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Beneath both is the word "CHARLOTTE"." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/7a/WCNC-TV_logo_2020.png/220px-WCNC-TV_logo_2020.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/7a/WCNC-TV_logo_2020.png 1.5x" data-file-width="239" data-file-height="84" /></a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header notheme"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Charlotte,_North_Carolina" title="Charlotte, North Carolina">Charlotte, North Carolina</a></li><li>United States</li></ul></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Television_channel_frequencies" title="Television channel frequencies">Channels</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Digital_terrestrial_television" title="Digital terrestrial television">Digital</a>: 24 (<a href="/wiki/UHF" class="mw-redirect" title="UHF">UHF</a>)</li><li><a href="/wiki/Virtual_channel" title="Virtual channel">Virtual</a>: 36</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Branding</th><td class="infobox-data">WCNC Charlotte</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header notheme">Programming</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Affiliations</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>36.1: <a href="/wiki/NBC" title="NBC">NBC</a></li><li>for others, see <a href="#Subchannels">§ Subchannels</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header notheme">Ownership</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Owner</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tegna_Inc." title="Tegna Inc.">Tegna Inc.</a></li><li>(WCNC-TV, Inc.)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header notheme">History</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">First air date</div></th><td class="infobox-data">July 9, 1967 (57 years ago) (1967-07-09)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Former call signs</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>WCTU-TV (1967–1970)</li><li>WRET-TV (1970–1980)</li><li>WPCQ-TV (1980–1989)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Former channel number(s)</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>Analog: 36 (UHF, 1967–2009)</li><li>Digital: 22 (UHF, 1999–2019)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Network_affiliate" title="Network affiliate">Former affiliations</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Independent_station" title="Independent station">Independent</a> (1967–1978)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Call_sign" title="Call sign">Call sign</a> meaning</div></th><td class="infobox-data">"Charlotte, North Carolina"<a href="#cite_note-jazz-1">[1]</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header notheme">Technical information<a href="#cite_note-2">[2]</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Licensing authority</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/FCC" class="mw-redirect" title="FCC">FCC</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Facility_ID" title="Facility ID">Facility ID</a></th><td class="infobox-data">32326</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Effective_radiated_power" title="Effective radiated power">ERP</a></th><td class="infobox-data">857 kW</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Height_above_average_terrain" title="Height above average terrain">HAAT</a></th><td class="infobox-data">592.2 m (1,943 ft)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Transmitter coordinates</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=WCNC-TV&params=35_20_49.4_N_81_10_14.2_W_type:landmark_scale:2000">35°20′49.4″N 81°10′14.2″W / 35.347056°N 81.170611°W / 35.347056; -81.170611</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Broadcast_relay_station" title="Broadcast relay station">Translator(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data">see <a href="#Translators">§ Translators</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header notheme">Links</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Public license information </div></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://publicfiles.fcc.gov/tv-profile/WCNC-TV">Public file</a></li><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/public/tv/publicFacilityDetails.html?facilityId=32326">LMS</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.wcnc.com/">www.wcnc.com</a></td></tr></tbody></table> WCNC-TV (channel 36) is a <a href="/wiki/Television_station" title="Television station">television station</a> in <a href="/wiki/Charlotte,_North_Carolina" title="Charlotte, North Carolina">Charlotte, North Carolina</a>, United States, affiliated with <a href="/wiki/NBC" title="NBC">NBC</a>. The station is owned by <a href="/wiki/Tegna_Inc." title="Tegna Inc.">Tegna Inc.</a> WCNC-TV's studios are located in the Wood Ridge Center office complex off <a href="/wiki/Billy_Graham" title="Billy Graham">Billy Graham</a> Parkway (<a href="/wiki/Charlotte_Route_4" title="Charlotte Route 4">Route 4</a>), just east of the <a href="/wiki/Billy_Graham_Library" title="Billy Graham Library">Billy Graham Library</a> in south Charlotte, and its transmitter is located in north-central <a href="/wiki/Gaston_County" class="mw-redirect" title="Gaston County">Gaston County</a>. Channel 36 was established as WCTU-TV, an independent television station, in 1967. After falling into <a href="/wiki/Receivership" title="Receivership">receivership</a> brought on by severe economic hardship, WCTU was purchased by <a href="/wiki/Atlanta" title="Atlanta">Atlanta</a> broadcast pioneer <a href="/wiki/Ted_Turner" title="Ted Turner">Ted Turner</a>. Renamed WRET-TV, the station's fortunes turned around and thrived throughout the 1970s. WRET became Charlotte's NBC affiliate in 1978 following <a href="/wiki/WSOC-TV" title="WSOC-TV">WSOC-TV</a>'s switch from NBC to <a href="/wiki/American_Broadcasting_Company" title="American Broadcasting Company">ABC</a>, launching local newscasts. Turner sold WRET to <a href="/wiki/Westinghouse_Broadcasting" title="Westinghouse Broadcasting">Westinghouse Broadcasting</a> in 1979 to raise capital for his new venture <a href="/wiki/CNN" title="CNN">CNN</a>; as WPCQ-TV, the station struggled with limited resources, frequently preempting NBC fare—including the <a href="/wiki/NBC_Nightly_News" title="NBC Nightly News">NBC Nightly News</a>—and was used to develop talent for other stations in the Group W chain. Spun off to local ownership in 1984, WPCQ's status with NBC remained uncertain despite substantial technical upgrades and a reinvestment in local news. Purchased by <a href="/wiki/The_Providence_Journal" title="The Providence Journal">The Providence Journal Company</a> in 1988, the <a href="/wiki/Belo_Corporation" title="Belo Corporation">Belo Corporation</a> in 1996, and Tegna Inc. predecessor <a href="/wiki/Gannett" title="Gannett">Gannett</a> in 2013, the station was renamed WCNC-TV in 1989 and has generally been Charlotte's third-rated television station since. <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=WCNC-TV&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Prior_use_of_channel_36_in_Charlotte">Prior use of channel 36 in Charlotte</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=WCNC-TV&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Prior use of channel 36 in Charlotte">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/WCCB" title="WCCB">WCCB</a></div> The first station to operate on UHF channel 36 in Charlotte signed on the air January 5, 1954, as WAYS-TV;<a href="#cite_note-3">[3]</a> that station was sold and changed its call letters to WQMC-TV on January 24, 1955.<a href="#cite_note-4">[4]</a> Charlotte's second television station, WAYS-TV/WQMC-TV did not make any headway against <a href="/wiki/WBTV" title="WBTV">WBTV</a> (channel 3) because television set manufacturers were not required to include UHF tuning capability at the time; this would not change until <a href="/wiki/United_States_Congress" title="United States Congress">Congress</a> passed the <a href="/wiki/All-Channel_Receiver_Act" title="All-Channel Receiver Act">All-Channel Receiver Act</a> in 1961. It ceased operations in March 1955.<a href="#cite_note-5">[5]</a> A plan to return it to the air as WUTV under reconstituted ownership in 1957 was unsuccessful, but it aired educational programming from 1961<a href="#cite_note-six-6">[6]</a> to 1963.<a href="#cite_note-7">[7]</a> <a href="/wiki/Cy_Bahakel" title="Cy Bahakel">Cy Bahakel</a> bought the station in 1964 and returned it to the air as <a href="/wiki/WCCB" title="WCCB">WCCB</a>, which broadcast on channel 36 before moving to UHF channel 18 in November 1966.<a href="#cite_note-8">[8]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Charlotte_Telecasters_era">Charlotte Telecasters era</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=WCNC-TV&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Charlotte Telecasters era">edit</a>]</div> The current incarnation of channel 36 signed on the air on July 9, 1967, as WCTU-TV.<a href="#cite_note-9">[9]</a> Dr. Harold W. Twisdale, a dentist from Charlotte, and <a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a>-based engineer David L. Steel were the leaders of the original ownership group, operating as Charlotte Telecasters Inc. (The station had intended to take the call letters WCTI, but citing potential confusion, local educational station <a href="/wiki/WTVI" title="WTVI">WTVI</a> successfully objected;<a href="#cite_note-life-10">[10]</a> the U stood for UHF.<a href="#cite_note-11">[11]</a>) WCTU was North Carolina's first <a href="/wiki/Independent_station" title="Independent station">independent station</a>, beating <a href="/wiki/Hickory,_North_Carolina" title="Hickory, North Carolina">Hickory</a>-based <a href="/wiki/WHKY-TV" class="mw-redirect" title="WHKY-TV">WHKY-TV</a> (channel 14) to the air by eight months. Twisdale and Steel were the lead investors in other planned UHF stations; though construction permits were never built for stations in <a href="/wiki/Memphis,_Tennessee" title="Memphis, Tennessee">Memphis</a> and <a href="/wiki/Richmond,_Virginia" title="Richmond, Virginia">Richmond</a> and the group lost out on channel 28 in <a href="/wiki/Durham,_North_Carolina" title="Durham, North Carolina">Durham</a>, WCTU-TV and WATU-TV (later <a href="/wiki/WAGT_(TV)" title="WAGT (TV)">WAGT</a>) in <a href="/wiki/Augusta,_Georgia" title="Augusta, Georgia">Augusta, Georgia</a>, made it to air. WATU-TV was a profitable operation; in comparison, debts incurred in starting WCTU-TV would prompt Twisdale to shelve his Memphis and Richmond plans.<a href="#cite_note-12">[12]</a> WCTU was initially a low-budget independent station operating about eight hours a day from 3 to 11 p.m. It ran a lineup of some very old <a href="/wiki/Feature_film" title="Feature film">movies</a>, <a href="/wiki/Westerns" class="mw-redirect" title="Westerns">westerns</a>, some comedy shows from the early 1950s, and <a href="/wiki/Public_affairs_(broadcasting)" title="Public affairs (broadcasting)">public affairs</a> shows.<a href="#cite_note-13">[13]</a> The station, which operated from studios on Hood Road in the Hickory Grove neighborhood of Charlotte, had very modern equipment for the time and broadcast some shows and movies in <a href="/wiki/Color_television" title="Color television">color</a>, as well as all of its local programming in color.<a href="#cite_note-14">[14]</a> The station hit hard times financially in 1969. In July, equipment supplier <a href="/wiki/Ampex" title="Ampex">Ampex</a> filed two lawsuits seeking $1.3 million from WCTU-TV for failing to pay for products it had purchased from them.<a href="#cite_note-15">[15]</a> Film distributor <a href="/wiki/National_Telefilm_Associates" title="National Telefilm Associates">National Telefilm Associates</a> had also sued channel 36 for $80,000 for breaching a film rental contract.<a href="#cite_note-16">[16]</a> That September, a court placed WCTU into receivership,<a href="#cite_note-17">[17]</a> though it continued to broadcast.<a href="#cite_note-18">[18]</a> Stating that "we feel there have been combined forces which hinder our operation", Twisdale foreshadowed a years-long antitrust case against the Jefferson-Pilot Corporation, owner of WBTV, which was not fully dismissed until 1977.<a href="#cite_note-19">[19]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_Turner_turnaround">The Turner turnaround</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=WCNC-TV&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: The Turner turnaround">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ted_Turner_smoking_a_cigar.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="refer to caption" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Ted_Turner_smoking_a_cigar.jpg/162px-Ted_Turner_smoking_a_cigar.jpg" decoding="async" width="162" height="250" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Ted_Turner_smoking_a_cigar.jpg/244px-Ted_Turner_smoking_a_cigar.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Ted_Turner_smoking_a_cigar.jpg/325px-Ted_Turner_smoking_a_cigar.jpg 2x" data-file-width="399" data-file-height="614" /></a><figcaption>Ted Turner, <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr> 1976</figcaption></figure> Channel 36 found a buyer in February 1970: Atlanta broadcasting mogul <a href="/wiki/Ted_Turner" title="Ted Turner">Ted Turner</a>, who purchased WCTU through Turner Broadcasting of North Carolina for $1.25 million. Turner had scouted out buying equipment from the bankrupt station but decided instead to buy the whole operation.<a href="#cite_note-cinderella-20">[20]</a> At the time, he owned just one other television property, <a href="/wiki/WPCH-TV" title="WPCH-TV">WJRJ-TV</a> in his hometown Atlanta, as well as three radio stations in other southeastern cities.<a href="#cite_note-21">[21]</a> Turner renamed the station WRET-TV—using the initials of his full name, Robert Edward Turner III—in July<a href="#cite_note-22">[22]</a> and instituted a new and expanded program lineup in August.<a href="#cite_note-slate-23">[23]</a> Just two programs, wrestling and the music video program <a href="/wiki/The_Now_Explosion" title="The Now Explosion">The Now Explosion</a>, were retained.<a href="#cite_note-slate-23">[23]</a> Turner's new Charlotte station was not an immediate success. Programming costs were high relative to ratings. The station had just one on-air personality: announcer Bob Chesson, who as "Dead Ernest" hosted the station's block of horror films.<a href="#cite_note-24">[24]</a> One Saturday morning in February 1972, Turner appeared on the station to appeal for contributions from viewers, saying that channel 36 had not broken even since he had purchased it.<a href="#cite_note-25">[25]</a> The station drew $53,000 in donations, enough to help pay its bills, and also received interest from several new advertisers.<a href="#cite_note-26">[26]</a> WRET-TV became a typical UHF independent, airing a lineup of <a href="/wiki/Animated_cartoon" class="mw-redirect" title="Animated cartoon">cartoons</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sitcom" title="Sitcom">sitcoms</a>, older movies, and a heavy slate of sporting events.<a href="#cite_note-27">[27]</a> It was among the early carriers of <a href="/wiki/The_700_Club" title="The 700 Club">The 700 Club</a>, produced by the <a href="/wiki/Christian_Broadcasting_Network" title="Christian Broadcasting Network">Christian Broadcasting Network</a> (CBN);<a href="#cite_note-28">[28]</a> CBN founder <a href="/wiki/Pat_Robertson" title="Pat Robertson">Pat Robertson</a>, who like Turner had gone to <a href="/wiki/Brown_University" title="Brown University">Brown University</a>, read about the appeal for donations in <a href="/wiki/The_Wall_Street_Journal" title="The Wall Street Journal">The Wall Street Journal</a> and placed his programs on the station.<a href="#cite_note-Char730516-29">[29]</a> At one point, the Charlotte area accounted for 15 percent of CBN's pledge contributions.<a href="#cite_note-cinderella-20">[20]</a> CBN programming was dropped by WRET in 1973 and replaced with programs of the <a href="/wiki/Trinity_Broadcasting_Network" title="Trinity Broadcasting Network">Trinity Broadcasting Network</a>,<a href="#cite_note-Char730516-29">[29]</a> headed locally by <a href="/wiki/Jim_Bakker" title="Jim Bakker">Jim Bakker</a>; the shows included <a href="/wiki/The_PTL_Club" title="The PTL Club">The PTL Club</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Char750323-30">[30]</a> Bakker split from TBN in 1974 and moved his staff to Charlotte.<a href="#cite_note-Char750513-31">[31]</a> By 1975, buoyed by a stronger film library, WRET-TV had emerged as the country's fifth-best independent station of 65 nationwide in audience share, per an analysis by <a href="/wiki/Television/Radio_Age_(magazine)" title="Television/Radio Age (magazine)">Television/Radio Age</a>, and was making a profit.<a href="#cite_note-cinderella-20">[20]</a> After five years of being independently operated from the rest of his Turner Communications Group, that company absorbed WRET-TV and its parent company later that year.<a href="#cite_note-32">[32]</a> Late that year, Turner was making plans to uplink one of its two stations nationwide for distribution to cable providers. While Turner preferred to uplink his Atlanta flagship, by then renamed, WRET-TV was a backup in the event that the <a href="/wiki/Federal_Communications_Commission" title="Federal Communications Commission">Federal Communications Commission</a> did not relax rules that prevented the existence of <a href="/wiki/Superstation" title="Superstation">superstations</a> in top-25 television markets.<a href="#cite_note-33">[33]</a> Channel 36 ended the year by announcing plans to repay the viewers whose contributions had saved it four years prior,<a href="#cite_note-34">[34]</a> doing so in February 1976.<a href="#cite_note-35">[35]</a> Each of the 3,600 contributors, who had sent in from 25 cents to $200, received checks returning their money—with interest—from Turner.<a href="#cite_note-36">[36]</a> In 1976 and 1977, channel 36 became an even more aggressive buyer of programming, grabbing local rights to <a href="/wiki/Mary_Hartman,_Mary_Hartman" title="Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman">Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman</a> from <a href="/wiki/WSOC-TV" title="WSOC-TV">WSOC-TV</a> and stepping in to run CBS coverage of NBA basketball when <a href="/wiki/WBTV" title="WBTV">WBTV</a> passed on the package; it also aired other network shows that Charlotte's affiliates preempted. It was airing on 148 cable systems in the Carolinas, Tennessee, and Virginia.