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{{Short description|Television station in Raleigh, North Carolina}}
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{{Infobox television station
| callsign = WTNC-LD
| above = {{ubl|[[broadcast relay station#Broadcast translators|Translator]] of [[WUVC-DT]],|[[Fayetteville, North Carolina]]}}
| logo = WTNC-LD (2021).svg
| logo_upright = .8
| image = WUVC40-012013.png
| image_size = 180px
| branding = {{lang|es|italic=no|UniMás Raleigh}}
| digital = 11 ([[VHF]])
| virtual = 26
| translators = [[WUVC-DT]] 40.2 [[Fayetteville, North Carolina|Fayetteville]]
| subchannels =
| affiliations = {{ubl|'''26.1:''' [[UniMás]]|'''[[WUVC-DT|26.2]]:''' [[Univision]]|''for others, see {{section link||Subchannels}}''}}
| founded = {{start date|1995|3|7}}
| airdate = {{start date and age|1997|1|9}}
| location = [[Raleigh, North Carolina]]
| country = United States
| city =
| callsign_meaning = Telefutura North Carolina
| sister_stations = [[WUVC-DT]]
| owner = [[TelevisaUnivision]]
| licensee = WUVC License Partnership, [[General partnership|G.P.]]
| former_callsigns = {{ubl|W59CR (1997)|WIWW-LP (1997–2003)|WTNC-LP (2003–2010)}}
| former_channel_numbers = {{ubl|'''Analog:''' 59 ([[UHF]], 1997–1998), 26 (UHF, 1998–2010)|'''Digital:''' 19 (UHF, 2010–2020)}}
| former_affiliations =
| erp = 3 kW
| haat = {{convert|107.7|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
| facility_id = 70112
| class = [[Low-power broadcasting#Television|LD]]
| coordinates = {{coord|36|3|33.3|N|78|57|10.2|W|type:landmark}}
| licensing_authority = [[FCC]]
| website =
}}
'''WTNC-LD''' (channel 26) is a [[low-power television station]] licensed to [[Raleigh, North Carolina]], United States, broadcasting the Spanish-language [[UniMás]] network to the [[Research Triangle]] region. It is [[owned and operated]] by [[TelevisaUnivision]] alongside [[Fayetteville, North Carolina|Fayetteville]]-licensed [[Univision]] station [[WUVC-DT]] (channel 40). The two stations share studios on Falls of Neuse Road in Raleigh; WTNC-LD's transmitter is located on Rose of Sharon Road in [[Durham, North Carolina|Durham]].

Although WTNC-LD identifies as a separate station in its own right, it is officially licensed as a [[broadcast relay station#Broadcast translator|translator]] of WUVC-DT. In addition to its own digital signal, WTNC-LD is [[simulcast]] in [[high-definition television|high definition]] on WUVC-DT's second [[digital subchannel]] (40.2) from a transmitter northeast of [[Broadway, North Carolina]]. WUVC-DT, in turn, is simulcast on WTNC-LD's second digital subchannel.

==History==
[[File:WTNC26.png|thumb|upright|Former logo (2002-2013)]]
The station originally signed on in early 1997 as W59CR from a tower near the corner of [[NC 98]] and [[U.S. Route 70 in North Carolina|US 70 By-Pass]] in East Durham. Broadcasting then on channel 59, the station rebroadcast WACN-LP (channel 34) from [[Apex, North Carolina|Apex]], a Christian TV station. The call letters changed to WIWW-LP in late 1997.

When [[WUNC-TV]] needed UHF channel 59 for digital, WIWW vacated the channel for UHF 26 on the [[WNCU]] tower off Rose of Sharon Road in northwest Durham. It was [[home shopping]] for a while, then dark, then Telefutura (now UniMás).

In 2007, WTNC began simulcasting as a digital subchannel of sister station WUVC-TV in Fayetteville and other southern regions of the viewing area. In 2010, WTNC switched to digital broadcasting.

==Subchannels==
{{#section:WUVC-DT|subchannels}}
==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Other North Carolina Stations}}
{{Raleigh-Durham TV}}
{{Univision Communications}}
{{Major U.S. TV O-O Stations}}

[[Category:1997 establishments in North Carolina]]
[[Category:Low-power television stations in North Carolina|TNC-LD]]
[[Category:Spanish-language television stations in North Carolina|TNC-LD]]
[[Category:Television channels and stations established in 1997]]
[[Category:Television stations in the Research Triangle|TNC-LD]]
[[Category:UniMás affiliates]]


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