WCCB

==WAYS-TV==
===1954===
WCCB traces its roots to WAYS-TV, a primary ABC and secondary NBC affiliate, which signed on the air on January 5, 1954. Broadcasting on UHF channel 36, it was North Carolina's second UHF station (after WNAO-TV in Raleigh), as well as the second television station in the Charlotte market. It was owned by George Dowdy and his company, Inter-City Advertising, owners of WAYS radio (610 AM, now WFNZ); Intercity had filed for channel 11 prior to the 1948 TV freeze, amended its application to specify channel 9 in 1952, then sought channel 36 instead to avoid a comparative hearing.
==WQMC-TV==
===January–March 1955===
==WUTV==
===1962–1963===
==WCCB (-TV)==
===1964–1966===
In June 1964, businessman Cy Bahakel—who moved from Roanoke, Virginia, to Charlotte—bought the dormant channel 36 license and facilities from Century for $175,000. An addition would be made to the studio building as part of Bahakel's efforts to return the station to the air. He returned the station to air on November 1 of that year as WCCB-TV (for "Charlotte Cy Bahakel"). Charlotte had only two network-affiliated stations and no full-time ABC affiliate.
===1966–1967===
On November 1, 1966, WCCB moved from channel 36 to channel 18, broadcasting from a new tower located on Newell Hickory Grove Road in northeast Charlotte. The new channel 18 facility was capable of 1.35 million watts of power, giving WCCB a coverage area comparable to those of WBTV and WSOC-TV. In 1967, WSOC-TV dropped all ABC programming and became a full-time NBC affiliate; WCCB-TV then exclusively aligned with ABC. The state's largest market got a full-fledged ABC affiliate after the state's two smallest markets, Greenville/New Bern/Washington and Wilmington, received ABC affiliates of their own (WCTI-TV and WWAY respectively). However, despite the stronger signal and the first consistent airing of all network programs in Charlotte TV history, WCCB-TV remained a distant third in the ratings.
===1967–1970===
===1970–1972===
===1972–1974===
===1974–1978===
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In 1977, ABC announced that it had lured away WSOC-TV, then an NBC affiliate, to be its new outlet in the Charlotte market beginning July 1, 1978, replacing WCCB-TV. That decision set off a two-station showdown between WCCB and WRET-TV channel 36 for the NBC affiliation in Charlotte. WCCB, which had a news department (unlike WRET-TV), was seen as the favorite; sources at NBC were said to see channel 36 as their last option, behind WCCB, with its stronger signal, and WBTV, which the network was trying to woo from CBS to no avail.
===1978–1982===
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===1982–1986===
In 1986, WCCB became the last station in a top-50 market to join Fox as one of the upstart network's charter affiliates, since it was doing so well in the ratings as an independent. WCCB affiliated with the network when it launched on October 9 of that year.
===1986–1993===
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===1993–1996===
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===1996–2002===
Wccb fox 18 alt.png|Alternate version.
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WCCB 10pm open 2000.jpg|Fox 18 News open (2000-2002)
===2002–2013===
WCCB Fox Charlotte.png|3D variant
WCCB (2012) Horizontal.svg|Horizontal variant used in promos and newscasts
WCCB (2012) (1).svg|Logo seen on its Twitter account.
Myfox charlotte.gif|Logo seen on website (2007–08)
Wccb sign.jpeg|Studio sign.
WCCB open 2008.jpg|Fox News @ Ten open (2008-2013)
===2013–present===
====March–June 30, 2013 (primary); 2013–present (secondary)====
Used during the transitional period between Fox and The CW.
WCCB (April 2013) Horizontal.svg|Horizontal version seen on promos and website
WCCB (April 2013) (1).svg|Logo seen on its social media accounts
====July 1, 2013–2024====
With the loss of WCCB's Fox affiliation, Fox no longer has any charter affiliates remaining in North Carolina. WCCB formally rolled out its new on-air branding and logo the next afternoon, July 1, 2013, its first day as a CW affiliate. However, most verbal references to the station are to its call letters, with any CW references used obliquely (in the manner of "WCCB, Charlotte's CW"). It marked the first time in a quarter-century that the station has used its call letters on a permanent basis in its branding.
Cw charlotte.jpg|Logo seen outside of WCCB studios since May 2013.
Wccb-charlotte-cw-header-logo-395x41.png|Horizontal version seen on promos and website
WCCB 2.svg|Alternate version, used in its headquarters
MeTV Charlotte logo.png|WCCB-DT3 logo (201?–present)
WCCB open 2021.jpg|WCCB News @ Ten open (2021-present)
*Broadcasting and Cable
====2024-present====
==External links==
Category:Television stations in the United States
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Category:Former NBC network affiliates
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Category:1953
Category:Television channels and stations established in 1953
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