<a href="#cite_note-37">[37]</a> However, WRET-TV remained a laggard in news and public affairs programming. Its 15-minute sign-off newscast—the only such program on the station as an independent—was read by <a href="/wiki/Bill_Tush" title="Bill Tush">Bill Tush</a> from Turner's headquarters in Atlanta and fed to Charlotte by telephone.<a href="#cite_note-38">[38]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="From_independent_to_NBC_affiliate">From independent to NBC affiliate</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=WCNC-TV&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: From independent to NBC affiliate">edit</a>]</div> In 1977, ABC announced that it had lured longtime NBC affiliate WSOC-TV to be its new outlet in the Charlotte market beginning July 1, 1978, replacing WCCB-TV. That decision set off a two-station showdown between WCCB and WRET for the NBC affiliation in Charlotte.<a href="#cite_note-39">[39]</a> WCCB was seen as the favorite; unlike WRET, it had a functioning news department.<a href="#cite_note-40">[40]</a> Sources at NBC were said to see channel 36 as their last option behind WCCB, with its stronger signal, and long-dominant WBTV, which the network was trying to woo from CBS to no avail.<a href="#cite_note-41">[41]</a> Turner, however, promised NBC that he would spend $2.5 million on station improvements if the network moved its programming to WRET. Of that total, $1 million would go towards starting a full scale news department within one year; the proposed expansion would employ 22 people, compared to 26 at WSOC and 12 at WCCB.<a href="#cite_note-42">[42]</a> On April 29, news broke that channel 36 had been selected for the NBC affiliation, with the network preferring it over WCCB based on Turner's turnaround record with the station and his ownership of the <a href="/wiki/Atlanta_Braves" title="Atlanta Braves">Atlanta Braves</a> and <a href="/wiki/Atlanta_Hawks" title="Atlanta Hawks">Atlanta Hawks</a>.<a href="#cite_note-43">[43]</a><a href="#cite_note-life-10">[10]</a> With the decision, WCCB became an independent station.<a href="#cite_note-44">[44]</a> Two months after assuming the NBC affiliation, WRET launched its first newscasts in September, under the banner of "Action News"; <a href="/wiki/Robert_D._Raiford" title="Robert D. Raiford">Robert D. Raiford</a> was the station's first news anchor.<a href="#cite_note-action-45">[45]</a><a href="#cite_note-goodbut-46">[46]</a> The main news was presented at 7 p.m., but the different time slot failed to attract viewers. Where WBTV had a 52 share and WSOC a 23 for their 6 p.m. newscasts, WRET could only pull a 5.<a href="#cite_note-biggest-47">[47]</a> Bob Wisehart of the <a href="/wiki/Charlotte_News" class="mw-redirect" title="Charlotte News">Charlotte News</a> described WRET's news operation as "spend[ing] a great deal of effort going no place at all".<a href="#cite_note-biggest-47">[47]</a> The same could have been said of the station, which was said to be barely breaking even after the switch.<a href="#cite_note-sells-48">[48]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Group_W_era">Group W era</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=WCNC-TV&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Group W era">edit</a>]</div> Turner's ambitious and mostly successful ownership of the station would not last much longer after obtaining the NBC affiliation. By 1979, Turner was in the process of starting <a href="/wiki/CNN" title="CNN">CNN</a>, and he announced he would sell channel 36 to help raise the capital needed for the new venture.<a href="#cite_note-49">[49]</a> On May 16, 1979, the sale of WRET-TV to <a href="/wiki/Westinghouse_Broadcasting" title="Westinghouse Broadcasting">Westinghouse Broadcasting</a> (also known as Group W) was announced for $20 million, setting a then-record for a single UHF television station.<a href="#cite_note-50">[50]</a> The news of a purchase by Group W, owner of regarded television and radio stations in other cities, was initially met with glee by the WRET-TV staff. Two station employees who had been looking for new jobs elsewhere decided to stay when the sale was announced.<a href="#cite_note-sells-48">[48]</a> In 1984, <a href="/wiki/Reese_Schonfeld" title="Reese Schonfeld">Reese Schonfeld</a>, who co-founded CNN with Turner, would note that by providing the collateral against which Turner obtained money for CNN in the WRET-TV purchase, Westinghouse financed the start of CNN and then of its own short-lived <a href="/wiki/Satellite_News_Channel" title="Satellite News Channel">Satellite News Channel</a> two years later.<a href="#cite_note-51">[51]</a> Final approval of the sale was secured at the end of April 1980, when Westinghouse agreed to furnish $400,000 in grants and affirmative action programs in exchange for the withdrawal of a license renewal challenge by local civil rights groups; the <a href="/wiki/Federal_Communications_Commission" title="Federal Communications Commission">Federal Communications Commission</a> did find in their favor when it said the station did not employ enough minorities, renewing WRET-TV's license for a half-term of 18 months.<a href="#cite_note-52">[52]</a> Some of the funds went to improve the journalism school at the historically Black <a href="/wiki/Johnson_C._Smith_University" title="Johnson C. Smith University">Johnson C. Smith University</a>.<a href="#cite_note-53">[53]</a> Westinghouse changed the station's call letters to WPCQ-TV, representing "People of the Carolinas and Queen City", on September 29; the station rebranded as "Q36" to go with the callsign change. The move came alongside a major programming reshuffle and an increase in effective radiated power from 1.3 to 2.5 million watts.<a href="#cite_note-54">[54]</a> The newscasts were moved from 6 and 11 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. and 12:30 a.m., and several new magazine shows were added,<a href="#cite_note-55">[55]</a> as was a Friday night public service-concept game show called Quibble, which was soon demoted to Saturdays.<a href="#cite_note-56">[56]</a> The early newscast was then moved back to 6 p.m., but WCCB, airing reruns of <a href="/wiki/Good_Times" title="Good Times">Good Times</a>, drew 13 percent of the audience in May 1982 compared to the 2 percent that watched the WPCQ-TV newscast; the station was, again, losing money.<a href="#cite_note-foothold-57">[57]</a> Westinghouse's inability to make channel 36 more competitive surprised even local rivals, who had expected the company to do more with the station.<a href="#cite_note-foothold-57">[57]</a> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1224211176">.mw-parser-output .quotebox{background-color:#F9F9F9;border:1px solid #aaa;box-sizing:border-box;padding:10px;font-size:88%;max-width:100%}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatleft{margin:.5em 1.4em .8em 0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatright{margin:.5em 0 .8em 1.4em}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.centered{overflow:hidden;position:relative;margin:.5em auto .8em auto}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatleft span,.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatright span{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .quotebox>blockquote{margin:0;padding:0;border-left:0;font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-title{text-align:center;font-size:110%;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote>:first-child{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote:last-child>:last-child{margin-bottom:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote.quoted:before{font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:large;color:gray;content:" “ ";vertical-align:-45%;line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote.quoted:after{font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:large;color:gray;content:" ” ";line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .left-aligned{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .right-aligned{text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .center-aligned{text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .quote-title,.mw-parser-output .quotebox .quotebox-quote{display:block}.mw-parser-output .quotebox cite{display:block;font-style:normal}@media screen and (max-width:640px){.mw-parser-output .quotebox{width:100%!important;margin:0 0 .8em!important;float:none!important}}</style><div class="quotebox pullquote floatleft" style="width:250px; ;"> <blockquote class="quotebox-quote left-aligned" style=""> We spent a million dollars a year, 80 percent of it on the news, promoting the station since we took it over in 1980. But we never got over a 1 or 2 percent rating. </blockquote> <cite class="left-aligned" style="">Laurence Freiberg, president of the television station division of Group W, on the 1982 downsizing of WPCQ-TV's local news operation<a href="#cite_note-drops-58">[58]</a></cite> </div> In August 1982, the station made another programming change, this time attracting considerable national attention: it dropped its low-rated early evening newscast.<a href="#cite_note-59">[59]</a> When it axed that program, it also decided to cease carrying the <a href="/wiki/NBC_Nightly_News" title="NBC Nightly News">NBC Nightly News</a>. This prompted NBC officials to shop the Nightly News to Charlotte's other stations, including WBTV.<a href="#cite_note-drops-58">[58]</a> The station continued with its noon newscast, as well as short news capsules throughout the day and occasional news specials.<a href="#cite_note-udrop-60">[60]</a> Station officials blamed WPCQ-TV's signal, which—despite the power increase—was not strong enough to reach outer areas of the market that got better signals from <a href="/wiki/WXII-TV" title="WXII-TV">WXII-TV</a> in <a href="/wiki/Winston-Salem,_North_Carolina" title="Winston-Salem, North Carolina">Winston-Salem, North Carolina</a>, and <a href="/wiki/WIS-TV" class="mw-redirect" title="WIS-TV">WIS-TV</a> in <a href="/wiki/Columbia,_South_Carolina" title="Columbia, South Carolina">Columbia, South Carolina</a>.<a href="#cite_note-drops-58">[58]</a> John J. Spinola, the general manager of the station, admitted that he was "pretty well encircled by NBC affiliates".<a href="#cite_note-gamblehanna-61">[61]</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1224211176"><div class="quotebox pullquote floatright" style="width:250px; ;"> <blockquote class="quotebox-quote left-aligned" style=""> If this is Westinghouse's idea of how to run a television station, you wish they'd have stayed in the refrigerator business. </blockquote> <cite class="left-aligned" style="">Mark Wolf, TV/radio columnist, The Charlotte Observer<a href="#cite_note-62">[62]</a></cite> </div> "Q36" became known for frequent preemptions of NBC network fare, including the soap opera <a href="/wiki/Texas_(TV_series)" title="Texas (TV series)">Texas</a>,<a href="#cite_note-texas-63">[63]</a> coverage of the <a href="/wiki/1984_Democratic_National_Convention" title="1984 Democratic National Convention">1984 Democratic National Convention</a>,<a href="#cite_note-64">[64]</a> and network sporting events.<a href="#cite_note-65">[65]</a> It also delayed the <a href="/wiki/David_Brinkley" title="David Brinkley">David Brinkley</a>-hosted NBC Magazine to midnight to air its own Action News Magazine.<a href="#cite_note-texas-63">[63]</a><a href="#cite_note-gamblehanna-61">[61]</a> Even Westinghouse's own productions were not guaranteed an audience on the station; after two years of WPCQ-TV airing Hour Magazine, it moved to WBTV in 1982.<a href="#cite_note-66">[66]</a> Seeing little positive progress with WPCQ-TV, Westinghouse soon chose to use the station's low expectations to their advantage elsewhere in the company. Westinghouse had long extensively promoted from within and thus used WPCQ as the equivalent of a "<a href="/wiki/Farm_team" title="Farm team">farm team</a>" for its larger stations. Its more promising on-air personalities merely treated WPCQ as a stepping stone towards promotion to Group W's well-regarded heritage radio and television stations outside Charlotte,<a href="#cite_note-foothold-57">[57]</a> such as when sports director Lou Tilley moved to Boston to become the weekend sports anchor at <a href="/wiki/WBZ-TV" title="WBZ-TV">WBZ-TV</a>.<a href="#cite_note-tilley-67">[67]</a> <a href="/wiki/Amanda_Davis_(journalist)" title="Amanda Davis (journalist)">Amanda Davis</a>, who had anchored the news three years for WPCQ-TV, became a correspondent for Group W's <a href="/wiki/Satellite_News_Channel" title="Satellite News Channel">Satellite News Channel</a> after turning down an offer to report for its Baltimore station, <a href="/wiki/WJZ-TV" title="WJZ-TV">WJZ-TV</a>.<a href="#cite_note-davis-68">[68]</a> When a union strike at the company's New York City all-news station, <a href="/wiki/WINS_(AM)" title="WINS (AM)">WINS</a>, left it without announcers, Westinghouse sent WPCQ anchor Raiford there as part of a team of 20 employees from other Group W stations to keep it running.<a href="#cite_note-69">[69]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="A_new_Odyssey">A new Odyssey</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=WCNC-TV&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: A new Odyssey">edit</a>]</div> Odyssey Partners, a New York investment partnership headed by Michael Finkelstein, acquired WPCQ-TV in 1984 after four years of Westinghouse ownership.<a href="#cite_note-investment-70">[70]</a> For Westinghouse, the move was about focusing on major markets and shedding a station that was estimated to have lost $5 million in four years;<a href="#cite_note-investment-70">[70]</a> Charlie Hanna, writing in <a href="/wiki/Variety_(magazine)" title="Variety (magazine)">Variety</a> the year before, noted that Westinghouse had seemed to lose its "gung-hoism" for the station.<a href="#cite_note-gamblehanna-61">[61]</a> Mark Wolf, television and radio columnist for <a href="/wiki/The_Charlotte_Observer" title="The Charlotte Observer">The Charlotte Observer</a>, would note that elements that Group W had used successfully elsewhere had failed to make a dent against two formidable and entrenched competitors in Charlotte, and that the company seemed to lack other ideas when its typical plans did not work.<a href="#cite_note-71">[71]</a> When the sale closed in February 1985, Odyssey immediately announced the restoration of the NBC Nightly News to the station's schedule.<a href="#cite_note-72">[72]</a> Later that year, talk began of the potential return of local newscasts when station general manager Stan Rudick said that channel 36 was conducting market research on the idea.<a href="#cite_note-73">[73]</a> The station had reason to get back in the news game, as Charlotte was being cited as a potential market for NBC to move its affiliation.<a href="#cite_note-74">[74]</a> In February 1986, the station announced it would return to producing evening newscasts.<a href="#cite_note-75">[75]</a> Following a $2 million investment, 5:30 and 11 p.m. news programs began airing September 8, 1986, anchored by former Atlanta newsman John McKnight and <a href="/wiki/Karen_Adams" title="Karen Adams">Karen Adams</a>.<a href="#cite_note-gamble-76">[76]</a> Ratings were low but exceeded the levels of Action News in the Group W era.<a href="#cite_note-77">[77]</a> The original "36 News" early evening newscast expanded to an hour and became "News 36" in May 1988 in what amounted to a soft reboot of the operation.<a href="#cite_note-changes-78">[78]</a> The revamp brought a string of new faces, notably including weekend sports anchor <a href="/wiki/Hannah_Storm" title="Hannah Storm">Hannah Storm</a>.<a href="#cite_note-changes-78">[78]</a> Odyssey also implemented a technical overhaul for WPCQ-TV. In 1987, the station bought land north of <a href="/wiki/Dallas,_North_Carolina" title="Dallas, North Carolina">Dallas</a> to build a new tower near those owned by WBTV and newly built <a href="/wiki/WJZY" title="WJZY">WJZY</a><a href="#cite_note-79">[79]</a> and filed to increase power to the maximum 5 million watts.<a href="#cite_note-80">[80]</a> After surviving an attempt by NBC to move its affiliation from channel 36,<a href="#cite_note-81">[81]</a> in which NBC attempted to court both Charlotte VHF stations<a href="#cite_note-82">[82]</a> and the new WJZY,<a href="#cite_note-83">[83]</a> the new tower and stronger signal were activated in September 1988, giving WPCQ-TV signal parity with other Charlotte stations.<a href="#cite_note-84">[84]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Providence_Journal">Providence Journal</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=WCNC-TV&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Providence Journal">edit</a>]</div> <a href="/wiki/The_Providence_Journal" title="The Providence Journal">The Providence Journal</a> Company (ProJo) purchased WPCQ-TV in 1988 for $30 million, marking its fourth television station purchase.<a href="#cite_note-85">[85]</a><a href="#cite_note-86">[86]</a> ProJo immediately set out to build a new identity for the station. After initially pursuing the call letters WPJB-TV, formerly used by the Journal's Providence radio stations,<a href="#cite_note-87">[87]</a> the station instead became WCNC-TV (for "Charlotte, North Carolina"<a href="#cite_note-jazz-1">[1]</a>) on September 3, 1989. That same day, the station split its 5:30 p.m. news hour into two half-hour newscasts, and it also moved to cable channel 6 on most area systems.<a href="#cite_note-split-88">[88]</a> The station also built new studios, costing $6.5 million,<a href="#cite_note-volume-89">[89]</a> on Billy Graham Parkway in the Wood Ridge office complex, where it would be joined by the new headquarters of the NBC News Channel affiliate service,<a href="#cite_note-90">[90]</a><a href="#cite_note-91">[91]</a> which general manager John Hayes had successfully lured to Charlotte.<a href="#cite_note-92">[92]</a> ProJo also sprung for a new satellite truck, the only one in the market, and overnight ratings for the Charlotte market.<a href="#cite_note-volume-89">[89]</a> The early months of <a href="/wiki/NBC_Nightside" title="NBC Nightside">NBC Nightside</a>, an NBC News Channel production, came from the new WCNC set.