WCIV

WCIV
Channels
Branding
  • MyTV Charleston
  • ABC 4; News 4 (DT2)
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
WTAT-TV (news share agreement)
History
FoundedAugust 25, 1988
First air date
December 1, 1992 (31 years ago) (1992-12-01)
Former call signs
  • WCTP (1992–1995)
  • WBNU (1995–1997)
  • WMMP (1997–2014)
Former channel number(s)
  • Analog: 36 (UHF, 1992–2009)
  • Digital: 35 (UHF, 2002–2009), 36 (UHF, 2009–2019)
Call sign meaning
Technical information[3]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID9015
ERP1,000 kW
HAAT583.3 m (1,914 ft)
Transmitter coordinates32°56′25″N 79°41′44″W / 32.94028°N 79.69556°W / 32.94028; -79.69556
Links
Public license information
Website

WCIV (channel 36) is a television station in Charleston, South Carolina, United States, affiliated with MyNetworkTV and ABC. The station is owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group, and maintains studios on Allbritton Boulevard along US 17/701 (Johnnie Dodds Boulevard) in Mount Pleasant and a transmitter in Awendaw, South Carolina.

In September 2014, due to complications arising from Sinclair's acquisition of the original WCIV (channel 4) from its previous owner, Allbritton Communications, WCIV's programming and ABC affiliation was moved onto the second digital subchannel of Sinclair's existing station in the market, MyNetworkTV affiliate WMMP. WCIV's license was sold to Howard Stirk Holdings in order to form a new station using its existing facilities. In preparation for the sale, the WCIV and WMMP intellectual units swapped signals on September 30, 2014, with WCIV moving to WMMP's channel 36 signal and WMMP moving to WCIV's channel 34 signal respectively. WMMP then began carrying programming from ZUUS Country, and has since changed its calls to WGWG.

  1. ^ "DTV Engineering STA Application". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission. September 10, 2019. Retrieved September 24, 2019.
  2. ^ WTAT Request for STA
  3. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WCIV". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.