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WCCB

WCCB (channel 18) is an independent television station in Charlotte, North Carolina, United States. It serves as the flagship station of locally based Bahakel Communications. WCCB's studios are located just outside Uptown Charlotte, off Independence Boulevard (across from Bojangles Coliseum), and its transmitter is located in Newell, an unincorporated…

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Technical information and subchannels

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Programming

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Out-of-market cable carriage

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Owner
Bahakel Communications · (North Carolina Broadcasting Partners)
Affiliations
18.1: Independent · for others, see § Technical information and subchannels
Branding
WCCB Charlotte; WCCB News
Call sign meaning
Charlotte Cy Bahakel (station owner and founder)
Channels
Digital: 18 (UHF) · Virtual: 18
ERP
963 kW

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WCCB

Nodes123
Edges122
Triples300
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.01626
Components1

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WCCB

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related to Relaunch · 39
WCCB → ABC, ABC's, Additionally, Alabama, An, As, Bahakel, Bahakel's, CBS, Century, Charlotte, Charlotte Cy Bahakel, Cy Bahakel, FCC, For, High Country, However, In June, It, Its
related to Technical information and subchannels · 34
WCCB → Air, Antenna TV, April, August, Charlotte, Cozi TV, Dabl, December, DVS, FCC, Home Shopping Network, In June, Jane, Mecklenburg County, Newell, On August, On January, On July, On October, One Magnificent Morning
related to CW affiliation · 32
WCCB → Another, Bahakel, Capitol Broadcasting Company, Charlotte, Charlotte CW, Charlotte's CW, CharlottesCW, CW, Durham CW/MyNetworkTV, Eastern Time Zone, Fox, Fox Charlotte, Fox Television Stations, Given, It, July, May, MyNetworkTV, NFC, On April
related to Beginnings · 31
WCCB → ABC, All-Channel Receiver Act, AM, As, Broadcasting, CBS, Channel, Charlotte's, Congress, Even, George Dowdy, Hugh Deadwyler, Inter-City, Inter-City Advertising, Inter-City's, It, January, Mecklenburg County, NBC, North Carolina's
related to Fox affiliation · 28
WCCB → After, April, Bahakel, Bahakel Communications, Broadcast Interactive Media, By, Carolina Panthers, CBS, Charlotte, Cy Bahakel, For, Fox, Fox Charlotte, Fox Interactive Media's, Fox's, Hornets, In, MyFox, National Football Conference, NBA's Charlotte Hornets
related to WUTV · 27
WCCB → ABC, After, April, Asheville, Century, Century Advertising, Century Advertising Co, Charlotte, Charlotte Coliseum, Charlotte's, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, Deadwyler, Even, However, In, Inc, NBC, North Carolina, September, Television Place
related to Programming · 19
WCCB → After, American Conference, Bahakel Sports, Charlotte, Charlotte Checkers, Conference USA's, Durham, Ebert, ESPN, Fox, Fox's New York City, Fox's Raleigh, It, Panthers, September, Siskel, WLFL, WNYW, WSOC-TV
related to News operation · 18
WCCB → ABC, Columbia, In, Ironically, It, January, Saturdays, Sunday, Sundays, That, WAXN-TV, WCCB News Got Game, WCCB's, WCNC, WCNC-produced, WOLO's, WOLO-TV's, WSOC-TV
related to Analog-to-digital conversion · 12
WCCB → Connelly Springs, It, June, Marion, On February, Smith Mountain, The, UHF, United States, W08BJ, W20DD-D, WSPA-TV
related to Out-of-market cable carriage · 11
WCCB → Asheville, Charlotte, Columbia, Greensboro, High Point, In, South Carolina, Tennessee, Tri-Cities, Virginia, Winston-Salem

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station charlotte channel fox cw affiliate 18 television nbc news abc 36 uhf would market wccb's independent bahakel signal time

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
WCCBAffiliations18.1: Independent1.00infobox
WCCBAffiliationsfor others, see § Technical information and subchannels1.00infobox
WCCBBrandingWCCB Charlotte; WCCB News1.00infobox
WCCBCall sign meaningCharlotte Cy Bahakel (station owner and founder)1.00infobox
WCCBChannelsDigital: 18 (UHF)1.00infobox
WCCBChannelsVirtual: 181.00infobox
WCCBERP963 kW1.00infobox
WCCBFacility ID491571.00infobox
WCCBFirst air dateFirst incarnation: January 5, 1954 (1954-01-05)1.00infobox
WCCBFirst air dateSecond incarnation: September 5, 1961 (1961-09-05)1.00infobox
WCCBFirst air dateCurrent incarnation: November 1, 1964 (1964-11-01)1.00infobox
WCCBFormer affiliationsABC (1954–1955, 1967–1978)1.00infobox
WCCBFormer affiliationsNBC (secondary, 1954–1955 and 1964–1967)1.00infobox
WCCBFormer affiliationsDark (1955–1961, 1963–1964)1.00infobox
WCCBFormer affiliationsIndependent (1961–1963, 1964–1967, 1978–1986)1.00infobox
WCCBFormer affiliationsABC (secondary, 1964–1967)1.00infobox
WCCBFormer affiliationsCBS (secondary, 1964–1967)1.00infobox
WCCBFormer affiliationsUnited (1967)1.00infobox
WCCBFormer affiliationsFox (1986–2013)1.00infobox
WCCBFormer affiliationsThe CW (2013–2025)1.00infobox
WCCBFormer call signsWAYS-TV (1954–1955)1.00infobox
WCCBFormer call signsWQMC (1955–1957)1.00infobox
WCCBFormer call signsWUTV (1957–1964)1.00infobox
WCCBFormer channel numbersAnalog: 36 (UHF, 1954–1966), 18 (UHF, 1966–2009)1.00infobox
WCCBFormer channel numbersDigital: 27 (UHF, 1999–2019)1.00infobox
WCCBHAAT364 m (1,194 ft)1.00infobox
WCCBLast air dateFirst incarnation: March 15, 1955 (1955-03-15)1.00infobox
WCCBLast air dateSecond incarnation: May 16, 1963 (1963-05-16)1.00infobox
WCCBLicensing authorityFCC1.00infobox
WCCBOwnerBahakel Communications1.00infobox

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