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| Branding | UniMás Raleigh |
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| Sister stations | WUVC-DT |
| History | |
| Founded | March 7, 1995 (1995-03-07) |
| First air date | January 9, 1997; 27 years ago (1997-01-09) |
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| Call sign meaning | Telefutura North Carolina |
| Technical information | |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 70112 |
| Class | LD |
| ERP | 3 kW |
| HAAT | 107.7 m (353 ft) |
| Transmitter coordinates | 36°3′33.3″N 78°57′10.2″W / 36.059250°N 78.952833°W / 36.059250; -78.952833 |
| Translator(s) | WUVC-DT 40.2 Fayetteville |
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| 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
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
| Channel | Res. | Aspect | Short name | Programming | |
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| 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
- "Facility Technical Data for WTNC-LD". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- "RabbitEars TV Query for WUVC". RabbitEars.info. Retrieved November 23, 2024.
- "RabbitEars TV Query for WTNC". RabbitEars.info. Retrieved November 23, 2024.
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