WZCK-LD (channel 8) is a low-power

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, United States, as an affiliate of Salem News Channel. The station is owned and operated by Innovate Corp. alongside W23BW-D (channel 23). WZCK also carries a slate of digital networks on its sub-channels.

History

WZCK was originally known as W08CK, and broadcast a low-power

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signal on channel 8. The station was owned by the

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with

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roots, and broadcast music, some religious programming, and a station ID from a transmitter atop the Tenney Building near the

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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 (

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affiliate

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left analog channel 3 for digital channel 50 in the 2009 digital TV transition;

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affiliate WMSN-TV (channel 47) 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 moved the allocation to channel 36, now transmitting from the

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tower on Madison's west side. On November 16, 2016, WZCK began digital broadcasting. In August 2022 the COZI affiliation in the Madison market transitioned to a sub-channel of

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affiliate WIFS.

Digital channels

The station's digital signal is

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History

Digital channels

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