WTAT-TV
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Charleston, South Carolina United States |
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| City | Charleston, SC / North Charleston, SC |
| Branding | Fox 24 (general) Fox 24 News (newscasts) |
| Slogan |
So Fox 24 (general) The News You Want When You Want It |
| Channels |
Digital: 24 (UHF) Virtual: 24 (PSIP) |
| Subchannels | 24.1 Fox 24.2 Justice Network 24.3 GetTV |
| Affiliations | Fox (1986–present) |
| Owner |
Cunningham Broadcasting (WTAT Licensee, LLC) |
| Operator | Sinclair Broadcast Group |
| First air date | September 7, 1985 |
| Sister station(s) | WCIV |
| Former channel number(s) |
Analog: 24 (UHF, 1985–2009) Digital: 40 (UHF, until 2009) |
| Former affiliations |
Primary: Independent (1985–1986) Secondary: UPN (1995–1997) |
| Transmitter power | 1,000 kW |
| Height | 583.3 m |
| Class | DT |
| Facility ID | 416 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 32°56′24.7″N 79°41′43.5″W / 32.940194°N 79.695417°W |
| Website | foxcharleston.com |
WTAT-TV is the Fox-affiliated television station for South Carolina's Lowcountry that is licensed to Charleston. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 24 from a transmitter in unincorporated Charleston County near Woodville. Owned and operated by Cunningham Broadcasting. The studio is on Arco Lane in North Charleston (with a Charleston postal address).
The station is carried on cable channel 6 in most parts of the market.
The station began operations on September 7, 1985 as Charleston's first Independent outlet under the ownership of Act III Broadcasting. It aired an analog signal on UHF channel 24 from a transmitter near Woodville. A local group originally held its construction permit but sold it to Act III before the station went on-the-air. On October 6, 1986 as part of a corporate deal between Act III and News Corporation, it became a charter affiliate of the fledgling Fox network. It should be noted, however, that WTAT would have been the obvious choice as Charleston's Fox affiliate even without the Act III affiliation deal, as it was the area's only general-entertainment independent station at the time.
Abry Communications bought the Act III group in early 1994. Abry merged with Sinclair later that year, but WTAT and WRGT-TV in Dayton, Ohio were sold to Sullivan Broadcasting in compliance with Federal Communications Commission (FCC) ownership limits of the time. Sullivan, in turn, outsourced the operation of its entire station group (including WTAT) back to Sinclair. In 1995, WTAT picked up UPN as a secondary affiliate until 1997 when former WB affiliate WMMP joined the UPN network.
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