WECT

WECT

Wilmington, North Carolina United States
Channels	Digital: 23 (UHF) Virtual: 6
Branding	WECT; WECT News
Programming
Affiliations	6.1: NBC for others, see § Subchannels
Ownership
Owner	Gray Television (Gray Television Licensee, LLC)
Sister stations	WSFX-TV
History
First air date	April 9, 1954 (70 years ago) (1954-04-09)
Former call signs	WMFD-TV (1954–1958)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 6 (VHF, 1954–2008) Digital: 44 (UHF, until 2020)
Former affiliations	All secondary: DuMont (1954–1956) ABC (1954–1964) CBS (1954–1970s)
Call sign meaning	We're Eastern Carolina Television
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	48666
ERP	550 kW
HAAT	592.2 m (1,943 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	34°7′54″N 78°11′16″W / 34.13167°N 78.18778°W / 34.13167; -78.18778
Translator(s)	W17DO-D Wilmington W22FN-D Wilmington
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Website	www.wect.com

WECT (channel 6) is a television station in Wilmington, North Carolina, United States, affiliated with NBC. It is owned by Gray Television, which provides certain services to Fox affiliate WSFX-TV (channel 26) under a shared services agreement (SSA) with American Spirit Media. The two stations share studios on Shipyard Boulevard in Wilmington; WECT's transmitter is located near Winnabow, North Carolina.