WNCT-TV
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WNCT-TV is the CBS
-affiliated television station
for Eastern North Carolina
's Inner Banks
licensed to Greenville
. It broadcasts a high definition
digital signal on VHF channel 10 (or virtual channel
9.1 via PSIP) from a transmitter in Grifton
along NC 118. The station can also be seen on Charter
channel 6 as well as Time Warner Cable
and Suddenlink
channel 10. There is a high definition feed provided on Charter digital channel 706, Suddenlink digital channel 709, and Time Warner
Cable digital channel 1110. Owned by Media General
, WNCT has studios on South Evans Street in Greenville. Syndicated
programming on this station includes Entertainment Tonight
, The Insider
, Dr. Phil
, and The Doctors
among others.
digital subchannel
. Known on-air as Eastern North Carolina CW, this can also be seen on Suddenlink channel 6, Charter channel 12, and Time Warner Cable digital channel 111. WNCT-DT2 gets all of its programming from The CW Plus
. It only airs in standard definition over-the-air and on all cable providers. However, Time Warner Cable does offer a high definition feed of fellow CW affiliate WLFL
in Raleigh
on digital channel 1130.
. It aired an analog signal on VHF channel 9. It is the fourth-oldest continuously operating television 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. The station was originally owned by The Daily Reflector
along with WNCT radio (1070 AM
and 107.9 FM
).
It has always been a primary CBS affiliate but also carried some ABC
shows (along with NBC
outlet WITN-TV
) until WNBE-TV (now WCTI-TV
) signed-on from New Bern
in 1963. WNCT maintained a secondary relation with DuMont
from 1953 until the network shut down in 1955. From 1959 until 1998, it aired a weekday morning talk show known as Carolina Today. WNCT was the first station in the area to broadcast in color
.
Roy H. Park
bought The Daily Reflector and WNCT-AM-FM-TV in 1961. The television station added the -TV suffix to its calls on August 1, 1978. The television station remained the flagship of Park Communications until it merged with Media General in 1997. It served part of the Wilmington
market
(mostly Pender County
) until that city got its own CBS affiliate, WJKA-TV, in 1984. When that outlet switched to Fox in 1994 and became WSFX-TV
, WNCT resumed serving as the default CBS affiliate for parts of the Wilmington area until low-powered WILM-LP (now WILM-LD) signed-on in 2000.
However, WNCT still serves some parts of that area which cannot obtain WILM's off-air signal and/or on cable
. On January 24, 2006, The WB and UPN
announced the two networks would end broadcasting and merge. The new combined service would be called The CW. The letters would represent the first initial of corporate parents "C"BS (the parent company of UPN) and the "W"arner Bros.
unit of Time Warner. WCTI offered UPN on its third digital subchannel while The WB aired on cable-only
"WGWB
". On September 18, WNCT changed its second digital subchannel to become part of The CW through The CW Plus (a similar operation to The WB 100+).
WNCT-DT2 originally served as a non-audio feed of WNCT's regional Doppler
weather radar
known as "Live VIPIR
9". The station's CBS high definition signal was picked up by DirecTV
on January 7, 2009 and this is also carried on Dish Network
. On June 12, 2009, WNCT's digital signal remained on channel 10 when the analog to digital conversion was completed. On that date at 6:30 in the evening, the station shut-off its analog transmitter for the final time.
events such as hurricanes and floods, the station received a national Edward R. Murrow Award and was the smallest television station to get this recognition. It also won a Service to America Award
. In terms of ratings
, Eastern North Carolina is usually not fiercely competitive during sweeps periods. Generally, WNCT trades the ratings crown with WITN and WCTI. In July 2008, this station became the area's most watched outlet after taking first place weeknights at 6 and 11. But since then, it has fallen to 3rd place weeknights at 6.