<a href="#cite_note-volume-89">[89]</a> Despite all the improvements, WCNC's news remained firmly in third.<a href="#cite_note-93">[93]</a> Beginning in 1996, the station was branded on-air as "NBC 6", in reference to its cable channel location; it quietly shed that moniker to go by its call letters in 2004, seeking to avoid potential confusion in ratings diaries.<a href="#cite_note-94">[94]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Belo_ownership">Belo ownership</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=WCNC-TV&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Belo ownership">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1224211176"><div class="quotebox pullquote floatright" style="width:250px; ;"> <blockquote class="quotebox-quote left-aligned" style=""> Two veteran anchors are gone, news ratings are perennially low and national consultants say the NBC affiliate is among the network's most dubious underachievers. </blockquote> <cite class="right-aligned" style="">Erik Spanberg, <a href="/wiki/Charlotte_Business_Journal" class="mw-redirect" title="Charlotte Business Journal">Charlotte Business Journal</a>, on the state of WCNC-TV at the time of the Belo purchase<a href="#cite_note-95">[95]</a></cite> </div> In 1996, the <a href="/wiki/Belo_Corporation" title="Belo Corporation">Belo Corporation</a> bought the Providence Journal Company.<a href="#cite_note-96">[96]</a> The station suffered from two anchor departures in just over a week in early 1997 as Belo completed the purchase; meanwhile, its newscasts were still in third place.<a href="#cite_note-97">[97]</a> Under new general manager Richard Keilty, WCNC lured Sonja Gantt, formerly of WBTV, back to the market from a stint in Chicago.<a href="#cite_note-98">[98]</a> The station also got a new $200,000 news set as Belo sought to raise the station from its perennial cellar.<a href="#cite_note-99">[99]</a> The next year, Ray Boylan, a longtime meteorologist at WSOC-TV, unretired and did on-air reports on WCNC, while the station also hired Terri Bennett, who had been in the running to replace him on channel 9 but was passed over.<a href="#cite_note-beat-100">[100]</a> Boylan and Bennett were backed up by the station's purchase of a new Doppler radar and other weather equipment.<a href="#cite_note-beat-100">[100]</a> However, not all of the talent changes made were positively received; the ouster of Beatrice Thompson, who had been Charlotte's first full-time Black anchor at WBTV in the 1980s, led to protests by some viewers who felt she had been forced out because of her race.<a href="#cite_note-doc-101">[101]</a> Boylan retired in December 2000.<a href="#cite_note-102">[102]</a> The station showed momentum in local news ratings in the early 2000s, particularly in mornings and at 11,<a href="#cite_note-103">[103]</a> and between 2000 and 2002, it produced a 10 p.m. newscast for WB affiliate <a href="/wiki/WMYT-TV" title="WMYT-TV">WFVT-TV</a>.<a href="#cite_note-104">[104]</a> On October 30, 2009, WCNC broke the record for most <a href="/wiki/Halloween" title="Halloween">Halloween</a> costume changes during a local news program, with 11 costumes worn by the station's anchor team (Jeff Campbell, Colleen Odegaard, and Larry Sprinkle, as well as producer Natalie Ridley) were involved in setting the record during its weekday morning newscast that day.<a href="#cite_note-105">[105]</a> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:NBC_Charlotte.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/32/NBC_Charlotte.png/220px-NBC_Charlotte.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/32/NBC_Charlotte.png 1.5x" data-file-width="240" data-file-height="240" /></a><figcaption>Previous logo from 2014 until early-2020.</figcaption></figure> In 2008, after referring to itself simply with its call letters and using the slogan "Carolinas' News Connection", WCNC changed its branding to "NewsChannel 36", citing its over-the-air channel number and the coming arrival of digital television.<a href="#cite_note-106">[106]</a> In 2012, the station's branding was changed once again to "NBC Charlotte"; this time, the reasoning for the change was that few people actually watched the station over-the-air or on satellite on virtual channel 36.<a href="#cite_note-107">[107]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Gannett/Tegna_ownership">Gannett/Tegna ownership</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=WCNC-TV&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Gannett/Tegna ownership">edit</a>]</div> On June 13, 2013, the <a href="/wiki/Gannett" title="Gannett">Gannett</a> Company announced that it would acquire Belo for $1.5 billion.<a href="#cite_note-tp-saletogannett-108">[108]</a> The sale was finalized on December 23.<a href="#cite_note-109">[109]</a> Investments made by Gannett in WCNC after the Belo purchase included the conversion of newscasts to high definition and a new computer system for the newsroom.<a href="#cite_note-share-110">[110]</a> On June 29, 2015, Gannett split in two, with one side specializing in print media and the other side specializing in broadcast and digital media. WCNC was retained by the latter company, named <a href="/wiki/Tegna_Inc." title="Tegna Inc.">Tegna</a>.<a href="#cite_note-111">[111]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Newscasts">Newscasts</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=WCNC-TV&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Newscasts">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:RNC_Sunday_LukeRussert_(7867814770).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="refer to caption" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/RNC_Sunday_LukeRussert_%287867814770%29.jpg/294px-RNC_Sunday_LukeRussert_%287867814770%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="294" height="210" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/RNC_Sunday_LukeRussert_%287867814770%29.jpg/441px-RNC_Sunday_LukeRussert_%287867814770%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/RNC_Sunday_LukeRussert_%287867814770%29.jpg/588px-RNC_Sunday_LukeRussert_%287867814770%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4086" data-file-height="2916" /></a><figcaption>WCNC anchor Dave Wagner interviewing NBC News correspondent <a href="/wiki/Luke_Russert" title="Luke Russert">Luke Russert</a> during the <a href="/wiki/2012_Republican_National_Convention" title="2012 Republican National Convention">2012 Republican National Convention</a>.</figcaption></figure> WCNC-TV presently broadcasts <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1154941027">.mw-parser-output .frac{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .frac .num,.mw-parser-output .frac .den{font-size:80%;line-height:0;vertical-align:super}.mw-parser-output .frac .den{vertical-align:sub}.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px}</style>40+1⁄2 hours of locally produced newscasts each week (with <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1154941027">6+1⁄2 hours each weekday, and four hours each on Saturdays and Sundays); in addition, the station produces the hour-long entertainment and lifestyle program Charlotte Today, which airs weekdays at 11 a.m. and was started in 2010.<a href="#cite_note-112">[112]</a> After a solid, if low-rated, start under Turner's watch,<a href="#cite_note-goodbut-46">[46]</a> the news department was severely hamstrung by Group W's bargain-basement approach to running the station. Group W immediately dropped the station's weekend evening newscasts and moved the 11 p.m. newscast to 12:30 a.m. before canceling it altogether in 1981. The early evening newscast was shifted between the 5:30 and 6 p.m. timeslots until the fall of 1982, when it was canceled as well. For the remainder of Group W's ownership, the station's only remaining local news programming consisted of a half-hour newscast at noon, hourly cut-ins, five-minute local inserts during <a href="/wiki/Today_(American_TV_program)" title="Today (American TV program)">Today</a>, a weekly magazine program, and occasional specials.<a href="#cite_note-udrop-60">[60]</a> After Odyssey Partners bought the station, the noon newscast was discontinued in the spring of 1985. In September 1986, WPCQ relaunched a full-fledged news department.<a href="#cite_note-gamble-76">[76]</a> At first, the station scheduled its early-evening newscast for 5:30 p.m., knowing at the time that it could not hope to compete with WBTV and WSOC-TV at 6 p.m. In 1988, WPCQ expanded the 5:30 newscast to one hour and added a 6 p.m. newscast on weekends.<a href="#cite_note-changes-78">[78]</a> After becoming WCNC, the station added a distinct 6 p.m. newscast to the weeknight schedule.<a href="#cite_note-split-88">[88]</a> Under Belo, the station expanded further into new timeslots in the late 1990s, including a 5 a.m. morning show, unusual at the time.<a href="#cite_note-113">[113]</a> In 1999, the station's news department was chronicled in the five-part PBS documentary series Local News.<a href="#cite_note-doc-101">[101]</a> That same year, WCNC entered into a news share agreement with then-Fox affiliate WCCB to take over production of that station's 10 p.m. newscast, shortly after WSOC-TV ended its agreement to produce the program after WCCB announced it would launch its own news department. After WCCB's in-house news operation launched in 2000, WCNC began airing a 10 p.m. newscast on <a href="/wiki/The_WB" title="The WB">WB</a> affiliate WWWB (channel 55, now <a href="/wiki/WMYT-TV" title="WMYT-TV">WMYT-TV</a>), which ran until the program was canceled due to low ratings in 2002.<a href="#cite_note-114">[114]</a> The station won a <a href="/wiki/Peabody_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Peabody Award">Peabody Award</a> in 2003, the first for a Charlotte television station in 27 years, for an investigation into dental care through <a href="/wiki/Medicaid" title="Medicaid">Medicaid</a><a href="#cite_note-115">[115]</a> and attracted notice in the market for its award-winning ways.<a href="#cite_note-116">[116]</a> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Alma_Adams_being_interviewed_-_2019.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="refer to caption" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Alma_Adams_being_interviewed_-_2019.jpg/187px-Alma_Adams_being_interviewed_-_2019.jpg" decoding="async" width="187" height="250" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Alma_Adams_being_interviewed_-_2019.jpg/281px-Alma_Adams_being_interviewed_-_2019.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Alma_Adams_being_interviewed_-_2019.jpg/375px-Alma_Adams_being_interviewed_-_2019.jpg 2x" data-file-width="675" data-file-height="900" /></a><figcaption>Rep. <a href="/wiki/Alma_Adams" title="Alma Adams">Alma Adams</a> being interviewed by WCNC reporter Nate Morabito.</figcaption></figure> For much of the 2000s, WCNC had waged a spirited battle with WBTV for second place behind WSOC-TV, though it would later return to a distant third place in most timeslots as the performance of the NBC network in the late 2000s and poor daytime syndicated offerings dragged it down.<a href="#cite_note-117">[117]</a> This continued in the February 2016 sweeps, when its evening newscasts drew barely half the viewership of WBTV.<a href="#cite_note-118">[118]</a> In late 2005, WCNC debuted the Charlotte market's first 4:30 p.m. newscast, creating a two-hour local news block from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m.<a href="#cite_note-119">[119]</a> In 2007, the station phased out its longtime 6News brand and rebranded itself as "WCNC, Carolinas' News Connection". In August 2008, it rebranded once again to NewsChannel 36, marking the first time in 12 years that WCNC had used its over-the-air channel number in its branding. Beginning in September 2008, WCNC aired news at 4 p.m., with Judge Judy at 4:30; in January 2012, the 4 p.m. news expanded to an hour and the noon news shrank from an hour to 30 minutes.<a href="#cite_note-120">[120]</a> On May 18, 2009, WCNC began broadcasting its local newscasts in <a href="/wiki/16:9" class="mw-redirect" title="16:9">16:9</a> <a href="/wiki/Widescreen" title="Widescreen">widescreen</a> <a href="/wiki/Standard_definition" class="mw-redirect" title="Standard definition">standard definition</a>; this change came alongside the revamping of the station's on-air news graphics. A conversion to full high definition followed on June 28, 2014.<a href="#cite_note-share-110">[110]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Notable_current_on-air_staff">Notable current on-air staff</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=WCNC-TV&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Notable current on-air staff">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sarah_French" title="Sarah French">Sarah French</a> – anchor<a href="#cite_note-121">[121]</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Notable_former_on-air_staff">Notable former on-air staff</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=WCNC-TV&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Notable former on-air staff">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Heather_Childers" title="Heather Childers">Heather Childers</a> – weekend anchor, 1992–1995<a href="#cite_note-122">[122]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amanda_Davis_(journalist)" title="Amanda Davis (journalist)">Amanda Davis</a> – reporter, 1979–1982<a href="#cite_note-davis-68">[68]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Allen_Denton" title="Allen Denton">Allen Denton</a> – anchor, 1996–2000<a href="#cite_note-123">[123]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doug_McKelway" title="Doug McKelway">Doug McKelway</a> – reporter, 1980–1982<a href="#cite_note-124">[124]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_D._Raiford" title="Robert D. Raiford">Bob Raiford</a> – anchor and talk show host, 1978–1986<a href="#cite_note-action-45">[45]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hannah_Storm" title="Hannah Storm">Hannah Storm</a> – sports anchor, 1988–1989<a href="#cite_note-changes-78">[78]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beatrice_Thompson" title="Beatrice Thompson">Beatrice Thompson</a> – general assignment reporter, 1988–1989<a href="#cite_note-doc-101">[101]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beth_Troutman" title="Beth Troutman">Beth Troutman</a> – news anchor, 2015–2017<a href="#cite_note-125">[125]</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Technical_information">Technical information</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=WCNC-TV&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Technical information">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Subchannels">Subchannels</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=WCNC-TV&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Subchannels">edit</a>]</div> The station's signal is <a href="/wiki/Multiplex_(TV)" class="mw-redirect" title="Multiplex (TV)">multiplexed</a>: <table class="wikitable"> <caption>Subchannels of WCNC-TV<a href="#cite_note-126">[126]</a> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col"><a href="/wiki/Digital_subchannel#United_States" title="Digital subchannel">Channel</a> </th> <th scope="col"><a href="/wiki/Display_resolution" title="Display resolution">Res.</a> </th> <th scope="col"><a href="/wiki/Aspect_ratio_(image)" title="Aspect ratio (image)">Aspect</a> </th> <th scope="col">Short name </th> <th scope="col">Programming </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">36.1 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/1080i" title="1080i">1080i</a></td> <td rowspan="5"><a href="/wiki/16:9" class="mw-redirect" title="16:9">16:9</a></td> <td>WCNC-HD</td> <td><a href="/wiki/NBC" title="NBC">NBC</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">36.2 </th> <td rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/480i" title="480i">480i</a></td> <td>Crime</td> <td><a href="/wiki/True_Crime_Network" title="True Crime Network">True Crime Network</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">36.3 </th> <td>CourtTV</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Court_TV" title="Court TV">Court TV</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">36.4 </th> <td>Quest</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Quest_(American_TV_network)" title="Quest (American TV network)">Quest</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">36.5 </th> <td>NEST</td> <td><a href="/wiki/The_Nest_(TV_network)" title="The Nest (TV network)">The Nest</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#DFEBF6; border-top: 2px solid #003399;"> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/WAXN-TV" title="WAXN-TV">64.2</a> </th> <td>480i</td> <td>16:9</td> <td>Laff</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Laff_(TV_network)" title="Laff (TV network)">Laff</a> (<a href="/wiki/WAXN-TV" title="WAXN-TV">WAXN-DT2</a>) </td></tr> </tbody></table> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><div class="legend">  Broadcast on behalf of another station</div> Prior subchannel offerings from WCNC have included <a href="/wiki/NBC_Weather_Plus" title="NBC Weather Plus">NBC Weather Plus</a><a href="#cite_note-127">[127]</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Live_Well_Network" class="mw-redirect" title="Live Well Network">Live Well Network</a>.<a href="#cite_note-128">[128]</a> WCNC-TV was added to Charlotte's <a href="/wiki/ATSC_3.0" title="ATSC 3.0">ATSC 3.0</a> (NextGen TV) deployment on <a href="/wiki/WAXN-TV" title="WAXN-TV">WAXN-TV</a> on July 7, 2021.<a href="#cite_note-129">[129]</a> As part of the change, WAXN's 64.4 subchannel of <a href="/wiki/Laff_(TV_network)" title="Laff (TV network)">Laff</a> was placed on WCNC-TV's multiplex, keeping it available in ATSC 1.0 format. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Analog-to-digital_conversion">Analog-to-digital conversion</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=WCNC-TV&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Analog-to-digital conversion">edit</a>]</div> WCNC-TV shut down its analog signal, over <a href="/wiki/UHF" class="mw-redirect" title="UHF">UHF</a> channel 36, on June 12, 2009, the official date on which full-power television stations in the United States <a href="/wiki/Digital_television_transition_in_the_United_States" title="Digital television transition in the United States">transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts</a> under federal mandate.