WNCT-TV

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WNCT-TV
Image:Wnct tv.PNG Image:Wnct dt2 cw.jpg
Greenville/Washington/New Bern, North Carolina
Branding	Eyewitness News 9
Slogan	On Your Side
Channels	9 (VHF) analog, 10 (VHF) digital
Affiliations	CBS The CW (on DT2)
Owner	Media General
Founded	December 22, 1953
Call letters meaning	We're North Carolina Television
Former affiliations	ABC (secondary, 1953-62) DuMont (1953-1956)[1]
Website	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.

Contents 1 History 2 The CW 3 Newscasts 3.1 Weekdays 3.2 Weekends 4 External links

History

WNCT signed on the air on December 22, 1953, making it the first television station in eastern North Carolina. It was a part-time ABC affiliate until WNBE-TV (now WCTI-TV) signed on from New Bern in 1963. [2] The station also carried programming from the now-defunct DuMont Television Network.[3] It was co-owned by Roy H. Park along with the Greenville 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.

After WJKA-TV (now WSFX-TV) 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.

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.

Newscasts

WNCT's newscasts are branded under the popular Eyewitness News label. The station delays the weekday broadcast of The Early Show until 8 AM and airs an extra hour of local news instead. The station's radar is called "Live VIPIR 9".

Weekdays

• Eyewitness News 9 Morning Edition I (5:30-6 AM)
• Eyewitness News 9 Morning Edition II (6-7 AM)
• Eyewitness News 9 Morning Edition at 7 (7-8 AM)
• Eyewitness News 9 at Noon (12-12:30 PM)
• Eyewitness News 9 at 6 (6-6:30 PM)
• Fox News at 10 on Fox 8 & Fox 14 (10-10:30 PM on WFXI)
• Eyewitness News 9 Nightside (11-11:35 PM)

Weekends

• Eyewitness News 9 Weekend Edition (6-6:30 PM)
• Fox News at 10 on Fox 8 & Fox 14 (10-10:30 PM on WFXI)
• Eyewitness News 9 Nightside (11-11:35 PM)

(no morning news on weekends)

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