WNGT-CD

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WNGT-CD
ATSC 3.0 station
City Smithfield–Selma, North Carolina
Channels
BrandingWRAL Plus
Programming
Affiliations34.1: Independent / Local news
Ownership
Owner Capitol Broadcasting Company, Inc. [1]
WRAL-TV, WRAZ, WRAL, WCLY, WCMC-FM, WDNC
History
Former call signs
  • W35AR (1988–1996)
  • WARZ-LP (1996–2011)
  • WARZ-LD (2011–2015)
  • WARZ-CD (2015–2021)
Former channel number(s)
  • Analog: 35 (UHF, 1988–1996), 34 (UHF, 1996–2011)
  • Digital: 34 (UHF, 2011–2019)
Call sign meaning
NextGen TV (trade name for ATSC 3.0)
Technical information [2]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID 71089
Class CD
ERP 15 kW
HAAT 334.2 m (1,096 ft)
Transmitter coordinates 35°40′35.1″N78°32′7.2″W / 35.676417°N 78.535333°W / 35.676417; -78.535333
Links
Public license information

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 is programmed as a news-formatted independent station. WNGT-CD is sister to NBC affiliate and company flagship WRAL-TV (channel 5) and Fox affiliate 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 (US 301) in Selma, near the Selma Memorial Cemetery.

Contents

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. [1]

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 [3]
Channel Res. Aspect Short nameProgramming
34.1 720p 16:9 WNGT CDWRAL Plus

ATSC 3.0 lighthouse

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) [4]
Channel Res. Aspect Short nameProgramming
4.1 1080p 16:9 PBS NC1 PBS (WUNC-TV)
5.1 WRAL* NBC (WRAL-TV)
34.1 720p WNGT*WRAL Plus
50.1 WRAZ* Fox (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. [5]

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