In 2008, WDSE-TV opened a sattelite station in Hibbing on channel 31 under the callsigns WRPT-DT, the first-ever all-digital station in the Duluth/Superior area. WDSE-TV began branding itself as PBS North WDSE/WRPT after channel 31 was officially opened. In 2009, WDSE and WRPT dropped the "-TV" and "-DT" suffixes from their callsigns.
