Media Wilmington, North Carolina

1 media

1.1 newspapers
1.2 television
1.3 broadcast radio

1.3.1 public , listener-supported

media

newspapers

the star-news wilmington s daily newspaper; read throughout lower cape fear region , owned halifax media group. daily online newspaper, port city daily (portcitydaily.com), owned local voice media. 2 historically black newspapers distributed , published weekly: wilmington journal , challenger newspapers. encore magazine weekly arts , entertainment publication.

television

the wilmington television market ranked 130 in united states, , smallest dma in north carolina. broadcast stations follows:

wtmv, channel (29), (antenna tv) : licensed ogden, owned tutt media group inc.
wway, channel (3), (abc affiliate, cbs on 3.2 , cw on 3.3): licensed wilmington, owned morris multimedia
wect, channel (6), (nbc affiliate): licensed wilmington, owned raycom media
wilm-ld, channel (10), (independent station): licensed wilmington, owned capitol broadcasting company
wsfx-tv, channel (26), (fox affiliate): licensed wilmington, owned raycom media
wunj-tv, channel (39), (pbs member station, part of unc-tv network)
w47ck, channel (47), (mynetworktv affiliate, uses fictional wmyw calls on-air): licensed shallotte
w51cw-d, channel (51), (tbn affiliate)

cable news station news 14 carolina maintains coastal bureau in wilmington.

on september 8, 2008, @ 12 noon, wway, wect, wsfx, wilm-lp , w51cw turned off analog signals, making wilmington first market in nation go digital-only part of test federal communications commission (fcc) iron out transition , reception concerns before nationwide shutoff. wilmington chosen test market because area s digital channel positions remain unchanged after transition. area s official conduit of emergency information, wunj did not participate in analog switchoff, , kept analog signal on until national digital switchover date of june 12, 2009. w47ck did not participate due low-power status; fcc rules exempt low-powered stations 2009 analog shutdown. wilm-lp , w51cw chose participate, though exempt lptv stations.

despite tropical storm hanna making landfall southwest of wilmington 2 days before (september 6), switchover continued scheduled. ceremony marked governmental , television representatives flipping large switch (marked slogan first in flight, first in digital ) analog digital.

broadcast radio

88.1 fm wghw - christian programs church planters of america
91.3 fm whqr - public radio
93.1 fm wbpl - wilmington catholic radio

public , listener-supported

88.9 fm wkvc - contemporary christian ( k-love )
89.7 fm wdvv - worship & praise music ( dove, 89.7 )
90.5 fm wwil - christian music ( life 90.5 )
92.3 fm wqsl - country ( 92.3, wolf)
93.7 fm wntb - country radio ( dude fm )
94.5 fm wkxs - classic hits ( 94.5, hawk )
95.5 fm w238av - contemporary christian ( k-love )
95.9 fm w240as - talk radio ( port city radio ),
97.3 fm wmnx - hip hop/r & b ( coast 97.3 )
98.3 fm wuin - aaa ( penguin )
98.7 fm wrmr - modern rock
99.9 fm wkxb - oldies ( jammin 99.9 )
100.5 fm w263ba - contemporary christian ( k-love )
101.3 fm wwqq- country ( double q, 101 )
102.7 fm wgni - hot ac ( 102.7 gni )
103.7 fm wilt - adult contemporary ( sunny 103.7 )
104.5 fm wyhw - christian talk ( 104.5 )
105.5 fm wxqr - rock ( rock 105 )
106.3 fm wude - country radio ( dude fm )
106.7 fm wfbt - talk radio ( talk 106.7 )
107.5 fm wazo - top 40 ( z 107.5 )
630 wmfd - sports ( espn radio, 630 )
980 waav - news, talk, sports ( news, talk, & sports 980 wave )
1180 wltt - christian teaching & talk ( word, 1180 )
94.1 fm wlsg - oldies ( beach 94.1 )
1490 wwil - urban gospel ( gospel joy, 1490 )




^ davidson, paul (may 8, 2008). wilmington, n.c., test mandatory switch digital tv . usa today. 
^ article no longer available . 
^ teinowitz, ira. fcc confirms wilmington digital test market . tvweek. retrieved may 21, 2013. 
^ dunbar, john. wilmington tv broadcasters make switch digital . starnewsonline.com. retrieved may 21, 2013.