WTNC-LD
{{Short description|Television station in Raleigh, North Carolina}}
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{{Infobox television station
| callsign = WTNC-LD
| above = {{ubl|Translator of WUVC-DT,|Fayetteville, North Carolina}}
| logo = WTNC-LD (2021).svg
| logo_upright = .8
| image = WUVC40-012013.png
| image_size = 180px
| branding = {{lang|es|italic=no|UniMás Raleigh}}
| digital = 11 (VHF)
| virtual = 26
| translators = WUVC-DT 40.2 Fayetteville
| subchannels =
| affiliations = {{ubl|26.1: UniMás|26.2: Univision|for others, see {{section link||Subchannels}}}}
| founded = {{start date|1995|3|7}}
| airdate = {{start date and age|1997|1|9}}
| location = Raleigh, North Carolina
| country = United States
| city =
| callsign_meaning = Telefutura North Carolina
| sister_stations = WUVC-DT
| owner = TelevisaUnivision
| licensee = WUVC License Partnership, G.P.
| former_callsigns = {{ubl|W59CR (1997)|WIWW-LP (1997–2003)|WTNC-LP (2003–2010)}}
| former_channel_numbers = {{ubl|Analog: 59 (UHF, 1997–1998), 26 (UHF, 1998–2010)|Digital: 19 (UHF, 2010–2020)}}
| former_affiliations =
| erp = 3 kW
| haat = {{convert|107.7|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
| facility_id = 70112
| class = LD
| coordinates = {{coord|36|3|33.3|N|78|57|10.2|W|type:landmark}}
| licensing_authority = FCC
| website =
}}
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
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
{{#section:WUVC-DT|subchannels}}
References
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{{Other North Carolina Stations}}
{{Raleigh-Durham TV}}
{{Univision Communications}}
{{Major U.S. TV O-O Stations}}
Category:1997 establishments in North Carolina
Category:Television channels and stations established in 1997
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