As of May 2010, WITN has won the sign-on to sign-off honors for two consecutive ratings periods. That station won all news time periods except for the weekday noon time slot. Through a news share agreement, WNCT produced the market
's original nightly prime time newscast at 10. This broadcast was seen for thirty minutes on the area's Fox affiliate WFXI/WYDO
(then owned by Piedmont Television
). The outsourcing arrangement was terminated in December 2007 after WCTI became a sister station to WFXI/WYDO through their management by the Bonten Media Group. Initially in January 2008, WCTI began repeating its nightly 6 o'clock newscast at 10 on WFXI/WYDO.
Eventually, a new nightly prime time broadcast (produced by WCTI) was added to the Fox affiliate on January 28. Meanwhile, WNCT moved its prime time show at 10 to this second digital subchannel. Now known as Eyewitness News
9 Nightside on The CW, it can currently be seen every night for a half-hour. Like all CW Plus outlets in the Eastern Time Zone
, WNCT-DT2
airs the nationally syndicated morning show The Daily Buzz
on weekdays from 6 until 9. During weather forecast segments, the station features a live NOAA National Weather Service
weather radar
originating from the Local Forecast Office on Roberts Road in Newport
. On-air, this is known as "Live VIPIR
9" and it is streamed live on WNCT's website. In addition to the main studios, it operates bureaus in Jacksonville
(on Lejeune Boulevard) and New Bern.
Storm Team 9 Meteorologists
Digital journalists
CBS
CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...
-affiliated television station
Television station
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for Eastern North Carolina
Eastern North Carolina
Eastern North Carolina is the region encompassing the eastern tier of North Carolina. It is known geographically as the state's Coastal Plain region. Primary subregions of Eastern North Carolina include the Fayetteville Metropolitan Area, the Lower Cape Fear , the Sandhills, the Inner Banks and...
's Inner Banks
Inner Banks
The Inner Banks is a term used by some to describe the inland coastal region of eastern North Carolina, an area on the East Coast of the United States that is 22,227 square-miles by its broadest definition...
licensed to Greenville
Greenville, North Carolina
Greenville is the county seat of Pitt County and principal city of the Greenville, North Carolina metropolitan area. Greenville is the health, entertainment, and educational hub of North Carolina's Tidewater and Coastal Plain and in 2008 was listed as the Tenth Largest City in North Carolina...
. It broadcasts a high definition
High-definition television
High-definition television is video that has resolution substantially higher than that of traditional television systems . HDTV has one or two million pixels per frame, roughly five times that of SD...
digital signal on VHF channel 10 (or virtual channel
Virtual channel
In telecommunications, a logical channel number , also known as virtual channel, is a channel designation which differs from that of the actual radio channel on which the signal travels....
9.1 via PSIP) from a transmitter in Grifton
Grifton, North Carolina
Grifton is a town in Lenoir and Pitt Counties, North Carolina, United States. The 2008 population was estimated to be 2,240. The town is a part of the Greenville Metropolitan Area located in North Carolina's Inner Banks region.- Geography :...
along NC 118. The station can also be seen on Charter
Charter Communications
Charter Communications is an American company providing cable television, high-speed Internet, and telephone services to more than 4.7 million customers in 25 states. By revenues, it is the fourth-largest cable operator in the United States, behind Comcast, Time Warner Cable, and Cox Communications...
channel 6 as well as Time Warner Cable
Time Warner Cable
Time Warner Cable is an American cable television company that operates in 28 states and has 31 operating divisions...
and Suddenlink
Suddenlink Communications
Suddenlink Communications, formerly Cebridge Connections, is a top-10 cable broadband services provider in the United States with approximately 1.4 million subscribers. Suddenlink operates in 18 states in primarily medium-sized communities. With its corporate headquarters in St. Louis, MO,...
channel 10. There is a high definition feed provided on Charter digital channel 706, Suddenlink digital channel 709, and Time Warner
Time Warner
Time Warner is one of the world's largest media companies, headquartered in the Time Warner Center in New York City. Formerly two separate companies, Warner Communications, Inc...
