List of television stations in North Carolina
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This is a list of broadcast television stations that are licensed in the U.S. state of
North Carolina North Carolina () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States. The state is the 28th largest and 9th-most populous of the United States. It is bordered by Virginia to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, Georgia and So ...
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Full-power stations

VC refers to the station's
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. RF refers to the station's physical RF channel.


Defunct full-power stations

*Channel 8: WFXI – Fox – Morehead City (1988–2017) *Channel 18: WFLB-TV – ABC/CBS/NBC – Fayetteville (August 29, 1955 – June 20, 1958) *Channel 26: WTOB-TV – ABC/DuMont – Winston-Salem (September 18, 1953 – May 11, 1957) *Channel 28:
WNAO-TV WNAO-TV, UHF analog channel 28, was a CBS- affiliated television station licensed to Raleigh, North Carolina, United States. Owned by the Sir Walter Television Company, it was the first television station in the Raleigh–Durham area and the fir ...
– ABC/CBS/NBC/DuMont – Raleigh (July 12, 1953 – December 31, 1957) *Channel 48: WUBC – Ind. – Greensboro (November 6, 1967 – July 26, 1970) *Channel 62: WISE-TV – CBS/NBC – Asheville (became
WANC-TV WANC-TV (known as WISE-TV from 1953 to 1967), UHF analog channel 21 (formerly on channel 62 until 1971), was a television station in Asheville, North Carolina, United States. Owned throughout its existence by Thoms Broadcasting, WANC-TV was origi ...
channel 21, August 2, 1953 – 1978)


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See also

* North Carolina media **
List of newspapers in North Carolina There have been newspapers in North Carolina since the ''North-Carolina Gazette'' began publication in the Province of North Carolina in 1751. As of January 2020, there were approximately 260 newspapers in publication in North Carolina. While pr ...
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List of defunct newspapers of North Carolina Most of the newspapers started in North Carolina in the 18th-century no longer exist. The first newspaper, the North Carolina Gazette was published in New Bern, North Carolina. These defunct newspapers of North Carolina were replaced by newspap ...
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List of radio stations in North Carolina The following is a list of FCC-licensed radio stations in the U.S. state of North Carolina, which can be sorted by their call signs, frequencies, cities of license, licensees, and programming formats. List of radio stations Defunct * WBIG * ...
** Media of
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in North Carolina:
Asheville Asheville ( ) is a city in, and the county seat of, Buncombe County, North Carolina. Located at the confluence of the French Broad and Swannanoa rivers, it is the largest city in Western North Carolina, and the state's 11th-most populous ci ...
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Charlotte Charlotte ( ) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of North Carolina. Located in the Piedmont region, it is the county seat of Mecklenburg County. The population was 874,579 at the 2020 census, making Charlotte the 16th-most populo ...
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Durham Durham most commonly refers to: *Durham, England, a cathedral city and the county town of County Durham *County Durham, an English county * Durham County, North Carolina, a county in North Carolina, United States *Durham, North Carolina, a city in N ...
, Fayetteville,
Greensboro Greensboro (; formerly Greensborough) is a city in and the county seat of Guilford County, North Carolina, United States. It is the List of municipalities in North Carolina, third-most populous city in North Carolina after Charlotte, North Car ...
, High Point,
Raleigh Raleigh (; ) is the capital city of the state of North Carolina and the seat of Wake County in the United States. It is the second-most populous city in North Carolina, after Charlotte. Raleigh is the tenth-most populous city in the Southeas ...
, Wilmington,
Winston-Salem Winston-Salem is a city and the county seat of Forsyth County, North Carolina, United States. In the 2020 census, the population was 249,545, making it the second-largest municipality in the Piedmont Triad region, the 5th most populous city in ...
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Television stations in North Carolina
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