WNGT-CD: Difference between revisions

{{short description|Low power TV station licensed to Smithfield–Selma, North Carolina}}

{{for|the TV station in Toledo, Ohio, that was WNGT-LP from 1996 to 2006|WMNT-CD}}

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| callsign = WNGT-CD

| atsc3 = yes

| logo =

| branding = WRAL Plus

| city = Smithfield–Selma, North Carolina

| digital = 23 ([[UHF]])

| virtual = 34

| subchannels =

| affiliations = '''34.1:''' [[Independent station|Independent]] / Local news

| founded =

| location = {{ubl|[[Smithfield, North Carolina|Smithfield]]–[[Selma, North Carolina|Selma]]–|[[Raleigh]]–[[Durham, North Carolina|Durham]]–|[[Fayetteville, North Carolina]]}}

| country = United States

| callsign_meaning = NextGen TV ([[trade name]] for [[ATSC 3.0]])

| owner = [[Capitol Broadcasting Company, Inc.]]<ref name="warzsold"/>

| sister_stations = [[WRAL-TV]], [[WRAZ (TV)|WRAZ]], [[WRAL (FM)|WRAL]], [[WCLY]], [[WCMC-FM]], [[WDNC]]

| former_callsigns = {{ubl|W35AR (1988–1996)|WARZ-LP (1996–2011)|WARZ-LD (2011–2015)|WARZ-CD (2015–2021)}}

| former_affiliations = {{ubl|Independent (1988–2009)|[[The Sportsman Channel]] (2009)|[[Retro TV]] (2009–2021)|[[3ABN]] (2021–2022)|[[Catchy Comedy|Decades/Catchy Comedy]] (2022–2023)}}

| former_channel_numbers = {{ubl|'''Analog:''' 35 (UHF, 1988–1996), 34 (UHF, 1996–2011)|'''Digital:''' 34 (UHF, 2011–2019)}}

| erp = 15 kW

| haat = {{convert|334.2|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}

| facility_id = 71089

| class = [[Class A television service|CD]]

| coordinates = {{coord|35|40|35.1|N|78|32|7.2|W|type:landmark_region:US-NC}}

| licensing_authority = [[FCC]]

| homepage =

'''WNGT-CD''' (channel 34), branded '''WRAL Plus''', is a [[low-power broadcasting#Television|low-power]], [[Class A television station]] licensed to both [[Smithfield, North Carolina|Smithfield]] and [[Selma, North Carolina]], United States, serving the [[Research Triangle]] region. Locally owned by [[Capitol Broadcasting Company]], it is programmed asa news-formatted [[independent station]]. WNGT-CD is [[sister station|sister]] to [[NBC]] affiliate and company [[flagship (broadcasting)|flagship]] [[WRAL-TV]] (channel 5) and [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] affiliate [[WRAZ (TV)|WRAZ]] (channel 50), both licensed to [[Raleigh]]. The stations share studios at Capitol Broadcasting headquarters on Western Boulevard in Raleigh; WNGT-CD's transmitter is located atop WRAL-TV's former analog tower,on TV Tower Road in [[Auburn, North Carolina]]. Prior to 2021, the station transmitted from South Pollock Street ([[U.S. Route 301 in North Carolina|US 301]]) in Selma, near the Selma Memorial Cemetery.

On September 11, 2020, Waters & Brock Communications reached a deal to sell then-WARZ-CD to Capitol Broadcasting for use as an [[ATSC 3.0]] NextGen TV multiplex for its Raleigh television stations.<ref name="warzsold">{{cite web|url=https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/cdbsmenu.hts?context=25&appn=101821048&formid=314&fac_num=71089|title=Application for Consent to Assignment of Broadcast Station Construction Permit or License|work=CDBS Public Access|publisher=[[Federal Communications Commission]]|date=September 17, 2020|access-date=September 18, 2020}}</ref>

While WNGT-CD's signal is used to multiplex ATSC 3.0 transmissions, its original programming is now aired via a subchannel of WRAL-TV that displays as [[virtual channel]] 34.1.

On October 21, 2021, the station's call letters were changed to WNGT-CD.

==Technical information==

===Subchannel===

|+ Subchannel provided by WNGT-CD (ATSC 1.0) on the WRAL-TV multiplex<ref>{{cite web|title=RabbitEars TV Query for WRAL-TV|url=https://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=WRAL-TV#station|website=[[RabbitEars]]|access-date=December 22, 2020}}</ref>

! scope = "col" | [[Digital subchannel#United States|Channel]]

! scope = "col" | [[Display resolution|Res.]]

! scope = "col" | [[Aspect ratio (image)|Aspect]]

! scope = "col" | Short name

! scope = "col" | Programming

! scope = "row" | 34.1

| [[720p]] || [[16:9]] || WNGT CD || WRAL Plus

WNGT-CD's ATSC 3.0 multiplex carries its main programming and those of its sister Capitol stations and [[PBS]] member station WUNC-TV.

|+ Subchannels of WNGT-CD (ATSC 3.0)<ref>{{cite web|title=RabbitEars TV Query for WNGT-CD|url=https://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=station_search&callsign=WNGT-CD#station|website=RabbitEars|access-date=December 21, 2020}}</ref>

! style="background-color: #bdbdff" scope = "col" | [[Digital subchannel#United States|Channel]]

! style="background-color: #bdbdff" scope = "col" | [[Display resolution|Res.]]

! style="background-color: #bdbdff" scope = "col" | [[Aspect ratio (image)|Aspect]]

! style="background-color: #bdbdff" scope = "col" | Short name

! style="background-color: #bdbdff" scope = "col" | Programming

! scope = "row" | [[PBS North Carolina|4.1]]

| rowspan=2|[[1080p]] || rowspan=4|[[16:9]] || PBS NC1 || [[PBS]] ([[WUNC-TV]])

! scope = "row" | [[WRAL-TV|5.1]]

| WRAL* || [[NBC]] ([[WRAL-TV]])

! scope = "row" | 34.1

| rowspan=2|[[720p]] || WNGT* || WRAL Plus

! scope = "row" | [[WRAZ (TV)|50.1]]

| WRAZ* || [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] ([[WRAZ (TV)|WRAZ]])

On November 20, 2020, then-WARZ-CD switched over to ATSC 3.0, with simulcasts from WRAL-TV and WRAZ. On December 10, WRAL-TV began the ATSC 1.0 simulcast of WARZ-CD. On March 22, [[PBS North Carolina]] began simulcast of WUNC-TV.<ref>{{cite web|title=Licensing and Management System - Modification to License (Next Gen) 0000116685 |url=https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/public/tv/draftCopy.html?displayType=html&appKey=25076f9177f542950177f9d31ee10c9f&id=25076f9177f542950177f9d31ee10c9f&goBack=N |date=March 8, 2021 |access-date=March 10, 2021}}</ref>

[[Category:1991 establishmentsinNorth Carolina]]

[[Category:ATSC 3.0 television stations]]

[[Category:Independent television stations in the United States]]

[[Category:Low-power television stations in North Carolina|NGT-CD]]

[[Category:Television channels and stations established in 1991]]

[[Category:Television stations in the Research Triangle|NGT-CD]]