WCEE-LD

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WCEE-LD
Channels
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
  • Norsan Media
  • (Norsan Consulting and Management, LLC)
History
First air date
March 1, 1985;40 years ago (1985-03-01)
Former call signs
  • W68BL
  • W52CW
  • W16CF (2004–2013)
  • WCEE-LP (2013–2015)
  • Subscription TV (March 1985)
  • TBN (July 1985–2014)
  • Silent (2014)
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 67967
Class LD
ERP 15 kW
HAAT 187 m (614 ft)
Transmitter coordinates 35°15′7″N80°41′11″W / 35.25194°N 80.68639°W / 35.25194; -80.68639
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WCEE-LD (channel 16) is a low-power television station in Charlotte, North Carolina, United States, affiliated with Estrella TV and owned by Norsan Media. The station broadcasts from studios on East Independence Boulevard and a transmitter near Reedy Creek Park in the Newell section of Charlotte.

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History

Satellite Entertainment Network, Inc., won the right to build low-power channel 68 in Charlotte in a lottery in May 1984. [2] The win was a surprise to company president George Stein, who found out when a reporter contacted him seeking comment. [3] On March 1, 1985, this station began broadcasting as W68BL on channel 68. [4] It broadcast from an antenna atop Charlotte's First Union Plaza. [5] W68BL offered Premiere, a subscription television service available with the rental of a decoder and a monthly subscription. It was a major bust and folded a month later, after a reported $1 million investment. [4]

W68BL was out of service for three months until returning with programs from the Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN). TBN simultaneously filed to acquire the license from Satellite Entertainment Network. [6] The station moved in the late 1990s to channel 52 as W52CW and relocated again in 2004 to channel 16. [7]

Regal Media purchased 36 TBN translators in 2012. Norsan Consulting and Management purchased W16CF from Regal Media in 2013 to add to its complement of Hispanic-oriented radio stations in the market. [8] the station went back on the air on October 23, 2014, in digital as an affiliate of Estrella TV. It was the first Spanish-language TV station in Charlotte, joined in 2017 by a Telemundo subchannel of WSOC-TV. [9]

Norsan's Estrella TV stations in Charlotte; Charleston, South Carolina; and Jacksonville, Florida, share an evening news program. [10]

Technical information

Subchannels

The station's signal is multiplexed:

Subchannels of WCEE-LD [11]
Channel Res. Aspect Short nameProgramming
16.1 1080i 16:9 WCEE-HD Quiero TV
16.2WCEELD2Quiero Music
16.3 720p WCEELD3 Estrella TV

In 2023, Quiero TV and Quiero Music was added to new subchannels 16.2 and 16.3, respectively. In 2025, WCEE-LD re-arranged the subchannel alignments, with Quiero TV now on 16.1, Quiero Music on 16.2, and Estrella TV on 16.3.

References

  1. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for WCEE-LD". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ↑ "Company Wins Permit To Build Low-Power Station In Charlotte". The Charlotte Observer. Charlotte, North Carolina. May 31, 1984. p. 17A. Retrieved January 21, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ "Low-power TV license winner hasn't decided what to show". The Charlotte News. Charlotte, North Carolina. June 5, 1984. p. 3A. Retrieved January 21, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  4. 1 2 Borden, Jeff (April 3, 1985). "New Pay-Per-View TV Station Goes Out Of Business In Charlotte". The Charlotte Observer. Charlotte, North Carolina. p. 13A. Retrieved January 21, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ Wolf, Mark (January 10, 1985). "New Charlotte Station To Televise Pay-Per-View Movies Beginning Feb. 15". The Charlotte Observer. Charlotte, North Carolina. p. 17A. Retrieved January 21, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ Wolf, Mark (July 2, 1985). "Vacated Channel 68 Now Filled With Religious Programming". The Charlotte Observer. Charlotte, North Carolina. p. 17A. Retrieved January 21, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ "TBN has moved to Channel 16". The Charlotte Observer (Advertisement). Charlotte, North Carolina. November 26, 2004. p. E&T 29. Retrieved January 21, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ Washburn, Mark (May 4, 2013). "Broadcaster plans Spanish TV station". The Charlotte Observer. Charlotte, North Carolina. pp. 1E, 6E . Retrieved January 21, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  9. ↑ Washburn, Mark (March 10, 2017). "WSOC to launch Spanish channel". The Charlotte Observer. Charlotte, North Carolina. p. 11A. Retrieved January 21, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  10. ↑ Malone, Michael (August 9, 2023). "Local News Close-Up: Jacksonville Is Hot, and We're Not Talking Weather". Broadcasting & Cable. Retrieved January 21, 2024.
  11. ↑ "TV Query for WCEE-LD". RabbitEars .


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