WNCT-TV
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| WNCT-TV | |
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| Greenville/Washington/New Bern, North Carolina | |
| Branding | Eyewitness News 9 |
| Slogan | On Your Side |
| Channels | Analog: 9 (VHF) |
| Affiliations | CBS The CW (DT2) |
| Owner | Media General, Inc. (Media General Communications Holdings, LLC) |
| First air date | December 22, 1953 |
| Call letters’ meaning | We're North Carolina Television |
| Former affiliations | Both secondary: ABC (1953-1962) DuMont (1953-1955)[1] |
| Transmitter Power | 316 kW (analog) 35 kW (digital) |
| Height | 573 m (analog) 575 m (digital) |
| Facility ID | 57838 |
| Transmitter Coordinates | |
| Website | www.wnct.com |
WNCT-TV, channel 9, is the CBS affiliate in Greenville, North Carolina, serving New Bern, Washington, and the rest of east central North Carolina. The station broadcasts its analog signal on VHF channel 9, and its digital signal on VHF channel 10. Its transmitter is located in Grifton, North Carolina. WNCT is available on satellite thru Directv and Dish Network.
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[edit] History
WNCT signed on the air on December 22, 1953. It is the fourth-oldest station in North Carolina (behind Charlotte's WBTV, Greensboro's WFMY-TV and Winston-Salem's WXII-TV), and the oldest station in the eastern part of the state. It was a part-time ABC affiliate until WNBE-TV (now WCTI-TV) signed on from New Bern in 1963.[2] It was co-owned by Roy H. Park along with the The Daily Reflector and WNCT radio (AM 1070 and FM 107.9). WNCT remained the flagship station of Park Communications until Park merged with Media General in 1997.[citation needed]
After WJKA-TV (now WSFX-TV) in Wilmington dropped CBS in 1994, CBS programming was seen in the Wilmington area on WNCT, WRAL-TV and WBTW-TV until low-powered WILM-LP in Wilmington affiliated with CBS in 2000. WNCT and those other stations still serve some parts of the Wilmington market that don't get WILM-LP's signal over the air or on cable.[citation needed]
[edit] The CW
In September of 2006, WNCT's DT2 digital subchannel began serving as the area's affiliate for The CW. The CW subchannel is known as "Eastern North Carolina's CW". WNCT DT2 offers The Daily Buzz newscast weekday mornings from 6 to 9 AM. WNCT started a 10 p.m. newscast on WNCT DT2 on January 1, 2008.[3]
WNCT The CW is available on Directv and Dish Network satellite services.
[edit] Newscasts
WNCT's newscasts are branded under the Eyewitness News label. The station's radar is called "Live VIPIR 9".
[edit] News Personalities
[edit] Anchors
- Allan Hoffman, 6 p.m. and 11 p.m.
- Annette Newell, 6 p.m. and 11 p.m.; 10 p.m. on the C.W.
- Marisela Burgos, weekend
- Carley Wegner, morning and noon
[edit] Reporters
- Marisela Burgos
- Philip Jones
- Parul Joshi
- Laura Vesco
- Andrew Doud
- Arthur Mondale
[edit] Weather
- Phillip Willams, chief meteorologist, 6 p.m. and 11 p.m.
- Gannon Medwick, morning and noon
- Scott Sumner, weekend
[edit] Sports
- Brian Bailey, sports director, 6 p.m. and 11 p.m.
- Brad Lewis, weekend
[edit] External links
- WNCT Website
- WNCT DT2 "Eastern Carolina's CW" Website
- Query the FCC's TV station database for WNCT
- BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on WNCT-TV
[edit] References
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