The University of North Carolina Center for Public Media, branded on-air as PBS North Carolina or commonly PBS NC, is a
public television
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network serving the state of
North Carolina
North Carolina ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It is bordered by Virginia to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, South Carolina to the south, Georgia (U.S. stat ...
. It is operated by the
University of North Carolina
The University of North Carolina is the Public university, public university system for the state of North Carolina. Overseeing the state's 16 public universities and the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics, it is commonly referre ...
system, which holds the licenses for all but one of the thirteen
PBS
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member
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* Military jury, referred to as "Members" in military jargon
* Element (mathematics), an object that belongs to a mathematical set
* In object-oriented programming, a member of a class
** Field (computer science), entries in ...
television station
A television station is a set of equipment managed by a business, organisation or other entity such as an amateur television (ATV) operator, that transmits video content and audio content via radio waves directly from a transmitter on the earth's s ...
s licensed in the state—
WTVI
WTVI (channel 42) is a PBS member television station in Charlotte, North Carolina, United States, owned by Central Piedmont Community College. The station's studios are located in the Chantilly-Commonwealth section of east Charlotte, and its tra ...
(channel 42) in
Charlotte is owned by
Central Piedmont Community College
Central Piedmont Community College (Central Piedmont) is a Public college, public community college in Charlotte, North Carolina. With an enrollment of more than 40,000 students annually, Central Piedmont is the second-largest community college ...
. The broadcast signals of the twelve television stations cover almost all of the state, as well as parts of
Georgia
Georgia most commonly refers to:
* Georgia (country), a country in the South Caucasus
* Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the southeastern United States
Georgia may also refer to:
People and fictional characters
* Georgia (name), a list of pe ...
,
South Carolina
South Carolina ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It borders North Carolina to the north and northeast, the Atlantic Ocean to the southeast, and Georgia (U.S. state), Georg ...
,
Tennessee
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, and
Virginia
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. The network's operations are located at the UNC Center for Public Television at
Research Triangle Park
Research Triangle Park (RTP) is the largest research park in the United States; it occupies in North Carolina and hosts more than 300 companies and 65,000 workers. It is owned and managed by the Research Triangle Foundation, a private non-profi ...
between
Raleigh
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and
Durham.
History
WUNC-TV in
Chapel Hill, the state network's
flagship station
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, first signed on the air on January 8, 1955, as the second
non-commercial educational
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television station located south of
Washington, D.C.
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—one day after
Cheaha,
Alabama
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–licensed
WCIQ-TV. Over the next twelve years, four more
satellite station
A broadcast relay station, also known as a satellite station, relay transmitter, broadcast translator (U.S.), re-broadcaster (Canada), repeater (two-way radio) or complementary station (Mexico), is a broadcast transmitter which repeats (or tran ...
s signed on. WUND-TV in
Edenton (originally WUNB-TV, licensed to
Columbia) was the first of these satellites to debut on September 10, 1965, followed by the launches of WUNE-TV in
Linville, WUNF-TV in
Asheville
Asheville ( ) is a city in Buncombe County, North Carolina, United States. Located at the confluence of the French Broad and Swannanoa rivers, it is the county seat of Buncombe County. It is the most populous city in Western North Carolina a ...
, and WUNG-TV in
Concord—all on September 11, 1967, and WUNJ-TV in
Wilmington on June 4, 1971. This was supplemented with a network of
translator stations in the
Appalachian Mountains
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that also allowed the network's programming to reach across the entire state.

Five additional satellites debuted afterward: WUNK-TV in
Greenville in May 1972, WUNL-TV in
Winston-Salem
Winston-Salem is a city in Forsyth County, North Carolina, United States, and its county seat. At the 2020 census, the population was 249,545, making it the fifth-most populous city in North Carolina and the 91st-most populous city in the Uni ...
in February 1973, WUNM-TV in
Jacksonville
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in November 1982, WUNP-TV in
Roanoke Rapids in October 1986, and WUNU-TV in
Lumberton in September 1996. The state network's youngest station, WUNW in
Canton, signed on in July 2010 to replace a translator that had served the area since the 1980s. The state network was branded on-air as North Carolina Public Television from 1979 to the mid-1990s, when it rebranded itself as University of North Carolina Television. It simplified the brand name to UNC-TV later in the 1990s; it had previously used that brand for most of the 1970s. On January 12, 2021, in recognition of PBS' growing online content delivery, the state network rebranded itself as "PBS North Carolina," while continuing to acknowledge its ties to the university system as being "Powered by the UNC System".
