WCBD-TV (channel 2) is a television station in Charleston, South Carolina, United States, affiliated with NBC.

Owned by Nexstar Media Group, WCBD-TV has studios on West Coleman Boulevard (SC 703) in Mount Pleasant, and its transmitter is located in Awendaw, South Carolina.

On November 8, 1971,[2] the station adopted its current call letters, WCBD standing for Charleston, Berkeley, and Dorchester counties (the three counties in the Charleston metropolitan area), calls also taken to coordinate with new sister station KCBD in Lubbock, Texas.

[3] Two of the stations that were involved in the deal were ABC affiliates WBRC in Birmingham, Alabama, and WGHP in High Point, North Carolina.

On January 27, 2016, Media General announced that it had entered into a definite agreement to be acquired by Nexstar Broadcasting Group for $4.6 billion.

The combined company would be called Nexstar Media Group and own 171 stations (including WCBD-TV).

WCBD airs a newscast Saturday nights at 7, but unlike WCSC and WCIV, does not offer a broadcast at the same time on weeknights.