WSOC-TV

WSOC-TV, virtual channel 9 (UHF digital channel 34), is an ABC-affiliated television station located in Charlotte, North Carolina, United States. The station is owned by the Cox Media Group subsidiary of Cox Enterprises, as part of a duopoly with independent station WAXN-TV (channel 64). The two stations share studio facilities located on North Tryon Street (U.S. 29/NC 49) just north of Downtown Charlotte and its transmitter is located in the Newell-Hickory Grove neighborhood, just outside Charlotte's northeastern city limits.On cable, WSOC is carried on Spectrum channel 4 (standard definition) in the immediate Charlotte area (on channel 9 in outlying areas) and channel 1200 (high definition), and on AT&T U-Verse on channel 9.HistoryThe station first signed on the air on April 28, 1957 as Charlotte's third television station, after WBTV (channel 3) and WAYS-TV (channel 36, which operated from 1954 to 1955); it was also Charlotte's second station on the VHF band. WSOC-TV currently holds the distinction of being Charlotte's second-oldest continuously operating station, behind WBTV.