WITN-DT2

WITN-DT2
Washington/Greenville/New Bern/
Jacksonville, North Carolina
United States
City Washington, North Carolina
Branding WITN 2
Channels Digital: WITN-DT 32.2 (UHF)
(to move to 34.2 (UHF))
Virtual: 7.2 (PSIP)
Affiliations MyNetworkTV
Owner Gray Television
(Gray Television Licensee, LLC)
First air date 2006 (2006)
Call letters' meaning see WITN
Former affiliations 24-hour local weather (2006-2009)
MeTV (secondary, 2011–2013)
Transmitter power 795 kW
940 kW (CP)
Height 594 m (1,949 ft)
591.9 m (1,942 ft) (CP)
Facility ID 594
Transmitter coordinates 35°21′55″N 77°23′38″W / 35.36528°N 77.39389°W / 35.36528; -77.39389

WITN-DT2 is a MyNetworkTV-affiliated television station licensed to Washington, North Carolina, United States and serving Eastern North Carolina's Inner Banks region. It is a second digital subchannel of NBC affiliate WITN-TV (channel 7) that is owned by Gray Television. Over the air, it broadcasts a standard definition digital signal on UHF channel 32 (or virtual channel 7 via PSIP) from a transmitter in Grifton Township along NC 118. Its parent station has studios on East Arlington Boulevard in Greenville.

History

Originally, WITN-DT2 served as a 24-hour local weather channel. It picked up MyNetworkTV on September 28, 2009 after the area's Ion Television owned-and-operated station WEPX-TV, channel 38 (and its full-time satellite, WPXU-TV, channel 35) dropped the programming service.[1] At that point, local weather programming was reduced to overnights and mornings while syndicated offerings made up the rest of WITN-DT2's schedule. A further addition to that service occurred April 18, 2011 when it added MeTV and dropped all remaining weather-related programming with the new network taking up most of the weekend and daytime schedule.

Eventually, a new third digital subchannel signed-on and began offering a 24-hour live feed of WITN's own Doppler weather radar.[2] On January 17, 2013, it separated programming from MyNetworkTV and MeTV onto dedicated digital subchannels (with Me-TV relocating to the third subchannel). However, WITN-DT2 simulcasts WITN-DT3 during overnight periods.[3]

For a period of time, WITN-DT2 could also be seen on the digital tier of Time Warner Cable in the greater Wilmington area since that market's MyNetworkTV affiliate, W47CK, was technically ineligible for carriage on cable providers due to its low-powered status. As a result, the clearance allowed WITN-DT2 to unofficially serve as Wilmington's MeTV outlet (since, at that time, there was no television outlet affiliated with the network in that area). Eventually, Time Warner Cable (now Charter Spectrum) picked up W47CK and subsequently dropped WITN-DT2 from the lineup.

Programming

Syndicated programming on the station includes The Middle, Cash Cab, The People's Court, and Divorce Court among others.

References

  1. ↑ http://www.witn.com/home/headlines/59668847.html
  2. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2015-07-27.
  3. ↑ http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/489511-Market_Eye_Good_Night_Irene.php
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