You want your business featured on Queen City News, on qcnews.com, in Charlotte. The brand is young, the commercial information around it is thin, and some of what circulates about this station's advertising is priced television inventory that has nothing to do with an article. This page gives you the complete answer: what the station is, what the article product actually is, why its modest numbers are printed here instead of hidden, what decides the price, and the one email that starts it.
The short answer: yes, a Charlotte business can get featured on Queen City News
Yes. A Charlotte business can be featured on Queen City News through a paid article placement on qcnews.com. First, the naming, so nothing confuses you later: the station's call letters are WJZY, its news brand is Queen City News, adopted in January 2022, and qcnews.com is its website. One station, one site. The paid route is a sponsored article about your business, labelled as paid content, reviewed by the outlet before it goes live, and permanent once published. It is not pitching a story to the newsroom, and it is not a television spot buy.
We arrange placements like this for businesses, which means the route is already defined. You do not need a media buyer, a publicist, or a news hook. You need a business worth writing about and one email to us. The rest of this page explains exactly what happens next, because a decision like this should rest on the full picture, not on a pitch.
Ready to get your business on Queen City News?
Send us your business name, your website, and what the article should be about. You get a fit confirmation and your individual quote back by email.
uzairasad@pressfeature.orgOne email starts it. No form, no obligation.
What you actually get: your business on qcnews.com
Picture the finished thing, because that is what you are buying. A live article page on qcnews.com carries your business name in the headline and your story in the text: what you do, why Charlotte customers choose you, and where to find you. It sits on the site Charlotte checks for news, weather and traffic under the city's own name.
Then the article starts working for you. You send the link to the customer deciding between you and a competitor across town. You put it in the proposal that needs one more proof point. You add Queen City News to the "As Featured On" row on your own website, and every visitor understands in one second that Charlotte's own news brand published a story about your business. That moment of recognition is the product. Everything else on this page is how it is made, what it is not, and how to start.
Why Queen City News carries weight in Charlotte
The station began broadcasting on March 9, 1987, as an independent. Charlotte sports fans of a certain age remember it as the broadcast home of the Charlotte Hornets from 1992 to 1998. On July 1, 2013, it became Charlotte's Fox affiliate. Then, on January 10, 2022, its news relaunched as Queen City News, dropping network references from the news branding to stand on the city's own nickname, itself drawn from Queen Charlotte, consort of George III. The brand was built to be Charlotte's, and only Charlotte's.
The audience context matters too. Charlotte is a national banking and financial technology centre, and its local news audience includes the professional class a growing business most wants to reach.
Now the numbers, with the honesty this page promises. In our outlet directory, qcnews.com carries a Domain Authority of 73 and roughly 34,200 monthly organic visits. That is the smallest traffic figure in this series of guides, and it is printed here exactly as it stands, not rounded up and not buried. A young news brand on a station site does not draw the volume of a legacy newspaper domain. What you are buying is Charlotte market trust under a name built for this city, in front of a banking and professional audience. If volume is your only criterion, this is the wrong product, and the fit section below will tell you so again.
What a sponsored article on qcnews.com actually looks like
The article is a full page on qcnews.com itself. It is labelled as paid content, and that labelling is what makes the placement legitimate and durable. The outlet reviews the article before it is published, so what goes live has passed the outlet's own check. Once live, the placement is permanent. It does not disappear when a schedule ends, because there is no campaign window attached to it.
The article links to your website, and those links carry sponsored attributes, as paid content rules require. Anyone promising you a plain editorial dofollow link from a paid placement is describing something that does not exist.
The brand's daily texture is easy to picture: Positively Charlotte is its community feature programme, and Queen City News Now runs at 4 a.m., noon and 10 p.m. Your article sits in that same daily presence, in written form, on the site those viewers open.
A TV spot is not an article, and a spot price is not an article price
Television spots for this station are sold through advertising storefronts with per spot pricing. Those listings circulate online, and buyers reasonably find them when researching this station. Understand what they are: broadcast inventory. A spot airs at a scheduled moment and ends. Its price buys seconds of airtime, not a page, not a link, and not permanence.
