WNGT-CD
Television station in Smithfield–Selma, North Carolina
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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.
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| City | Smithfield–Selma, North Carolina |
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| Branding | WRAL Plus |
| Programming | |
| Affiliations | 34.1: Independent / Local news |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Capitol Broadcasting Company, Inc.[1] |
| History | |
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Call sign meaning | NextGen TV (trade name for ATSC 3.0) |
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Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 71089 |
| Class | CD |
| ERP | 15 kW |
| HAAT | 334.2 m (1,096 ft) |
| Transmitter coordinates | 35°40′35.1″N 78°32′7.2″W |
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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.
The station is the local broadcast home of the Durham Bulls, the Triple-A affiliate of the Tampa Bay Rays. Both the Bulls and WNGT-CD are owned by Capitol Broadcasting Company.[3]
Technical information
Subchannel
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.
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.[6]
