WITN-TV
  
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Washington/Greenville/New Bern/ Jacksonville, North Carolina United States |
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| Branding | WITN (general) WITN News (newscasts) WITN 7.2 (DT2) |
| Slogan |
Your Breaking News & Weather Authority |
| Channels |
Digital: 32 (UHF) Virtual: 7 (PSIP) |
| Subchannels | 7.1 NBC 7.2 MyNetworkTV 7.3 MeTV |
| Owner |
Gray Television (Gray Television Licensee, LLC) |
| First air date | September 28, 1955 |
| Call letters' meaning |
WashIngToN or EyeWITNess News |
| Former callsigns | WITN (1955–1978) |
| Former channel number(s) | 7 (VHF analog, 1955–2009) |
| Former affiliations |
ABC (secondary, 1955–1963) local weather (DT2) |
| Transmitter power | 795 kW |
| Height | 594 m (1,949 ft) |
| Class | DT |
| Facility ID | 594 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 35°21′55″N 77°23′38″W / 35.36528°N 77.39389°W |
| Website | witn.com |
WITN-TV is the NBC-affiliated television station for Eastern North Carolina's Inner Banks. Licensed to Washington, it broadcasts a high definition digital signal on UHF channel 32 (or virtual channel 7.1 via PSIP) from a transmitter in Grifton Township along NC 118. Owned by Gray Television, WITN-TV has studios on East Arlington Boulevard in Greenville.
The station signed-on September 28, 1955 from facilities on U.S. 17 in Chocowinity (outside Washington, though with a Washington mailing address). It was the area's second television outlet to launch after Greenville's WNCT-TV. It was an NBC affiliate from the start but shared secondary ABC relations with WNCT until the 1963 sign-on of WNBE-TV (now WCTI-TV) in New Bern.
WITN aired an analog signal on VHF channel 7 from the region's highest transmitter at that time; its current tower was also one of the tallest structures in the United States. The station was originally owned by North Carolina Television, a consortium of radio stations from Northeastern North Carolina. Majority ownership was held by the owners of WITN radio (930 AM, now WDLX; and FM 93.3, now WERO).
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