WHKY-TV

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WHKY-TV

Hickory/Charlotte, North Carolina
Branding	WHKY-TV 14
Channels	14 (UHF) analog, 40 (UHF) digital
Affiliations	Independent Jewelry Television
Owner	Long Communications, LLC
Founded	February 14, 1968
Call letters meaning	W HicKorY
Website	www.whky.com/

WHKY-TV is an independent television station based out of Hickory, North Carolina. It broadcasts on UHF channel 14 (analog) and channel 40 (digital), and is seen on cable channel 7 on Charter Communications cable systems and channel 18 on Time Warner Cable systems in the Charlotte area. It was founded and is operated by the Long family. The station airs programming from Jewelry Television in addition to paid programming and locally produced religious and entertainment shows.

The station signed on February 14, 1968; it is North Carolina's oldest independent station. It primarily targets the northwestern corner of the Charlotte market.

In 2002, WHKY expanded its grade B signal to cover the northern corner of Mecklenburg County by installing a new antenna. This was enough to force Time Warner to carry it under the FCC's "must-carry" rules, though the station was all but unwatchable in the immediate Charlotte area. However, the station began identifying as "Hickory-Charlotte" on-air. In 2004 WHKY was able to increase its power to 2 million watts, but is still all but unviewable over the air in most of the market.

In June, 2006 WHKY-TV begin broadcasting on Dish Network and DirecTV which offer WHKY-TV in its local television station package to customers. WHKY-TV is available via satellite to all viewers living in the Charlotte television market, expanding the station’s reach to cover 2 million people in North and South Carolina.

The station is co-owned with WHKY Radio (AM 1290).

[edit] Newscasts

The station produces two weeknight half-hour Local Newscast titled Unifour Tonight, hosted by Jim Karas.

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Broadcast television in the Charlotte market (Nielsen DMA #26)
WBTV 3 (CBS) - WSOC 9 (ABC) - WHKY 14 (Ind) - W16CF 16 / W38CN 38 / W66ST 66 (TBN) - WUNE 17 / WUNG 58 (PBS/UNC-TV) - WCCB 18 (Fox) - WLNN-LP 24 / WTBL-LP 49 (A1) - WGTB-LP 28 (FN/LeSEA) - WNSC 30 (PBS/SCETV) - WCNC 36 (NBC, WX Plus on DT2) - WTVI 42 (PBS) - WJZY 46 (The CW) - WMYT 55 (MNTV) - WAXN 64 (Ind)
Local cable television channels
CMS TV3 - News 14 Carolina - Ch. 16 (Local Government) - C-SET (defunct)
See also Broadcast television in Greenville/Spartanburg/Asheville, Columbia and Piedmont Triad