WAXN-TV
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| WAXN-TV | |
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| Kannapolis / Charlotte, North Carolina | |
| Branding | TV 64 |
| Channels | Analog: 64 (UHF) |
| Affiliations | independent |
| Owner | Cox Enterprises, Inc. (WSOC Television, Inc.) |
| First air date | October 15, 1994 |
| Call letters’ meaning | AXN=Action (from former on-air name, "Action 64") |
| Sister station(s) | WSOC-TV |
| Former callsigns | WKAY (1994-1996) WAXN (1996-2003) |
| Former affiliations | Pax TV (third-party, 1998-2000) |
| Transmitter Power | 1100 kW (analog) 50 kW (digital) |
| Height | 352 m (analog) 348 m (digital) |
| Facility ID | 12793 |
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| Website | www.action64.com |
WAXN-TV is an independent television station in Charlotte, North Carolina. It is owned by Cox Enterprises, and is licensed to Kannapolis, North Carolina, however its operations are housed with sister-station WSOC-TV at 1901 North Tryon Street in Charlotte. WAXN-TV is seen on cable channel 10 in the Time-Warner cable market. WAXN-TV operates with a visual power of 1100Kw. WAXN-DT operates with an ERP of 50Kw. The antenna is located on the WSOC-TV tower in Newell, NC. WAXN-TV, WAXN-DT and WSOC-DT are all transmitted from the same antenna.
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[edit] History
The station debuted on October 15, 1994 as WKAY-TV, owned by Kannapolis Television Company, a subsidiary of Truth Temple, a church in Kannapolis. It had originally received a construction permit as WDZH, but changed the calls to WKAY on November 15, 1989.[1] The pastor of Truth Temple, Garland Faw, named the station WKAY after his wife, Kay. The station aired a mix of religious programming, old movies, and barter syndicated programming.
Kannapolis Television entered into a joint sales agreement with WSOC-TV[2] and formally changed the call letters to WAXN-TV in August of 1996. [1] Under this agreement, Cox invested over $3 million toward relaunching the station and other improvements.[3] Under the agreement, WSOC took over WAXN's operations and rebranded the station as "Action 64."
Soon after the agreement took effect, WAXN significantly upgraded its programming. The station also boosted its signal to a level comparable with the other Charlotte stations. Previously, the station could only be seen on cable in most of the Charlotte area; its over-the-air signal barely made it out of Cabarrus County.
From 1998 to 2000, WAXN-TV aired many programs from Pax TV (now ION Television), although it was never formally affiliated with the network. (Charlotte is the largest market not to have a Pax/i/Ion affiliate.) WAXN later began airing repeated episodes of Dr. Phil and Oprah in primetime that had aired earlier in the day on WSOC-TV.
On August 5, 1999 the Federal Communications Commission reversed its long standing regulations against duopoly ownerships in the same television market.[4] As stipulated in the original joint sales agreement, Cox was now able to purchase the station outright for $3 million.[2] The sale was officially approved by the FCC in 2000.[5]
Today, WAXN-TV is known for syndicated reruns such as Friends and The Andy Griffith Show (which had aired on WSOC for many years before moving to WAXN. WAXN-TV is also one of the few stations to air Oprah and Dr. Phil in primetime.
In 2002, WAXN became Charlotte's home for the Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon; it had aired on WSOC for 30 years.
In 2007, WAXN dropped the "Action" moniker, and is now known as "TV 64."
[edit] Newscasts
Since 1996, WAXN has aired a 10 o'clock newscast called "Action News at 10PM", produced by WSOC. The station is #1 in that timeslot beating rival efforts on WCCB and WJZY (produced by WBTV). The strong lead-ins of Dr. Phil and Oprah has been cited as a contributing factor for this success.
[edit] Logos
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[edit] External links
- WAXN-TV Website
- Query the FCC's TV station database for WAXN
- BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on WAXN-TV
[edit] References
- ^ a b Call Sign History. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved on 2007-01-31.
- ^ a b Spanberg, Erik. "The little (TV) station that could", The Charlotte Business Journal, American City Business Journals, 2000-05-05. Retrieved on 2007-01-31.
- ^ Spanberg, Erik. "Patient Cox money will let WAXN keep up fight", The Charlotte Business Journal, American City Business Journals, 1997-12-19. Retrieved on 2007-01-31.
- ^ Federal Communications Commission (1999-08-05). "FCC Revises Local Television Ownership Rules". Press release. Retrieved on 2007-01-31.
- ^ Television Application For Assignment Of License Granted. Federal Communications Commission (2000-01-31). Retrieved on 2007-01-31.
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