WITN-TV

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WITN-TV
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Washington/Greenville/New Bern, North Carolina
Branding WITN
Slogan Eastern Carolina's Weather Authority
The Official Station of the ECU Pirates
Channels Analog: 7 (VHF)

Digital: 32 (UHF)
Affiliations NBC
Owner Gray Television, Inc.
(Gray Television Licensee, Inc.)
First air date September 28, 1955
Call letters’ meaning WashIngToN
Former affiliations Secondary:
ABC (1955-1963)
Transmitter Power 316 kW (analog)
795 kW (digital)
Height 594 m (both)
Facility ID 594
Transmitter Coordinates 35°21′55.9″N, 77°23′34.6″W
Website www.witntv.com

WITN-TV is the NBC affiliate for Washington/Greenville/New Bern in northeastern North Carolina (DMA 107, 2006-07). The station transmits its analog signal on VHF channel 7, and its digital signal on UHF channel 32. It is operated by Gray Television, Inc. WITN-DT 7.1 (32.1) carries NBC HD programming in the 1080i format.

WITN-TV is available on satellite thru Directv and Dish Network.

The station's studio is located in Chocowinity, North Carolina, just down U.S. Highway 17 from Washington. Its transmitter is located in Grifton, North Carolina. WITN is planning on a new broadcast facility on Arlington Blvd. in Greenville.

At one point, WITN-TV was also home to radio stations WITN-AM and FM (now WDLX-AM and WERO-FM).

WITN-DT also operates a weather channel called WITN 24/7 Weather Channel on its digital subchannel 7.2 (32.2), It offers weather updates on the 7s. It also features maps, VIPIR radar, PinPoint Weather, 7 day forecast and web cams. The channel has background music which is several different themes of the station's theme music. The channel is available also on digital cable through SuddenLink and Time Warner.

WITN signed on for the first time on September 28, 1955. It was eastern North Carolina's third television station. It has always been an NBC affiliate, though it shared ABC programming with WNCT-TV until WNBE-TV (now WCTI-TV) signed on in 1963.

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[edit] East Carolina University sports

In addition to network and syndicated programming, WITN-TV also produces live broadcasts of select ECU football and basketball games that have not been picked up by ESPN as part of their deal with Conference USA, of which the Pirates are a member. Even though most of the broadcasts were limited to the Greenville market, WITN did manage to get other stations throughout North Carolina to carry a contest in 2003 that pitted ECU against in-state rival UNC at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium on ECU's campus.

[edit] Personalities

[edit] News

  • Heather King - Anchor / Executive Producer of WITN News at Sunrise, Monday-Friday
  • Cassandra Bell - Anchor of WITN News at Sunrise - Saturday & Sunday
  • Dave Jordan - Co-anchor for WITN News at 5:30, 6:00, and 11:00
  • Christine Kennedy - Co-anchor for WITN News at 5, 6:00, and 11:00
  • Lynnette Taylor - Anchor of WITN News at 6:00 and 11:00, Saturday & Sunday
  • Chelsea Donovan - Reporter / Jacksonville Bureau Chief
  • Christina Vitale - Co-anchor for WITN News at 5:30 / Reporter
  • Tom Skinner - Anchor of WITN News at Noon / Reporter / Producer of long running franchise, "The Country Rover"
  • Audrey Washington - Reporter
  • Melissa Abrahamsen - Producer, WITN News at Sunrise
  • Stephanie Morris - Producer - Weekend Sunrise , Noon, 5:00, and 5:30
  • Bill DiNicola - Producer - Weekday 6 & 11pm - Sports
  • Michael Riddle - Operations Manager for WITN / Does a segment called "Just Ask Mike" on Friday nights on the 5:30 news.

[edit] Weather

  • Jamie Arnold - Weekend Morning Meteorologist
  • Marvin Daugherty - Chief Meteorologist
  • Jim Howard - Morning Meteorologist

[edit] Sports

  • Brian Meador - Reporter / Anchor
  • Billy Weaver - Sports Director


[edit] Notable former employees

  • David Crabtree - Anchor in the mid-1980s (Now main co-anchor at WRAL-TV in Raleigh)
  • Maureen O'Boyle - Morning anchor, sometime in mid-1980s (Later hosted A Current Affair and Extra; Now co-anchor at WBTV, Charlotte) [1]

[edit] External links

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Broadcast television in the Greenville/New Bern/Washington market  (Nielsen DMA #105)

WITN 7 (NBC) - WFXI 8 / WYDO 14 (Fox) - WNCT 9 (CBS) (The CW on DT2) - WCTI 12 (ABC) (Ind on DT2) - WUNM 19 / WUNK 25 (PBS/UNC-TV) - W22CJ 22 / W60CV 60 (TBN) - WPXU 35 / WEPX 38 (ION/MNTV/S@H)

Out-of-market broadcast television available on cable in some parts of the market
WSKY 4 (IND, Manteo, NC/Hampton Roads, VA) - WRAL 5 (CBS, Raleigh) - WECT 6 (NBC, Wilmington) - WTVD 11 (ABC, Durham) - WNCN 17 (NBC, Goldsboro)
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Gray Television, Inc.

ABC Network Affiliate: KAKE · KOLO · WBKO · WHSV · WTOK · WVAW · TV3 Winchester (WHSV-DT3) (cable only)
CBS Network Affiliates: KBTX · KKTV · KOLN/KGIN · KWTX · KXII · WCAV · WCTV · WIBW · WIFR · WKYT · WRDW · WSAW · WSWG · WTVY · WVLT · WYMT
The CW Network Affiliates1: KBTX · KKCO · KWTX · WBKO · WJHG · WKYT · WTOK · WYMT
Fox Network Affiliates: KXII1 · WAHU · WBKO1 · WHSV1 · WSYM2 · WTOK1 · WTAP1
Independent Television Station1: WOWT
MyNetworkTV Affiliates1: KKTV (KKTV-DT2) · KOLN/KGIN · KXII · WAHU · WCTV · WHSV · WIBW · WJHG · WRDW · WSAW · WSAZ · WSWG · WTOK · WTVY · WTAP · WVLT
NBC Network Affiliates: KKCO · WEAU · WILX · WITN · WJHG · WMTV · WNDU · WOWT · WSAZ · WTAP
1These stations broadcast these networks on their digital subchannels.
2Gray and Journal Broadcast Group entered into a "news share" agreement.
Annual Revenue: $332.1 USD (2006) · Employees: N/A · Stock Symbol: NYSE: GTN · Website: www.graycommunications.com
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NBC Network Affiliates in the state of North Carolina
See also: ABC, CBS, Fox, PBS and Other stations in North Carolina