Goldsboro/Raleigh/Durham/Fayetteville, North Carolina United States |
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City | Goldsboro, North Carolina |
Branding | CBS North Carolina (general) North Carolina News (newscasts) |
Slogan | North Carolina News Now |
Channels |
Digital: 17 (UHF) Virtual: 17 () |
Subchannels | 17.1 CBS 17.2 Antenna TV 17.3 Justice Network |
Affiliations | CBS (2016–present) |
Owner |
Nexstar Media Group (Nexstar Broadcasting, Inc.) |
First air date | April 11, 1988 |
Call letters' meaning | North Carolina's News |
Former callsigns | WYED (1988–1994) |
Former channel number(s) |
Analog: 17 (UHF, 1988–2009) Digital: 55 (UHF, until 2009) |
Former affiliations |
Independent (1988–1995) The WB (1995) NBC (1995–2016) |
Transmitter power | 291 kW |
Height | 611 m |
Facility ID | 50782 |
Transmitter coordinates | 35°40′29″N 78°31′40″W / 35.67472°N 78.52778°W |
Licensing authority | FCC |
Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
Website | wncn |
WNCN, channel 17, is a CBS-affiliated television station that is licensed to Goldsboro, North Carolina, United States, and serves North Carolina's Triangle region. The station's studios are located on Front Street in North Raleigh, and its transmitter is located in Auburn.
The station is carried on Charter Spectrum channel 6 in Raleigh; cable channel 2 in Durham and Chapel Hill; channel 10 in Wilson, Fayetteville and Southern Pines; channel 13 in Goldsboro; channel 9 in Carrboro; and cable channel 7 in most other places, including Cary. In recent years, WNCN has been carried on cable in multiple areas within the Greensboro–High Point–Winston-Salem and Greenville–New Bern–Washington markets. The station is currently owned by Nexstar Media Group.