<a href="#cite_note-130">[130]</a> The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 22, continuing to use virtual channel 36.<a href="#cite_note-131">[131]</a> WCNC-TV moved its digital signal from channel 22 to channel 24 on September 6, 2019, as part of the FCC's <a href="/wiki/Spectrum_reallocation" class="mw-redirect" title="Spectrum reallocation">spectrum reallocation</a> process.<a href="#cite_note-132">[132]</a><a href="#cite_note-133">[133]</a><a href="#cite_note-134">[134]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Translators">Translators</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=WCNC-TV&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Translators">edit</a>]</div> WCNC-TV's signal is additionally rebroadcast over the following translators:<a href="#cite_note-135">[135]</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Biscoe,_North_Carolina" title="Biscoe, North Carolina">Biscoe</a>: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/public/tv/publicFacilityDetails.html?facilityId=32317">W36FB-D</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lilesville" class="mw-redirect" title="Lilesville">Lilesville</a>/<a href="/wiki/Wadesboro,_North_Carolina" title="Wadesboro, North Carolina">Wadesboro</a>: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/public/tv/publicFacilityDetails.html?facilityId=32316">W17EE-D</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=WCNC-TV&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: See also">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Channel_6_branded_TV_stations_in_the_United_States" title="Channel 6 branded TV stations in the United States">Channel 6 branded TV stations in the United States</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Channel_24_digital_TV_stations_in_the_United_States" title="Channel 24 digital TV stations in the United States">Channel 24 digital TV stations in the United States</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Channel_36_virtual_TV_stations_in_the_United_States" title="Channel 36 virtual TV stations in the United States">Channel 36 virtual TV stations in the United States</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2>[<a 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The Charlotte News. pp. 1A, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.newspapers.com/clip/65521883/">2A</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210328182040/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/65521917/stations-lived-cinderella-life/">Archived</a> from the original on March 28, 2021. 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May 17, 1966. p. 14A. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210328182033/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/65679316/channel-36-will-seek-wctu-as-call/">Archived</a> from the original on March 28, 2021. Retrieved December 20, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Charlotte+Observer&rft.atitle=Channel+36+Will+Seek+WCTU+As+Call+Letters&rft.pages=14A&rft.date=1966-05-17&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newspapers.com%2Fclip%2F65679316%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWCNC-TV" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFJackson1969" class="citation news cs1">Jackson, Dot (August 20, 1969). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210329010138/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/66106729/court-hearing-wtcu-sic-owner-fights/">"WTCU [sic] Owner Fights Debts To Stay On Air"</a>. The Charlotte Observer. p. 6C. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.newspapers.com/clip/66106729/">the original</a> on March 29, 2021. Retrieved December 26, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Charlotte+Observer&rft.atitle=WTCU+%5Bsic%5D+Owner+Fights+Debts+To+Stay+On+Air&rft.pages=6C&rft.date=1969-08-20&rft.aulast=Jackson&rft.aufirst=Dot&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newspapers.com%2Fclip%2F66106729%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWCNC-TV" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.newspapers.com/clip/45711809/wctu-tv-goes-on-air-july-9-at-3/">"WCTU-TV Goes On Air July 9 at 3"</a>. The Charlotte Observer. June 28, 1967. p. 4A. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210313012434/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/45711809/wctu-tv-goes-on-air-july-9-at-3/">Archived</a> from the original on March 13, 2021. Retrieved December 17, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Charlotte+Observer&rft.atitle=WCTU-TV+Goes+On+Air+July+9+at+3&rft.pages=4A&rft.date=1967-06-28&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newspapers.com%2Fclip%2F45711809%2Fwctu-tv-goes-on-air-july-9-at-3%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWCNC-TV" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.newspapers.com/clip/45711956/">"WCTU-TV In Ultra Color"</a>. The Charlotte News. September 11, 1967. p. 2C. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210313012407/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/45711956/wctu-tv-in-ultra-color/">Archived</a> from the original on March 13, 2021. Retrieved December 17, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Charlotte+News&rft.atitle=WCTU-TV+In+Ultra+Color&rft.pages=2C&rft.date=1967-09-11&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newspapers.com%2Fclip%2F45711956%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWCNC-TV" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMonts1969" class="citation news cs1">Monts, Vivian (July 3, 1969). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.newspapers.com/clip/45711980/wctu-tv-faces-suits/">"WCTU TV Faces Suits"</a>. The Charlotte News. p. 5A. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210313012415/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/45711980/wctu-tv-faces-suits/">Archived</a> from the original on March 13, 2021. 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The Charlotte News. p. 1B. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210313012441/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/45711906/court-gives-wctu-30-days/">Archived</a> from the original on March 13, 2021. 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The Charlotte News. p. 2A. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210313012427/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/45711824/wctu-tv-declared-insolvent/">Archived</a> from the original on March 13, 2021. Retrieved December 17, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Charlotte+News&rft.atitle=WCTU-TV+Declared+Insolvent&rft.pages=2A&rft.date=1969-09-16&rft.aulast=Flanders&rft.aufirst=Joe&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newspapers.com%2Fclip%2F45711824%2Fwctu-tv-declared-insolvent%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWCNC-TV" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><a href="#cite_ref-18">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFJackson" class="citation news cs1">Jackson, Dot. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.newspapers.com/clip/65678434/">"Channel 36 In Receivership"</a>. The Charlotte Observer. p. 14A. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210313012418/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/65678434/channel-36-in-receivership/">Archived</a> from the original on March 13, 2021. Retrieved December 20, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Charlotte+Observer&rft.atitle=Channel+36+In+Receivership&rft.pages=14A&rft.aulast=Jackson&rft.aufirst=Dot&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newspapers.com%2Fclip%2F65678434%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWCNC-TV" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-19"><a href="#cite_ref-19">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.newspapers.com/clip/65679467/">"Judge Throws Out Suit By Defunct TV Station"</a>. The Charlotte Observer. October 19, 1977. p. 3D. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210328182055/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/65679467/judge-throws-out-suit-by-defunct-tv/">Archived</a> from the original on March 28, 2021. Retrieved December 20, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Charlotte+Observer&rft.atitle=Judge+Throws+Out+Suit+By+Defunct+TV+Station&rft.pages=3D&rft.date=1977-10-19&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newspapers.com%2Fclip%2F65679467%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWCNC-TV" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-cinderella-20">^ <a href="#cite_ref-cinderella_20-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-cinderella_20-1">b</a> <a href="#cite_ref-cinderella_20-2">c</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHanna1975" class="citation news cs1">Hanna, Charlie (February 9, 1975). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.newspapers.com/clip/65520560/">"Charlotte's Cinderella Station Is Fifth-Ranking Independent"</a>. The Charlotte Observer. p. TV Week 1. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210313012818/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/65520560/charlottes-cinderella-station-is/">Archived</a> from the original on March 13, 2021. Retrieved December 17, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Charlotte+Observer&rft.atitle=Charlotte%27s+Cinderella+Station+Is+Fifth-Ranking+Independent&rft.pages=TV+Week+1&rft.date=1975-02-09&rft.aulast=Hanna&rft.aufirst=Charlie&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newspapers.com%2Fclip%2F65520560%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWCNC-TV" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-21"><a href="#cite_ref-21">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDoar1970" class="citation news cs1">Doar, Harriet (February 12, 1970). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.newspapers.com/clip/45711885/atlanta-firm-buys-charlotte-tv-station/">"WCTU: Atlanta Firm Buys Charlotte TV Station"</a>. The Charlotte Observer. p. 23A. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210313012544/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/45711885/atlanta-firm-buys-charlotte-tv-station/">Archived</a> from the original on March 13, 2021. 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July 13, 1970. p. 3B. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210313012530/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/65519882/wret-on-channel-36-now/">Archived</a> from the original on March 13, 2021. Retrieved December 17, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Charlotte+News&rft.atitle=WRET+On+Channel+36+Now&rft.pages=3B&rft.date=1970-07-13&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newspapers.com%2Fclip%2F65519882%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWCNC-TV" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-slate-23">^ <a href="#cite_ref-slate_23-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-slate_23-1">b</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.newspapers.com/clip/45712230/channel-36-begins-new-slate-monday/">"Channel 36 Begins New Slate Monday"</a>. The Charlotte Observer. August 16, 1970. p. 6G. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210313012548/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/45712230/channel-36-begins-new-slate-monday/">Archived</a> from the original on March 13, 2021. Retrieved December 17, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Charlotte+Observer&rft.atitle=Channel+36+Begins+New+Slate+Monday&rft.pages=6G&rft.date=1970-08-16&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newspapers.com%2Fclip%2F45712230%2Fchannel-36-begins-new-slate-monday%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWCNC-TV" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-24"><a href="#cite_ref-24">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFEichel1972" class="citation news cs1">Eichel, Henry (February 13, 1972). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.newspapers.com/clip/65520114/">"Will Channel 36 Survive?"</a>. The Charlotte Observer. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210328182034/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/65520114/will-channel-36-survive/">Archived</a> from the original on March 28, 2021. Retrieved December 17, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Charlotte+Observer&rft.atitle=Will+Channel+36+Survive%3F&rft.date=1972-02-13&rft.aulast=Eichel&rft.aufirst=Henry&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newspapers.com%2Fclip%2F65520114%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWCNC-TV" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-25"><a href="#cite_ref-25">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.newspapers.com/clip/65519992/">"WRET Asks Viewers' Loans To Stay On Air"</a>. The Charlotte Observer. February 6, 1972. p. 3B. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210313012727/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/65519992/wret-asks-viewers-loans-to-stay-on-air/">Archived</a> from the original on March 13, 2021. Retrieved December 18, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Charlotte+Observer&rft.atitle=WRET+Asks+Viewers%27+Loans+To+Stay+On+Air&rft.pages=3B&rft.date=1972-02-06&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newspapers.com%2Fclip%2F65519992%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWCNC-TV" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-26"><a href="#cite_ref-26">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.newspapers.com/clip/65520208/">"Nets $53,000: WRET-TV Prospects 'Good' After Appeal"</a>. The Charlotte Observer. p. 1C. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210313012727/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/65520208/nets-53000-wret-tv-prospects-good/">Archived</a> from the original on March 13, 2021. Retrieved December 17, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Charlotte+Observer&rft.atitle=Nets+%2453%2C000%3A+WRET-TV+Prospects+%27Good%27+After+Appeal&rft.pages=1C&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newspapers.com%2Fclip%2F65520208%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWCNC-TV" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-27"><a href="#cite_ref-27">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHanna1974" class="citation news cs1">Hanna, Charlie (April 19, 1974). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.newspapers.com/clip/65520448/">"Channel 36 Adding WFL To Sports-Crowded Lineup"</a>. The Charlotte Observer. p. 7B. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210313012727/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/65520448/channel-36-adding-wfl-to-sports-crowded/">Archived</a> from the original on March 13, 2021. Retrieved December 17, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Charlotte+Observer&rft.atitle=Channel+36+Adding+WFL+To+Sports-Crowded+Lineup&rft.pages=7B&rft.date=1974-04-19&rft.aulast=Hanna&rft.aufirst=Charlie&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newspapers.com%2Fclip%2F65520448%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWCNC-TV" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-28"><a href="#cite_ref-28">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBarnard1972" class="citation news cs1">Barnard, Warren (June 17, 1972). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.newspapers.com/clip/65520317/">"Churches Question The Union Of 9 Christian Denominations"</a>. The Charlotte News. p. 4A. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210313012736/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/65520317/churches-question-the-union-of-9/">Archived</a> from the original on March 13, 2021. Retrieved December 17, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Charlotte+News&rft.atitle=Churches+Question+The+Union+Of+9+Christian+Denominations&rft.pages=4A&rft.date=1972-06-17&rft.aulast=Barnard&rft.aufirst=Warren&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newspapers.com%2Fclip%2F65520317%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWCNC-TV" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-Char730516-29">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Char730516_29-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-Char730516_29-1">b</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHanna1973" class="citation news cs1">Hanna, Charlie (May 16, 1973). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://newspapers.com/article/the-charlotte-observer-thanks-to-begatho/143905716/">"Thanks To Begathon, Religious Tone, WRET Dialing Off Red"</a>. The Charlotte Observer. Charlotte, North Carolina. p. 16A. Retrieved March 22, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Charlotte+Observer&rft.atitle=Thanks+To+Begathon%2C+Religious+Tone%2C+WRET+Dialing+Off+Red&rft.pages=16A&rft.date=1973-05-16&rft.aulast=Hanna&rft.aufirst=Charlie&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fnewspapers.com%2Farticle%2Fthe-charlotte-observer-thanks-to-begatho%2F143905716%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWCNC-TV" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-Char750323-30"><a href="#cite_ref-Char750323_30-0">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://newspapers.com/article/the-charlotte-observer-religion-dominate/143905990/">"Religion Dominates On Sunday Mornings: Radio And TV Provide Christian Programs"</a>. The Charlotte Observer. Charlotte, North Carolina. March 23, 1975. pp. 2F, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-charlotte-observer-religious-themes/143906086/">4F</a>. Retrieved March 22, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Charlotte+Observer&rft.atitle=Religion+Dominates+On+Sunday+Mornings%3A+Radio+And+TV+Provide+Christian+Programs&rft.pages=2F%2C+4F&rft.date=1975-03-23&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fnewspapers.com%2Farticle%2Fthe-charlotte-observer-religion-dominate%2F143905990%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWCNC-TV" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-Char750513-31"><a href="#cite_ref-Char750513_31-0">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWisehart1975" class="citation news cs1">Wisehart, Bob (May 13, 1975). