Kannapolis/Charlotte, North Carolina United States |
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City | Kannapolis, North Carolina |
Branding | TV64 (general) Eyewitness News on TV64 (newscasts) |
Channels |
Digital: 50 (UHF) Virtual: 64 () |
Subchannels | 64.1 Independent 64.2 GetTV 64.3 Escape |
Translators | 36 WAXNTV1 China Grove 42 W42DR-D Marion 30 WSOCTV1, Shelby 46 WSOCTV2, Statesville |
Affiliations | Independent |
Owner |
Cox Media Group (WSOC Television, Inc.) |
First air date | October 15, 1994 |
Call letters' meaning | AXN = "action" (from former on-air name "Action 64"; not to be confused with the unrelated Sony-owned television channel AXN) |
Sister station(s) | WSOC-TV |
Former callsigns | WKAY (1994–1996) |
Former channel number(s) |
Analog: 64 (UHF, 1994–2009) |
Former affiliations |
Third-party: Pax TV (1998–2000) |
Transmitter power | 150 kW (directional) |
Height | 364 m |
Facility ID | 12793 |
Transmitter coordinates | 35°15′41.2″N 80°43′36.6″W / 35.261444°N 80.726833°WCoordinates: 35°15′41.2″N 80°43′36.6″W / 35.261444°N 80.726833°W |
Licensing authority | FCC |
Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
Website | www.wsoctv.com/tv64 |
WAXN-TV, virtual channel 64 (UHF digital channel 50), is an independent television station serving Charlotte, North Carolina, United States that is licensed to Kannapolis. The station is owned by the Cox Media Group subsidiary of Cox Enterprises, as part of a duopoly with ABC affiliate WSOC-TV (channel 9). The two stations share studio facilities located on North Tryon Street (U.S. 29/NC 49) north of Uptown Charlotte; WAXN's transmitter is located near Reedy Creek Park in the Newell section of Charlotte. Syndicated programs broadcast on WAXN-TV include The Wendy Williams Show, The Insider, Hot Bench, Crime Watch Daily, and Family Feud.
The station's programming is simulcast on fill-in digital repeaters operating on UHF channel 36 (virtual channel 64.7 in HD) in China Grove, channel 30 (virtual channel 64.5) from Crowder's Mountain, W42DR-D (UHF channel 42, virtual channel 6.2) in Marion (from a transmitter southwest of Connelly Springs), and in Statesville on channel 46 (virtual channel 64.9) from Cool Springs.