WTCN

Not to be confused with real life WTCN-TV (now KARE) station in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

WTCN-TV, virtual channel 7 (UHF digital channel 21), was an independent television station licensed to Fairview, North Carolina, United States and serving the Richardstown Metro area. It was owned by WTCN Holdings (FITNE Communications, an broadcast division of FITNE Films who has a 30 percent in the company, and Fox Television Stations, who has a 25 percent in the company).

History
In 1948, The Carolinas Network was founded. In 1950, It formed WTCN to become the first TCN station. After success with this station, The Carolinas Network's investor Don Blane formed more stations to be affiliated with TCN.

In 1954, Don Blane's stations were transferred to TCN right away, and became part of Carolina Enterprises.

In 1973, due to fin-syn laws, Carolina Enterprises was sold to 13 Studios, and the broadcast division CE Broadcasting Company was renamed TT Broadcasting Company. Later renamed FITNE Communications in 1976, after FITNE purchased 13 Studios. In 1990, the suffix -TV was added. In 1991, TCN Holding Corp, the owners of The Carolinas Network by that time, was sold to News Corporation, and The Carolinas Network was renamed Fox Carolinas. In 1994, following Fox's acquisition rights to NFL's NFC, News Corp shut down Fox Carolinas, and it was replaced by the standard Fox Broadcasting Company. In 1997, WTCN-TV added Warner Bros and Tribune Broadcasting's The WB to its subchannel. Which the DT2 affiliate was replaced with FITNE-branded channel in 2006.

In 2008, it sold half of the ownership shares of this station to Fox Television Stations, FITNE retained remaining shares.

Because it was owned by FITNE, this station also sometime airs Best of FITNE block.

In 2018, Fox left the network in favor of WRFT of Ace, North Carolina.

In 2019, after the spectrum auction, WTCN was taken off-air.

Programming
Syndicated programming on WTCN includes COPS (formerly aired on Fox until getting transferred to Viacom's Spike TV), Wheel of Fortune, Alan Landsburg Productions produced shows (e.g. In Search of...), Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, majority of 13 Studio and FITNE Films content, post-1986 MGM movies, Hill Street Blues, One Tree Hill, and a few others.