WNCT-TV

'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

History

The CW

Newscasts

News Personalities

Anchors

Reporters

Weather

Sports

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's radar is called "Live VIPIR 9".

News Personalities

Anchors

★ Seth Browning, weekend

★ Allan Hoffman, 6 p.m. and 11 p.m.

★ Kara Lusk, weekend

★ Annette Newell, 6 p.m. and 11 p.m.

★ Carley Wegner, morning and noon

Reporters

★ Tom Brockman

★ Marisela Burgos

★ Philip Jones

★ Parul Joshi

★ Laila Muhammad

★ Laura Vesco

Weather

★ Phillip Willams, chief meteorologist, 6 p.m. and 11 p.m.

★ Gannon Medwick, morning and noon

★ Scott Sumner, weekend

Sports

★ Brian Bailey, sports director, 6 p.m. and 11 p.m.

★ Brad Lewis, weekend

External links

★ WNCT Website

★ WNCT DT2 "Eastern Carolina's CW" Website

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