WCEN-DT6

The WCHC call letters are not related to the oldies station in Ithaca.
WCHC is the TCN owned-and-operated station Newark, New Jersey, and serves the whole New York City metropolitan area; which formerly held the call letters WCHC as a separately-licensed full-power station. WCEN-DT6 is owned by the The Pierre Péladeau Company subsidiary Central Television Network and operates as the sixth digital subchannel of Central O&O WCEN (channel 7), which began to host it as of November 22, 2021 after Sinclair sold the former WCGV spectrum in an incentive auction.
== History ==
WCHC signed on the air on January 23, 1998. The first program aired on the station was The Partridge Family. The station began its news operation later in the year, with News 6 debuting in November. The newscast aired at 7 p.m. and 10 p.m. It was later renamed to NewsChannel6. The 6 refers to its cable channel number.
On April 19, 2002, WCHC's studio was struck by lightning during a thunderstorm. The news desk and weather center sustained damage, but no staff members were injured. The rest of that month's newscasts were done from the newsroom while a new studio was being built.
The station currently airs newscasts from 4:30 a.m. to 7 a.m., and at 9 a.m., noon, 4 p.m., 5 p.m., 6 p.m., 7 p.m., and 10 p.m. on weekdays. The station also produces a local lifestyle show, TCNYC (TCN-NYC), which airs weekday mornings at 9:30 a.m.
As The Pierre Péladeau Company purchased TCN in 2021, it sold its UHF spectrum on November 17, 2021. Its channels was merged onto WCEN's spectrum in a channel share arrangement, and retain their existing numbering and identification as WCHC New York and being associated under the WCHC calls.
Syndicated programming seen on WCHC includes The Doctors, Dr. Phil, and black-ish.
== Subchannels ==
Channel	SD/HD	PSIP Short Name	Programming
6.1 	HD 	WCHC-1 	Main WCHC programming / TCN
6.2 	SD 	WCHC-2 	Bites
6.3 	SD 	WCHC-3 	TCN Weather Live
== Schedule ==
Below is WCHC's fall 2021 schedule.
 	Monday 	Tuesday 	Wednesday 	Thursday 	Friday 	Saturday 	Sunday
12:00 AM	black-ish 	Dr. Phil 	Dr. Phil 	Dr. Phil 	Dr. Phil 	Dr. Phil 	Friends
12:30 AM	black-ish 	Dr. Phil 	Dr. Phil 	Dr. Phil 	Dr. Phil 	Dr. Phil 	Friends
1:00 AM 	NewsChannel6 at Ten 	The Doctors 	The Doctors 	The Doctors 	The Doctors 	The Doctors 	Just For Laughs: Gags
1:30 AM 	Instant Replay 	The Doctors 	The Doctors 	The Doctors 	The Doctors 	The Doctors 	Just For Laughs: Gags
2:00 AM 	Paid Programming 	Young Sheldon 	Young Sheldon 	Young Sheldon 	Young Sheldon 	Young Sheldon 	World's Funniest Weather
2:30 AM 	Paid Programmming 	Young Sheldon 	Young Sheldon 	Young Sheldon 	Young Sheldon 	Young Sheldon 	World's Funniest Weather
3:00 AM 	Paid Programming 	NewsChannel6 at Ten 	NewsChannel6 at Ten 	NewsChannel6 at Ten 	NewsChannel6 at Ten 	NewsChannel6 at Ten 	Weather Gone Viral
3:30 AM 	Paid Programming 	NewsChannel6 at Ten 	NewsChannel6 at Ten 	NewsChannel6 at Ten 	NewsChannel6 at Ten 	NewsChannel6 at Ten 	Weather Gone Viral
4:00 AM 	TCN News Early Edition 	TCN News Early Edition 	TCN News Early Edition 	TCN News Early Edition 	TCN News Early Edition 	TCN News Early Edition Weekend 	TCN News Early Edition Weekend
4:30 AM 	NewsChannel6 Breakfast 	NewsChannel6 Breakfast 	NewsChannel6 Breakfast 	NewsChannel6 Breakfast 	NewsChannel6 Breakfast 	Paid Programming 	Paid Programming
5:00 AM 	NewsChannel6 Breakfast 	NewsChannel6 Breakfast 	NewsChannel6 Breakfast 	NewsChannel6 Breakfast 	NewsChannel6 Breakfast 	NewsChannel6 Breakfast Saturday 	NewsChannel6 Breakfast Sunday
