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Line 1: {{short description|NBC affiliate in Charlotte, North Carolina}} {{distinguish|text=[[WNCN]], the [[CBS]] affiliate for [[Raleigh, North Carolina]]}} {{good article}} {{Use mdy dates|date= {{Infobox television station | callsign = WCNC-TV Line 11 ⟶ 10: | digital = 24 ([[ultra high frequency|UHF]]) | virtual = 36 | translators = ''see {{section link||Translators}}''
| affiliations = {{ubl|'''36.1:''' [[NBC]]|''for others, see {{section link||Subchannels}}''}} | subchannels = Line 22 ⟶ 21: | former_callsigns = {{ubl|WCTU-TV (1967–1970)|WRET-TV (1970–1980)|WPCQ-TV (1980–1989)}} | former_channel_numbers = {{ubl|'''Analog:''' 36 (UHF, 1967–2009)|'''Digital:''' 22 (UHF, 1999–2019)}} | former_affiliations = [[Independent station | erp = 857 kW | haat = {{convert|592.2|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} Line 33 ⟶ 32: '''WCNC-TV''' (channel 36) is a [[television station]] in [[Charlotte, North Carolina]], United States, affiliated with [[NBC]]. The station is owned by [[Tegna Inc.]] WCNC-TV's studios are located in the Wood Ridge Center office complex off [[Billy Graham]] Parkway ([[Charlotte Route 4|Route 4]]), just east of the [[Billy Graham Library]] in south Charlotte, and its transmitter is located in north-central [[Gaston County, North Carolina|Gaston County]]. Channel 36 was established as WCTU-TV, an independent television station, in 1967. After falling into [[receivership]] brought on by severe economic hardship, WCTU was purchased by [[Atlanta]] broadcast pioneer [[Ted Turner]]. Renamed WRET-TV, the station's fortunes turned around and thrived throughout the 1970s. WRET became Charlotte's NBC affiliate in 1978 following [[WSOC-TV]]'s switch from NBC to [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]], launching local newscasts. Turner sold WRET to [[Westinghouse Broadcasting]] in 1979 to raise capital for his new venture [[CNN]]; as WPCQ-TV, the station struggled with limited resources, frequently ==History== Line 42 ⟶ 41: ===Charlotte Telecasters era=== The current incarnation of channel 36 signed on the air on July 9, 1967, as WCTU-TV.<ref>{{Cite news |date=July 1, 1967 |title=New Station Going On Air July 9 |page=12C |work=The Charlotte News |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/45711915/new-station-going-on-air-july-9/ |access-date=December 17, 2020 |via=Newspapers.com |archive-date=March 13, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210313012235/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/45711915/new-station-going-on-air-july-9/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Dr. Harold W. Twisdale, a dentist from Charlotte, and [[Washington, D.C.]]-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 [[WTVI]] successfully objected;{{r|life}} the U stood for UHF.<ref>{{Cite news |date=May 17, 1966 |title=Channel 36 Will Seek WCTU As Call Letters |page=14A |work=The Charlotte Observer |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/65679316/ |access-date=December 20, 2020 |via=Newspapers.com |archive-date=March 28, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210328182033/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/65679316/channel-36-will-seek-wctu-as-call/ |url-status=live }}</ref>) WCTU was North Carolina's first [[ Twisdale and Steel were the lead investors in other planned UHF stations; though construction permits were never built for stations in [[Memphis, Tennessee|Memphis]] and [[Richmond, Virginia|Richmond]] and the group lost out on channel 28 in [[Durham, North Carolina|Durham]], WCTU-TV and WATU-TV (later [[WAGT (TV)|WAGT]]) in [[Augusta, Georgia]], 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.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Jackson |first=Dot |date=August 20, 1969 |title=WTCU [sic] Owner Fights Debts To Stay On Air |page=6C |work=The Charlotte Observer |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/66106729/ |access-date=December 26, 2020 |via=Newspapers.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210329010138/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/66106729/court-hearing-wtcu-sic-owner-fights/ |archive-date=March 29, 2021}}</ref> Line 158 ⟶ 157: ===Notable former on-air staff=== * [[Heather Childers]] – weekend anchor (1992–1995; [[Fox News|Fox News Channel]], now [[Newsmax TV]] as of late 2020)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Heather Childers bio |url=http://www.foxnews.com/on-air/personalities/heather-childers/bio/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130928043749/http://www.foxnews.com/on-air/personalities/heather-childers/bio/ |archive-date=September 28, 2013 |access-date=September 26, 2013 |publisher=[[Fox News]]}}</ref> * [[Amanda Davis (journalist)|Amanda Davis]] – reporter (1979–1982; later at [[Satellite News Channel|SNC]] as a correspondent in Washington, D.C. (1982–1983), [[WAGA-TV|WAGA]] in Atlanta (1986–2013), and [[WANF|WGCL]] in Atlanta (2015–2017); passed away on December 27, 2017){{r|davis}} * [[Allen Denton]] – anchor (1996–2000; later at [[KUSI-TV]] in [[San Diego]])<ref>{{Cite news |last=Keveney |first=Bill |date=July 8, 2000 |title=WCNC-TV anchor Denton leaves for San Jose station |page=4B |work=The Charlotte Observer |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/65569682/ |access-date=December 18, 2020 |via=Newspapers.com |archive-date=March 28, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210328182425/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/65569682/wcnc-tv-anchor-denton-leaves-for-san/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Line 174 ⟶ 173: |- ! scope = "col" | [[Digital subchannel#United States|Channel]] ! scope = "col" | [[Display resolution| ! scope = "col" | [[Aspect ratio (image)|Aspect]] ! scope = "col" | Short name | |||