WNCT-TV
 
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Greenville/Washington/New Bern/ Jacksonville, North Carolina United States |
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| City | Greenville |
| Branding | WNCT 9 On Your Side Eastern North Carolina CW (on DT2) |
| Slogan | First in the Inner Banks |
| Channels |
Digital: 10 (VHF) Virtual: 9 (PSIP) |
| Subchannels | 9.1 CBS 9.2 CW 9.3 GetTV |
| Owner |
Nexstar Media Group (Media General Communications Holdings, LLC) |
| First air date | December 22, 1953 |
| Call letters' meaning | We're North Carolina Television |
| Sister station(s) | WBTW, WNCN |
| Former callsigns | WNCT (1953–1978) |
| Former channel number(s) | 9 (VHF analog, 1953–2009) |
| Former affiliations |
DuMont (1953–1955) ABC (1953–1962) both secondary |
| Transmitter power | 35 kW |
| Height | 575 m |
| Class | DT |
| Facility ID | 57838 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 35°21′55″N 77°23′38″W / 35.36528°N 77.39389°W |
| Website | wnct |
WNCT-TV is the CBS-affiliated television station for Eastern North Carolina's Inner Banks. Licensed to Greenville, it broadcasts a high definition digital signal on VHF channel 10 (or virtual channel 9.1 via PSIP) from a transmitter in Grifton Township along NC 118. Owned by Nexstar Media Group, WNCT has studios on South Evans Street in Greenville.
The station signed-on December 22, 1953 and aired an analog signal on VHF channel 9. It is the fourth-oldest continuously operating television station in North Carolina (behind Charlotte's WBTV, Greensboro's WFMY-TV, and Winston-Salem's WXII-TV) and the oldest station in the eastern part of the state. The station was originally owned by The Daily Reflector along with WNCT radio (1070 AM and 107.9 FM).
It has always been a primary CBS affiliate but also carried some ABC shows (along with NBC outlet WITN-TV) until WNBE-TV (now WCTI-TV) signed-on from New Bern in 1963. WNCT maintained a secondary relation with DuMont from 1953 until the network shut down in 1955. From 1959 until 1998, it aired a weekday morning talk show known as Carolina Today, which included local hosts such as Judge Charles H. Whedbee. WNCT was the first station in the area to broadcast in color.
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