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://newspapers.com/article/the-charlotte-news-pioneer-bakkers-mak/143906243/">"Pioneer: Bakkers' Make Christian TV A Booming Business"</a>. The Charlotte News. Charlotte, North Carolina. pp. 2B, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-charlotte-news-the-ptl-cluba-tv-t/143906198/">3B</a>. Retrieved March 22, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Charlotte+News&rft.atitle=Pioneer%3A+Bakkers%27+Make+Christian+TV+A+Booming+Business&rft.pages=2B%2C+3B&rft.date=1975-05-13&rft.aulast=Wisehart&rft.aufirst=Bob&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fnewspapers.com%2Farticle%2Fthe-charlotte-news-pioneer-bakkers-mak%2F143906243%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWCNC-TV" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-32"><a href="#cite_ref-32">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.newspapers.com/clip/65520701/">"Atlanta Corporation Absorbs WRET-TV"</a>. The Charlotte News. July 28, 1975. p. 2B. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210313012819/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/65520701/atlanta-corporation-absorbs-wret-tv/">Archived</a> from the original on March 13, 2021. Retrieved December 17, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Charlotte+News&rft.atitle=Atlanta+Corporation+Absorbs+WRET-TV&rft.pages=2B&rft.date=1975-07-28&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newspapers.com%2Fclip%2F65520701%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWCNC-TV" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-33"><a href="#cite_ref-33">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.newspapers.com/clip/65520821/">"WRET May Go Nationwide"</a>. The Charlotte Observer. December 6, 1975. p. 2B. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210313012819/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/65520821/wret-may-go-nationwide/">Archived</a> from the original on March 13, 2021. Retrieved December 17, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Charlotte+Observer&rft.atitle=WRET+May+Go+Nationwide&rft.pages=2B&rft.date=1975-12-06&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newspapers.com%2Fclip%2F65520821%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWCNC-TV" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-34"><a href="#cite_ref-34">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBarnard1975" class="citation news cs1">Barnard, Warren (December 29, 1975). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.newspapers.com/clip/65520936/">"Channel 36 To Repay Viewers' Donations Soon"</a>. The Charlotte News. pp. 1B, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.newspapers.com/clip/65520979/">10B</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210313012821/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/65520936/channel-36-to-repay-viewers-donations/">Archived</a> from the original on March 13, 2021. Retrieved December 17, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Charlotte+News&rft.atitle=Channel+36+To+Repay+Viewers%27+Donations+Soon&rft.pages=1B%2C+10B&rft.date=1975-12-29&rft.aulast=Barnard&rft.aufirst=Warren&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newspapers.com%2Fclip%2F65520936%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWCNC-TV" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-35"><a href="#cite_ref-35">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFAlridge1976" class="citation news cs1">Alridge, Ron (February 5, 1976). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.newspapers.com/clip/65521009/">"WRET Plans To Pay Back Viewer Loans"</a>. The Charlotte Observer. p. 1A. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210313012820/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/65521009/wret-plans-to-pay-back-viewer-loans/">Archived</a> from the original on March 13, 2021. Retrieved December 17, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Charlotte+Observer&rft.atitle=WRET+Plans+To+Pay+Back+Viewer+Loans&rft.pages=1A&rft.date=1976-02-05&rft.aulast=Alridge&rft.aufirst=Ron&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newspapers.com%2Fclip%2F65521009%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWCNC-TV" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-36"><a href="#cite_ref-36">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWister1976" class="citation news cs1">Wister, Emery (February 6, 1976). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.newspapers.com/clip/65521039/">"Even 25-Cent Lenders Happy To Get It Back"</a>. The Charlotte News. p. 1B. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210328182039/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/65521039/wret-repaying-3600-viewers/">Archived</a> from the original on March 28, 2021. Retrieved December 17, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Charlotte+News&rft.atitle=Even+25-Cent+Lenders+Happy+To+Get+It+Back&rft.pages=1B&rft.date=1976-02-06&rft.aulast=Wister&rft.aufirst=Emery&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newspapers.com%2Fclip%2F65521039%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWCNC-TV" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-37"><a href="#cite_ref-37">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFAlridge1977" class="citation news cs1">Alridge, Ron (June 12, 1977). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.newspapers.com/clip/65521240/">"WRET Is Big Story"</a>. The Charlotte Observer. p. TV Week 5. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210328182045/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/65521240/wret-is-big-story/">Archived</a> from the original on March 28, 2021. Retrieved December 17, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Charlotte+Observer&rft.atitle=WRET+Is+Big+Story&rft.pages=TV+Week+5&rft.date=1977-06-12&rft.aulast=Alridge&rft.aufirst=Ron&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newspapers.com%2Fclip%2F65521240%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWCNC-TV" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-38"><a href="#cite_ref-38">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFAlridge1977" class="citation news cs1">Alridge, Ron (July 2, 1977). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.newspapers.com/clip/65522213/">"Now, The WRET News From Atlanta"</a>. The Charlotte Observer. p. 16A. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210328182036/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/65522213/now-the-wret-news-from-atlanta/">Archived</a> from the original on March 28, 2021. Retrieved December 17, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Charlotte+Observer&rft.atitle=Now%2C+The+WRET+News+From+Atlanta&rft.pages=16A&rft.date=1977-07-02&rft.aulast=Alridge&rft.aufirst=Ron&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newspapers.com%2Fclip%2F65522213%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWCNC-TV" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-39"><a href="#cite_ref-39">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFAlridge1977" class="citation news cs1">Alridge, Ron (September 29, 1977). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.newspapers.com/clip/65521414/">"WRET-TV Or WCCB-TV – Just Where Will NBC Go?"</a>. The Charlotte Observer. p. 9B. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210328182037/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/65521414/wret-tv-or-wccb-tv-just-where-will/">Archived</a> from the original on March 28, 2021. Retrieved December 17, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Charlotte+Observer&rft.atitle=WRET-TV+Or+WCCB-TV+%E2%80%93+Just+Where+Will+NBC+Go%3F&rft.pages=9B&rft.date=1977-09-29&rft.aulast=Alridge&rft.aufirst=Ron&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newspapers.com%2Fclip%2F65521414%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWCNC-TV" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-40"><a href="#cite_ref-40">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFAlridge1978" class="citation news cs1">Alridge, Ron (January 26, 1978). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.newspapers.com/clip/65521574/soap-opera-star-and-pickles-pitch-in/">"Soap Opera Star And Pickles Pitch in For Charity Drives"</a>. The Charlotte Observer. p. 19A. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210328182036/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/65521574/soap-opera-star-and-pickles-pitch-in/">Archived</a> from the original on March 28, 2021. Retrieved December 17, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Charlotte+Observer&rft.atitle=Soap+Opera+Star+And+Pickles+Pitch+in+For+Charity+Drives&rft.pages=19A&rft.date=1978-01-26&rft.aulast=Alridge&rft.aufirst=Ron&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newspapers.com%2Fclip%2F65521574%2Fsoap-opera-star-and-pickles-pitch-in%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWCNC-TV" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-41"><a href="#cite_ref-41">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWisehart1978" class="citation news cs1">Wisehart, Bob (March 15, 1978). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.newspapers.com/clip/65521626/">"WTVI way short of goal"</a>. The Charlotte News. p. 15A. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210328182041/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/65521626/wtvi-way-short-of-goal/">Archived</a> from the original on March 28, 2021. Retrieved December 17, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Charlotte+News&rft.atitle=WTVI+way+short+of+goal&rft.pages=15A&rft.date=1978-03-15&rft.aulast=Wisehart&rft.aufirst=Bob&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newspapers.com%2Fclip%2F65521626%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWCNC-TV" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-42"><a href="#cite_ref-42">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFAlridge1978" class="citation news cs1">Alridge, Ron (April 25, 1978). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.newspapers.com/clip/65521683/">"WRET Goes All Out To Woo NBC"</a>. The Charlotte Observer. p. 15A. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210328182103/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/65521683/wret-goes-all-out-to-woo-nbc/">Archived</a> from the original on March 28, 2021. Retrieved December 17, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Charlotte+Observer&rft.atitle=WRET+Goes+All+Out+To+Woo+NBC&rft.pages=15A&rft.date=1978-04-25&rft.aulast=Alridge&rft.aufirst=Ron&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newspapers.com%2Fclip%2F65521683%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWCNC-TV" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-43"><a href="#cite_ref-43">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWister1978" class="citation news cs1">Wister, Emery (April 29, 1978). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.newspapers.com/clip/65521774/">"WRET-TV joining with NBC"</a>. The Charlotte News. pp. 1A, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.newspapers.com/clip/65521850/">2A</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210328182038/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/65521774/wret-tv-joining-with-nbc/">Archived</a> from the original on March 28, 2021. 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The Charlotte Observer. p. 1A. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210328182108/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/65522016/wret-tv-will-tune-in-to-nbc-network/">Archived</a> from the original on March 28, 2021. 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The Charlotte News. p. 13A. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210328182040/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/65522271/years-biggest-local-tv-news-the/">Archived</a> from the original on March 28, 2021. 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The Charlotte News. p. 1B. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210328182051/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/65522686/turner-sells-wret/">Archived</a> from the original on March 28, 2021. 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Atlanta Journal and Constitution. pp. 1-A, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.newspapers.com/clip/65522500/">9-A</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210328182040/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/65522542/ted-turner-turns-guilt-into-new-tv/">Archived</a> from the original on March 28, 2021. 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The Charlotte News. p. 1B. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210328182202/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/45712299/black-groups-to-split-1st-gift-from-wret/">Archived</a> from the original on March 28, 2021. 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The Charlotte Observer. p. 17A. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210328182202/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/45712261/channel-36-unveils-new-name-new-look/">Archived</a> from the original on March 28, 2021. 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The Charlotte Observer. pp. 1A, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.newspapers.com/clip/45713137/charlotte-nbc-affiliate-wpcq-dropping/">10A</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210328182203/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/45713122/wpcq-tv-dropping-news-shows/">Archived</a> from the original on March 28, 2021. 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The Charlotte Observer. p. 2C. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210313013132/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/45713180/ny-investment-partnership-buying/">Archived</a> from the original on March 13, 2021. 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The Charlotte Observer. p. 7B. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210328182210/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/65550371/wbtvs-evening-news-on-top-once-more/">Archived</a> from the original on March 28, 2021. 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The Charlotte Observer. p. 17A. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210328182211/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/43448793/changes-in-the-air-at-36-news/">Archived</a> from the original on March 28, 2021. 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The Charlotte Observer. p. 2C. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210328182211/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/65550656/fcc-indecency-rating-expected-to-have/">Archived</a> from the original on March 28, 2021. 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The Charlotte Observer. p. 5B. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210328182222/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/65550734/wtvi-markets-homestretch-program/">Archived</a> from the original on March 28, 2021. 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The Charlotte Observer. p. 21A. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210328182215/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/65550839/wpcq-impatient-for-nbc-decision/">Archived</a> from the original on March 28, 2021. 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Charlotte Observer. p. 2B. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210328182216/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/68455144/wpcq-nbc-sign-2-year-contract/">Archived</a> from the original on March 28, 2021. 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Electronic Media. pp. 1, 4. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210308053531/https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Television-Week/80s/Electronic-Media-1988-02-22.pdf">Archived</a> (PDF) from the original on March 8, 2021. 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The Charlotte Observer. p. 9C. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210328182216/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/65551014/football-fans-make-voices-heard-by/">Archived</a> from the original on March 28, 2021. 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The Charlotte Observer. p. 10A. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210328182235/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/45713538/rhode-island-firm-buys-channel-36/">Archived</a> from the original on March 28, 2021. 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The Charlotte Observer. p. 12A. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210328182218/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/65553391/channel-36-owners-find-station-to-their/">Archived</a> from the original on March 28, 2021. 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October 17, 1988. p. 81. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ProQuest" title="ProQuest">ProQuest</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.proquest.com/docview/1016928633">1016928633</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210308042828/https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1988/BC-1988-10-17.pdf">Archived</a> (PDF) from the original on March 8, 2021. 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The Charlotte Observer. p. 3B. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210328182217/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/45713566/wpcq-to-split-news-hour-in-half/">Archived</a> from the original on March 28, 2021. 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The Charlotte Observer. pp. 7C, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.newspapers.com/clip/65554614/">9C</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210328182301/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/65554522/turning-up-the-volume/">Archived</a> from the original on March 28, 2021. 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The Charlotte Observer. p. 8B. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210328182309/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/65553813/nbc-considers-headline-news-center/">Archived</a> from the original on March 28, 2021. 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The Charlotte Observer. p. 3C. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210328182316/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/65554266/overnight-news-show-from-nc/">Archived</a> from the original on March 28, 2021. 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The Charlotte Observer. p. 2D. