Editing WCIV (section)

{{Short description|Television station in Charleston, South Carolina}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2024}}
{{about|the current television station|the television station formerly known as WCIV|WGWG|the video game|Wing Commander IV: The Price of Freedom}}
{{Infobox television station
| callsign = WCIV
| logo = LOGO WMMP MYTV legal blk.png
| logo_size = 200px
| image = LOGO WCIV ABC4 solid news vert blk.png
| image_size = 200px
| branding = {{ubl|MyTV Charleston|News 4 (36.2)}}
| digital = 25 ([[UHF]])
| virtual = 36
| subchannels = 
| translators = 
| affiliations = {{ubl|'''36.1:''' [[MyNetworkTV]]|'''36.2:''' [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]|'''36.3:''' [[The Nest (TV network)|The Nest]]}}
| network = 
| country = United States
| founded = August 25, 1988
| airdate = {{start date and age|1992|12|01|p=y}}
| last_airdate = 
| location = [[Charleston, South Carolina]]
| callsign_meaning = {{ubl|Charleston IV|([[Roman numeral]] 4; former analog channel number of what is now [[WGWG]])}}
| former_callsigns = {{ubl|WCTP (1992–1995)|WBNU (1995–1997)|WMMP (1997–2014)}}
| former_channel_numbers = {{ubl|'''Analog:''' 36 (UHF, 1992–2009)|'''Digital:''' 35 (UHF, 2002–2009), 36 (UHF, 2009–2019)}}
| owner = [[Sinclair Broadcast Group]]
| licensee = WMMP Licensee [[Limited partnership|L.P.]]
| sister_stations = [[WTAT-TV]] (news share agreement)
| former_affiliations = {{ubl|[[Independent station|Independent]] (1992–1995)|[[The WB]] (1995–1997)|[[UPN]] (1997–2006)|[[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] (temporary host for [[WTAT-TV]], 2019–2020<ref name="wtatonwciv">{{cite web|url=https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/public/tv/draftCopy.html?displayType=html&appKey=25076f916d07b737016d1732add00ddd&id=25076f916d07b737016d1732add00ddd&goBack=N|title=DTV Engineering STA Application|work=Licensing and Management System|publisher=[[Federal Communications Commission]]|date=September 10, 2019|access-date=September 24, 2019}}</ref><ref name="wtatsta">[https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/api/download/attachment/25076ff36d07b5b2016d1bef2f45111b WTAT Request for STA]</ref>)|[[MeTV]] (36.3, 2014−2022)}}
| erp = 1,000 kW
| haat = {{convert|583.3|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
| class = 
| facility_id = 9015
| coordinates = {{coord|32|56|25|N|79|41|44|W|type:landmark_scale:2000|display=inline, title}}
| licensing_authority = [[FCC]]
| website = {{ubl|{{URL|http://mytvcharleston.com/}}|{{URL|https://abcnews4.com/}}}}
}}

'''WCIV''' (channel 36) is a [[television station]] in [[Charleston, South Carolina]], United States, affiliated with [[MyNetworkTV]] and [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]. The station is owned by [[Sinclair Broadcast Group]], and maintains studios on Allbritton Boulevard along [[U.S. Route 17 in South Carolina|US 17]]/[[U.S. Route 701|701]] (Johnnie Dodds Boulevard) in [[Mount Pleasant, South Carolina|Mount Pleasant]] and a transmitter in [[Awendaw, South Carolina]].

In September 2014, due to complications arising from Sinclair's acquisition of the original WCIV (channel 4) from its previous owner, [[Allbritton Communications]], WCIV's programming and ABC affiliation was moved onto the second [[digital subchannel]] of Sinclair's existing station in the market, MyNetworkTV affiliate WMMP. WCIV's license was sold to [[Howard Stirk Holdings]] in order to form a new station using its existing facilities. In preparation for the sale, the WCIV and WMMP intellectual units swapped signals on September 30, 2014, with WCIV moving to WMMP's channel 36 signal and WMMP moving to WCIV's channel 34 signal respectively. WMMP then began carrying programming from [[ZUUS Country]], and has since changed its calls to [[WGWG]].