WTNC-LD
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Branding | UniMás Raleigh |
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WUVC-DT | |
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Founded | March 7, 1995 |
First air date | January 9, 1997 |
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Call signmeaning | Telefutura North Carolina |
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Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 70112 |
Class | LD |
ERP | 3 kW |
HAAT | 107.7 m (353 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 36°3′33.3″N78°57′10.2″W/ 36.059250°N 78.952833°W |
Translator(s) | WUVC-DT40.2Fayetteville |
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Public license information | LMS |
WTNC-LD(channel 26) is alow-power television stationlicensed toRaleigh, North Carolina,United States, broadcasting the Spanish-languageUniMásnetwork to theResearch Triangleregion. It isowned and operatedbyTelevisaUnivisionalongsideFayetteville-licensedUnivisionstationWUVC-DT(channel 40). The two stations share studios on Falls of Neuse Road in Raleigh; WTNC-LD's transmitter is located on Rose of Sharon Road inDurham.
Although WTNC-LD identifies as a separate station in its own right, it is officially licensed as atranslatorof WUVC-DT. In addition to its own digital signal, WTNC-LD issimulcastinhigh definitionon WUVC-DT's seconddigital subchannel(40.2) from a transmitter northeast ofBroadway, North Carolina.WUVC-DT, in turn, is simulcast on WTNC-LD's second digital subchannel.
History
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The station originally signed on in early 1997 as W59CR from a tower near the corner ofNC 98andUS 70 By-Passin East Durham. Broadcasting then on channel 59, the station rebroadcast WACN-LP (channel 34) fromApex,a Christian TV station. The call letters changed to WIWW-LP in late 1997.
WhenWUNC-TVneeded UHF channel 59 for digital, WIWW vacated the channel for UHF 26 on theWNCUtower off Rose of Sharon Road in northwest Durham. It washome shoppingfor a while, then dark, then Telefutura (now UniMás).
In 2007, WTNC began simulcasting as a digital subchannel of sister station WUVC-TV in Fayetteville and other southern regions of the viewing area. In 2010, WTNC switched to digital broadcasting.
Subchannels
[edit]The station's signal ismultiplexed:
Channel | Res. | Aspect | Short name | Programming |
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26.1 | 720p | 16:9 | UNIMAS | UniMás |
26.2 | WUVC-DT | Univision(WUVC-DT) | ||
26.3 | 480i | BOUNCE | Bounce TV | |
26.4 | getTV | GetTV | ||
26.5 | LAFF | Laff | ||
26.6 | Quest | Quest | ||
26.7 | NVSN | Nuestra Visión(soon) |
References
[edit]- ^"Facility Technical Data for WTNC-LD".Licensing and Management System.Federal Communications Commission.
- ^Digital TV Market Listing for WTNC