WYDO

WYDO

Greenville–Washington–New Bern– Jacksonville, North Carolina United States
City	Greenville, North Carolina
Channels	Digital: 19 (UHF) Virtual: 14
Branding	Fox Eastern Carolina Bounce Eastern Carolina (on DT2)
Programming
Affiliations	14.1: Fox for others, see § Subchannels
Ownership
Owner	Cunningham Broadcasting (New Bern (WYDO-TV) Licensee, Inc.)
Operator	Sinclair Broadcast Group via SSA
Sister stations	WCTI-TV
History
Founded	October 2, 1989 (34 years ago) (1989-10-02)
First air date	June 30, 1992 (32 years ago) (1992-06-30)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 14 (UHF, 1992–2009) Digital: 21 (UHF, 2006–2009), 47 (UHF, 2009–2020)
Call sign meaning	Sequentially assigned
Technical information[1]
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 / 35.10444; -77.33639
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Website	wcti12.com/fox-eastern-carolina
Former satellite station
WFXI
Morehead City, North Carolina
Channels	Digital: 8 (VHF) Virtual: 8
Programming
Affiliations	Fox (1989–2017) Bounce TV (DT2, until 2017)
History
Founded	April 7, 1988 (1988-04-07)
First air date	November 1, 1989 (1989-11-01)
Last air date	September 6, 2017 (2017-09-06) (27 years, 309 days)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 8 (VHF, 1989–2009) Digital: 24 (UHF, until 2009)
Call sign meaning	"Fox Inner Banks"
Technical information
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 / 34.883611; -76.506111 (WFXI)

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).