WTVI
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| Charlotte, North Carolina | |
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| Branding | WTVI |
| Slogan | Community. Television. |
| Channels | Digital: 11 (VHF) Virtual: 42 (PSIP) |
| Translators | 14 (UHF) Hickory |
| Affiliations | PBS |
| Owner | Charlotte-Mecklenburg Public Broadcasting Authority |
| First air date | August 27, 1965 |
| Call letters' meaning | TeleVision Information |
| Former channel number(s) | Analog: 42 (1965-2009) |
| Former affiliations | NET (1965-1970) |
| Transmitter power | 2.2 kW |
| Height | 363 m |
| Facility ID | 10645 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 35°17′14″N 80°41′45″W / 35.28722°N 80.69583°W |
| Website | www.wtvi.org |
WTVI is a Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) member public television station based in Charlotte, North Carolina. The station broadcasts on digital channel 11 (virtual channel 42). It is the only public television station in North Carolina that is not operated by UNC-TV, and one of three serving Charlotte (UNC-TV's WUNG and SCETV's WNSC-TV are the others). The only other PBS station between Washington, D.C., and Atlanta that's not part of a state network is Hampton Roads' WHRO-TV.
The station first signed on August 27, 1965[1]; at first, it was owned by the local board of education. WTVI's original station manager was Donna Lee Davenport, who was also instrumental in creating the station. In 1982, WTVI's license was transferred to the not-for-profit Charlotte-Mecklenburg Public Broadcasting Authority, making the station community-owned.
Mecklenburg County covers the debt on WTVI's digital broadcasting equipment and maintains the station's studios, located on Commonwealth Avenue in Charlotte. The county also pays WTVI $95,000 annually to broadcast county commission meetings.[2]
WTVI's board was advised on June 30, 2011, that the station was running a $300,000 deficit and that the station's long-term operation was questionable if its financial condition did not improve.[2]
WTVI is aired on cable channel 5 in Charlotte and surrounding areas, channel 4 in Kannapolis and Metrolina, and channel 9 in York and Lancaster counties (the area's actual channel 9, WSOC-TV, is seen on cable channel 4).
The call letters were first used by a station broadcasting on UHF channel 54 in St. Louis, Missouri, in the early 1950s, eventually becoming KTVI channel 2.[citation needed] In recent years, WTVI has been carried on cable in Troy, which is within the Greensboro media market.
[edit] Digital programming
In 2000, WTVI began digital broadcasting on VHF channel 11, and added four additional virtual channels, including one High-Definition channel. WTVI was the first high-definition production television station in Charlotte.
Although the DTV Delay Act permitted waiting until June 12, 2009 to switch, WTVI began broadcasting only a digital signal on the original transition date of February 17, 2009.
WTVI's digital channel is multiplexed among 3 subchannels:
| Subhannels | Name | Programming |
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| 42.1 | WTVI-HD | Main WTVI programming / PBS |
| 42.2 | WTVI-MH | MHz WorldView |
| 42.3 | WTVI-ED | Create |
Before February 17, 2009, WTVI's digital channel configuration was:
| Subhannels | Name | Programming |
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| 42.1 | WTVI | Main WTVI Programming / PBS |
| 42.2 | WTVI-CV | "The Civic Channel" |
| 42.3 | WTVI-ED | Create |
| 42.4 | WTVI-KD | PBS Kids |
| 42.5 | WTVI-HD | Main WTVI Programming / PBS HD |
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- WTVI website
- Query the FCC's TV station database for WTVI
- BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on WTVI-TV
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