WCTI-TV
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| WCTI-TV | |
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| New Bern, North Carolina | |
| Branding | TV12/NewsChannel 12 |
| Slogan | Coverage You Can Count On |
| Channels | 12 (VHF) analog, 48 (UHF) digital |
| Affiliations | ABC Independent (on DT2) |
| Owner | Bonten Media Group |
| Founded | 1954 |
| Call letters meaning | W Continental Television Incorporated (former owner) |
| Former callsigns | WNBE (1963-1970) |
| Former affiliations | UPN (subchannel) |
| Website | www.wcti12.com |
WCTI-TV Channel 12 is an ABC affiliate serving the Greenville/Washington/New Bern, North Carolina television market. The station signed on as WNBE-TV in September 1963, after a lengthy battle with the FCC over channel allocation and the location of their transmitter tower.
In 1980, WCTI erected a 2,000 foot tower located near Trenton, North Carolina to allow greater coverage throughout Eastern North Carolina, including the Outer Banks.
In 2006, Newport License Holdings, a part of Bluestone Television, was sold along with the latter to Bonten Media Group.
[edit] ENC-TV
In addition to ABC, WCTI also carries ENC-TV, programming on digital subchannel 48.2. ENC-TV airs first-run syndicated programming, as well as local news and sports. Prior to September 18, 2006, the subchannel was UPN-48, broadcasting programming from the defunct UPN.
When UPN and The WB merged into The CW on September 4, 2006, WNCT-TV chose to carry The CW on one of its digital subchannels. When News Corporation started up another new network called My Network TV, it seemed likely that either 48.2 or cable-only WB affiliate WGWB would affiliate with My Network TV, but that affiliation went to local i affiliates WPXU/WEPX.
[edit] Logos
 Logo used in the 1960s. |
 Logo circa 1972. |
 Logo circa 1979. |
 Logo used from the mid/late 1990s-2005. |
 Current logo, 2005-present. |
 ENC-TV logo. |
[edit] External links
| Broadcast television in the Greenville/New Bern/Washington market (Nielsen DMA #107) | ||
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WITN 7 (NBC) - WFXI 8 / WYDO 14 (Fox) - WNCT 9 (CBS) (The CW on DT2) - WCTI 12 (ABC) (Ind on DT2) - WUNM 19 / WUNK 25 (PBS/UNC-TV) - W22CJ 22 / W60CV 60 (TBN) - WPXU 35 / WEPX 38 (ION/MNTV/S@H) |
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| Out-of-market broadcast television available on cable in some parts of the market | ||
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WSKY 4 (IND, Manteo, NC/Hampton Roads, VA) - WRAL 5 (CBS, Raleigh) - WECT 6 (NBC, Wilmington) - WTVD 11 (ABC, Durham) - WNCN 17 (NBC, Goldsboro) |
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| ABC Network Affiliates in the state of North Carolina | |
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WWAY 3 (Wilmington) - WSOC 9 (Charlotte) - WTVD 11 (Durham) - WCTI 12 (New Bern) - WLOS 13 (Asheville) - WXLV 45 (Winston-Salem) |
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| See also: CBS, Fox, NBC, PBS, CW, MNTV and Other stations in North Carolina | |
| UPN Network Affiliates in the state of North Carolina Note: Networks in parenthesis indicate affiliations starting September 2006. Also, stations in bold are cable-only stations. |
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WILM-LP 10 (Wilmington)1 - WRDC 28 (Durham, MNTV) - WJZY 46 (Belmont / Charlotte, The CW) - WCTI-DT 48.2 (New Bern)1 - WMYV 48 (Greensboro, MNTV) - WYCW 62 (Asheville, The CW) |
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1The CW and My Network TV affiliations have already been decided in these markets. |
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| See also: ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC, PBS, WB and Other stations in North Carolina | |
