WZCK-LD
Madison-Middleton, Wisconsin United States | |
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Branding | WZCK 8 Madison |
Channels |
Digital: 36 (UHF) Virtual: 8 (PSIP) |
Subchannels | (see article) |
Affiliations | Cozi TV |
Owner |
HC2 Holdings (DTV America Corporation) |
Call letters' meaning | Disambiguation of former W08CK callsign with closest equivalent available letter Z in place of 8 |
Sister station(s) | W23BW, WTSJ-LP |
Former callsigns |
W08CK (1987–2016) WZCK-LP (2016) |
Transmitter power | 36 watts |
Class | TX |
WZCK-LD is a low-power digital television station in the Madison, Wisconsin area, and officially twin-licensed to both Madison and Middleton. The station is owned and operated by DTV America Corporation.
WZCK was originally known as W08CK, and broadcast a low-power analog television signal on channel 8. The station was owned by the Science of Identity Foundation, a new religious movement with Hindu roots, and broadcast music, some religious programming, and a station ID from a transmitter atop the Tenney Building near the Wisconsin State Capitol and a signal only strong enough to cover the central Madison Isthmus and the UW campus. Though it was off the air for most of the 2010s, W08CK was for a time the only station in Madison to broadcast on the VHF band (WISC-TV left analog channel 3 for digital channel 50 in the 2009 digital TV transition; WMSN-TV would relocate its physical digital signal from 11 to 49 earlier in the 2010s).
By 2016, W08CK would be acquired by DTV America, an owner/operator of LPTV stations throughout the U.S. With the silent station rechristened WZCK-LD, DTV America proceed to construct a digital signal on physical channel 36 at the WKOW studio/transmitter link tower on the west side of Madison. On November 16, 2016, WZCK began digital broadcasting.
Digital television
Digital channels
The station's digital signal is multiplexed:
Channel | Video | Aspect | PSIP Short Name | Programming[1] |
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8.1 | 480i | 4:3 | Cozi TV | Cozi TV |
8.2 | GetTV | GetTV | ||
8.3 | SonLife | SonLife | ||
8.4 | 16:9 | Stadium | Stadium | |
8.5 | 4:3 | Shop LC | Shop LC | |
8.6 | QVC | QVC | ||
8.7 | 16:9 | QVC2 | QVC2 | |