W47CK channel 47 is a television station in Wilmington, North Carolina

Wilmington, North Carolina

Wilmington is a port city in and is the county seat of New Hanover County, North Carolina, United States. The population is 106,476 according to the 2010 Census, making it the eighth most populous city in the state of North Carolina...

 serving as the area's MyNetworkTV

MyNetworkTV

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 affiliate. The station is licensed in Shallotte

Shallotte, North Carolina

Shallotte is a town in Brunswick County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 1,381 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Wilmington Metropolitan Statistical Area...

, with its transmitter located northeast of that town. Currently the station is only available over the air, as satellite and cable providers have not picked up the station.

W47CK is owned by WBHQ Columbia, LLC of Columbia, South Carolina

Columbia, South Carolina

Columbia is the state capital and largest city in the U.S. state of South Carolina. The population was 129,272 according to the 2010 census. Columbia is the county seat of Richland County, but a portion of the city extends into neighboring Lexington County. The city is the center of a metropolitan...

, owner of fellow My Network TV affiliate WKTC

WKTC

WKTC, "My63" is the MyNetworkTV affiliate for Columbia, South Carolina. It is licensed to Sumter, with studios in the Pontiac Business Center complex in Elgin...

.

W47CK is one of two television stations in the Wilmington market which continued to operate analog signals after the market's voluntary digital switchover

DTV transition in the United States

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 on September 8, 2008, and has continued to broadcast since the June 12 national transition date. Unlike public broadcasting station WUNJ

UNC-TV

University of North Carolina Television, known on-air as UNC-TV, is a public television network in the U.S. state of North Carolina. It is operated by the University of North Carolina, with studios located at the UNC Center for Public Television at Research Triangle Park...

, W47CK has no digital facilities, and has not applied for digital facilities or a "flash cut" to digital with the Federal Communications Commission

Federal Communications Commission

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.

Low-power TV stations like W47CK are not required to switch to digital in the United States

United States

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, though two other low-power stations (CBS

CBS

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 affiliate WILM-LD and Trinity Broadcasting Network

Trinity Broadcasting Network

The Trinity Broadcasting Network is a major American Christian television network. TBN is based in Costa Mesa, California, with auxiliary studio facilities in Irving, Texas; Hendersonville, Tennessee; Gadsden, Alabama; Decatur, Georgia; Miami, Florida; Tulsa, Oklahoma; Orlando, Florida; and New...

station W51CW) have made an early switch voluntarily in Wilmington.

Unlike most television stations W47CK does not have a website; instead they have a myspace page.