Cable digital channel 1110. Owned by Media General
Media General
Media General, Inc. is a media company based in the Southeastern United States. Its major properties include newspapers such as The Tampa Tribune, the Winston-Salem Journal, and the Richmond Times-Dispatch, as well as numerous television stations, such as flagship station WFLA-TV.The company was...
, WNCT has studios on South Evans Street in Greenville. Syndicated
Television syndication
In broadcasting, syndication is the sale of the right to broadcast radio shows and television shows by multiple radio stations and television stations, without going through a broadcast network, though the process of syndication may conjure up structures like those of a network itself, by its very...
programming on this station includes Entertainment Tonight
Entertainment Tonight
Entertainment Tonight is a daily tabloid television entertainment television news show that is syndicated by CBS Television Distribution throughout the United States, Canada and in many countries around the world. Linda Bell Blue is currently the program's executive producer...
, The Insider
The Insider (TV series)
The Insider is an American tabloid television news program covering events and celebrities. It debuted on September 13, 2004 as a spinoff of Entertainment Tonight and started as a popular segment that took viewers "behind closed doors" and gave them "inside" information...
, Dr. Phil
Dr. Phil (TV series)
Dr. Phil is a reality/talk television show hosted by Phil McGraw. After McGraw's success with his segments on The Oprah Winfrey Show, Dr. Phil debuted on September 16, 2002...
, and The Doctors
The Doctors (2008 TV series)
The Doctors is an American syndicated talk show airing daily in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Ireland, Sweden and Finland. It debuted on September 8, 2008. The hour-long daytime program is produced by Phil McGraw and his son Jay McGraw and is distributed domestically and globally by CBS Television...
among others.
Digital programming
The station operates the area's CW affiliate on a secondWNCT-DT2
WNCT-DT2 is the CW-affiliated television station for Eastern North Carolina's Inner Banks. The station is part of The CW Plus, a special CW feed that broadcasts on cable and/or over-the-air on a digital signal. It is a second digital subchannel of CBS affiliate WNCT-TV owned by Media General...
digital subchannel
Digital subchannel
In broadcasting, digital subchannels are a means to transmit more than one independent program at the same time from the same digital radio or digital television station on the same radio frequency channel. This is done by using data compression techniques to reduce the size of each individual...
. Known on-air as Eastern North Carolina CW, this can also be seen on Suddenlink channel 6, Charter channel 12, and Time Warner Cable digital channel 111. WNCT-DT2 gets all of its programming from The CW Plus
The CW Plus
The CW Plus is a group of primarily digital sub-channels, analog, and non-broadcast cable television outlets for the CW Television Network, for markets below the top 99 television media markets in the United States....
. It only airs in standard definition over-the-air and on all cable providers. However, Time Warner Cable does offer a high definition feed of fellow CW affiliate WLFL
WLFL
WLFL is the CW-affiliated television station for North Carolina's Triangle licensed to Raleigh. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 27 from a transmitter located in Auburn, North Carolina. The station can also be seen on Time Warner Cable channel 2 and in high definition...
in Raleigh
Raleigh, North Carolina
Raleigh is the capital and the second largest city in the state of North Carolina as well as the seat of Wake County. Raleigh is known as the "City of Oaks" for its many oak trees. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the city's 2010 population was 403,892, over an area of , making Raleigh...
on digital channel 1130.
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Programming |
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Main WNCT programming / CBS |
| 9.2 | WNCT-DT2 | 480i 480i 480i is the shorthand name for a video mode, namely the US NTSC television system or digital television systems with the same characteristics. The i, which is sometimes uppercase, stands for interlaced, the 480 for a vertical frame resolution of 480 lines containing picture information; while NTSC... |
4:3 | Eastern North Carolina North Carolina North Carolina is a state located in the southeastern United States. The state borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west and Virginia to the north. North Carolina contains 100 counties. Its capital is Raleigh, and its largest city is Charlotte... CW |
History
The station signed-on December 22, 19531953 in television
The year 1953 in television involved some significant events.Below is a list of television-related events in 1953.-Events:*January 19 – 68% of all US television sets were tuned in to I Love Lucy to watch Lucy give birth to little Ricky....
