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WRTD-CD (channel 54) is a Class A television station licensed to
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, United States, serving as the
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area's outlet for the Spanish-language network
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. The station is
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by the
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subsidiary of
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. Under a channel sharing agreement, WRTD-CD shares transmitter facilities with
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WRAZ (channel 50, owned by locally based
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) near
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. The station originates its
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from the facilities of
WZDC-CD WZDC-CD (channel 44) is a Class A television station in Washington, D.C., serving as the market's outlet for the Spanish-language network Telemundo. It is owned and operated by NBCUniversal's Telemundo Station Group alongside NBC outlet WRC-TV ...
in
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, whose website links to WRTD's
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. Despite WRTD-CD legally holding a low-power Class A
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, it transmits using WRAZ's full-power spectrum. This ensures complete reception across the Research Triangle
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(Raleigh− DurhamChapel HillFayetteville).


History

The station signed on in 1991 as W60BT. Its
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was changed to WHOA-LP in 1999, and to WZGS-CA in 2005. WZGS-CA went silent on April 1, 2010, due to losing its first affiliation with Telemundo. It then became an
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, airing English, Spanish and Portuguese programming. In the interim, the national cable/satellite feed for Telemundo served the market. WZGS-CA resumed broadcasting on March 25, 2011. The station changed its call sign to WZGS-CD on May 31, 2013. On December 4, 2017, NBCUniversal's
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announced its purchase of ZGS Communications' 13 television stations, including WZGS-CD. The sale marks NBCUniversal's re-entry into the Raleigh–Durham market, as they owned
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(channel 17) from 1996 to 2006 (it is now a
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affiliate, owned by
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). The sale was completed on July 20, 2018. NBCUniversal changed the station's call letters to WRTD-CD on July 25, 2018; the station also rejoined Telemundo.


Subchannels


References

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