WRTD-CD,
virtual channel 54 (
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channel 15), is a
Class A Telemundo owned-and-operated television station licensed to
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States. The station is owned by the
Telemundo Station Group subsidiary of
NBCUniversal. Under a
channel sharing agreement, WRTD-CD shares transmitter facilities with
Fox
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affiliate
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WRAZ (channel 50, owned by locally based
Capitol Broadcasting Company
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) near
Auburn, North Carolina
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. The station originates its
master control from the facilities of
WZDC-CD in
Washington, D.C., whose website links to WRTD's
public file.
Despite WRTD-CD legally holding a
low-power Class A
license
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, it transmits using WRAZ's full-power spectrum. This ensures complete reception across the
Research Triangle television market
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(Raleigh−
Durham−
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Fayetteville).
History
The station signed on in 1991 as W60BT. Its
call sign was changed to WHOA-LP in 1999, and to WZGS-CA in 2005.
WZGS-CA went
silent on April 1, 2010, due to losing its first affiliation with the
Spanish-language
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Telemundo network.
It then became an
independent station
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, airing
English, Spanish and
Portuguese programming. In the interim, the national cable/satellite feed for Telemundo served the market.
WZGS-CA resumed broadcasting on March 25, 2011.
The station changed its call sign to WZGS-CD on May 31, 2013.
On December 4, 2017, NBCUniversal's
Telemundo Station Group announced its purchase of
ZGS Communications' 13 television stations, including WZGS-CD. The sale marks NBCUniversal's re-entry into the Raleigh–Durham market, as they owned
WNCN (channel 17) from 1996 to 2006 (it is now a
CBS affiliate, owned by
Nexstar Media Group
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).
The sale was completed on July 20, 2018.
NBCUniversal changed the station's call letters to WRTD-CD
on July 25, 2018;
the station also rejoined Telemundo.
Subchannel
References
External links
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Telemundo Station Group
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Television channels and stations established in 1991
1991 establishments in North Carolina
Low-power television stations in the United States
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