WMVS

WMVS' digital signal was previously carried on digital channel 35, which is the designated digital channel of WMVT, due to interference issues with the analog channel 8 signal of WOOD-TV in Grand Rapids until a channel realignment on September 1, 2008. WMVS shut down its analog signal, over VHF channel 10, at 9 a.m. on June 12, 2009, the official date on which full-power television stations in the United States transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate. The station's digital signal continued to broadcasts on its pre-transition VHF channel 8.[4] Through the use of PSIP, digital television receivers display the station's virtual channel as its former VHF analog channel 10.

On September 1, 2010, another channel realignment took place which added three of MPTV's digital subchannels to WMVS' signal bandwidth, while a standard definition simulcast of WMVS' 10.1 feed was added to digital subchannel 36.2 for over-the-air viewers who were unable to receive WMVS' VHF signal since the conversion (or only have UHF antennas; outside of WMVS and WIWN, all of Milwaukee's other stations transmit on UHF signals), an issue that has plagued many stations continuing to broadcast on VHF post-transition.[5] The picture format on 10.1 was also reduced from 1080i to 720p to enable multicasting on WMVS' bandwidth. A secondary translator station for WMVS, broadcasting on UHF channel 36 and holding the calls WMVS-LD, was launched on August 14, 2012 from the MPTV Tower to better serve the main portion of WMVS' service area with UHF-only antennas,[6] along with a boost in power to the main WMVS signal courtesy of a Public Telecommunications Facilities Program award.[7] The secondary translator carried WMVS' main feed and all three of its subchannels, but identified each channel via PSIP as "10.1X" to reduce confusion with the main channel and allow viewers to choose which signal serves their needs better. The translator service was temporarily ended in mid-June 2020 as another after-effect of the spectrum auction where it was required to end service, as 36 is the last channel in the new UHF bandplan and will eventually be the physical channel for WMKE-CD. Milwaukee PBS currently has a construction permit active to restore WMVS-LD on VHF channel 10.[8]

In 1970, WMVS created its first series that would be distributed to PBS member stations, the physical fitness program Hathayoga, which ran until 1975 and hosted by Kathleen Hitchcock, which would go on to be a favorite among viewers. Since then, WMVS has produced or created a wide range of all of the station's weekly local programs, which include Black Nouveau, ¡Adelante! (a Spanish-language program with English subtitles), I Remember, Outdoor Wisconsin and Interchange. Tracks Ahead, which premiered in 1990, also is produced in HD, and was previously syndicated by Milwaukee PBS for broadcast on the HDNet (now AXS TV) cable channel.

The station's annual fundraising auction in late April/early May (which started in 1969, and is one of the oldest station auction campaigns in existence) was broadcast in high definition since 2003. After major changes in the station's fundraising arm, the sale of its production facility in 2017, and changes in overall shopping habits (and a move to WMVT that same year to reduce schedule disruptions), the auction's last edition was in 2019, with more direct fundraising appeals and PBS' pay-to-access Passport streaming video platform taking its place.[9][10]