WTVI
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| WTVI | |
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station_slogan = Community. Television. |
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| Charlotte, North Carolina | |
| Branding | WTVI |
| Channels | 42 (UHF) analog, 11 (VHF) digital |
| Affiliations | PBS |
| Owner | Charlotte-Mecklenburg Public Broadcasting Authority |
| Founded | June 20, 1965 |
| Call letters meaning | W TeleVision Information |
| Former affiliations | NET (1965-1970) |
| Website | www.wtvi.org/ |
WTVI is a PBS member station based in Charlotte, North Carolina. The station broadcasts on UHF channel 42 and ATSC digital channel 11. It is the only public television station in North Carolina that's 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 statewide network is Hampton Roads' WHRO-TV.
The station first signed on June 20, 1965; 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.
In 2000, WTVI began digital broadcasting on VHF channel 11, and added 4 additional virtual channels, including one High-Definition channel. WTVI was the first, and to this day, the only, high-definition production television station in Charlotte.
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.
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| Broadcast television in the Charlotte market (Nielsen DMA #26) | ||
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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) - WTVI 42 (PBS) - WJZY 46 (The CW) - WMYT 55 (MNTV) - WAXN 64 (Ind) |
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| Local cable television channels | ||
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CMS TV3 - News 14 Carolina - Ch. 16 (Local Government) - C-SET (defunct) |
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| See also Broadcast television in Greenville/Spartanburg/Asheville, Columbia and Piedmont Triad | ||
| PBS Member Stations in the state of North Carolina | |
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| See also: ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC, CW, MNTV and Other stations in North Carolina | |
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