WXII-TV
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| WXII-TV | |
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| Winston-Salem, North Carolina | |
| Branding | WXII 12/WXII 12 News |
| Channels | 12 (VHF) analog, 31 (UHF) digital |
| Affiliations | NBC |
| Owner | Hearst-Argyle Television |
| Founded | 1953 |
| Call letters meaning | W XII (roman numeral for 12) |
| Former callsigns | WSJS-TV (1953-1972) |
| Former affiliations | ABC (secondary, 1953-63) |
| Website | www.wxii12.com |
WXII-TV, channel 12(Analog)/31(Digital), is the NBC television station licensed for the Greensboro–High Point–Winston-Salem, North Carolina (Piedmont Triad) designated market area. It is licensed to Winston-Salem and is currently owned by Hearst-Argyle Television, a unit of the Hearst Corporation. Its transmitter is located on Sauratown Mountain in Stokes County, North Carolina.
[edit] History
The station began operation in 1953 as WSJS-TV, owned by Piedmont Publishing, publishers of the Winston-Salem Journal and Twin City Sentinel along with WSJS radio, and has always been affiliated with NBC. ABC was shared with WFMY-TV until WGHP signed on in 1963.
When Piedmont Publishing was sold to Media General in 1968, Gordon Gray, the longtime publisher of both papers, held onto WSJS-AM-FM-TV as Triangle Broadcasting. However, in 1972, the FCC ruled that in all but a few grandfathered cases, one person could not own a radio station and a television station. Gray was thus forced to sell WSJS-TV to Multimedia, Inc., who renamed the station WXII-TV.
Pulitzer acquired the station in a swap deal in 1983. When Pulitzer bowed out of broadcasting in 1997, Hearst bought the entire group, including WXII.
[edit] Trivia
- The letters "XII" from "WXII" are the Roman numerals for the number "12", which is the station's channel number. At the time of the call letter change in 1972, the station ran a promotional ad parodying the death of Julius Caesar to amplify the Roman numeral theme.
- In 2006, traffic reporter Jenny did a traffic update as a rap. The footage spread across the internet and national television, including MSNBC's Countdown with Keith Olbermann.
[edit] External links
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WFMY 2 (CBS) - WGHP 8 (Fox) - WXII 12 (NBC) - WGPX 16 (i) - WCWG 20 (The CW) - WUNL 26 (PBS / UNC) - |
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| NBC Network Affiliates in the state of North Carolina | |
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WECT 6 (Wilmington) - WITN 7 (Washington) - WXII 12 (Winston-Salem) - WNCN 17 (Goldsboro / Raleigh) - WCNC 36 (Charlotte) |
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| See also: ABC, CBS, Fox, PBS, UPN, WB and Other stations in North Carolina | |
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Corporate Staff: David J. Barrett (President & CEO) | Victor F. Ganzi (COB) | Harry T. Hawks | Terry Mackin | Steven A. Hobbs | Philip M. Stolz | Frederick I. Young | Candy Altman | Brian Bracco | Emerson Coleman | Marv Danielski | Martin Faubell | Kathleen Keefe | Alvin Lustgarten | Ellen McClain | Jonathan Mintzer | David J. Barrett | Frank A. Bennack, Jr. | John G. Conomikes | Ken J. Elkins | George R. Hearst, Jr. | William Randolph Hearst III | Bob Marbut | Gilbert C. Maurer | Michael E. Pulitzer | David Pulver | Caroline L. Williams |
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ABC Network Affiliates: KETV | KHBS / KHOG | KITV | KMBC | KOAT | KOCO | WAPT | WCVB | WISN | WMUR | WMTW | WPBF | WTAE |
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NBC Network Affiliates: KCRA | KSBW | WBAL | WDSU | WESH | WGAL | WNNE | WLWT | WPTZ | WXII | WYFF |
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MyNetwork TV Affiliate: KQCA |
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Independent Television Station: WMOR |
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Annual Revenue: $1.24 billion USD (2004) | Employees: Unknown at this time. | Stock Symbol: NYSE: HTV | Website: www.hearstargyle.com |
