UNC-TV

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UNC-TV is a network of PBS member stations in North Carolina, with headquarters in Research Triangle Park. The station takes its name from the University of North Carolina and is owned by the UNC Center for Public Television. It owns 11 transmitters that broadcast across the entire state, as well as into parts of Virginia, Tennessee, and South Carolina. It also operates four digital channels: UNC-KD (children's programs), UNC-HD (high-definition programming), UNC-NC (North Carolina public affairs and original local productions) and UNC-ED (educational television).

The network creates many programs of local interest, including the newsmagazine North Carolina Now, the interview series North Carolina People (hosted by former UNC president William Friday), and special programs about the state's history and culture (often seen during the network's annual pledge drive). It also creates two programs for national distribution (The Woodwright's Shop and Lap Quilting with Georgia Bonesteel). In addition to PBS programs, the station also runs British comedies on Saturday nights and EastEnders on Sunday nights.

Chapel Hill's WUNC-TV, the network's flagship station signed on January 8, 1955 as the first educational television station south of Washington, D.C.. In 1962, it joined National Educational Television (NET). In the next 15 years, three more stations signed on and a system of translators in the mountains allowed the network to reach across the entire state. The network's youngest station, WUNU in Lumberton, signed on in 1996.

It should be noted that Charlotte's WTVI and the Hampton Roads' WHRO-TV (which covers a portion of North Carolina) are not part of the UNC-TV network.

Transmitters

Call sign	Analog channel	Digital channel	Location	Also serves
WUNC-TV	4	59	Chapel Hill	Raleigh Durham Southside Virginia
WUND-TV	2	20	Edenton	Hampton Roads, VA Columbia
WUNE-TV	17	54	Linville	Boone Mountain City, TN
WUNF-TV	33	25	Asheville	Greenville, SC Spartanburg, SC Anderson, SC
WUNG-TV	58	44	Concord	Charlotte
WUNJ-TV	39	29	Wilmington	Myrtle Beach, SC
WUNK-TV	25	23	Greenville	Washington
WUNL-TV	26	32	Winston-Salem	Greensboro High Point Southside Virginia
WUNM-TV	19	18	Jacksonville	New Bern
WUNP-TV	36	39	Roanoke Rapids	Rocky Mount Southside Virginia
WUNU	31	25	Lumberton	Fayetteville

External links

• [UNC-TV Web site]
• [Query the FCC's TV station database for WUNC]
• [Query the FCC's TV station database for WUND]
• [Query the FCC's TV station database for WUNE]
• [Query the FCC's TV station database for WUNF]
• [Query the FCC's TV station database for WUNG]
• [Query the FCC's TV station database for WUNJ]
• [Query the FCC's TV station database for WUNK]
• [Query the FCC's TV station database for WUNL]
• [Query the FCC's TV station database for WUNM]
• [Query the FCC's TV station database for WUNP]
• [Query the FCC's TV station database for WUNU]

Broadcast television in the Raleigh/Durham/Fayetteville market  [(Nielsen DMA #29)]
WUNC 4 / WUNU 31 / WUNP 36 (PBS/UNC-TV) - WRAL 5 (CBS) - WTVD 11 (ABC) - WNCN 17 (NBC) - WLFL 22 (The WB/The CW) - W24CP 24 (3ABN) - WTNC 26 (Religious) - WRDC 28 (UPN/My Network TV) - WRAY 30 (S@H/JTV) - WUVC 40 (UNI) - WZGS 44 (Telemundo) - W45CN 45 / W45CO 45 / WHFL-LP 56 / W63CW 63 / W64CN 64 (TBN) - WRPX 47 / WFPX 62 (i) - WRAZ 50 (Fox) - WWIW-LP 66 (DS) - W67CD 67 (A1) - W68BK 68 (Educational)
Local cable television channels
News 14 Carolina
Out-of-market broadcast television available on cable in some parts of the market
WECT 6 (NBC, Wilmington)

Broadcast television in the Charlotte market  [(Nielsen DMA #27)]
WBTV 3 (CBS) - WSOC 9 (ABC) - WHKY 14 (Ind) - W16CF 16 / W38CN 38 / W66ST 66 (TBN) - WUNE 17 / WUNG 58 (PBS/UNC-TV) - WCCB 18 (Fox) - WLNN-LP 24 (A1) - WNSC 30 (PBS/SCETV) - WCNC 36 (NBC) - WTVI 42 (PBS) - WJZY 46 (UPN/The CW) - WMYT 55 (The WB/My Network TV) - WAXN 64 (Ind)
Local cable television channels
News 14 Carolina
See also Broadcast television in [[Template:GSA TV|Greenville/Spartanburg/Asheville]], [[Template:Columbia TV|Columbia]] and [[Template:Piedmont Triad TV|Piedmont Triad]]

Broadcast television in the Greenville/Spartanburg/Asheville market  [(Nielsen DMA #35)]
WYFF 4 (NBC) - WSPA 7 (CBS) - WGTV 8 (PBS/GPB) - WLOS 13 (ABC) - WGGS 16 (Rel./TBN) - WHNS 21 (Fox) - WNTV 29 / WNEH 38 / WRET 49 (PBS/SCETV) - W31AZ 31 / W50CL 50 / W50CZ 50 (TBN) - WNEG 32 (CBS) - WUNF 33 (PBS/UNC-TV) - WMYA 40 (The WB/MNTV) - WYCW 62 (UPN/The CW) - WAEN-LP 64 (A1)

Terrestrial television>Broadcast television in the Norfolk / Virginia Beach / Newport News, Virginia (Hampton Roads) market  [(Nielsen DMA #42)]
WUND 2 / WUNP 36 (PBS/UNC-TV) - WTKR 3 (CBS) - WSKY 4 (Ind) - WAVY 10 (NBC) - WVEC 13 (ABC) - WHRO 15 (PBS) - WHRE 21 (TBN) - WGNT 27 (UPN/The CW) - WTVZ 33 (The WB/My Network TV) - WVBT 43 (Fox) - WPXV 49 (i)
Local cable & satellite television channels
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