WTNC-LD

WTNC-LD

Translator of WUVC-DT, Fayetteville, North Carolina
Raleigh, North Carolina United States
Channels	Digital: 11 (VHF) Virtual: 26
Branding	UniMás Raleigh
Programming
Affiliations	26.1: UniMás 26.2: Univision for others, see § Subchannels
Ownership
Owner	TelevisaUnivision (WUVC License Partnership, G.P.)
Sister stations	WUVC-DT
History
Founded	March 7, 1995 (1995-3-7)
First air date	January 9, 1997;28 years ago (1997-01-09)
Former call signs	W59CR (1997) WIWW-LP (1997–2003) WTNC-LP (2003–2010)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 59 (UHF, 1997–1998), 26 (UHF, 1998–2010) Digital: 19 (UHF, 2010–2020)
Call sign meaning	Telefutura North Carolina
Technical information [1]
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 / 36.059250; -78.952833
Translator(s)	WUVC-DT 40.2 Fayetteville
Links
Public license information	LMS

WTNC-LD (channel 26) is a low-power television station licensed to Raleigh, North Carolina, United States, broadcasting the Spanish-language UniMás network to the Research Triangle region. It is owned and operated by TelevisaUnivision alongside Fayetteville-licensed Univision station WUVC-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 in Durham.

Although WTNC-LD identifies as a separate station in its own right, it is officially licensed as a translator of WUVC-DT. In addition to its own digital signal, WTNC-LD is simulcast in high definition on WUVC-DT's second digital subchannel (40.2) from a transmitter northeast of Broadway, North Carolina. WUVC-DT, in turn, is simulcast on WTNC-LD's second digital subchannel.

History

Former logo (2002-2013)

The station originally signed on in early 1997 as W59CR from a tower near the corner of NC 98 and US 70 By-Pass in East Durham. Broadcasting then on channel 59, the station rebroadcast WACN-LP (channel 34) from Apex, a Christian TV station. The call letters changed to WIWW-LP in late 1997.

When WUNC-TV needed UHF channel 59 for digital, WIWW vacated the channel for UHF 26 on the WNCU tower off Rose of Sharon Road in northwest Durham. It was home shopping for 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

Subchannels of WUVC-DT ^[2] and WTNC-LD ^[3]

Channel		Res.	Aspect	Short name	Programming
WUVC-DT	WTNC-LD
40.1	26.2	720p	16:9	WUVC-DT	Univision
40.2	26.1			UNIMAS	UniMás
40.3	26.3	480i		Confess	Confess
40.4	26.4		4:3	GetTV	Get
40.5	26.5		16:9	Laff	Laff
40.6	26.6			Quest	Quest

References

1. "Facility Technical Data for WTNC-LD". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
2. "RabbitEars TV Query for WUVC". RabbitEars.info . Retrieved November 23, 2024.
3. "RabbitEars TV Query for WTNC". RabbitEars.info . Retrieved November 23, 2024.