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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 (), just east of the Billy Graham Library in south Charlotte, and its transmitter is located in north-central Gaston County.
In 1977, ABC announced that it had lured away WSOC-TV to be its new outlet in the Charlotte market beginning July 1, 1978, replacing WCCB. That decision set off a two-station showdown between WCCB and nine-year-old independent WRET-TV (channel 36, now WCNC-TV) for the NBC affiliation in Charlotte. [22] WCCB was initially seen as the favorite.
WCNC TV news anchor Fred Shropshire is leaving the Charlotte NBC affiliate for a station in a larger market.. Shropshire will join NBC 10 in Philadelphia, WCAU, as a weekday anchor and reporter on ...
36 WUNE-TV: The Explorer Channel satellite of WUNC-TV ch. 4 Chapel Hill PBS on 17.1, PBS Kids on 17.3, The North Carolina Channel on 17.4 Charlotte: 18 18 WCCB: CW: Start TV on 18.2, MeTV on 18.3, QVC on 18.4, Heroes and Icons on 18.5, Dabl on 18.6, HSN on 18.7, Cozi TV on 18.8 Charlotte: 36 24 WCNC-TV: NBC
The station first signed on the air on April 28, 1957, [2] as Charlotte's third television station, after WBTV (channel 3) and WAYS-TV (channel 36, later WQMC-TV); it was also Charlotte's second station on the VHF band. It operated from a temporary facility on Plaza Road Extension in what was then a rural portion of eastern Mecklenburg County.
On June 29, 2021, WAXN-TV converted the digital channel 32 to ATSC 3.0, hosting simulcasts from WBTV, WSOC-TV, WCNC-TV and WJZY. Existing ATSC 1.0 channels from WAXN-TV previously on channel 32 are hosted by WBTV, WSOC-TV and WCNC-TV, but retain their virtual channel 64 identities as part of the arrangement.
WCNC may refer to: WCNC-TV , a television station (channel 24, virtual 36) licensed to Charlotte, North Carolina, United States WCNC (AM) , a radio station (1240 AM) licensed to Elizabeth City, North Carolina, United States
It was the first full-market Charlotte station since WCTU-TV (channel 36, now WCNC-TV) launched in July 1967 [9] [10] (WHKY-TV [channel 14] in Hickory had signed on in 1968, but mostly targeted the northwestern portion of the market).