caster<sup id="cite_ref-History_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-History-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header notheme">Technical information<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Licensing authority</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/FCC" class="mw-redirect" title="FCC">FCC</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Facility_ID" title="Facility ID">Facility ID</a></th><td class="infobox-data">73940</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Effective_radiated_power" title="Effective radiated power">ERP</a></th><td class="infobox-data">18 <a href="/wiki/KW" class="mw-redirect" title="KW">kW</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Height_above_average_terrain" title="Height above average terrain">HAAT</a></th><td class="infobox-data">216 m (709 ft)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Transmitter coordinates</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=WREX&params=42_17_48_N_89_14_22_W_type:landmark_scale:2000"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">42°17′48″N</span> <span class="longitude">89°14′22″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">42.29667°N 89.23944°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">42.29667; -89.23944</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header notheme">Links</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Public license information </div></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409" /><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://publicfiles.fcc.gov/tv-profile/WREX">Public file</a></li><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/public/tv/publicFacilityDetails.html?facilityId=73940">LMS</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://wrex.com/">wrex<wbr />.com</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>WREX</b> (channel 13) is a <a href="/wiki/Television_station" title="Television station">television station</a> in <a href="/wiki/Rockford,_Illinois" title="Rockford, Illinois">Rockford, Illinois</a>, United States, affiliated with <a href="/wiki/NBC" title="NBC">NBC</a>. Owned by <a href="/wiki/Allen_Media_Broadcasting" class="mw-redirect" title="Allen Media Broadcasting">Allen Media Broadcasting</a>, it is the market's only full-power VHF station and is Rockford's second oldest television station. WREX's studios and transmitter are located on Auburn Road just west of Rockford. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=WREX&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Rex_Caster_memorial_at_WREX.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Rex_Caster_memorial_at_WREX.JPG/220px-Rex_Caster_memorial_at_WREX.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Rex_Caster_memorial_at_WREX.JPG/330px-Rex_Caster_memorial_at_WREX.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Rex_Caster_memorial_at_WREX.JPG/440px-Rex_Caster_memorial_at_WREX.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="2448" /></a><figcaption>WREX was named in memory of 1st<span class="nowrap"> </span>Lt. Rex N. Caster</figcaption></figure> <p>WREX began operation on October 1, 1953, as a primary affiliate of <a href="/wiki/CBS" title="CBS">CBS</a>. It shared <a href="/wiki/American_Broadcasting_Company" title="American Broadcasting Company">ABC</a> with NBC affiliate <a href="/wiki/WTVO" title="WTVO">WTVO</a>, channel 17 (which signed on five months earlier), and also aired programming from the <a href="/wiki/DuMont_Television_Network" title="DuMont Television Network">DuMont Television Network</a>. It was owned by Greater Rockford Television, a group of local businessmen. The station's call letters were selected in honor of Rex N. Caster, the son of station president L. E. Caster. Rex Caster was a First Lieutenant in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army" title="United States Army">United States Army</a> who was killed in <a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a> during <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>. </p><p>Besides serving its immediate area, WREX attracted viewers early on in its history from parts of the neighboring <a href="/wiki/Madison,_Wisconsin" title="Madison, Wisconsin">Madison</a> area. In fact, the two areas still share overlapping coverage among their television stations, especially in <a href="/wiki/Rock_County,_Wisconsin" title="Rock County, Wisconsin">Rock County, Wisconsin</a> (technically in the Madison television market), and that market's ABC affiliate, <a href="/wiki/WKOW" title="WKOW">WKOW</a> (channel 27) is a sister station to WREX, assisting with newsgathering in the northern part of the Rockford market. Until Madison's <a href="/wiki/WISC-TV" title="WISC-TV">WISC-TV</a> (channel 3) signed on in 1956, WREX was the only VHF station for both the Rockford and Madison areas. This was because Rockford and Madison were sandwiched between markets where other VHF channels were already assigned—<a href="/wiki/Chicago" title="Chicago">Chicago</a> (channels <a href="/wiki/WBBM-TV" title="WBBM-TV">2</a>, <a href="/wiki/WMAQ-TV" title="WMAQ-TV">5</a>, <a href="/wiki/WLS-TV" title="WLS-TV">7</a>, <a href="/wiki/WGN-TV" title="WGN-TV">9</a>, and <a href="/wiki/WTTW" title="WTTW">11</a>) to the east; <a href="/wiki/Milwaukee" title="Milwaukee">Milwaukee</a> (channels <a href="/wiki/WTMJ-TV" title="WTMJ-TV">4</a>, <a href="/wiki/WITI_(TV)" title="WITI (TV)">6</a>, <a href="/wiki/WMVS" class="mw-redirect" title="WMVS">10</a>, and <a href="/wiki/WISN-TV" title="WISN-TV">12</a>) to the northeast; <a href="/wiki/Davenport,_Iowa" title="Davenport, Iowa">Davenport, Iowa</a>–<a href="/wiki/Rock_Island,_Illinois" title="Rock Island, Illinois">Rock Island, Illinois</a> (<a href="/wiki/Quad_Cities" title="Quad Cities">Quad Cities</a>) channels <a href="/wiki/WHBF-TV" title="WHBF-TV">4</a> and <a href="/wiki/KWQC-TV" title="KWQC-TV">6</a> (as well as <a href="/wiki/WQAD-TV" title="WQAD-TV">8</a> starting in August 1963) to the southwest; <a href="/wiki/Cedar_Rapids" class="mw-redirect" title="Cedar Rapids">Cedar Rapids</a>–<a href="/wiki/Waterloo,_Iowa" title="Waterloo, Iowa">Waterloo</a> (channels <a href="/wiki/KGAN" title="KGAN">2</a>, <a href="/wiki/KWWL_(TV)" title="KWWL (TV)">7</a>, and <a href="/wiki/KCRG-TV" title="KCRG-TV">9</a>) to the west in eastern Iowa; and <a href="/wiki/La_Crosse" class="mw-redirect" title="La Crosse">La Crosse</a>–<a href="/wiki/Eau_Claire,_Wisconsin" title="Eau Claire, Wisconsin">Eau Claire</a> (channels <a href="/wiki/WKBT-DT" title="WKBT-DT">8</a> and <a href="/wiki/WEAU" title="WEAU">13</a>) to the northwest, leaving room for only one VHF license in each market. </p><p>During the late 1950s, the station was also briefly affiliated with the <a href="/wiki/NTA_Film_Network" title="NTA Film Network">NTA Film Network</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Boxoffice7_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Boxoffice7-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The station lost DuMont when that network shut down in 1956. In 1963, the station was sold to the <a href="/wiki/Gannett_Company" class="mw-redirect" title="Gannett Company">Gannett Company</a>; during the mid-1960s, WREX was briefly co-owned with the <a href="/wiki/Rockford_Morning_Star" class="mw-redirect" title="Rockford Morning Star">Rockford Morning Star</a>. WREX became a full-time ABC affiliate in 1965, when <a href="/wiki/WIFR" class="mw-redirect" title="WIFR">WCEE-TV</a> signed on the air. In 1966, WREX became the first television station in Rockford to broadcast in color. </p><p>In 1969, Gannett sold WREX to the Gilmore Broadcasting Corporation, owner of <a href="/wiki/WEHT" title="WEHT">WEHT</a> in <a href="/wiki/Evansville,_Indiana" title="Evansville, Indiana">Evansville, Indiana</a>. In 1987, Gilmore sold the station to ML Media Partners, <a href="/wiki/Limited_partnership" title="Limited partnership">L.P.</a> In May 1995, <a href="/wiki/Quincy_Newspapers" class="mw-redirect" title="Quincy Newspapers">Quincy Newspapers</a> purchased WREX; the purchase was completed on July 31. Two weeks later, on August 14, WREX switched network affiliations with WTVO, taking that station's NBC affiliation while WTVO assumed WREX's old ABC affiliation. According to <i><a href="/wiki/Variety_(magazine)" title="Variety (magazine)">Variety</a></i>, the affiliation switch was forced by ABC in retaliation for Quincy <a href="/wiki/1994_United_States_broadcast_TV_realignment" class="mw-redirect" title="1994 United States broadcast TV realignment">switching the affiliation</a> of its <a href="/wiki/South_Bend" class="mw-redirect" title="South Bend">South Bend</a> station <a href="/wiki/WSJV" title="WSJV">WSJV</a> from ABC to <a href="/wiki/Fox_Broadcasting_Company" title="Fox Broadcasting Company">Fox</a> earlier that year.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On January 7, 2021, Quincy Media announced that it had put itself up for sale.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A few weeks later, <a href="/wiki/Gray_Television" class="mw-redirect" title="Gray Television">Gray Television</a> announced it would purchase Quincy for $925 million. While Gray already owned <a href="/wiki/WIFR-LD" title="WIFR-LD">WIFR-LD</a>, the market's CBS affiliate, <a href="/wiki/FCC" class="mw-redirect" title="FCC">FCC</a> regulations permit the common ownership of a full-power and a low-power station in a single market.<sup id="cite_ref-graybuysquincy_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-graybuysquincy-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, on April 29, Gray announced that WREX would be divested to Allen Media Group in a $380 million deal that includes, among other Quincy-owned stations, WKOW, <a href="/wiki/WXOW" title="WXOW">WXOW</a> in La Crosse, and <a href="/wiki/WQOW" title="WQOW">WQOW</a> in Eau Claire. The deal is expected to close during the third quarter of 2021.