In early 1996, WDJT moved to a new studio in a converted commercial building which was part of the former Allis-Chalmers manufacturing complex on South 60th Street, right on the line between Milwaukee and West Allis. The station launched a news department, and its first newscasts aired on March 18, 1996, three days before that year's NCAA tournament. WDJT also had one of the first local news websites in the state, and it was among the first in the nation to be a digital-only news operation on-air from launch, mainly running on AVID systems.