. It aired an analog signal on VHF channel 9. It is the fourth-oldest continuously operating television station in North Carolina
North Carolina
North Carolina is a state located in the southeastern United States. The state borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west and Virginia to the north. North Carolina contains 100 counties. Its capital is Raleigh, and its largest city is Charlotte...
(behind Charlotte
CHARLOTTE
- CHARLOTTE :CHARLOTTE is an American blues-based hard rock band that formed in Los Angeles, California in 1986. Currently, they are signed to indie label, Eonian Records, under which they released their debut cd, Medusa Groove, in 2010. Notable Charlotte songs include 'Siren', 'Little Devils',...
's WBTV
WBTV
WBTV, channel 3 , is the CBS affiliate in Charlotte, North Carolina. It is one of two flagship stations of Raycom Media. WBTV's studios are located off Morehead Street just west of Uptown Charlotte, and its transmitter is located in north-central Gaston County, North Carolina...
, Greensboro's WFMY-TV
WFMY-TV
WFMY-TV is a television station in Greensboro, North Carolina. Owned by the Gannett Company, WFMYis the CBS affiliate for the Greensboro/High Point/Winston-Salem area...
, and Winston-Salem's WXII-TV
WXII-TV
WXII-TV is the NBC television station licensed for the Greensboro–High Point–Winston-Salem, North Carolina designated market area with Parts of SWVA. It is licensed to Winston-Salem and is currently owned by the Hearst Corporation. Its transmitter is located on Sauratown Mountain in...
) and the oldest station in the eastern part of the state. The station was originally owned by The Daily Reflector
The Daily Reflector
The Daily Reflector is a daily newspaper that serves Pitt County and eastern North Carolina. It is headquartered in Greenville, North Carolina.-History:...
along with WNCT radio (1070 AM
WNCT (AM)
WNCT is a radio station broadcasting a beach music format. Licensed to Greenville, North Carolina, USA, it serves the Greenville-New Bern area. The station is currently owned by Beasly Broadcast Group.-History:...
and 107.9 FM
WNCT-FM
WNCT-FM is a radio station broadcasting a Classic hits format. Licensed to Greenville, North Carolina, USA, the station serves the Rocky Mount, Greenville-New Bern-Jacksonville area. The station is currently owned by Beasley Broadcasting....
).
It has always been a primary CBS affiliate but also carried some ABC
American Broadcasting Company
The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...
shows (along with NBC
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
outlet WITN-TV
WITN-TV
WITN-TV is the NBC-affiliated television station for Eastern North Carolina's Inner Banks licensed to Washington. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 32 from a transmitter in Grifton along NC 118. The station can also be seen on Charter and Time Warner Cable channel 7 as...
) until WNBE-TV (now WCTI-TV
WCTI-TV
WCTI-TV is the ABC-affiliated television station for the Inner Banks area of Eastern North Carolina that is licensed to New Bern. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on VHF channel 12 from a transmitter in Trenton along NC 58...
) signed-on from New Bern
New Bern, North Carolina
New Bern is a city in Craven County, North Carolina with a population of 29,524 as of the 2010 census.. It is located at the confluence of the Trent and the Neuse rivers...
in 1963. WNCT maintained a secondary relation with DuMont
DuMont Television Network
The DuMont Television Network, also known as the DuMont Network, DuMont, Du Mont, or Dumont was one of the world's pioneer commercial television networks, rivalling NBC for the distinction of being first overall. It began operation in the United States in 1946. It was owned by DuMont...
from 1953 until the network shut down in 1955. From 1959 until 1998, it aired a weekday morning talk show known as Carolina Today. WNCT was the first station in the area to broadcast in color
Color television
Color television is part of the history of television, the technology of television and practices associated with television's transmission of moving images in color video....