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210328182312/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/60831802/wcnc-general-manager-to-take-charge-of/">Archived</a> from the original on March 28, 2021. 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The Charlotte Observer. p. 3E. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210328182333/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/65555803/530-pm-newscast-boosts-wsoc-ratings/">Archived</a> from the original on March 28, 2021. 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class="mw-redirect" title="The365">The365</a>, 3.4 <a href="/wiki/Ion_Plus" title="Ion Plus">Ion+</a>, 3.5 <a href="/wiki/Oxygen_(TV_channel)" title="Oxygen (TV channel)">Oxygen</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WSOC-TV" title="WSOC-TV">WSOC-TV</a> (9.1 <a href="/wiki/American_Broadcasting_Company" title="American Broadcasting Company">ABC</a>, 9.2 <a href="/wiki/Telemundo" title="Telemundo">TMD</a>, 9.3 <a href="/wiki/Get_(TV_network)" title="Get (TV network)">Get</a>, 9.4 <a href="/wiki/Comet_(TV_network)" title="Comet (TV network)">Comet</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WWJS" title="WWJS">WWJS</a> (14.1 <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Swaggart#Television" title="Jimmy Swaggart">SBN</a>, 14.2 <a href="/wiki/Dark_(broadcasting)" title="Dark (broadcasting)">[blank]</a>, 14.3 <a href="/wiki/Comet_(TV_network)" title="Comet (TV network)">Comet</a>, 14.4 <a href="/wiki/Scripps_News" title="Scripps News">Scripps</a>, 14.5 <a href="/wiki/Ion_Plus" title="Ion Plus">Ion+</a>, 14.6 <a href="/wiki/Infomercial" title="Infomercial">Ads</a>, 14.7 <a href="/wiki/TBD_(TV_network)" title="TBD (TV network)">TBD</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/PBS_North_Carolina" title="PBS North Carolina">WUNE-TV 17 / WUNG-TV 58</a> (17.2 / 58.1 <a href="/wiki/PBS" title="PBS">PBS</a>, 17.3 / 58.2 <a href="/wiki/PBS_Kids" title="PBS Kids">Rootle</a>, 17.1 / 58.3 Explorer, 17.4 / 58.4 NC Ch.)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WCCB" title="WCCB">WCCB</a> (18.1 <a href="/wiki/The_CW" title="The CW">CW</a>, 18.2 <a href="/wiki/Start_TV" title="Start TV">Start</a>, 18.3 <a href="/wiki/MeTV" title="MeTV">MeTV</a>, 18.4 <a href="/wiki/QVC" title="QVC">QVC</a>, 18.5 <a href="/wiki/Heroes_%26_Icons" title="Heroes & Icons">H&I</a>, 18.6 <a href="/wiki/Dabl" title="Dabl">Dabl</a>, 18.7 <a href="/wiki/HSN" title="HSN">HSN</a>, 18.8 <a href="/wiki/Cozi_TV" title="Cozi TV">Cozi</a>, 18.9 <a href="/wiki/MeTV_Toons" title="MeTV Toons">MeToons</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WNSC-TV" title="WNSC-TV">WNSC-TV</a> (30.1 <a href="/wiki/PBS" title="PBS">PBS</a> / <a href="/wiki/South_Carolina_Educational_Television" title="South Carolina Educational Television">SCETV</a>, 30.2 <a href="/wiki/Create_(TV_network)" title="Create (TV network)">SC Ch.</a>, 30.3 ETV World, 30.4 <a href="/wiki/PBS_Kids" title="PBS Kids">ETV Kids</a>)</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">WCNC-TV</a> (36.1 <a href="/wiki/NBC" title="NBC">NBC</a>, 36.2 <a href="/wiki/True_Crime_Network" title="True Crime Network">Crime</a>, 36.3 <a href="/wiki/Court_TV" title="Court TV">Court</a>, 36.4 <a href="/wiki/Quest_(American_TV_network)" title="Quest (American TV network)">Quest</a>, 36.5 <a href="/wiki/The_Nest_(TV_network)" title="The Nest (TV network)">Nest</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WTVI" title="WTVI">WTVI</a> (42.1 <a href="/wiki/PBS" title="PBS">PBS</a>, 42.2 <a href="/wiki/NHK_World" class="mw-redirect" title="NHK World">NHK</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WJZY" title="WJZY">WJZY</a> (46.1 <a href="/wiki/Fox_Broadcasting_Company" title="Fox Broadcasting Company">Fox</a>, 46.3 <a href="/wiki/Charge!_(TV_network)" title="Charge! (TV network)">Charge!</a>, 46.4 <a href="/wiki/Grit_(TV_network)" title="Grit (TV network)">Grit</a>, 46.5 <a href="/wiki/Shop_LC" title="Shop LC">ShopLC</a>, 46.6 <a href="/wiki/Ion_Television" title="Ion Television">Ion</a>, 46.7 <a href="/wiki/Antenna_TV" title="Antenna TV">ANT</a>, 46.8 <a href="/wiki/Rewind_TV" title="Rewind TV">REW</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WMYT-TV" title="WMYT-TV">WMYT-TV</a> (55.1 <a href="/wiki/MyNetworkTV" title="MyNetworkTV">MNTV</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WAXN-TV" title="WAXN-TV">WAXN-TV</a> (64.1 <a href="/wiki/Independent_station" title="Independent station">Ind.</a>, 64.2 <a href="/wiki/Laff_(TV_network)" title="Laff (TV network)">Laff</a>, 64.3 <a href="/wiki/Ion_Mystery" title="Ion Mystery">Mystery</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Low-power_broadcasting#Television" title="Low-power broadcasting">Low-power</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/WCEE-LD" title="WCEE-LD">WCEE-LD</a> (16.1 <a href="/wiki/Estrella_TV" title="Estrella TV">Estrella</a>, 16.2 <a href="/wiki/XHQMGU-TDT" title="XHQMGU-TDT">Quiero TV</a>, 16.3 Quiero Musica)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/W15EB-D" class="mw-redirect" title="W15EB-D">W15EB-D</a> (21.1 <a href="/wiki/Defy_(TV_network)" title="Defy (TV network)">Defy</a>, 21.2 <a href="/wiki/BeIN_Sports_(American_TV_channel)" title="BeIN Sports (American TV channel)">beIN Xtra</a>, 21.3 <a href="/wiki/NBC_LX_Home" title="NBC LX Home">LX</a>, 21.4 <a href="/wiki/TeleXitos" title="TeleXitos">TXO</a>, 21.5 <a href="/wiki/New_Tang_Dynasty_Television" title="New Tang Dynasty Television">NTD</a>, 21.6 <a href="/wiki/Outlaw_(TV_network)" class="mw-redirect" title="Outlaw (TV network)">Outlaw</a>, 21.7 <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Swaggart#Television" title="Jimmy Swaggart">SBN</a>, 21.8 <a href="/wiki/ShopHQ" title="ShopHQ">ShopHQ</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WHWD-LD" class="mw-redirect" title="WHWD-LD">WHWD-LD</a> / <a href="/wiki/WDMC-LD" class="mw-redirect" title="WDMC-LD">WDMC-LD</a> (21.1 / 25.1 <a href="/wiki/Daystar_(TV_network)" class="mw-redirect" title="Daystar (TV network)">Daystar</a>, 21.2 <a href="/wiki/WSIC" title="WSIC">WSIC</a>, 25.2 DS Español)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WVEB-LD" class="mw-redirect" title="WVEB-LD">WVEB-LD</a> (22.1/3 <a href="/wiki/Infomercial" title="Infomercial">Ads</a>, 22.2 MTRSPT1, 22.4 <a href="/wiki/Defy_(TV_network)" title="Defy (TV network)">Defy</a>, 22.5 <a href="/wiki/Shop_LC" title="Shop LC">LC</a>, 22.6 <a href="/wiki/Outlaw_(TV_network)" class="mw-redirect" title="Outlaw (TV network)">Outlaw</a>, 22.7 <a href="/wiki/The365" class="mw-redirect" title="The365">The365</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WGTB-CD" title="WGTB-CD">WGTB-CD</a> (28.1 <a href="/wiki/Religious_broadcasting" title="Religious broadcasting">Rel.</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WHEH-LD" class="mw-redirect" title="WHEH-LD">WHEH-LD</a> (41.1 <a href="/wiki/Novelisima" class="mw-redirect" title="Novelisima">Novelisima</a>, 41.2 <a href="/wiki/NBC_LX_Home" title="NBC LX Home">LX</a>, 41.3 <a href="/wiki/TeleXitos" title="TeleXitos">TXO</a>, 41.4 <a href="/wiki/Buzzr" title="Buzzr">Buzzr</a>, 41.5 <a href="/wiki/BeIN_Sports_(American_TV_channel)" title="BeIN Sports (American TV channel)">beIN Xtra</a>, 41.6 <a href="/wiki/BeIN_Sports_(American_TV_channel)" title="BeIN Sports (American TV channel)">beIN Español</a>, 41.7 Carz & Trax)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/ATSC_standards#ATSC_3.0" title="ATSC standards">ATSC 3.0</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/WAXN-TV" title="WAXN-TV">WAXN-TV</a> (<a href="/wiki/WBTV" title="WBTV">3.1</a> <a href="/wiki/CBS" title="CBS">CBS</a>, <a href="/wiki/WSOC-TV" title="WSOC-TV">9.1</a> <a href="/wiki/American_Broadcasting_Company" title="American Broadcasting Company">ABC</a>, <a class="mw-selflink selflink">36.1</a> <a href="/wiki/NBC" title="NBC">NBC</a>, <a href="/wiki/WJZY" title="WJZY">46.1</a> <a href="/wiki/Fox_Broadcasting_Company" title="Fox Broadcasting Company">Fox</a>, 64.1 <a href="/wiki/Independent_station_(North_America)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent station (North America)">Ind.</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Cable_television" title="Cable television">Cable</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bally_Sports_South" class="mw-redirect" title="Bally Sports South">Bally Sports South</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bally_Sports_Southeast" class="mw-redirect" title="Bally Sports Southeast">Bally Sports Southeast</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spectrum_News_North_Carolina" class="mw-redirect" title="Spectrum News North Carolina">Spectrum News</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Defunct</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fox_Sports_Carolinas" title="Fox Sports Carolinas">Fox Sports Carolinas</a></li> <li>WLNN-CD 24</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WTBL-CD" title="WTBL-CD">WTBL-CD 48</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div> <dl><dt>See also</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Template:Columbia_TV" title="Template:Columbia TV">Columbia TV</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Template:GSA_TV" class="mw-redirect" title="Template:GSA TV">Greenville/Spartanburg/Asheville TV</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Template:Myrtle_Beach/Florence_TV" title="Template:Myrtle Beach/Florence TV">Myrtle Beach/Florence TV</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Template:Piedmont_Triad_TV" title="Template:Piedmont Triad TV">Piedmont Triad TV</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Template:Raleigh-Durham_TV" title="Template:Raleigh-Durham TV">Raleigh/Durham TV</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Template:Roanoke_TV" title="Template:Roanoke TV">Roanoke TV</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Template:Tri-Cities_TV" title="Template:Tri-Cities TV">Tri-Cities TV</a></dd></dl> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Broadcast_television_stations_by_affiliation_in_the_state_of_North_Carolina" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:North_Carolina_TV" title="Template:North Carolina TV"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:North_Carolina_TV" title="Template talk:North Carolina TV"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:North_Carolina_TV" title="Special:EditPage/Template:North Carolina TV"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Broadcast_television_stations_by_affiliation_in_the_state_of_North_Carolina" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Terrestrial_television" title="Terrestrial television">Broadcast television</a> stations by affiliation in the state of <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina" title="North Carolina">North Carolina</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/American_Broadcasting_Company" title="American Broadcasting Company">ABC</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/WWAY" title="WWAY">WWAY 3</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Wilmington_TV" title="Template:Wilmington TV">Wilmington</a>)*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WSOC-TV" title="WSOC-TV">WSOC-TV 9</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Charlotte_TV" title="Template:Charlotte TV">Charlotte</a>)*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WTVD" title="WTVD">WTVD 11</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Raleigh-Durham_TV" title="Template:Raleigh-Durham TV">Durham/Raleigh/Fayetteville</a>)*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WCTI-TV" title="WCTI-TV">WCTI-TV 12</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Greenville/New_Bern/Washington_TV" title="Template:Greenville/New Bern/Washington TV">New Bern/Greenville</a>)*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WLOS" title="WLOS">WLOS 13</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:GSA_TV" class="mw-redirect" title="Template:GSA TV">Asheville/Greenville/Spartanburg/Anderson, SC</a>)*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WVEC" title="WVEC">WVEC 13</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Hampton_Roads_TV" title="Template:Hampton Roads TV">Hampton/Norfolk, VA</a>)**</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WPDE-TV" title="WPDE-TV">WPDE-TV 15</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Myrtle_Beach/Florence_TV" title="Template:Myrtle Beach/Florence TV">Florence/Myrtle Beach, SC</a>)**</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WXLV-TV" title="WXLV-TV">WXLV-TV 45</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Piedmont_Triad_TV" title="Template:Piedmont Triad TV">Winston-Salem/Greensboro/High Point</a>)*</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/CBS" title="CBS">CBS</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/WFMY-TV" title="WFMY-TV">WFMY-TV 2</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Piedmont_Triad_TV" title="Template:Piedmont Triad TV">Greensboro/High Point/Winston-Salem</a>)*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WBTV" title="WBTV">WBTV 3</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Charlotte_TV" title="Template:Charlotte TV">Charlotte</a>)*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WTKR" title="WTKR">WTKR 3</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Hampton_Roads_TV" title="Template:Hampton Roads TV">Norfolk, VA</a>)**</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WWAY" title="WWAY">WWAY-DT 3.2</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Wilmington_TV" title="Template:Wilmington TV">Wilmington</a>)*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WSPA-TV" title="WSPA-TV">WSPA-TV 7</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:GSA_TV" class="mw-redirect" title="Template:GSA TV">Spartanburg/Greenville/Anderson, SC/Asheville</a>)*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WNCT-TV" title="WNCT-TV">WNCT-TV 9</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Greenville/New_Bern/Washington_TV" title="Template:Greenville/New Bern/Washington TV">Greenville/New Bern</a>)*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WBTW" title="WBTW">WBTW 13</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Myrtle_Beach/Florence_TV" title="Template:Myrtle Beach/Florence TV">Florence/Myrtle Beach, SC</a>)**</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WNCN" title="WNCN">WNCN 17</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Raleigh-Durham_TV" title="Template:Raleigh-Durham TV">Goldsboro/Raleigh/Durham/Fayetteville</a>)*</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Fox_Broadcasting_Company" title="Fox Broadcasting Company">Fox</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/WGHP" title="WGHP">WGHP 8</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Piedmont_Triad_TV" title="Template:Piedmont Triad TV">High Point/Greensboro/Winston-Salem</a>)*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WYDO" title="WYDO">WYDO 14</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Greenville/New_Bern/Washington_TV" title="Template:Greenville/New Bern/Washington TV">Greenville/New Bern</a>)*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WHNS" title="WHNS">WHNS 21</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:GSA_TV" class="mw-redirect" title="Template:GSA TV">Greenville/Spartanburg/Anderson, SC/Asheville</a>)*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WSFX-TV" title="WSFX-TV">WSFX-TV 26</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Wilmington_TV" title="Template:Wilmington TV">Wilmington</a>)*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WFXB" title="WFXB">WFXB 43</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Myrtle_Beach/Florence_TV" title="Template:Myrtle Beach/Florence TV">Myrtle Beach/Florence, SC</a>)**</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WVBT" title="WVBT">WVBT 43</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Hampton_Roads_TV" title="Template:Hampton Roads TV">Virginia Beach/Norfolk, VA</a>)**</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WJZY" title="WJZY">WJZY 46</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Charlotte_TV" title="Template:Charlotte TV">Belmont/Charlotte</a>)*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WRAZ_(TV)" title="WRAZ (TV)">WRAZ 50</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Raleigh-Durham_TV" title="Template:Raleigh-Durham TV">Raleigh/Durham/Fayetteville</a>)*</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/NBC" title="NBC">NBC</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/WYFF" title="WYFF">WYFF 4</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:GSA_TV" class="mw-redirect" title="Template:GSA TV">Greenville/Spartanburg/Anderson, SC/Asheville</a>)*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WRAL-TV" title="WRAL-TV">WRAL-TV 5</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Raleigh-Durham_TV" title="Template:Raleigh-Durham TV">Raleigh/Durham/Fayetteville</a>)*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WECT" title="WECT">WECT 6</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Wilmington_TV" title="Template:Wilmington TV">Wilmington</a>)*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WITN-TV" title="WITN-TV">WITN-TV 7</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Greenville/New_Bern/Washington_TV" title="Template:Greenville/New Bern/Washington TV">Washington/Greenville/New Bern</a>)*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WAVY-TV" title="WAVY-TV">WAVY-TV 10</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Hampton_Roads_TV" title="Template:Hampton Roads TV">Portsmouth/Norfolk, VA</a>)**</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WXII-TV" title="WXII-TV">WXII-TV 12</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Piedmont_Triad_TV" title="Template:Piedmont Triad TV">Winston-Salem/Greensboro/High Point</a>)*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WMBF-TV" title="WMBF-TV">WMBF-TV 32</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Myrtle_Beach/Florence_TV" title="Template:Myrtle Beach/Florence TV">Myrtle Beach/Florence, SC</a>)**</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">WCNC-TV 36</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Charlotte_TV" title="Template:Charlotte TV">Charlotte</a>)*</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/The_CW" title="The CW">The CW</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/WWAY" title="WWAY">WWAY-DT 