WTNC-LD (channel 26) is a low-powered

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, United States, broadcasting the Spanish-language

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network. It is

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alongside Fayetteville-licensed

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owned-and-operated station

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(channel 40). Both stations share studios on Falls of Neuse Road in Raleigh, while WTNC-LD's transmitter is located on Rose of Sharon Road in

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. Although WTNC-LD identifies as a separate station in its own right, it is officially licensed as a

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of WUVC-DT. In addition to its own digital signal, WTNC-LD is

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in high definition on WUVC-DT's second

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(virtual channel 40.2, UHF channel 22.2) 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

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, 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

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tower off Rose of Sharon Road in northwest Durham. It was

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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

The station's digital signal is

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References

External links

* TNC-LD UniMás network affiliates TNC-LD Television channels and stations established in 1997 1997 establishments in North Carolina Low-power television stations in the United States {{NorthCarolina-tv-station-stub