WZCK-LD
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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 |
DTV America (DTV America Corporation) |
| Call letters' meaning | Disambiguation of former W08CK callsign with closest equivalent available letter Z in place of 8 |
| Sister station(s) | WTSJ-LP (Milwaukee) |
| Former callsigns | W08CK (1987–2016) |
| 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.
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. On November 16, 2016, WZCK began digital broadcasting.
The station's digital signal is multiplexed:
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