WXII
 
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Winston-Salem/Greensboro/ High Point, North Carolina United States |
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| City | Winston-Salem, North Carolina |
| Branding | WXII 12 (general) WXII 12 News (newscasts) |
| Slogan | The Triad's #1 News |
| Channels |
Digital: 31 (UHF) Virtual: 12 () |
| Subchannels | 12.1 NBC 12.2 MeTV |
| Owner |
Hearst Television (WXII Hearst Television, Inc.) |
| First air date | September 30, 1953 |
| Call letters' meaning | XII = Roman numeral 12 |
| Former callsigns | WSJS-TV (1953–1972) WXII (1972–1982) |
| Former channel number(s) |
Analog: 12 (VHF, 1953–2009) |
| Former affiliations |
Secondary: ABC (1953–1963) DT2: This TV (2009–2012) |
| Transmitter power | 815 kW |
| Height | 572 m |
| Facility ID | 53921 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 36°22′30.5″N 80°22′25.4″W / 36.375139°N 80.373722°W |
| Licensing authority | FCC |
| Public license information: |
Profile CDBS |
| Website | www |
WXII-TV, virtual channel 12 (UHF digital channel 31), is an NBC–affiliated television station serving Greensboro, High Point and its city of license Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States. The station is owned by the Hearst Television subsidiary of the Hearst Corporation. WXII maintains studio facilities located on Coliseum Drive in Winston-Salem, and its transmitter is located on Sauratown Mountain in Stokes County. The station is carried on cable channel 11 in most parts of the market.
The station first signed on the air on September 30, 1953 as WSJS-TV. It is the third-oldest surviving television station in North Carolina, behind Charlotte's WBTV and channel 12's rival in the Greensboro market, WFMY-TV. The station at first was owned by a partnership of Piedmont Publishing, publishers of the Winston-Salem Journal and Twin City Sentinel, and Hollywood star Mary Pickford and her husband Charles "Buddy" Rogers. It took its calls from Piedmont Publishing's WSJS radio (600 AM and 104.1 FM, now WTQR). The original call letters stood for Winston-Salem Journal Sentinel.
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