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{{Short description|Television station in Madison, Wisconsin}}
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{{Infobox television station
| name = WZCK-LD
| callsign = 
| logo = 
| branding = 
| digital = 24 ([[UHF]])
| virtual = 8
| translators = 
| affiliations = {{ubl|'''8.1:''' Salem News Channel|''for others, see {{Section link||Subchannels}}''}}
| founded = January 30, 1987
| airdate = June 9, 1992
| location = [[Madison, Wisconsin]]
| country = United States
| callsign_meaning = Disambiguation of former translator callsign, "Z" in place of "8"
| former_affiliations = {{ubl|[[Independent station (North America)|Independent]] (1992–2016)|[[Bounce TV]] (2016–2019)|[[Cozi TV]] (2019–2022)|[[OnTV4U]] (2022–2024)}}
| former_callsigns = {{ubl|W08CK (1987–2016)|WZCK-LP (2016)}}
| former_channel_numbers = {{ubl|'''Analog:'''|8 (VHF, 1992–2016)|'''Digital:'''|36 (UHF, 2016–2020)}}
| owner = [[Innovate Corp.]]
| licensee = [[DTV America|DTV America Corporation]]
| sister_stations = ''Madison:'' [[W23BW-D]]<br>''Milwaukee:'' [[WTSJ-LD]]
| erp = 36 [[watt|W]]
| haat = 
| class = [[low-power broadcasting#Television|LD]]
| facility_id = 26603
| licensing_authority = [[Federal Communications Commission|FCC]]
| website = 
}}

'''WZCK-LD''' (channel 8) is a [[Low-power broadcasting#Television|low-power]] [[television station]] in [[Madison, Wisconsin]], 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 [[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 broadcasting|religious programming]], and a [[Station identification#Television|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 [[University of Wisconsin–Madison|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 ([[CBS]] affiliate [[WISC-TV]] left analog channel 3 for digital channel 50 in the [[Digital television transition in the United States|2009 digital TV transition]]; [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] 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 [[WKOW]] 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 [[Ion Television|Ion]] affiliate [[WIFS (TV)|WIFS]].

==Digital channels==
The station's digital signal is [[Multiplex (TV)|multiplexed]]:
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! [[Digital subchannel#United States|Channel]]
! [[Display resolution|Video]]
! [[Aspect ratio (image)|Aspect]]
! Short name
! Programming<ref>[http://rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=26603#station RabbitEars TV Query for WZCK]</ref>
|-
| 8.1 ||rowspan=7| [[480i]] || [[16:9]] || rowspan=7| WZCK-LD || Salem News Channel
|-
| 8.2 ||rowspan=2| [[4:3]] || [[Get (TV network)|Get]]
|-
| 8.3 || [[Sonlife Broadcasting Network|SonLife]]
|-
| 8.4 || 16:9 || [[Busted (TV network)|Busted]]
|-
| 8.5 ||4:3 || [[Shop LC]]
|-
| 8.6 
| rowspan="2" |16:9|| [[Defy (TV network)|Defy]]
|-
| 8.7 || [[Law and Crime]]
|}

==See also==
*[[List of television stations in Wisconsin]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{FCC-LMS-Facility|26603|WZCK-LD}}

{{Madison TV}}
{{Other Wisconsin Stations}}
{{DTV America}}

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[[Category:Television channels and stations established in 1992]]
[[Category:1992 establishments in Wisconsin]]
[[Category:Television stations in Madison, Wisconsin|ZCK-LD]]
[[Category:Low-power television stations in Wisconsin|ZCK-LD]]
[[Category:Defy (TV network) affiliates]]