Programming
The state network produces many programs of local interest, including the weeknightly public affairs program ''North Carolina Now'', ''Our State'', ''Carolina Outdoor Journal'', ''Exploring North Carolina'', ''North Carolina Bookwatch'' with
D. G. Martin, and special programs about the state's
history
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and
culture
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. It also produces ''
The Woodwright's Shop'', ''Growing a Greener World'', ''
The Zula Patrol'', and ''Song of the Mountains'' for national distribution. In addition to PBS and
American Public Television
American Public Television (APT) is an American nonprofit organization and syndicator of programming for public television stations in the United States. It distributes public television programs nationwide for PBS member stations and indepen ...
programs and local productions, the station also runs programming from the
United Kingdom
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, including "
Britcoms" on Saturday evenings and the
soap opera
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''
EastEnders
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'' on Sunday evenings. In the 1990s, UNC-TV introduced "Read-A-Roo," a
kangaroo
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used as the
mascot
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for the network's children's programming. PBS North Carolina airs its own
public affairs programming on Sunday mornings.
Stations
PBS NC operates twelve stations that relay its programming across the entire state as well as into portions of Virginia, Tennessee, Georgia, and South Carolina.
Each station's callsign consists of "UN" for the University of North Carolina, followed by a letter assigned sequentially in the order in which it was activated, except for the first station.
Notes
Digital television
Subchannels
PBS NC's current over-the-air digital configuration, which is
multiplexed
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among three subchannels, was introduced on September 25, 2008. On that date, UNC-TV revised its subchannel lineup on its stations, reducing the number of channels to three: UNC-TV (the main channel of each station, which now carries high definition programming), and the
standard definition
Standard-definition television (SDTV; also standard definition or SD) is a television system that uses a resolution that is not considered to be either high or enhanced definition. ''Standard'' refers to offering a similar resolution to the ...
-only services UNC-KD and UNC-EX ("The Explorer Channel"). UNC-TV HD and UNC-EX are also available to
DirecTV
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customers with MPEG4-compatible receivers. Prior to February 1, 2016,
Time Warner Cable
Time Warner Cable Enterprises LLC was an American cable television company. Before it was acquired by Charter Communications on May 18, 2016, it was ranked the second largest cable company in the United States by revenue behind only Comcast, o ...
customers also received UNC-MX (described as "an eclectic mix of programming for adults") in standard definition; the North Carolina Channel has since replaced UNC-MX on Time Warner Cable systems. Prior to November 1, 2009, the third subchannel was named UNC-NC.
This configuration is used for WUND, WUNF, WUNG, WUNJ, WUNK, and WUNU:
This configuration is used for WUNC and WUNL:
An alternate configuration is used for WUNE, WUNM, WUNP, and WUNW. The original purpose for this was to obtain
must-carry
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status for UNC-KD since those are secondary stations in their respective
market
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*Market (economics), system in which parties engage in transactions according to supply and demand
*Market economy
*Marketplace, a physical marketplace or public market
*Marketing, the act of sat ...
s. On June 15, 2010, UNC-KD switched subchannels with UNC-EX on the four stations previously mentioned, which transferred UNC-KD's must-carry status to UNC-EX.
Subscribers of
Charter Spectrum
Spectrum is the trade name of Charter Communications. The name is widely used by both market consumers and commercial businesses. Services that Spectrum offers include cable television, internet access, internet security, managed services, mo ...
, the major
cable
Cable may refer to:
Mechanical
* Nautical cable, an assembly of three or more ropes woven against the weave of the ropes, rendering it virtually waterproof
* Wire rope, a type of rope that consists of several strands of metal wire laid into a hel ...
provider in the state, have direct-fiber optic versions of each of PBS North Carolina's networks rather than an antenna feed of their local station, as Spectrum forerunner company
Time Warner Cable
Time Warner Cable Enterprises LLC was an American cable television company. Before it was acquired by Charter Communications on May 18, 2016, it was ranked the second largest cable company in the United States by revenue behind only Comcast, o ...
built out a direct connection to PBS NC's studios at the RTP, a connection inherited by Spectrum parent
Charter Communications
Charter Communications, Inc., is an American telecommunications and mass media company with services branded as Spectrum. The company is headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut.
With over 32 million customers in 41 states as of 2022, it is the ...
when it merged with Time Warner Cable in 2016.
Cable providers with a direct fiber optic link to UNC-TV (including Spectrum) formerly had exclusivity in carrying UNC-MX (formerly UNC-ED) on their
digital
Digital usually refers to something using discrete digits, often binary digits.
