TV channel 6 watch
W14FB-D: channel 6 grant, Florence, SC
It was granted before the NCE FM translator window opens on November 4, 2026, so translator applications on 88.1 to 91.9 MHz near it now have to protect it (47 CFR 74.1205).
| Granted | March 2, 2026 |
|---|---|
| Service | Channel 6 LPTV |
| What | A move to channel 6 from channel 14 |
| Community | Florence, SC |
| Facility ID | 182022 |
| FCC file number | 0000285161 |
| ERP | 3 kW |
| Antenna height | 245 m above mean sea level |
| Height above average terrain | 59.5 m (72 radials) |
| Site | 35.02864, -80.58447 |
| 47 dBu contour | 29 to 44 km from the site |
Towns inside the 47 dBu contour
Reserved band translator and LPFM sites here are limited.
- Indian Trail, NC (43,867 people)
- Monroe, NC (40,054 people)
- Fort Mill, SC (36,244 people)
- Matthews, NC (32,048 people)
- Mint Hill, NC (28,825 people)
- Waxhaw, NC (23,178 people)
- Harrisburg, NC (20,335 people)
- Stallings, NC (17,617 people)
- Weddington, NC (14,391 people)
- Pineville, NC (11,567 people)
- Wesley Chapel, NC (9,495 people)
- Unionville, NC (7,258 people)
- Marvin, NC (6,985 people)
- Locust, NC (5,992 people)
- Midland, NC (5,027 people)
- Wingate, NC (4,517 people)
- Fairview, NC (3,775 people)
- Lake Park, NC (3,582 people)
- Mineral Springs, NC (3,456 people)
- Marshville, NC (2,710 people)
- Polkton, NC (2,698 people)
- Pageland, SC (2,522 people)
- Oakboro, NC (2,270 people)
- Hemby Bridge, NC (1,750 people)
- Stanfield, NC (1,709 people)
- Van Wyck, SC (1,039 people)
Just outside it
Within 25 km of the contour, where sites may be limited too.
- Charlotte, NC (943,476 people)
- Concord, NC (112,395 people)
- Rock Hill, SC (75,798 people)
- Huntersville, NC (67,087 people)
- Kannapolis, NC (60,521 people)
- Cornelius, NC (34,366 people)
- Mount Holly, NC (18,723 people)
- Albemarle, NC (17,344 people)
- Davidson, NC (16,276 people)
- Belmont, NC (16,044 people)
- Tega Cay, SC (14,294 people)
- York, SC (9,830 people)
- Lancaster, SC (9,396 people)
- Cramerton, NC (5,604 people)
- Wadesboro, NC (4,965 people)
- China Grove, NC (4,610 people)
- Landis, NC (3,838 people)
- Norwood, NC (2,520 people)
- Rockwell, NC (2,390 people)
- Kershaw, SC (2,014 people)
← Every channel 6 grant and pending application
Why channel 6 matters
- TV channel 6 (82-88 MHz) sits right below the reserved FM band. An FM translator on channels 201 to 220 (88.1 to 91.9 MHz) near a channel 6 station has to keep its interfering contour off the TV station's 47 dBu contour (47 CFR 74.1205); LPFM stations have their own channel 6 spacings (47 CFR 73.825).
- The NCE FM translator window opens November 4, 2026. FCC staff has said pending channel 6 applications need not be protected in a window application. One granted before the window opens must be: the translator applicant needs extra steps, and a grant can keep a new translator permit from being granted.
- So this page lists every channel 6 grant as it happens, and every channel 6 application still pending.
Planning a translator or LPFM near a channel 6 station?
Nexus Broadcast checks every channel 6 station and pending application in its translator and LPFM studies, and prepares the showing when a site needs one. Every study runs on RF Navigator, our own broadcast engineering software.
From the FCC's LMS public database as of October 20, 2026, updated every morning. Contours are the FCC contour API's 47 dBu F(50,50) service contour from the filing's ERP and antenna height, drawn non-directional; towns are incorporated places of 1,000 people or more (Census 2024 estimates). Not a product of the FCC; check LMS and run a full study before you rely on it.