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WCEE-LD (channel 16) is a low-power television station in Charlotte, North Carolina, United States, affiliated with Estrella TV and owned by Norsan Media. The station broadcasts from studios on East Independence Boulevard and a transmitter near Reedy Creek Park in the Newell section of Charlotte.

History

Satellite Entertainment Network, Inc., won the right to build low-power channel 68 in Charlotte in a lottery in May 1984. The win was a surprise to company president George Stein, who found out when a reporter contacted him seeking comment. On March 1, 1985, this station began broadcasting as W68BL on channel 68. It broadcast from an antenna atop Charlotte's First Union Plaza. W68BL offered Premiere, a subscription television service available with the rental of a decoder and a monthly subscription. It was a major bust and folded a month later, after a reported $1 million investment.

W68BL was out of service for three months until returning with programs from the Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN). TBN simultaneously filed to acquire the license from Satellite Entertainment Network. The station moved in the late 1990s to channel 52 as W52CW and relocated again in 2004 to channel 16.

Regal Media purchased 36 TBN translators in 2012. Norsan Consulting and Management purchased W16CF from Regal Media in 2013 to add to its complement of Hispanic-oriented radio stations in the market. the station went back on the air on October 23, 2014, in digital as an affiliate of Estrella TV. It was the first Spanish-language TV station in Charlotte, joined in 2017 by a Telemundo subchannel of WSOC-TV.

Norsan's Estrella TV stations in Charlotte; Charleston, South Carolina; and Jacksonville, Florida, share an evening news program.

Technical information

Subchannels

The station's signal is multiplexed:

In 2023, Quiero TV and Quiero Music was added to new subchannels 16.2 and 16.3, respectively.

References

1. "Facility Technical Data for WCEE-LD". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
2. "Company Wins Permit To Build Low-Power Station In Charlotte". The Charlotte Observer. Charlotte, North Carolina. May 31, 1984. p. 17A. Retrieved January 21, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
3. "Low-power TV license winner hasn't decided what to show". The Charlotte News. Charlotte, North Carolina. June 5, 1984. p. 3A. Retrieved January 21, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
4. ^ Borden, Jeff (April 3, 1985). "New Pay-Per-View TV Station Goes Out Of Business In Charlotte". The Charlotte Observer. Charlotte, North Carolina. p. 13A. Retrieved January 21, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
5. Wolf, Mark (January 10, 1985). "New Charlotte Station To Televise Pay-Per-View Movies Beginning Feb. 15". The Charlotte Observer. Charlotte, North Carolina. p. 17A. Retrieved January 21, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
6. Wolf, Mark (July 2, 1985). "Vacated Channel 68 Now Filled With Religious Programming". The Charlotte Observer. Charlotte, North Carolina. p. 17A. Retrieved January 21, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
7. "TBN has moved to Channel 16". The Charlotte Observer (Advertisement). Charlotte, North Carolina. November 26, 2004. p. E&T 29. Retrieved January 21, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
8. Washburn, Mark (May 4, 2013). "Broadcaster plans Spanish TV station". The Charlotte Observer. Charlotte, North Carolina. pp. 1E, 6E. Retrieved January 21, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
9. Washburn, Mark (March 10, 2017). "WSOC to launch Spanish channel". The Charlotte Observer. Charlotte, North Carolina. p. 11A. Retrieved January 21, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
10. Malone, Michael (August 9, 2023). "Local News Close-Up: Jacksonville Is Hot, and We're Not Talking Weather". Broadcasting & Cable. Retrieved January 21, 2024.
11. "TV Query for WCEE-LD". RabbitEars.

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