3.3</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Wilmington_TV" title="Template:Wilmington TV">Wilmington</a>)*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WNCT-TV" title="WNCT-TV">WNCT-DT 9.2</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Greenville/New_Bern/Washington_TV" title="Template:Greenville/New Bern/Washington TV">Greenville/New Bern</a>)*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WPDE-TV" title="WPDE-TV">WPDE-DT 15.2</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Myrtle_Beach/Florence_TV" title="Template:Myrtle Beach/Florence TV">Florence/Myrtle Beach, SC</a>)**</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WCCB" title="WCCB">WCCB 18</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Charlotte_TV" title="Template:Charlotte TV">Charlotte</a>)*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WCWG" title="WCWG">WCWG 20</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Piedmont_Triad_TV" title="Template:Piedmont Triad TV">Lexington/Greensboro/High Point/Winston-Salem</a>)*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WLFL" title="WLFL">WLFL 22</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Raleigh-Durham_TV" title="Template:Raleigh-Durham TV">Raleigh/Durham/Fayetteville</a>)*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WVBT" title="WVBT">WVBT-DT 43.2</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Hampton_Roads_TV" title="Template:Hampton Roads TV">Virginia Beach/Norfolk, VA</a>)**</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WYCW" title="WYCW">WYCW 62</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:GSA_TV" class="mw-redirect" title="Template:GSA TV">Asheville/Greenville/Spartanburg/Anderson, SC</a>)*</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/MyNetworkTV" title="MyNetworkTV">MyNetworkTV</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/WITN-TV" title="WITN-TV">WITN-DT 7.2</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Greenville/New_Bern/Washington_TV" title="Template:Greenville/New Bern/Washington TV">Washington/Greenville/New Bern</a>)*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WBTW" title="WBTW">WBTW-DT 13.2</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Myrtle_Beach/Florence_TV" title="Template:Myrtle Beach/Florence TV">Florence/Myrtle Beach, SC</a>)**</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WLOS" title="WLOS">WLOS-DT 13.2</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:GSA_TV" class="mw-redirect" title="Template:GSA TV">Asheville/Greenville/Spartanburg/Anderson, SC</a>)*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WRDC" title="WRDC">WRDC 28</a><a href="/wiki/ATSC_3.0" title="ATSC 3.0">ATSC 3.0</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Raleigh-Durham_TV" title="Template:Raleigh-Durham TV">Durham/Raleigh/Fayetteville</a>)*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WTVZ-TV" title="WTVZ-TV">WTVZ-TV 33</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Hampton_Roads_TV" title="Template:Hampton Roads TV">Norfolk, VA</a>)**</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WMYV" title="WMYV">WMYV 48</a><a href="/wiki/ATSC_3.0" title="ATSC 3.0">ATSC 3.0</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Piedmont_Triad_TV" title="Template:Piedmont Triad TV">Greensboro/High Point/Winston-Salem</a>)*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WMYT-TV" title="WMYT-TV">WMYT-TV 55</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Charlotte_TV" title="Template:Charlotte TV">Rock Hill, SC/Charlotte</a>)*</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Ion_Television" title="Ion Television">Ion Television</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/WSPA-TV" title="WSPA-TV">WSPA-DT 7.3</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:GSA_TV" class="mw-redirect" title="Template:GSA TV">Spartanburg/Greenville/Anderson, SC/Asheville</a>)*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WBTW" title="WBTW">WBTW-DT 13.3</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Myrtle_Beach/Florence_TV" title="Template:Myrtle Beach/Florence TV">Florence/Myrtle Beach, SC</a>)**</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WGPX-TV" title="WGPX-TV">WGPX-TV 16</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Piedmont_Triad_TV" title="Template:Piedmont Triad TV">Burlington/Greensboro/High Point/Winston-Salem</a>)*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WSFX-TV" title="WSFX-TV">WSFX-DT 26.4</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Wilmington_TV" title="Template:Wilmington TV">Wilmington</a>)*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WEPX-TV" title="WEPX-TV">WPXU-TV 35 / WEPX-TV 38</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Greenville/New_Bern/Washington_TV" title="Template:Greenville/New Bern/Washington TV">Jacksonville/Greenville</a>)*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WJZY" title="WJZY">WJZY-DT 46.6</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Charlotte_TV" title="Template:Charlotte TV">Belmont/Charlotte</a>)*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WRPX-TV" title="WRPX-TV">WRPX-TV 47</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Raleigh-Durham_TV" title="Template:Raleigh-Durham TV">Rocky Mount/Raleigh/Durham</a>)*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WPXV-TV" title="WPXV-TV">WPXV-TV 49</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Hampton_Roads_TV" title="Template:Hampton Roads TV">Norfolk, VA</a>)**</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/PBS" title="PBS">PBS</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/WTVI" title="WTVI">WTVI 42</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Charlotte_TV" title="Template:Charlotte TV">Charlotte</a>)</li></ul> <dl><dt><a href="/wiki/PBS_North_Carolina" title="PBS North Carolina">PBS NC</a></dt> <dd>WUND-TV 2 (<a href="/wiki/Template:Hampton_Roads_TV" title="Template:Hampton Roads TV">Edenton</a>)</dd> <dd>WUNC-TV 4 (<a href="/wiki/Template:Raleigh-Durham_TV" title="Template:Raleigh-Durham TV">Chapel Hill</a>)</dd> <dd>WUNE-TV 17 (<a href="/wiki/Template:Charlotte_TV" title="Template:Charlotte TV">Linville</a>)</dd> <dd>WUNM-TV 19 (<a href="/wiki/Template:Greenville/New_Bern/Washington_TV" title="Template:Greenville/New Bern/Washington TV">Jacksonville</a>)</dd> <dd>WUNK-TV 25 (<a href="/wiki/Template:Greenville/New_Bern/Washington_TV" title="Template:Greenville/New Bern/Washington TV">Greenville</a>)</dd> <dd>WUNL-TV 26 (<a href="/wiki/Template:Piedmont_Triad_TV" title="Template:Piedmont Triad TV">Winston-Salem</a>)</dd> <dd>WUNW 27 (<a href="/wiki/Template:GSA_TV" class="mw-redirect" title="Template:GSA TV">Canton</a>)</dd> <dd>WUNU 31 (<a href="/wiki/Template:Myrtle_Beach/Florence_TV" title="Template:Myrtle Beach/Florence TV">Lumberton</a>)</dd> <dd>WUNF-TV 33 (<a href="/wiki/Template:GSA_TV" class="mw-redirect" title="Template:GSA TV">Asheville</a>)</dd> <dd>WUNP-TV 36 (<a href="/wiki/Template:Raleigh-Durham_TV" title="Template:Raleigh-Durham TV">Roanoke Rapids</a>)</dd> <dd>WUNJ-TV 39 (<a href="/wiki/Template:Wilmington_TV" title="Template:Wilmington TV">Wilmington</a>)</dd> <dd>WUNG-TV 58 (<a href="/wiki/Template:Charlotte_TV" title="Template:Charlotte TV">Concord</a>)</dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/WSKY-TV" title="WSKY-TV">WSKY-TV 4</a> (<a href="/wiki/Independent_station" title="Independent station">Ind.</a>, <a href="/wiki/Template:Hampton_Roads_TV" title="Template:Hampton Roads TV">Manteo/Norfolk, VA</a>)**</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WSOC-TV" title="WSOC-TV">WSOC-DT 9.2</a> (<a href="/wiki/Telemundo" title="Telemundo">TMD</a>, <a href="/wiki/Template:Charlotte_TV" title="Template:Charlotte TV">Charlotte</a>)*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WILM-LD" title="WILM-LD">WILM-LD 10</a> (<a href="/wiki/Independent_station" title="Independent station">Ind.</a>, <a href="/wiki/Template:Wilmington_TV" title="Template:Wilmington TV">Wilmington</a>)*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WWJS" title="WWJS">WWJS 14</a> (<a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Swaggart#Television" title="Jimmy Swaggart">SBN</a>, <a href="/wiki/Template:Charlotte_TV" title="Template:Charlotte TV">Hickory/Charlotte</a>)*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WGGS-TV" title="WGGS-TV">WGGS-TV 16</a> (<a href="/wiki/Religious_broadcasting" title="Religious broadcasting">Rel.</a>, <a href="/wiki/Template:GSA_TV" class="mw-redirect" title="Template:GSA TV">Greenville, SC</a>)*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WGSR-LD" title="WGSR-LD">WGSR-LD 19</a> (<a href="/wiki/Independent_station" title="Independent station">Ind.</a>, <a href="/wiki/Template:Piedmont_Triad_TV" title="Template:Piedmont Triad TV">Reidsville</a>)*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WARZ-LD" class="mw-redirect" title="WARZ-LD">WARZ-LD 21</a> (<a href="/wiki/Three_Angels_Broadcasting_Network" title="Three Angels Broadcasting Network">3ABN</a>, <a href="/wiki/Template:Raleigh-Durham_TV" title="Template:Raleigh-Durham TV">Smithfield</a>)*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WTPC-TV" title="WTPC-TV">WTPC-TV 21</a> (<a href="/wiki/Trinity_Broadcasting_Network" title="Trinity Broadcasting Network">TBN</a>, <a href="/wiki/Template:Hampton_Roads_TV" title="Template:Hampton Roads TV">Virginia Beach/Norfolk, VA</a>)**</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WWMB" title="WWMB">WWMB 21</a> (<a href="/wiki/Dabl" title="Dabl">Dabl</a>, <a href="/wiki/Template:Myrtle_Beach/Florence_TV" title="Template:Myrtle Beach/Florence TV">Florence/Myrtle Beach, SC</a>)**</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WGNT" title="WGNT">WGNT 27</a> (<a href="/wiki/Independent_station" title="Independent station">Ind.</a>, <a href="/wiki/Template:Hampton_Roads_TV" title="Template:Hampton Roads TV">Portsmouth/Norfolk, VA</a>)**</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WRAY-TV" title="WRAY-TV">WRAY-TV 30</a> / <a href="/wiki/WLXI" title="WLXI">WLXI 43</a> (<a href="/wiki/Tri-State_Christian_Television" title="Tri-State Christian Television">TCT</a>, <a href="/wiki/Template:Raleigh-Durham_TV" title="Template:Raleigh-Durham TV">Wake Forest</a>/<a href="/wiki/Template:Piedmont_Triad_TV" title="Template:Piedmont Triad TV">Greensboro</a>)*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WDKT-LD" class="mw-redirect" title="WDKT-LD">WDKT-LD 31</a> (<a href="/wiki/GEB_America" class="mw-redirect" title="GEB America">GEB</a>, <a href="/wiki/Template:GSA_TV" class="mw-redirect" title="Template:GSA TV">Hendersonville</a>)*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WNGT-CD" title="WNGT-CD">WNGT-CD 34</a><a href="/wiki/ATSC_3.0" title="ATSC 3.0">ATSC 3.0</a> (<a href="/wiki/Family_Broadcasting_Corporation" title="Family Broadcasting Corporation">WHT</a>, <a href="/wiki/Template:Raleigh-Durham_TV" title="Template:Raleigh-Durham TV">Smithfield</a>)*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WMYA-TV" title="WMYA-TV">WMYA-TV 40</a><a href="/wiki/ATSC_3.0" title="ATSC 3.0">ATSC 3.0</a> (<a href="/wiki/Dabl" title="Dabl">Dabl</a>, <a href="/wiki/Template:GSA_TV" class="mw-redirect" title="Template:GSA TV">Anderson/Greenville/Spartanburg, SC/Asheville</a>)*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WUVC-DT" title="WUVC-DT">WUVC-DT 40</a> / <a href="/wiki/WTNC-LD" title="WTNC-LD">WTNC-LD 26</a> (<a href="/wiki/Univision" title="Univision">UNI</a>, <a href="/wiki/Template:Raleigh-Durham_TV" title="Template:Raleigh-Durham TV">Fayetteville/Raleigh/Durham</a>)*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WHFL-CD" class="mw-redirect" title="WHFL-CD">WHFL-CD 43</a> (<a href="/wiki/The_Worship_Network" title="The Worship Network">Worship</a>, <a href="/wiki/Template:Raleigh-Durham_TV" title="Template:Raleigh-Durham TV">Goldsboro</a>)*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WQDH-LD" class="mw-redirect" title="WQDH-LD">WQDH-LD 49</a> (<a href="/wiki/Azteca_Am%C3%A9rica" title="Azteca América">Azteca</a>, <a href="/wiki/Template:Wilmington_TV" title="Template:Wilmington TV">Wilmington</a>)*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WRTD-CD" title="WRTD-CD">WRTD-CD 54</a> (<a href="/wiki/Telemundo" title="Telemundo">TMD</a>, <a href="/wiki/Template:Raleigh-Durham_TV" title="Template:Raleigh-Durham TV">Raleigh</a>)*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WFPX-TV" title="WFPX-TV">WFPX-TV 62</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bounce_TV" title="Bounce TV">Bounce</a>, <a href="/wiki/Template:Raleigh-Durham_TV" title="Template:Raleigh-Durham TV">Archer Lodge/Raleigh/Durham</a>)*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WAXN-TV" title="WAXN-TV">WAXN-TV 64</a><a href="/wiki/ATSC_3.0" title="ATSC 3.0">ATSC 3.0</a> (<a href="/wiki/Independent_station" title="Independent station">Ind.</a>, <a href="/wiki/Template:Charlotte_TV" title="Template:Charlotte TV">Kannapolis/Charlotte</a>)*</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div>(*) – indicates station is in one of North Carolina's primary <a href="/wiki/Media_market#Television" title="Media market">TV markets</a> (**) – indicates station is in an out-of-state TV market, but reaches a small portion of North Carolina</div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Broadcast_television_stations_by_affiliation_in_the_state_of_South_Carolina" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link 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href="/wiki/South_Carolina" title="South Carolina">South Carolina</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/American_Broadcasting_Company" title="American Broadcasting Company">ABC</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/WJBF" title="WJBF">WJBF 6</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Augusta_TV" title="Template:Augusta TV">Augusta, GA</a>)**</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WSOC-TV" title="WSOC-TV">WSOC-TV 9</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Charlotte_TV" title="Template:Charlotte TV">Charlotte, NC</a>)**</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WLOS" title="WLOS">WLOS 13</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:GSA_TV" class="mw-redirect" title="Template:GSA TV">Asheville, NC</a>)*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WPDE-TV" title="WPDE-TV">WPDE-TV 15</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Myrtle_Beach/Florence_TV" title="Template:Myrtle Beach/Florence TV">Florence</a>)*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WJCL_(TV)" title="WJCL (TV)">WJCL 22</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Savannah_TV" title="Template:Savannah TV">Savannah, GA</a>)**</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WOLO-TV" title="WOLO-TV">WOLO-TV 25</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Columbia_TV" title="Template:Columbia TV">Columbia</a>)*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WCIV" title="WCIV">WCIV-DT 36.2</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Charleston_TV" title="Template:Charleston TV">Charleston</a>)*</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/CBS" title="CBS">CBS</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/WBTV" title="WBTV">WBTV 3</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Charlotte_TV" title="Template:Charlotte TV">Charlotte, NC</a>)**</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WCSC-TV" title="WCSC-TV">WCSC-TV 5</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Charleston_TV" title="Template:Charleston TV">Charleston</a>)*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WSPA-TV" title="WSPA-TV">WSPA-TV 7</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:GSA_TV" class="mw-redirect" title="Template:GSA TV">Spartanburg</a>)*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WTOC-TV" title="WTOC-TV">WTOC-TV 11</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Savannah_TV" title="Template:Savannah TV">Savannah, GA</a>)**</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WRDW-TV" title="WRDW-TV">WRDW-TV 12</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Augusta_TV" title="Template:Augusta TV">Augusta, GA</a>)**</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WBTW" title="WBTW">WBTW 13</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Myrtle_Beach/Florence_TV" title="Template:Myrtle Beach/Florence TV">Florence</a>)*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WLTX" title="WLTX">WLTX 19</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Columbia_TV" title="Template:Columbia TV">Columbia</a>)*</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Fox_Broadcasting_Company" title="Fox Broadcasting Company">Fox</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/WHNS" title="WHNS">WHNS 21</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:GSA_TV" class="mw-redirect" title="Template:GSA TV">Greenville</a>)*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WTAT-TV" title="WTAT-TV">WTAT-TV 24</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Charleston_TV" title="Template:Charleston TV">Charleston</a>)*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WTGS" title="WTGS">WTGS 28</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Savannah_TV" title="Template:Savannah TV">Hardeeville/Savannah, GA</a>)**</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WFXB" title="WFXB">WFXB 43</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Myrtle_Beach/Florence_TV" title="Template:Myrtle Beach/Florence TV">Myrtle Beach</a>)*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WJZY" title="WJZY">WJZY 46</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Charlotte_TV" title="Template:Charlotte TV">Belmont, NC</a>)**</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WFXG" title="WFXG">WFXG 54</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Augusta_TV" title="Template:Augusta TV">Augusta, GA</a>)**</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WACH" title="WACH">WACH 57</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Columbia_TV" title="Template:Columbia TV">Columbia</a>)*</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/NBC" title="NBC">NBC</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/WCBD-TV" title="WCBD-TV">WCBD-TV 2</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Charleston_TV" title="Template:Charleston TV">Charleston</a>)*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WSAV-TV" title="WSAV-TV">WSAV-TV 