WBTV

WBTV

Charlotte, North Carolina United States
Channels	Digital: 23 (UHF) Virtual: 3
Branding	WBTV 3
Programming
Affiliations	3.1: CBS for others, see § Subchannels
Ownership
Owner	Gray Television (Gray Television Licensee, LLC)
History
First air date	July 15, 1949 (75 years ago) (1949-07-15)
Former call signs	WBT-TV (1949; before sign-on)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 3 (VHF, 1949–2009)
Former affiliations	All secondary: NBC (1949–1957) ABC (1949–1967) DuMont (1949–1955)
Call sign meaning	derived from WBT radio, with "V" for "Vision" added
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	30826
ERP	1,000 kW
HAAT	565 m (1,854 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	35°21′51″N 81°11′12″W / 35.36417°N 81.18667°W / 35.36417; -81.18667
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Website	www.wbtv.com

WBTV (channel 3) is a television station in Charlotte, North Carolina, United States, affiliated with CBS and owned by Gray Television. The station's studios are located off Morehead Street, just west of Uptown Charlotte, and its transmitter is located in north-central Gaston County. In addition, WBTV's studios continue to house the operations of its former sister radio stations currently owned by Urban One: WBT-AM/FM and WLNK, as well as WFNZ, which was previously owned by CBS Radio prior to its acquisition by Beasley Broadcast Group in 2014, followed by Entercom (now known as Audacy) in late 2017 and then Urban One in 2020 under a local marketing agreement.^[2]