The article is a different product entirely: a written page on qcnews.com, permanent and linkable, quoted individually by email. No storefront spot figure is an article price, an article comparison, or an article anchor, and none is used as one anywhere on this page. If a seller blurs the two products to make an article look cheap or expensive against a spot rate, they are confusing you on purpose. Our guide to which news outlets accept sponsored content explains how written placements differ from broadcast inventory across outlets.
Who a Queen City News article is right for, and who should skip it
This placement fits Charlotte businesses: banking adjacent professional services, financial technology firms, home services, retailers, and any local company whose customers live in this metro and check its news. It is especially strong for businesses that sell on trust and local identity, where a news brand named for the city itself carries a particular warmth.
It does not fit a business with no Charlotte customers. And it does not fit a buyer purchasing purely for traffic volume, because this page declines to sell volume on a site whose honest figure is printed above. Buy this for Charlotte trust, or do not buy it.
How publishing on Queen City News works, step by step
Step 1: Email us. Write to uzairasad@pressfeature.org with your business name, your website, and what the article should be about. That email is the whole application. No form, no account, no retainer.
Step 2: Fit confirmation and your quote. We confirm that your business and topic fit the outlet, and you receive your individual quote.
Step 3: The article. You can supply the article yourself, or we arrange the writing for you. Either way, the draft goes to the outlet for review before anything is published.
Step 4: Review and go live. The outlet reviews the article. Once approved, it is published on qcnews.com, fast once the review is complete, with the exact timeline confirmed in your quote.
Step 5: Your live link. You receive the live link to your article, yours to send to customers and add to your site from that day on.
Your protection is part of the arrangement before you pay anything: payment is in full in advance, and if the article does not go live, you receive a full refund, in writing.
What decides the price, the honest limits, and how to start
There is no public price for a Queen City News article, and this page is not hiding one. The price is set per placement because the factors differ every time: the scope of the article, whether you supply it or we arrange the writing, the placement specifics, and timing. Prices you may have seen online for this station are for television spots, a different product, and they are never quoted or compared here. Every article placement is quoted individually, by email, with no obligation. Our guide to how much a sponsored article costs explains the factor model in full, and our services page covers the wider picture of what we arrange.
The limits, plainly. The article is paid content and is labelled as such. It is not editorial coverage and it is not the newsroom endorsing your business. No one can guarantee rankings, traffic or sales from a placement like this, and the modest traffic figure was already printed in this article rather than left for you to discover. What the article does, permanently, is put a credible page about your business on Charlotte's own news site.
If that is what you want, write to uzairasad@pressfeature.org with your business name, your website and your story. That email is how a Queen City News article begins.
Get your business on Queen City News
One email with your business name, your website, and the story you want told. Your fit confirmation and individual quote come back by email.
uzairasad@pressfeature.orgFull refund in writing if your article does not go live.
Frequently asked questions
How can my business get featured on Queen City News?
Email us with your business and your story. We confirm fit, quote individually, place a labelled article on qcnews.com after the outlet's review, and send you the live link.
How much does a Queen City News sponsored article cost?
There is no public price, because each placement is quoted individually. Prices seen online for this station are for television spots, a different product, and are never quoted or compared here. Your article quote comes by email, based on scope, production, placement specifics and timing, with no obligation.
Does Queen City News publish sponsored articles on qcnews.com?
Yes, in the form of clearly labelled paid content, reviewed by the outlet before publishing and permanent once live.
Is Queen City News the same station as WJZY?
Yes. WJZY is the station, Queen City News is the news brand it adopted in January 2022, and qcnews.com is its website. The placement product is the same station under either name.
How do Charlotte businesses get featured on Queen City News?
Earned features are the newsroom's choice. The bookable written route is the article placement arranged through us.
Who do I contact at Queen City News about a paid feature?
For the article, you contact us. We handle the placement, and you deal with one email address throughout.
How long does a sponsored article stay on qcnews.com?
The placement is permanent. It does not end when a spot schedule ends, and if it does not go live you receive a full refund in writing.
Can a Charlotte business buy a feature on Queen City News?
Yes. Charlotte fit is exactly the test this product is built on.
Disclosure: PressFeature sells article placements on Queen City News (WJZY), and this page is our own marketing content, published to explain the placement honestly. Figures cited are from our public outlet directory. Published October 2026. Last reviewed: October 2026.