WTVI
PBS member station in Charlotte, North Carolina
WTVI (channel 42) is a PBS member television station in Charlotte, North Carolina, United States, owned by Central Piedmont Community College. The station's studios are located in the Chantilly-Commonwealth section of east Charlotte, and its transmitter is located in the unincorporated area of Newell in northeastern Mecklenburg County (just northeast of the Charlotte city limits). It is the only public television station in North Carolina that is not operated by PBS North Carolina, and is one of three PBS member stations serving the Charlotte metropolitan area, along with PBS North Carolina's WUNG-TV (channel 58) in Concord and South Carolina Educational Television (SCETV)'s WNSC-TV (channel 30) in Rock Hill.
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Branding | PBS Charlotte |
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Ownership | |
Owner | Central Piedmont Community College |
History | |
First air date | August 27, 1965 (1965-08-27) |
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Call sign meaning | Television Information |
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Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 10645 |
ERP | 2.57 kW |
HAAT | 359 m (1,178 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 35°17′15″N 80°41′44″W / 35.28750°N 80.69556°W / 35.28750; -80.69556 |
Translator(s) | 28 (UHF) Hickory |
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Website | www |
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for WTVI". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.