Businesses
*Digital bank, a form of financial institution
*Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) or Digital, a computer company
*Digital Research (DR or DRI), a software ...
tiers. UNC-MX featured a mix of how-to and public affairs programs, along with encore presentations of programs originally broadcast on main UNC-TV service. On February 1, 2016, UNC-MX was renamed UNC-NC "The North Carolina Channel" and was added over-the-air on DT-4, allowing full access to the service by over-the-air and non-Spectrum viewers. On July 2, 2016, UNC-KD was rebranded as ROOTLE.
Prior to September 25, 2008, UNC-TV formerly operated four digital channels: in addition to the main signal on the primary channel, the second digital subchannel of each station carried UNC-HD (which carried PBS and regional programming in high-definition), the third subchannel carried UNC-KD (which carried children's programs), the fourth subchannel carried UNC-ED (an educational television service) and the fifth subchannel carried UNC-NC (centering on North Carolina
public affairs and original local productions). Due to bandwidth limitations at the time, the over-the-air feed of UNC-HD was only available between 8-11 p.m., during which UNC-ED and UNC-NC ceased transmission in the interim. Cable systems with a direct fiber link to UNC-TV facilities aired all five channels on a 24-hour schedule.
On April 16, 2018,
WRAY-TV and
WLXI were merged onto WUNC's spectrum, after parent company
Tri-State Christian Television
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(TCT) sold the stations' individual bandwidth in the 2016 FCC
incentive auction
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. WUNC is the only station in the 12-station network that has a channel sharing agreement.
Analog-to-digital conversion
UNC-TV's stations ended regular programming on their analog signals on June 12, 2009, the official date on which full-power television stations in the United States
transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate. The station's digital channel allocations pre- and post-transition are as follows:
All channels retained their original numbering for display to viewers via
PSIP
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.
UNC-TV opted not to join other broadcasters in the Wilmington market in an early switch to digital-only broadcasts on September 8, 2008, nine months ahead of the national transition deadline.
Following that date, WUNJ-TV became only full-power station in Wilmington that continued to broadcast an analog signal until the national digital transition on June 12, 2009.
As part of the
SAFER Act, WUND and WUNF kept its analog signal on the air until July 12 (for WUND) and June 26 (for WUNF) to inform viewers of the digital television transition through a loop of
public service announcement
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s from the
National Association of Broadcasters
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.
ATSC 3.0
On March 22, 2021, WUNC-TV began broadcasting in
ATSC 3.0
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The standards are designed to offer support for newer technologies, including High Effici ...
, with a
1080p
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stream (virtual channel 4.11) on
Capitol Broadcasting Company
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's host station WARZ-CD (now
WNGT-CD
WNGT-CD (channel 34), branded WRAL Plus, is a low-power, Class A television station licensed to both Smithfield and Selma, North Carolina, United States, serving the Research Triangle region. Locally owned by Capitol Broadcasting Company, it ...
). On June 29, 2021, WUNK-TV was converted to ATSC 3.0 with all sub-channels included. While a simulcast of WUNK-TV is shared on WUNM-TV, areas outside WUNM-TV are covered by other nearby network stations, thus the conversion did not result in any loss of over-the-air PBS service.
Translators
PBS NC operates 19
translators
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. Each translator is assigned to the license of a parent PBS NC full-power station, all of which simulcast the same network signal. Two directly repeat WUNC-TV, two directly repeat WUNE-TV, two directly repeat WUNG-TV, three directly repeat WUNL-TV, and 10 directly repeat WUNF-TV.
The 17 mountain-based translators serve as low-power, limited-area
repeater
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s that bring the network's signal to towns in deep mountain valleys where the parent signal is blocked by the surrounding terrain. The translators of WUNC-TV act as digital replacement translators serving the few areas of the Triangle where WUNC-TV lost over-the-air coverage during the analog-digital conversion in 2009.
The following digital replacement translators rebroadcast WUNC-TV:
*
Raleigh
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: WUNC-DRT
*
Oxford
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The city is home to the University of Oxford, the List of oldest universities in continuou ...
: WUNC-DRT
The following translators rebroadcast WUNE-TV:
*
Marion: W22FB-D
*
Bat Cave: W29FE-D
The following translators rebroadcast WUNF-TV:
*
Franklin (Wine Spring Bald): W19DB-D
*
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*Andrews, Queensland
*Andrews, South Australia
United States
*Andrews, Florida (disambiguation), various places
*Andrews, Indiana
*Andrews, Nebraska
*Andrews, North Carolina
*Andrews, Oregon
*Andrews, South ...
