WTVD

WTVD
Durham–Raleigh–; Fayetteville, North Carolina; ; United States;
City	Durham, North Carolina
Channels	Digital: 9 (VHF); Virtual: 11;
Branding	ABC 11, ABC 11 Eyewitness News
Programming
Affiliations	11.1: ABC; for others, see § Subchannels;
Ownership
Owner	ABC Owned Television Stations; (WTVD Television, LLC);
History
Founded	December 1953
First air date	September 2, 1954 (70 years ago)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 11 (VHF, 1954–2009); Digital: 52 (UHF, 1999–2009), 11 (VHF, 2009–2020);
Former affiliations	NBC (1954–1956); ABC (secondary 1954–1956 and 1957–1962, primary 1956–1957); CBS (secondary 1954–1957, primary 1957–1985); NTA (secondary, 1956–1961); NBC (secondary, 1962–1971);
Call sign meaning	Television for Durham
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	8617
ERP	45 kW
HAAT	615 m (2,018 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	35°40′6″N 78°31′58″W / 35.66833°N 78.53278°W
Links
Public license information	Public file; LMS;
Website	abc11.com

WTVD (channel 11) is a television station licensed to Durham, North Carolina, United States, serving as the ABC outlet for the Research Triangle area. Owned and operated by the network's ABC Owned Television Stations division, it maintains business offices and master control facilities on Liberty Street in downtown Durham, with newscasts originating from studios on Fayetteville Street in downtown Raleigh,^{[citation needed]} as well as news bureaus in Chapel Hill and Fayetteville. The station's transmitter is located in Auburn, North Carolina. On-air branding uses ABC 11 as a station identifier, with the call letters taking a secondary role.

^ "Grant Proposed for Houston TV Co" (PDF). Broadcasting-Telecasting Magazine. January 18, 1954. p. 56.
^ "Facility Technical Data for WTVD". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.