3</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Savannah_TV" title="Template:Savannah TV">Savannah, GA</a>)**</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WYFF" title="WYFF">WYFF 4</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:GSA_TV" class="mw-redirect" title="Template:GSA TV">Greenville</a>)*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WIS_(TV)" title="WIS (TV)">WIS 10</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Columbia_TV" title="Template:Columbia TV">Columbia</a>)*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WAGT-CD" title="WAGT-CD">WAGT-CD 26</a> / <a href="/wiki/WRDW-TV" title="WRDW-TV">WRDW-DT 12.2</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Augusta_TV" title="Template:Augusta TV">Augusta, GA</a>)**</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WMBF-TV" title="WMBF-TV">WMBF-TV 32</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Myrtle_Beach/Florence_TV" title="Template:Myrtle Beach/Florence TV">Myrtle Beach</a>)*</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">WCNC-TV 36</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Charlotte_TV" title="Template:Charlotte TV">Charlotte, NC</a>)**</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/The_CW" title="The CW">The CW</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/WCBD-TV" title="WCBD-TV">WCBD-DT 2.2</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Charleston_TV" title="Template:Charleston TV">Charleston</a>)*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WSAV-TV" title="WSAV-TV">WSAV-DT 3.2</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Savannah_TV" title="Template:Savannah TV">Savannah, GA</a>)**</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WIS_(TV)" title="WIS (TV)">WIS-DT 10.2</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Columbia_TV" title="Template:Columbia TV">Columbia</a>)*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WPDE-TV" title="WPDE-TV">WPDE-DT 15.2</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Myrtle_Beach/Florence_TV" title="Template:Myrtle Beach/Florence TV">Florence</a>)*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WCCB" title="WCCB">WCCB 18</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Charlotte_TV" title="Template:Charlotte TV">Charlotte, NC</a>)**</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WAGT-CD" title="WAGT-CD">WAGT-CD 26.2</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Augusta_TV" title="Template:Augusta TV">Augusta, GA</a>)**</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WYCW" title="WYCW">WYCW 62</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:GSA_TV" class="mw-redirect" title="Template:GSA TV">Asheville, NC</a>)*</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/MyNetworkTV" title="MyNetworkTV">MyNetworkTV</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/WSAV-TV" title="WSAV-TV">WSAV-DT 3.3</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Savannah_TV" title="Template:Savannah TV">Savannah, GA</a>)**</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WRDW-TV" title="WRDW-TV">WRDW-DT 12.3</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Augusta_TV" title="Template:Augusta TV">Augusta, GA</a>)**</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WBTW" title="WBTW">WBTW-DT 13.2</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Myrtle_Beach/Florence_TV" title="Template:Myrtle Beach/Florence TV">Florence</a>)*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WLOS" title="WLOS">WLOS-DT 13.2</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:GSA_TV" class="mw-redirect" title="Template:GSA TV">Asheville, NC</a>)*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WCIV" title="WCIV">WCIV 36</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Charleston_TV" title="Template:Charleston TV">Charleston</a>)*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WMYT-TV" title="WMYT-TV">WMYT-TV 55</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Charlotte_TV" title="Template:Charlotte TV">Rock Hill/Charlotte, NC</a>)*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WKTC" title="WKTC">WKTC 63</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Columbia_TV" title="Template:Columbia TV">Sumter</a>)*</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Ion_Television" title="Ion Television">Ion Television</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/WCBD-TV" title="WCBD-TV">WCBD-DT 2.3</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Charleston_TV" title="Template:Charleston TV">Charleston</a>)*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WJBF" title="WJBF">WJBF-DT 6.3</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Augusta_TV" title="Template:Augusta TV">Augusta, GA</a>)**</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WSPA-TV" title="WSPA-TV">WSPA-DT 7.3</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:GSA_TV" class="mw-redirect" title="Template:GSA TV">Spartanburg</a>)*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WTOC-TV" title="WTOC-TV">WTOC-DT 11.5</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Savannah_TV" title="Template:Savannah TV">Savannah, GA</a>)**</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WBTW" title="WBTW">WBTW-DT 13.3</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Myrtle_Beach/Florence_TV" title="Template:Myrtle Beach/Florence TV">Florence</a>)*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WJZY" title="WJZY">WJZY-DT 46.6</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Charlotte_TV" title="Template:Charlotte TV">Belmont/Charlotte, NC</a>)**</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WZRB" title="WZRB">WZRB 47</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Columbia_TV" title="Template:Columbia TV">Columbia</a>)*</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/PBS" title="PBS">PBS</a> (<a href="/wiki/South_Carolina_Educational_Television" title="South Carolina Educational Television">SCETV</a>)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>WITV 7 (<a href="/wiki/Template:Charleston_TV" title="Template:Charleston TV">Charleston</a>)</li> <li>WEBA 14 (<a href="/wiki/Template:Augusta_TV" title="Template:Augusta TV">Allendale</a>)</li> <li>WJWJ 16 (<a href="/wiki/Template:Savannah_TV" title="Template:Savannah TV">Beaufort</a>)</li> <li>WHMC 23 (<a href="/wiki/Template:Myrtle_Beach/Florence_TV" title="Template:Myrtle Beach/Florence TV">Conway</a>)</li> <li>WRJA 27 (<a href="/wiki/Template:Columbia_TV" title="Template:Columbia TV">Sumter</a>)</li> <li>WNTV 29 (<a href="/wiki/Template:GSA_TV" class="mw-redirect" title="Template:GSA TV">Greenville</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WNSC-TV" title="WNSC-TV">WNSC 30</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Charlotte_TV" title="Template:Charlotte TV">Rock Hill</a>)</li> <li>WJPM 33 (<a href="/wiki/Template:Myrtle_Beach/Florence_TV" title="Template:Myrtle Beach/Florence TV">Florence</a>)</li> <li>WRLK 35 (<a href="/wiki/Template:Columbia_TV" title="Template:Columbia TV">Columbia</a>)</li> <li>WNEH 38 (<a href="/wiki/Template:GSA_TV" class="mw-redirect" title="Template:GSA TV">Greenwood</a>)</li> <li>WRET 49 (<a href="/wiki/Template:GSA_TV" class="mw-redirect" title="Template:GSA TV">Spartanburg</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/WGWG" title="WGWG">WGWG 4</a><a href="/wiki/ATSC_3.0" title="ATSC 3.0">ATSC 3.0</a> (<a href="/wiki/MeTV" title="MeTV">MeTV</a>, <a href="/wiki/Template:Charleston_TV" title="Template:Charleston TV">Charleston</a>)*</li> <li>WHDC-LD 12 (<a href="/wiki/Court_TV" title="Court TV">Court</a>, <a href="/wiki/Template:Charleston_TV" title="Template:Charleston TV">Charleston</a>)*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WWJS" title="WWJS">WWJS 14</a> (<a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Swaggart#Television" title="Jimmy Swaggart">SBN</a>, <a href="/wiki/Template:Charlotte_TV" title="Template:Charlotte TV">Hickory, NC</a>)**</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WGGS-TV" title="WGGS-TV">WGGS-TV 16</a> (<a href="/wiki/Religious_broadcasting" title="Religious broadcasting">Rel.</a> <a href="/wiki/Independent_station" title="Independent station">Ind.</a>, <a href="/wiki/Template:GSA_TV" class="mw-redirect" title="Template:GSA TV">Greenville</a>)*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WLCN-CD" title="WLCN-CD">WLCN-CD 18</a> (<a href="/wiki/Christian_Television_Network" title="Christian Television Network">CTN</a>, <a href="/wiki/Template:Charleston_TV" title="Template:Charleston TV">Charleston</a>)*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WWMB" title="WWMB">WWMB 21</a> (.1 <a href="/wiki/Dabl" title="Dabl">Dabl</a>, .2 <a href="/wiki/TBD_(TV_network)" title="TBD (TV network)">TBD</a>, .3 <a href="/wiki/The_Nest_(TV_network)" title="The Nest (TV network)">Nest</a>, .4 <a href="/wiki/Charge!_(TV_network)" title="Charge! (TV network)">Charge!</a>, <a href="/wiki/Template:Myrtle_Beach/Florence_TV" title="Template:Myrtle Beach/Florence TV">Florence</a>)*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WAZS-LD" title="WAZS-LD">WAZS-LD 29</a> (Quiero TV, <a href="/wiki/Template:Charleston_TV" title="Template:Charleston TV">Charleston</a>)*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/W30CV-D" class="mw-redirect" title="W30CV-D">W30CV-D 30/48</a> (<a href="/wiki/Independent_station" title="Independent station">Ind.</a>, <a href="/wiki/Template:Savannah_TV" title="Template:Savannah TV">Hilton Head Island</a>)**</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WDKT-LD" class="mw-redirect" title="WDKT-LD">WDKT-LD 31</a> (<a href="/wiki/GEB_America" class="mw-redirect" title="GEB America">GEB</a>, <a href="/wiki/Template:GSA_TV" class="mw-redirect" title="Template:GSA TV">Hendersonville, NC</a>)*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WSCG-LD" class="mw-redirect" title="WSCG-LD">WSCG-LD 34</a> (<a href="/wiki/Get_(TV_network)" title="Get (TV network)">Get</a>, <a href="/wiki/Template:Savannah_TV" title="Template:Savannah TV">Baxley, GA</a>)**</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WMYA-TV" title="WMYA-TV">WMYA-TV 40</a><a href="/wiki/ATSC_3.0" title="ATSC 3.0">ATSC 3.0</a> (<a href="/wiki/Dabl" title="Dabl">Dabl</a>, <a href="/wiki/Template:GSA_TV" class="mw-redirect" title="Template:GSA TV">Anderson</a>)*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WSQY-LD" class="mw-redirect" title="WSQY-LD">WSQY-LD 51</a> (<a href="/wiki/Daystar_(TV_network)" class="mw-redirect" title="Daystar (TV network)">Daystar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Template:GSA_TV" class="mw-redirect" title="Template:GSA TV">Greenville</a>)*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WAXN-TV" title="WAXN-TV">WAXN-TV 64</a><a href="/wiki/ATSC_3.0" title="ATSC 3.0">ATSC 3.0</a> (<a href="/wiki/Independent_station" title="Independent station">Ind.</a>, <a href="/wiki/Template:Charlotte_TV" title="Template:Charlotte TV">Kannapolis, NC</a>)**</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div>(*) – indicates station is in one of South Carolina's primary <a href="/wiki/Media_market#Television" title="Media market">TV markets</a> (**) – indicates station is in an out-of-state TV market, but reaches a small portion of South Carolina</div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Tegna_Inc." style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="3"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a 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href="/wiki/WFMY-TV" title="WFMY-TV">WFMY-TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WLTX" title="WLTX">WLTX</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WMAZ-TV" title="WMAZ-TV">WMAZ-TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WTOL" title="WTOL">WTOL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WTSP" title="WTSP">WTSP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WUSA_(TV)" title="WUSA (TV)">WUSA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WWL-TV" title="WWL-TV">WWL-TV</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/The_CW" title="The CW">The CW</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/KCWI-TV" title="KCWI-TV">KCWI-TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KFMB-TV" title="KFMB-TV">KFMB-TV</a> 3</li> <li><a href="/wiki/KSKN" title="KSKN">KSKN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KTTU-TV" title="KTTU-TV">KTTU-TV</a> 1</li> <li><a href="/wiki/KYTX" title="KYTX">KYTX</a> 3</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WCCT-TV" title="WCCT-TV">WCCT-TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WLMT" title="WLMT">WLMT</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WMAZ-TV" title="WMAZ-TV">WMAZ-TV</a> 3</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Fox_Broadcasting_Company" title="Fox Broadcasting Company">Fox</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/KIDY" title="KIDY">KIDY</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KMSB" title="KMSB">KMSB</a> 1</li> <li><a href="/wiki/KXVA" title="KXVA">KXVA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WPMT" title="WPMT">WPMT</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WTIC-TV" title="WTIC-TV">WTIC-TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WUPW" title="WUPW">WUPW</a> 2</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WZDX" title="WZDX">WZDX</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/MyNetworkTV" title="MyNetworkTV">MyNetworkTV</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/KFMB-TV" title="KFMB-TV">KFMB-TV</a> 3</li> <li><a href="/wiki/KIDY" title="KIDY">KIDY</a> 3</li> <li><a href="/wiki/KTVD" title="KTVD">KTVD</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KTTU-TV" title="KTTU-TV">KTTU-TV</a> 1, 3</li> <li><a href="/wiki/KUIL-LD" title="KUIL-LD">KUIL-LD</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KXVA" title="KXVA">KXVA</a> 3</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WATL" title="WATL">WATL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WLMT" title="WLMT">WLMT</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WQAD-TV" title="WQAD-TV">WQAD-TV</a> 3</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WUPL" title="WUPL">WUPL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WZDX" title="WZDX">WZDX</a> 3</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/NBC" title="NBC">NBC</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/KARE_(TV)" title="KARE (TV)">KARE</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KBMT" title="KBMT">KBMT</a> 3</li> <li><a href="/wiki/KCEN-TV" title="KCEN-TV">KCEN-TV</a> / <a href="/wiki/KAGS-LD" title="KAGS-LD">KAGS-LD</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KGW" title="KGW">KGW</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KING-TV" title="KING-TV">KING-TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KPNX" title="KPNX">KPNX</a> / <a href="/wiki/KNAZ-TV" title="KNAZ-TV">KNAZ-TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KSDK" title="KSDK">KSDK</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KTVB" title="KTVB">KTVB / KTFT</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KUSA_(TV)" title="KUSA (TV)">KUSA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KWES-TV" title="KWES-TV">KWES-TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WBIR-TV" title="WBIR-TV">WBIR-TV</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">WCNC-TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WCSH" title="WCSH">WCSH</a> / <a href="/wiki/WLBZ" title="WLBZ">WLBZ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WGRZ" title="WGRZ">WGRZ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WKYC" title="WKYC">WKYC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WTHR" title="WTHR">WTHR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WTLV" title="WTLV">WTLV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WXIA-TV" title="WXIA-TV">WXIA-TV</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other stations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Estrella_TV" title="Estrella TV">Estrella TV</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/KFAA-TV" title="KFAA-TV">KFAA-TV</a> 3</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Independent_station" title="Independent station">Independent</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/KFAA-TV" title="KFAA-TV">KFAA-TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KONG_(TV)" title="KONG (TV)">KONG</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KTVB" title="KTVB">KTVB</a> 3</li> <li><a href="/wiki/KTFT-LD" class="mw-redirect" title="KTFT-LD">KTFT-LD</a> 3</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MeTV" title="MeTV">MeTV</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/WALV-CD" title="WALV-CD">WALV-CD</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quest_(American_TV_network)" title="Quest (American TV network)">Quest</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/KTBU" title="KTBU">KTBU</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Radio</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/WBNS_(AM)" title="WBNS (AM)">WBNS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WBNS-FM" title="WBNS-FM">WBNS-FM</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">TV networks</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Digital_subchannel" title="Digital subchannel">Subchannels</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/True_Crime_Network" title="True Crime Network">True Crime Network</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quest_(American_TV_network)" title="Quest (American TV network)">Quest</a></li></ul></li> <li>Cable: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/NewsWatch_15" title="NewsWatch 15">NewsWatch 15</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Defunct</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/KIDZ-LD" title="KIDZ-LD">KIDZ-LD</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northwest_Cable_News" title="Northwest Cable News">Northwest Cable News</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/TXCN" title="TXCN">TXCN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Twist_(TV_network)" title="Twist (TV network)">Twist</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other asset</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Captivate_Network" title="Captivate Network">Captivate Network</a> (part owner)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" 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