WGHP
 
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High Point/Greensboro/ Winston-Salem, North Carolina United States |
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| City | High Point, North Carolina |
| Branding | FOX8 (general) FOX8 News (newscasts) TV 8.2 (DT2) |
| Slogan | Start Local. Stay Local. |
| Channels |
Digital: 35 (UHF) Virtual: 8 () |
| Subchannels | (see article) |
| Affiliations | Fox |
| Owner |
Tribune Broadcasting (WGHP License, LLC) |
| First air date | October 14, 1963 |
| Call letters' meaning |
Winston-Salem Greensboro High Point |
| Former channel number(s) |
Analog: 8 (VHF, 1963–2009) Digital: 8 (VHF, 2009–2010) |
| Former affiliations | ABC (1963–1995) |
| Transmitter power | 1000 kW |
| Height | 365 m |
| Facility ID | 72106 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 35°48′46.5″N 79°50′28.1″W / 35.812917°N 79.841139°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
| Website | www |
WGHP, virtual channel 8 (UHF digital channel 35), is a Fox-affiliated television station serving the Piedmont Triad region, including Greensboro, Winston-Salem and its city of license High Point, North Carolina, United States. The station is owned by the Tribune Broadcasting subsidiary of the Tribune Media Company. WGHP maintains studio facilities located on Francis Street (just outside downtown High Point), and its transmitter is located in Sophia. The station is carried on channel 10 on cable providers throughout much of the market.
In 1958, the Federal Communications Commission assigned a third VHF channel frequency to the Piedmont Triad area. The channel 8 allocation was freed up by the move of Florence, South Carolina's WBTW, to channel 13, and was short-spaced to WCHS-TV in Charleston, West Virginia and WXEX-TV (now WRIC-TV) in Petersburg, Virginia. Applicants for the High Point channel 8 allocation included Jefferson Standard Broadcasting, owner of WBTV in Charlotte and WBTW. The owner of WTOB-TV (channel 26; whose channel allocation is now occupied by WUNL-TV) in Winston-Salem was also interested.
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