WTVI

WTVI

Charlotte, North Carolina United States
Channels	Digital: 9 (VHF) Virtual: 42
Branding	PBS Charlotte
Programming
Affiliations	42.1: PBS 42.2: NHK World
Ownership
Owner	Central Piedmont Community College
History
First air date	August 27, 1965 (59 years ago) (1965-08-27)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 42 (UHF, 1965–2009) Digital: 11 (VHF, 2000–2020)
Former affiliations	NET (1965–1970)
Call sign meaning	Television Information
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	10645
ERP	2.57 kW
HAAT	359 m (1,178 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	35°17′15″N 80°41′44″W / 35.28750°N 80.69556°W / 35.28750; -80.69556
Translator(s)	28 (UHF) Hickory
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Website	www.wtvi.org

WTVI (channel 42) is a PBS member television station in Charlotte, North Carolina, United States, owned by Central Piedmont Community College. The station's studios are located in the Chantilly-Commonwealth section of east Charlotte, and its transmitter is located in the unincorporated area of Newell in northeastern Mecklenburg County (just northeast of the Charlotte city limits). It is the only public television station in North Carolina that is not operated by PBS North Carolina, and is one of three PBS member stations serving the Charlotte metropolitan area, along with PBS North Carolina's WUNG-TV (channel 58) in Concord and South Carolina Educational Television (SCETV)'s WNSC-TV (channel 30) in Rock Hill.