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-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.
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| Branding | UniMás Raleigh |
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| Founded | March 7, 1995 |
First air date | January 9, 1997 |
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Call sign meaning | Telefutura North Carolina |
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Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 70112 |
| Class | LD |
| ERP | 3 kW |
| HAAT | 107.7 m (353 ft) |
| Transmitter coordinates | 36°3′33.3″N 78°57′10.2″W / 36.059250°N 78.952833°W |
| Translator(s) | WUVC-DT 40.2 Fayetteville |
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Public license information | LMS |
Although WTNC-LD identifies as a separate station in its own right, it is officially licensed as a translator of WUVC-DT. In addition to its own digital signal, WTNC-LD is simulcast in 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
The station originally signed on in early 1997 as W59CR from a tower near the corner of NC 98 and US 70 By-Pass in East Durham. Broadcasting then on channel 59, the station rebroadcast WACN-LP (channel 34) from 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
The station's signal is multiplexed:
| Channel | Res. | Aspect | Short name | Programming |
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| 26.1 | 720p | 16:9 | UNIMAS | UniMás |
| 26.2 | WUVC-DT | Univision (WUVC-DT) | ||
| 26.3 | 480i | BOUNCE | Bounce TV | |
| 26.4 | getTV | GetTV | ||
| 26.5 | LAFF | Laff | ||
| 26.6 | Quest | Quest | ||
| 26.7 | NVSN | Nuestra Visión (soon) |