W15EB-D (channel 21) is a low-power

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, United States. The station is owned by

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/ref> The transmitter is located on the Morris Communications Tower in South Charlotte.

History

The station's

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was issued on January 11, 1993 under the calls of W34BN. It was changed to DW34BN on September 1, 1993 and moved between the two until changing to W21CK-D on April 4, 2008. It changed to the current callsign of W15EB-D on October 8, 2019.

Subchannels

The station's digital signal is

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: In late 2019, subchannels 21.1 was assigned to

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and 21.2 was Three Angels Broadcasting Network (

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); in 2020, Soul of the South was dropped, moving 3ABN to 21.1 and

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was added on 21.2. In September 2020, its affiliation with 3ABN ended, with the 21.1 changed to Infomercials. In April 2021,

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was added on 21.1 and

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replaced

on 21.2.

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