# PBS North Carolina

The University of North Carolina Center for Public Media, branded on-air as PBS North Carolina or commonly PBS NC, is a public television network serving the state of North Carolina. It is operated by the University of North Carolina system, which holds the licenses for all but one of the thirteen PBS member television stations licensed in the state—WTVI (channel 42) in Charlotte is owned by Central Piedmont Community College. The broadcast signals of the twelve television stations cover almost all of the state, as well as parts of Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia. The network's operations are located at the UNC Center for Public Television at Research Triangle Park between Raleigh and Durham.

## History

WUNC-TV in Chapel Hill, the state network's flagship station, first signed on the air on January 8, 1955, as the second non-commercial educational television station located south of Washington, D.C.—one day after Cheaha, Alabama–licensed WCIQ-TV. Over the next twelve years, four more satellite stations 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, 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 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 in February 1973, WUNM-TV in Jacksonville 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 and culture. 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 programs and local productions, the station also runs programming from the United Kingdom, including "Britcoms" on Saturday evenings and the soap opera EastEnders on Sunday evenings. In the 1990s, UNC-TV introduced "Read-A-Roo," a kangaroo used as the mascot 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.
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| Station | City of license | ChannelTV (RF) | Facility ID | ERP | HAAT | Transmitter coordinates | First air date | Public license information |
| WUNC-TV | Chapel Hill | 4 (20) | 69080 | 1,000 kW | 461.9 m (1,515 ft) | 35°51′59″N 79°10′0.5″W﻿ / ﻿35.86639°N 79.166806°W﻿ / 35.86639; -79.166806﻿ (WUNC-TV) | January 8, 1955 | Public fileLMS |
| WUND-TV | Edenton | 2 (29) | 69292 | 657 kW | 489.8 m (1,607 ft) | 35°54′1″N 76°20′44″W﻿ / ﻿35.90028°N 76.34556°W﻿ / 35.90028; -76.34556﻿ (WUND-TV) | September 10, 1965 | Public fileLMS |
| WUNE-TV | Linville | 17 (36) | 69114 | 1,000 kW | 546.9 m (1,794 ft) | 36°3′50″N 81°50′32″W﻿ / ﻿36.06389°N 81.84222°W﻿ / 36.06389; -81.84222﻿ (WUNE-TV) | September 11, 1967 | Public fileLMS |
| WUNF-TV | Asheville | 33 (20) | 69300 | 125 kW | 816 m (2,677 ft) | 35°25′32″N 82°45′24″W﻿ / ﻿35.42556°N 82.75667°W﻿ / 35.42556; -82.75667﻿ (WUNF-TV) | September 11, 1967 | Public fileLMS |
| WUNF-TV | Asheville | 33 (20) | 69300 | 1,000 kW | 550.7 m (1,807 ft) | 35°13′20″N 82°32′58″W﻿ / ﻿35.22222°N 82.54944°W﻿ / 35.22222; -82.54944﻿ (WUNF-TV) | September 11, 1967 | Public fileLMS |
| WUNF-TV | Asheville | 33 (20) | 69300 | 1.73 kW | −144.8 m (−475 ft) | 35°28′25.4″N 83°19′22.5″W﻿ / ﻿35.473722°N 83.322917°W﻿ / 35.473722; -83.322917﻿ (WUNF=TV) | September 11, 1967 | Public fileLMS |
| WUNG-TV | Concord | 58 (21) | 69124 | 260 kW | 416.7 m (1,367 ft) | 35°21′30.7″N 80°36′36.4″W﻿ / ﻿35.358528°N 80.610111°W﻿ / 35.358528; -80.610111﻿ (WUNG-TV) | September 11, 1967 | Public fileLMS |
| WUNJ-TV | Wilmington | 39 (21) | 69332 | 1,000 kW | 294.5 m (966 ft) | 34°19′17.2″N 78°13′41.4″W﻿ / ﻿34.321444°N 78.228167°W﻿ / 34.321444; -78.228167﻿ (WUNJ-TV) | June 4, 1971 | Public fileLMS |
| WUNK-TV | Greenville | 25 (25) | 69149 | 1,000 kW | 348 m (1,142 ft) | 35°33′11″N 77°36′4.8″W﻿ / ﻿35.55306°N 77.601333°W﻿ / 35.55306; -77.601333﻿ (WUNK-TV) | May 7, 1972 | Public fileLMS |
| WUNL-TV | Winston-Salem | 26 (33) | 69360 | 1,000 kW | 500.2 m (1,641 ft) | 36°22′31.7″N 80°22′17.5″W﻿ / ﻿36.375472°N 80.371528°W﻿ / 36.375472; -80.371528﻿ (WUNL-TV) | February 22, 1973 | Public fileLMS |
| WUNM-TV | Jacksonville | 19 (28) | 69444 | 700 kW | 562.1 m (1,844 ft) | 35°6′16″N 77°20′11″W﻿ / ﻿35.10444°N 77.33639°W﻿ / 35.10444; -77.33639﻿ (WUNM-TV) | November 16, 1982 | Public fileLMS |
| WUNP-TV | Roanoke Rapids | 36 (27) | 69397 | 248 kW | 364 m (1,194 ft) | 36°17′29.2″N 77°50′9.4″W﻿ / ﻿36.291444°N 77.835944°W﻿ / 36.291444; -77.835944﻿ (WUNP-TV) | October 16, 1986 | Public fileLMS |
| WUNU | Lumberton | 31 (30) | 69416 | 329 kW | 317.1 m (1,040 ft) | 34°47′51″N 79°2′41″W﻿ / ﻿34.79750°N 79.04472°W﻿ / 34.79750; -79.04472﻿ (WUNU) | September 23, 1996 | Public fileLMS |
| WUNW | Canton | 27 (27) | 83822 | 115 kW | 504.9 m (1,656 ft) | 35°34′7″N 82°54′26.2″W﻿ / ﻿35.56861°N 82.907278°W﻿ / 35.56861; -82.907278﻿ (WUNW) | July 21, 2010 | Public fileLMS |
| WUNW | Canton | 27 (27) | 83822 | 0.9 kW | 429.2 m (1,408 ft) | 35°10′36.4″N 82°40′53.5″W﻿ / ﻿35.176778°N 82.681528°W﻿ / 35.176778; -82.681528﻿ (WUNW) | July 21, 2010 | Public fileLMS |
| WUNW | Canton | 27 (27) | 83822 | 0.94 kW | 320.7 m (1,052 ft) | 36°2′0.4″N 82°12′8.5″W﻿ / ﻿36.033444°N 82.202361°W﻿ / 36.033444; -82.202361﻿ (WUNW) | July 21, 2010 | Public fileLMS |
| WUNW | Canton | 27 (27) | 83822 | 0.88 kW | 570.2 m (1,871 ft) | 35°7′56.7″N 82°59′0.6″W﻿ / ﻿35.132417°N 82.983500°W﻿ / 35.132417; -82.983500﻿ (WUNW) | July 21, 2010 | Public fileLMS |
| WUNW | Canton | 27 (27) | 83822 | 0.94 kW | 279.5 m (917 ft) | 35°24′47″N 83°30′2″W﻿ / ﻿35.41306°N 83.50056°W﻿ / 35.41306; -83.50056﻿ (WUNW) | July 21, 2010 | Public fileLMS |
| WUNW | Canton | 27 (27) | 83822 | 0.94 kW | −146 m (−479 ft) | 35°18′12.4″N 83°10′39.5″W﻿ / ﻿35.303444°N 83.177639°W﻿ / 35.303444; -83.177639﻿ (WUNW) | July 21, 2010 | Public fileLMS |