.
Roy H. Park
Roy H. Park
Roy Hampton Park was an American media executive and entrepreneur. -Biography:Park was born in Dobson, North Carolina, the son of a tenant farmer...
bought The Daily Reflector and WNCT-AM-FM-TV in 1961. The television station added the -TV suffix to its calls on August 1, 1978. The television station remained the flagship of Park Communications until it merged with Media General in 1997. It served part of the Wilmington
Wilmington, North Carolina
Wilmington is a port city in and is the county seat of New Hanover County, North Carolina, United States. The population is 106,476 according to the 2010 Census, making it the eighth most populous city in the state of North Carolina...
market
Media market
A media market, broadcast market, media region, designated market area , Television Market Area , or simply market is a region where the population can receive the same television and radio station offerings, and may also include other types of media including newspapers and Internet content...
(mostly Pender County
Pender County, North Carolina
-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 41,082 people, 16,054 households, and 11,719 families residing in the county. The population density was 47 people per square mile . There were 20,798 housing units at an average density of 24 per square mile...
) until that city got its own CBS affiliate, WJKA-TV, in 1984. When that outlet switched to Fox in 1994 and became WSFX-TV
WSFX-TV
WSFX-TV is the Fox-affiliated television station for North Carolina's Cape Fear region licensed to Wilmington. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 30 from a transmitter in Town Creek Township. The station can also be seen on Time Warner Cable, Charter, and ATMC channel 9...
, WNCT resumed serving as the default CBS affiliate for parts of the Wilmington area until low-powered WILM-LP (now WILM-LD) signed-on in 2000.
However, WNCT still serves some parts of that area which cannot obtain WILM's off-air signal and/or on cable
Cable television
Cable television is a system of providing television programs to consumers via radio frequency signals transmitted to televisions through coaxial cables or digital light pulses through fixed optical fibers located on the subscriber's property, much like the over-the-air method used in traditional...
. On January 24, 2006, The WB and UPN
UPN
United Paramount Network was a television network that was broadcast in over 200 markets in the United States from 1995 to 2006. UPN was originally owned by Viacom/Paramount and Chris-Craft Industries, the former of which, through the Paramount Television Group, produced most of the network's...
announced the two networks would end broadcasting and merge. The new combined service would be called The CW. The letters would represent the first initial of corporate parents "C"BS (the parent company of UPN) and the "W"arner Bros.
Warner Bros.
Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., also known as Warner Bros. Pictures or simply Warner Bros. , is an American producer of film and television entertainment.One of the major film studios, it is a subsidiary of Time Warner, with its headquarters in Burbank,...
unit of Time Warner. WCTI offered UPN on its third digital subchannel while The WB aired on cable-only
The WB 100+ Station Group
The WB 100+ Station Group was a group of primarily non-broadcast local cable television outlets for The WB Television Network, for markets below the top 100 television media markets in the United States. Dayparts with no WB programming were programmed by the network...
"WGWB
WGWB
WGWB was The WB television affiliate for Greenville, North Carolina. The call letters are fictional, as it is not a Federal Communications Commission-licensed broadcast station. Rather, it is part of The WB 100+ Station Group, a group of non-broadcast local cable television outlets for markets...
". On September 18, WNCT changed its second digital subchannel to become part of The CW through The CW Plus (a similar operation to The WB 100+).
WNCT-DT2 originally served as a non-audio feed of WNCT's regional Doppler
Pulse-doppler radar
Pulse-Doppler is a 4D radar system capable of detecting both target 3D location as well as measuring radial velocity . It uses the Doppler effect to avoid overloading computers and operators as well as to reduce power consumption...
weather radar
Weather radar
Weather radar, also called weather surveillance radar and Doppler weather radar, is a type of radar used to locate precipitation, calculate its motion, estimate its type . Modern weather radars are mostly pulse-Doppler radars, capable of detecting the motion of rain droplets in addition to the...
known as "Live VIPIR
VIPIR
Volumetric Imaging and Processing of Integrated Radar, known by the acronym VIPIR, is a type of post-processing program applied to traditional radar systems and is distributed by Baron Weather Solutions...