, etc.: W20EK-D
*
Canton, etc.: W28EE-D
*
Hayesville: W29DE-D
*
Murphy
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Origins and variants
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: W31AN-D
*
Franklin (Cowee Bald): W31DH-D
*
Black Mountain: W33EH-D
*
Highlands
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Highland, Highlands, or The Highlands, may also refer to:
Places Africa
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* Highlands, Harare, Zimbab ...
: W35CK-D
*
Burnsville: W35CO-D
The following translators rebroadcast WUNG-TV:
*
Tryon: W16DZ-D
*
Jefferson: W30EF-D
*
Spruce Pine
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: W31DI-D
The following translators rebroadcast WUNL-TV:
*
Sparta
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: W15EF-D
*
Boone: W27EK-D
*
Zionville: W30CS-D
The licenses for translators in
Bakersville (W42AX-D),
Brevard (W19DD-D),
Bryson City (W46AX-D),
Cashiers (W42DF-D) and
Cullowhee
Cullowhee (
, from the North Carolina Collection website at the University of North Carolina at Chap ...
(W47DM-D) were surrendered to the
Federal Communications Commission
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and cancelled on October 27, 2021. These were replaced with a
distributed transmission system using the channel 27 frequency of WUNW.
Cable and satellite carriage
PBS NC is carried on all cable television providers in North Carolina. In Georgia,
Kinetic TV carries WUNF in
Blairsville. In South Carolina,
Charter Spectrum
Spectrum is the trade name of Charter Communications. The name is widely used by both market consumers and commercial businesses. Services that Spectrum offers include cable television, internet access, internet security, managed services, mo ...
carries WUNF in
Greenville and
Spartanburg
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, and WUNJ in
Conway
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Places
United States
* Conway, Arkansas
* Conway County, Arkansas
* Lake Conway, Arkansas
* Conway, Florida
* Conway, Iowa
* Conway, Kansas
* Conway, Louisiana
* Conway, Massachusetts
* Conway, Michigan
* Conway Townshi ...
and
Myrtle Beach
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. In Tennessee, Charter Spectrum carries WUNE and SkyBest TV carries WUNL, in
Mountain City. In Virginia, WUND is carried by
Cox Communications
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and
Xfinity
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in the southern portion of the
Hampton Roads
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market, WUNL is carried by Chatmoss Cablevision and Xfinity in
Danville, and WUNP is carried on Xfinity in
South Boston
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and
South Hill.
On
AT&T U-verse
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,
DirecTV
DirecTV, LLC is an American Multichannel television in the United States, multichannel video programming distributor based in El Segundo, California. Originally launched on June 17, 1994, its primary service is a digital Satellite television, s ...
, and
Dish Network
DISH Network L.L.C., often referred to as DISH, an abbreviation for Digital Sky Highway, is an American provider of satellite television and IPTV services and wholly owned subsidiary of EchoStar Corporation.
The company was originally establ ...
, WUNC-TV, WUNG, WUNL, WUNF, WUND, WUNJ, and WUNU are carried on the respective local feeds for the
Research Triangle
The Research Triangle, or simply The Triangle, are both common nicknames for a metropolitan area in the Piedmont (United States), Piedmont region of the U.S. state of North Carolina. Anchored by the cities of Raleigh, North Carolina, Raleigh an ...
, Charlotte, the
Piedmont Triad
The Piedmont Triad (or simply the Triad) is a metropolitan region in the north-central part of the U.S. state of North Carolina anchored by three cities: Greensboro, North Carolina, Greensboro, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, Winston-Salem, and ...
,
Greenville/
Spartanburg
Spartanburg is a city in and the county seat of Spartanburg County, South Carolina, United States. The city had a population of 38,732 as of the 2020 census, making it the 11th-most populous city in the state. The Office of Management and Budg ...
/Asheville, Hampton Roads, Wilmington, and
Florence
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Florence ...
/
Myrtle Beach
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markets. In previous years, WUNL has also been carried on the Roanoke DirecTV feed;
the Piedmont Triad market includes portions of western Virginia.
See also
*
North Carolina Public Radio
WUNC (91.5 MHz) is a listener-supported public radio station, serving the Research Triangle area of North Carolina. It is licensed to Chapel Hill and is operated by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. On weekdays, WUNC carries Na ...
References
External links
PBS North Carolina official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Pbs North Carolina
Affiliates of the University of North Carolina
Television channels and stations established in 1955
1955 establishments in North Carolina
PBS member networks
Television stations in North Carolina