5:30 AM 	NewsChannel6 Breakfast 	NewsChannel6 Breakfast 	NewsChannel6 Breakfast 	NewsChannel6 Breakfast 	NewsChannel6 Breakfast 	NewsChannel6 Breakfast Saturday 	NewsChannel6 Breakfast Sunday
6:00 AM 	NewsChannel6 Breakfast 	NewsChannel6 Breakfast 	NewsChannel6 Breakfast 	NewsChannel6 Breakfast 	NewsChannel6 Breakfast 	NewsChannel6 Breakfast Saturday 	NewsChannel6 Breakfast Sunday
6:30 AM 	NewsChannel6 Breakfast 	NewsChannel6 Breakfast 	NewsChannel6 Breakfast 	NewsChannel6 Breakfast 	NewsChannel6 Breakfast 	NewsChannel6 Breakfast Saturday 	NewsChannel6 Breakfast Sunday
7:00 AM 	TCN News This Morning 	TCN News This Morning 	TCN News This Morning 	TCN News This Morning 	TCN News This Morning 	NewsChannel6 Breakfast Saturday 	NewsChannel6 Breakfast Sunday
7:30 AM 	TCN News This Morning 	TCN News This Morning 	TCN News This Morning 	TCN News This Morning 	TCN News This Morning 	NewsChannel6 Breakfast Saturday 	NewsChannel6 Breakfast Sunday
8:00 AM 	TCN News This Morning 	TCN News This Morning 	TCN News This Morning 	TCN News This Morning 	TCN News This Morning 	TCN News Saturday Morning 	NewsChannel6 Breakfast Sunday
8:30 AM 	TCN News This Morning 	TCN News This Morning 	TCN News This Morning 	TCN News This Morning 	TCN News This Morning 	TCN News Saturday Morning 	NewsChannel6 Breakfast Sunday
9:00 AM 	NewsChannel6 After Breakfast 	NewsChannel6 After Breakfast 	NewsChannel6 After Breakfast 	NewsChannel6 After Breakfast 	NewsChannel6 After Breakfast 	TCN News Saturday Morning 	NewsChannel6 Breakfast Sunday
9:30 AM 	TCNYC 	TCNYC 	TCNYC 	TCNYC 	TCNYC 	TCN News Saturday Morning 	NewsChannel6 Breakfast Sunday
10:00 AM	The Take 	The Take 	The Take 	The Take 	The Take 	Arthur 	TCN News Sunday Morning
10:30 AM	The Take 	The Take 	The Take 	The Take 	The Take 	Peg + Cat 	TCN News Sunday Morning
11 AM 	Dr. Phil 	Dr. Phil 	Dr. Phil 	Dr. Phil 	Dr. Phil 	Elinor Wonders Why 	NY In Depth
11:30 AM	Dr. Phil 	Dr. Phil 	Dr. Phil 	Dr. Phil 	Dr. Phil 	Sesame Street 	NY In Depth
12 PM 	NewsChannel6 at Noon 	NewsChannel6 at Noon 	NewsChannel6 at Noon 	NewsChannel6 at Noon 	NewsChannel6 at Noon 	Molly of Denali 	WCHC Weekend Movie Marathon
12:30 PM	Before You Go 	Before You Go 	Before You Go 	Before You Go 	Before You Go 	Pinkalicious and Peterrific 	WCHC Weekend Movie Marathon
1:00 PM 	Supermarket Sweep 	Supermarket Sweep 	Supermarket Sweep 	Supermarket Sweep 	Supermarket Sweep 	WCHC Weekend Movie 	WCHC Weekend Movie Marathon
1:30 PM 	black-ish 	black-ish 	black-ish 	black-ish 	black-ish 	WCHC Weekend Movie 	WCHC Weekend Movie Marathon
2:00 PM 	The Doctors 	The Doctors 	The Doctors 	The Doctors 	The Doctors 	WCHC Weekend Movie 	WCHC Weekend Movie Marathon
2:30 PM 	The Doctors 	The Doctors 	The Doctors 	The Doctors 	The Doctors 	WCHC Weekend Movie 	WCHC Weekend Movie Marathon
3:00 PM 	The Six 	The Six 	The Six 	The Six 	The Six 	WCHC Weekend Movie 	WCHC Weekend Movie Marathon
3:30 PM 	The Six 	The Six 	The Six 	The Six 	The Six 	WCHC Weekend Movie 	WCHC Weekend Movie Marathon
4:00 PM 	NewsChannel6 at Four 	NewsChannel6 at Four 	NewsChannel6 at Four 	NewsChannel6 at Four 	NewsChannel6 at Four 	WCHC Weekend Movie 	WCHC Weekend Movie Marathon
4:30 PM 	NewsChannel6 at Four 	NewsChannel6 at Four 	NewsChannel6 at Four 	NewsChannel6 at Four 	NewsChannel6 at Four 	WCHC Weekend Movie 	WCHC Weekend Movie Marathon
5:00 PM 	NewsChannel6 at Five 	NewsChannel6 at Five 	NewsChannel6 at Five 	NewsChannel6 at Five 	NewsChannel6 at Five 	NewsChannel6 at Five Saturday 	Storm of Suspicion