9". The station's CBS high definition signal was picked up by DirecTV
DirecTV
DirecTV is an American direct broadcast satellite service provider and broadcaster based in El Segundo, California. Its satellite service, launched on June 17, 1994, transmits digital satellite television and audio to households in the United States, Latin America, and the Anglophone Caribbean. ...
on January 7, 2009 and this is also carried on Dish Network
Dish Network
Dish Network Corporation is the second largest pay TV provider in the United States, providing direct broadcast satellite service—including satellite television, audio programming, and interactive television services—to 14.337 million commercial and residential customers in the United States. Dish...
. On June 12, 2009, WNCT's digital signal remained on channel 10 when the analog to digital conversion was completed. On that date at 6:30 in the evening, the station shut-off its analog transmitter for the final time.
News operation
Even before a full news department was established, WNCT offered weather forecasts to area farmers. For coverage of severe weatherSevere weather
Severe weather phenomena are weather conditions that are hazardous to human life and property.- Examples Include :Severe weather can occur under a variety of situations, but three characteristics are generally needed: a temperature or moisture boundary, moisture, and , instability in the...
events such as hurricanes and floods, the station received a national Edward R. Murrow Award and was the smallest television station to get this recognition. It also won a Service to America Award
Partnership for Public Service
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. In terms of ratings
Nielsen Ratings
Nielsen ratings are the audience measurement systems developed by Nielsen Media Research, in an effort to determine the audience size and composition of television programming in the United States...
, Eastern North Carolina is usually not fiercely competitive during sweeps periods. Generally, WNCT trades the ratings crown with WITN and WCTI. In July 2008, this station became the area's most watched outlet after taking first place weeknights at 6 and 11. But since then, it has fallen to 3rd place weeknights at 6.
As of May 2010, WITN has won the sign-on to sign-off honors for two consecutive ratings periods. That station won all news time periods except for the weekday noon time slot. Through a news share agreement, WNCT produced the market
Media market
A media market, broadcast market, media region, designated market area , Television Market Area , or simply market is a region where the population can receive the same television and radio station offerings, and may also include other types of media including newspapers and Internet content...
's original nightly prime time newscast at 10. This broadcast was seen for thirty minutes on the area's Fox affiliate WFXI/WYDO
WFXI
WFXI is the Fox-affiliated television station for Eastern North Carolina's Inner Banks licensed to Morehead City. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on VHF channel 8 from a transmitter in unincorporated Davis, North Carolina along the South River's East Fork. The station can also be...
(then owned by Piedmont Television
Piedmont Television
Piedmont Television was a broadcasting company in the United States that owned television stations in smaller markets. The company was based in Charlotte, North Carolina....
). The outsourcing arrangement was terminated in December 2007 after WCTI became a sister station to WFXI/WYDO through their management by the Bonten Media Group. Initially in January 2008, WCTI began repeating its nightly 6 o'clock newscast at 10 on WFXI/WYDO.
Eventually, a new nightly prime time broadcast (produced by WCTI) was added to the Fox affiliate on January 28. Meanwhile, WNCT moved its prime time show at 10 to this second digital subchannel. Now known as Eyewitness News
Eyewitness News
Eyewitness News is a style of news broadcasting used by local television stations in different markets across the United States. It refers to a particular style of television newscast with an emphasis on visual elements and action video...
9 Nightside on The CW, it can currently be seen every night for a half-hour. Like all CW Plus outlets in the Eastern Time Zone
Eastern Time Zone
The Eastern Time Zone of the United States and Canada is a time zone that falls mostly along the east coast of North America. Its UTC time offset is −5 hrs during standard time and −4 hrs during daylight saving time...
