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City | Greenville, North Carolina |
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Operator | Sinclair Broadcast Group via SSA |
WCTI-TV | |
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Founded | October 2, 1989 |
First air date | June 30, 1992 |
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Call sign meaning | Sequentially assigned |
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Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 35582 |
ERP | 350 kW |
HAAT | 581.4 m (1,907 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 35°6′16″N 77°20′11″W / 35.10444°N 77.33639°W |
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Website | wcti12 |
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WFXI | |
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Founded | April 7, 1988 |
First air date | November 1, 1989 |
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Call sign meaning | "Fox Inner Banks" |
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Facility ID | 37982 |
ERP | 22.4 kW |
HAAT | 247.4 m (812 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 34°53′1.0″N 76°30′22.0″W / 34.883611°N 76.506111°W |
WYDO (channel 14) is a television station licensed to Greenville, North Carolina, United States, serving as the Fox affiliate for Eastern North Carolina. It is owned by Cunningham Broadcasting, which maintains a shared services agreement (SSA) with Sinclair Broadcast Group, owner of New Bern–licensed ABC affiliate WCTI-TV (channel 12), for the provision of certain services. However, Sinclair effectively owns WYDO as the majority of Cunningham's stock is owned by the family of deceased group founder Julian Smith. The two stations share studios on Glenburnie Drive in New Bern; WYDO's transmitter is located north of Trenton along NC 41. There is no separate website for WYDO; instead, it is integrated with that of sister station WCTI-TV.
The station's main signal was originally WFXI (channel 8), licensed to Morehead City. WFXI's signal covered the eastern portion of the market, while WYDO served as a full satellite for the western portion. On September 6, 2017, WFXI was shut down as a result of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)'s spectrum auction, leaving WYDO as the sole Fox affiliate for the region. At the same time, the station was sold by Esteem Broadcasting—an affiliate of WCTI owner Bonten Media Group—to Cunningham Broadcasting, a partner company of Sinclair (which had acquired Bonten).