<sup id="cite_ref-Allen_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Allen-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Though Gray would not have any direct ownership or control of WREX, one caveat of Allen Media's deal to acquire the station includes a 10-year agreement to carry WIFR-LD on a WREX subchannel, which would give WIFR full-market coverage for the first time since it went to low-power status in 2017.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="News_operation">News operation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=WREX&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: News operation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:WREX-TV_Studios.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/WREX-TV_Studios.jpg/220px-WREX-TV_Studios.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="69" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/WREX-TV_Studios.jpg/330px-WREX-TV_Studios.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/WREX-TV_Studios.jpg/440px-WREX-TV_Studios.jpg 2x" data-file-width="7584" data-file-height="2365" /></a><figcaption>The studios of WREX on Auburn Road, 8 miles (13 km) west of Rockford.</figcaption></figure> <p>WREX airs more than 22 hours worth of newscasts a week, with 2 hours weekday mornings from 5-7 a.m.; 30 minutes on weekdays at 11 a.m., 4 p.m., 5 p.m., and 6 p.m.; 35 minutes weekdays at 10 p.m.; 30 minutes Saturdays at 6 and 10 p.m., and 30 minutes Sundays at 5 and 10 p.m. </p><p>WREX had a unique partnership with <i><a href="/wiki/The_Rockford_Register_Star" class="mw-redirect" title="The Rockford Register Star">The Rockford Register Star</a></i>, the city's daily newspaper. Staff of the newspaper would appear on WREX's news programs. In return, the newspaper promotes upcoming news stories and programming on Channel 13. WREX also has a partnership with <a href="/wiki/Mid-West_Family_Broadcasting" title="Mid-West Family Broadcasting">Mid-West Family Broadcasting</a> radio stations in the Rockford market. WREX provides weather reports for the stations and in return the radio stations provide promotion for WREX's programming. </p><p>WREX began to air newscasts in <a href="/wiki/High-definition_television" title="High-definition television">high-definition</a> on December 12, 2010, the second in the Rockford market after WIFR and the third in the Quincy Newspapers station group after KWWL and WKOW. </p><p>On January 17, 2025, Allen Media Group announced plans to cut local meteorologist/weather forecaster positions from its stations, including WREX, and replacing them with a "weather hub" produced by <a href="/wiki/The_Weather_Channel" title="The Weather Channel">The Weather Channel</a>, which AMG also owns.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Technical_information">Technical information</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=WREX&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Technical information"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Subchannels">Subchannels</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=WREX&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Subchannels"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The station's signal is <a href="/wiki/Multiplex_(TV)" class="mw-redirect" title="Multiplex (TV)">multiplexed</a>: </p> <table class="wikitable"> <caption>Subchannels of WREX<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col"><a href="/wiki/Digital_subchannel#United_States" title="Digital subchannel">Channel</a> </th> <th scope="col"><a href="/wiki/Display_resolution" title="Display resolution">Res.</a> </th> <th scope="col"><a href="/wiki/Aspect_ratio_(image)" title="Aspect ratio (image)">Aspect</a> </th> <th scope="col">Short name </th> <th scope="col">Programming </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">13.1 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/1080i" title="1080i">1080i</a></td> <td rowspan="6"><a href="/wiki/16:9" class="mw-redirect" title="16:9">16:9</a></td> <td>WREXNBC</td> <td><a href="/wiki/NBC" title="NBC">NBC</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">13.2 </th> <td rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/480i" title="480i">480i</a></td> <td></td> <td><a href="/wiki/MeTV_Toons" title="MeTV Toons">MeTV Toons</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">13.3 </th> <td>WREXME</td> <td><a href="/wiki/MeTV" title="MeTV">MeTV</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">13.4 </th> <td>CourtTV</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Court_TV" title="Court TV">Court TV</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">13.5 </th> <td>CRIME</td> <td><a href="/wiki/True_Crime_Network" title="True Crime Network">True Crime Network</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color: #E6FFF7;"> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/WIFR-LD" title="WIFR-LD">23.10</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/720p" title="720p">720p</a></td> <td>WREXCBS</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Outlaw_(TV_network)" class="mw-redirect" title="Outlaw (TV network)">Outlaw</a> (<a href="/wiki/WIFR-LD" title="WIFR-LD">WIFR-LD</a>) </td></tr></tbody></table> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#E6FFF7; color:black;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;"> </span> Simulcast of subchannels of another station</div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:EREX_2007.