5:30 PM 	NewsChannel6 at Five 	NewsChannel6 at Five 	NewsChannel6 at Five 	NewsChannel6 at Five 	NewsChannel6 at Five 	NewsChannel6 at Five Saturday 	Storm of Suspicion
6:00 PM 	Six at Six 	Six at Six 	Six at Six 	Six at Six 	Six at Six 	Six at Six Saturday 	Six at Six Sunday
6:30 PM 	TCN Tonight with Donna Lake 	TCN Tonight with Donna Lake 	TCN Tonight with Donna Lake 	TCN Tonight with Donna Lake 	TCN Tonight with Donna Lake 	TCN Tonight Saturday with Chip Bartlow	Six at Six Sunday
7:00 PM 	NewsChannel6 at Seven 	NewsChannel6 at Seven 	NewsChannel6 at Seven 	NewsChannel6 at Seven 	NewsChannel6 at Seven 	NewsChannel6 Week in Review 	America's Next Top Model
7:30 PM 	Hollywood Scoop 	Hollywood Scoop 	Hollywood Scoop 	Hollywood Scoop 	Hollywood Scoop 	Hollywood Scoop #Weekend 	America's Next Top Model
8:00 PM 	Impress Me 	Step by Step 	Grace Under Fire 	Bewitched 	The Amira Clarke Show 	WKRP in Cincinnati 	Wordy
8:30 PM 	Impress Me 	Step by Step 	Whatever Happened To...? 	I Dream of Jeannie 	Ellen 	WKRP in Cincinnati 	Tic Tac Dough
9:00 PM 	This Just In 	Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior 	Detective Dawn 	Cold Blood 	Silk Stalkings 	Port Charles 	Magnum, P.I.
9:30 PM 	Lansing Cake Company 	Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior 	Detective Dawn 	Cold Blood 	Silk Stalkings 	Landis County Trading Post 	Magnum, P.I.
10:00 PM	NewsChannel6 at Ten 	NewsChannel6 at Ten 	NewsChannel6 at Ten 	NewsChannel6 at Ten 	NewsChannel6 at Ten 	NewsChannel6 at Ten 	NewsChannel6 at Ten
10:30 PM	NewsChannel6 at Ten 	NewsChannel6 at Ten 	NewsChannel6 at Ten 	NewsChannel6 at Ten 	NewsChannel6 at Ten 	NewsChannel6 at Ten 	Instant Replay
11:00 PM	Bob's Burgers 	Bob's Burgers 	Bob's Burgers 	Bob's Burgers 	Bob's Burgers 	Family Guy 	Highway thru Hell
11:30 PM	TCN News Nightcap with Melissa Black	TCN News Nightcap with Melissa Black	TCN News Nightcap with Melissa Black	TCN News Nightcap with Melissa Black	TCN News Nightcap with Melissa Black	Family Guy 	Highway thru Hell
== Staff ==
=== Anchors ===
* Zaine Lynch - weekdays, 4:30 a.m.
* Stefano Moon - weekdays, 5 a.m. to 7 a.m., 9 a.m.
* Taylor Cherry - weekdays, 5 a.m. to 7 a.m., 9 a.m.
* Teagan Flores - weekdays, 12 p.m. and 4 p.m.
* Brooklyn Britton - weekdays, 4 p.m. and 10 p.m.
* Shelby Allman - weekdays, 4 p.m. and 5 p.m.
* Perry Young - weekdays, 6 p.m. and 10 p.m. 
* Cleo Finnegan - Saturdays, 5 a.m. to 8 a.m., Sundays, 5 a.m. to 10 a.m. 
* Quinn Hayward-Brownley - Sundays, 5 a.m. to 10 a.m.
* Gia Parkes - Saturdays, 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., 10 p.m., Sundays, 6 p.m. and 10 p.m.
=== Meteorologists ===
* Seymour Hopman - weekdays, 4:30 a.m. to 7 a.m.
* Otis Needham - weekdays, 9 a.m. and 12 p.m.
* Mason Ferguson - weekdays, 4 p.m., 5 p.m. and 6 p.m.
* Naomi Cochran - weekdays, 5:30 p.m. and 10 p.m.
* Isla-Mae Solomon - Saturdays, 5 a.m. to 8 a.m.
* Enoch Costa - Saturdays, 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., 10 p.m., Sundays, 6 p.m. and 10 p.m.
* Diane Sharp - Sundays, 5 a.m. to 10 a.m.
=== Traffic ===
* Campbell Watkins - weekdays, 4:30 a.m. to 7 a.m., 9 a.m.
* Joey O'Neill - weekdays, 4 p.m. and 5 p.m.
* Patty Lennon - weekends, 5 a.m. to 8 a.m.
=== Reporters ===
* Patsy Noel
* Howard Odling
* Gene Cannon
* Reya Cohen
* Andrew Barr
* Owen East - also host of TCNYC
* Gracie King
* Millie Hutton
* Larry Moody
* Hayden Serrano
* Jacqueline Clarkson - also host of TCNYC
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