, WNCT-DT2
WNCT-DT2
WNCT-DT2 is the CW-affiliated television station for Eastern North Carolina's Inner Banks. The station is part of The CW Plus, a special CW feed that broadcasts on cable and/or over-the-air on a digital signal. It is a second digital subchannel of CBS affiliate WNCT-TV owned by Media General...
airs the nationally syndicated morning show The Daily Buzz
The Daily Buzz
The Daily Buzz is a nationally syndicated breakfast television news and infotainment program. The show is produced by Fisher Communications and is owned and distributed by ACME Communications; it is broadcast every weekday morning from studios at Full Sail University in Winter Park, Florida...
on weekdays from 6 until 9. During weather forecast segments, the station features a live NOAA National Weather Service
National Weather Service
The National Weather Service , once known as the Weather Bureau, is one of the six scientific agencies that make up the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration of the United States government...
weather radar
Weather radar
Weather radar, also called weather surveillance radar and Doppler weather radar, is a type of radar used to locate precipitation, calculate its motion, estimate its type . Modern weather radars are mostly pulse-Doppler radars, capable of detecting the motion of rain droplets in addition to the...
originating from the Local Forecast Office on Roberts Road in Newport
Newport, North Carolina
Newport is a town in Carteret County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 3,349 at the 2000 census.-History:Newport was officially chartered in 1866. Although the crossroads community on the Newport River was known by that name decades earlier, the area was also known as Bell's Corner...
. On-air, this is known as "Live VIPIR
VIPIR
Volumetric Imaging and Processing of Integrated Radar, known by the acronym VIPIR, is a type of post-processing program applied to traditional radar systems and is distributed by Baron Weather Solutions...
9" and it is streamed live on WNCT's website. In addition to the main studios, it operates bureaus in Jacksonville
Jacksonville, North Carolina
Jacksonville, North Carolina, is a city in Onslow County, North Carolina, United States. As of the 2010 United States census, the population stood at 70,145, which makes Jacksonville the 14th largest city in North Carolina...
(on Lejeune Boulevard) and New Bern.
Out Of Market Carriage
Along the I-95 corridor, it is carried in Halifax, Nash, Edgecombe, Wilson and Johnston (Kenly area only). Along I-40 and the US 117 corridor, it is carried in Wayne and Pender. Along the Virginia border throughout northeast North Carolina and the northern Outer Banks, all of the counties inside the Hampton Roads DMA carry WNCT except in Currituck and Camden counties (as of 2009). There is no cable carriage in Virginia and no satellite carriage outside of the Greenville-Washington-New Bern DMA. WNCT if carried out of market is always carrying WITN on any cable listing in North Carolina.Newscast titles
- 9 Alive News (1970s-1980s)
- NewsCenter 9 (1980s-1998)
- Eyewitness News 9 (1998–present)
Station slogans
- "Turn to 9" (early 1990s)
- "First in News" (early 1990s-1998)
- "On Your Side" (1998–present)
News team
Anchors- Lindsay Landry - weekday mornings and weekdays at noon
- Richard Klindworth - weeknights at 5 and 5:30
- Allan Hoffman - weeknights at 6 and 11
- Amanda Goodman - weeknights at 6, 10, and 11
- Jim Niedelman - weekends and reporter
- Brian Bailey - Sports DirectorSports DirectorA sports director is an individual at a television or radio station who is in charge of the sports department. In local news, the sports director is typically the station's primary sportscaster, and often anchors the primetime newscasts on weekdays. They are in charge of sports programming and...
seen weeknights at 6, 10, and 11 (also Touchdown Friday host)
Storm Team 9 Meteorologists
- David Sawyer - Chief seen weeknights
- Gannon Medwick - weekday mornings and weekdays at noon
- Kweilyn Murphy - weekends
Digital journalists
- Sasha Horne - New Bern Bureau Chief
- Alexander Freedman
- Jonathan Rodriguez
- Andrea Blanford
- Kristen Hunter
- Tony Rawlings