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/EREX_2007.png/175px-EREX_2007.png" decoding="async" width="175" height="78" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/EREX_2007.png/263px-EREX_2007.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9a/EREX_2007.png 2x" data-file-width="338" data-file-height="150" /></a><figcaption>Former CW logo from 2006 to 2021.</figcaption></figure> <p>WREX formerly operated Stateline CW, a digital broadcast affiliate of <a href="/wiki/The_CW" title="The CW">The CW</a> via <a href="/wiki/The_CW_Plus" title="The CW Plus">The CW Plus</a>. Stateline CW is seen on channel 14 on <a href="/wiki/DirecTV" title="DirecTV">DirecTV</a> as well as most Rockford area cable systems. Stateline CW moved to WIFR-LD5 in 2021. </p><p>On April 4, 2013, WREX added <a href="/wiki/MeTV" title="MeTV">MeTV</a>, on digital subchannel 13.3. Subchannels 13.4 and 13.5 went on the air with color bars on April 30, 2019, with <a href="/wiki/Justice_Network" class="mw-redirect" title="Justice Network">Justice Network</a> launching on 13.5 on May 1, and <a href="/wiki/Court_TV" title="Court TV">Court TV</a> on 13.4 a week later. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Analog-to-digital_conversion">Analog-to-digital conversion</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=WREX&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Analog-to-digital conversion"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>WREX shut down its analog signal, over <a href="/wiki/VHF" class="mw-redirect" title="VHF">VHF</a> channel 13, at 12:30 p.m. on February 17, 2009, the original target date on which full-power television stations in the United States were to <a href="/wiki/Digital_television_transition_in_the_United_States" title="Digital television transition in the United States">transition from analog to digital broadcasts</a> under federal mandate (which was later pushed back to June 12, 2009). The station's digital signal relocated from its pre-transition <a href="/wiki/UHF" class="mw-redirect" title="UHF">UHF</a> channel 54, which was among the high band UHF channels (52-69) that were removed from broadcasting use as a result of the transition, to its analog-era VHF channel 13 for post-transition operations.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=WREX&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Channel_13_digital_TV_stations_in_the_United_States" title="Channel 13 digital TV stations in the United States">Channel 13 digital TV stations in the United States</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Channel_13_virtual_TV_stations_in_the_United_States" title="Channel 13 virtual TV stations in the United States">Channel 13 virtual TV stations in the United States</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Channel_14_branded_TV_stations_in_the_United_States" title="Channel 14 branded TV stations in the United States">Channel 14 branded TV stations in the United States</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=WREX&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output 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title="Telemundo">TMD</a> from <a href="/wiki/WYTU-LD" title="WYTU-LD">WYTU-LD</a> <a href="/wiki/Milwaukee" title="Milwaukee">Milwaukee</a>, 35.3 <a href="/wiki/Story_Television" title="Story Television">Story</a>, <a href="/wiki/WIFR-LD" title="WIFR-LD">23.11</a> <a href="/wiki/Outlaw_(TV_network)" class="mw-redirect" title="Outlaw (TV network)">Outlaw</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Adjacent locals</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/WTTW" title="WTTW">WTTW</a> (11.1 <a href="/wiki/PBS" title="PBS">PBS</a>, 11.2 Prime, 11.3 <a href="/wiki/Create_(TV_network)" title="Create (TV network)">Create</a>, 11.4 <a href="/wiki/PBS_Kids" title="PBS Kids">PBS Kids</a>, 11.5 <a href="/wiki/World_Channel" title="World Channel">World</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chicago" 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<ul><li><a href="/wiki/WWTO-TV" title="WWTO-TV">W25CL</a> (<a href="/wiki/Trinity_Broadcasting_Network" title="Trinity Broadcasting Network">TBN</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WCFC-CA" class="mw-redirect" title="WCFC-CA">WCFC-CA 51</a> (<a href="/wiki/Total_Living_Network" title="Total Living Network">TLN</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Adjacent areas</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Chicago_metropolitan_area" title="Chicago metropolitan area">Chicago metro</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">See also <a href="/wiki/Template:Chicago_TV" title="Template:Chicago TV">Chicago TV</a></div></td></tr><tr><th 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