W47CK

W47CK
Shallotte/Wilmington, North Carolina United States

Branding	WMYW My 47
Channels	Analog: 47 (UHF)
Affiliations	MyNetworkTV
Owner	WBHQ Columbia, LLC (Timothy McIver)
Founded	2006
Call letters' meaning	MYNetworkTV Wilmington
Sister station(s)	WKTC
Transmitter power	13 kW
Height	150 m
Class	LP
Facility ID	9069
Transmitter coordinates	34°02′36″N 78°19′55″W / 34.04333°N 78.33194°W / 34.04333; -78.33194

W47CK is the low-powered, MyNetworkTV-affiliated television station for North Carolina's Cape Fear region that is licensed to Shallotte. It broadcasts an analog signal on UHF channel 47 from a transmitter, on Royal Oak Road in Lockwoods Folly Township, northwest of Supply. The station can also be seen on Time Warner Cable digital channel 150. Syndicated programming on the station includes It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Access Hollywood, and The People's Court among others.

Overview

It identifies on-air as using the fictional "WMYW" call sign but these call letters are unrecognized by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). W47CK is one of two television stations in Wilmington which continued to operate analog signals after the market's voluntary digital switchover on September 8, 2008 and has continued to broadcast in the same format since the June 12 national transition date.

Unlike public broadcasting station WUNJ, W47CK has no companion digital facilities and has not applied for them or even to perform a "flash-cut" to digital with the FCC. Low-powered television stations like W47CK are not required to switch to digital in the United States though two other low-powered outlets (CBS affiliate WILM-LD and former Trinity Broadcasting Network station W51CW) did make an early switch in Wilmington on the voluntary date.

For a period of time, WITN-DT2 from Washington, North Carolina could be seen on Time Warner Cable digital channel 931 in the greater Wilmington area since W47CK was technically ineligible for carriage on cable providers due to its low-powered status. As a result, the clearance allowed WITN-DT2 to unofficially serve as Wilmington's Me-TV outlet since, at that time, there was no associated television station with the network in the area. Eventually, Time Warner Cable would pick up W47CK on its digital tier and subsequently dropped WITN-DT2 from the lineup. (WILM-LD would soon offer Me-TV on their subchannel.)

External links

Query the FCC's TV station database for W47CK

Television stations in the Wilmington, North Carolina area

Reception may vary by location and some stations may only be viewable with cable television

Digital television	WWAY (3.1 ABC, 3.2 The CW, 3.3 Cozi TV) WECT (6.1 NBC, 6.2 Bounce, 6.3 Escape) WILM-LD (10.1 CBS, 10.2 Me-TV) WADA-LD (18.1 Laff, 18.2 DrTV) WSFX (26.1 Fox, 26.2 This TV, 26.3 Grit) WTMV (29.1 Antenna, 29.2 Heartland, 29.3 Tuff) WUNJ (39.1 PBS, 39.2 Kids, 39.3 Explorer, 39.4 North Carolina) W51CW-D (51.1 silent)

Analog television	W47CK 47 (MNTV)

North Carolina broadcast television areas by city Asheville Charlotte Greensboro Greenville, NC Myrtle Beach, SC Norfolk, VA Raleigh Wilmington

MyNetworkTV Network Affiliates in the state of North Carolina

WITN-DT 7.2 (Washington) WRDC 28 (Durham/Raleigh/Fayetteville) W47CK 47 (Wilmington) WMYV 48 (Greensboro) WMYT 55 (Charlotte)

See also ABC CBS CW Fox Ion MyNetworkTV NBC PBS Other stations in North Carolina

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