WFXI

Infobox_Broadcast
call_letters = WFXI / WYDO
city =
station_
station_slogan =
station_branding = Fox Eastern Carolina
analog =
WFXI: 8 (VHF)
WYDO: 14 (UHF)
digital =
WFXI: 24 (UHF)
WYDO: 21 (UHF)
other_chs =
affiliations = Fox
network =
founded =
airdate = WFXI: November 1989 [The "Broadcasting and Cable Yearbook" says November 1, while the "Television and Cable Factbook" says November 6.]
WYDO: June 30, 1992
location = WFXI: Morehead City, North Carolina
WYDO: Greenville, North Carolina
callsign_meaning =
former_callsigns =
former_channel_numbers =
owner = Esteem Broadcasting, LLC
"(LMA with Bonten Media Group, LLC)"
licensee = Esteem Broadcasting of North Carolina, LLC
sister_stations = WCTI-TV
former_affiliations =
effective_radiated_power = WFXI:
316 kW (analog)
1000 kW (digital)
WYDO:
1100 kW (analog)
50 kW (digital)
HAAT = WFXI:
249 m (analog)
216 m (digital)
WYDO:
209 m (analog)
205 m (digital)
class =
facility_id = WFXI: 37982
WYDO: 35582
coordinates = WFXI:
coord|34|53|1.6|N|76|30|21|W|type:landmark_scale:2000
WYDO:
coord|35|26|42.6|N|77|22|7.1|W|type:landmark_scale:2000|name=WYDO
homepage = [http://www.fox8fox14.com/ www.fox8fox14.com]

WFXI channel 8 is the Fox affiliate serving the Greenville/Washington/New Bern television market in northeastern North Carolina. The station is licensed to Morehead City, and its transmitter is located in Stacy, North Carolina. It operates a full-time satellite, WYDO on channel 14 in Greenville. WYDO's transmitter is located in Ayden, North Carolina. The station's main studio is in Morehead City and it operates a sales office in Greenville.

WFXI-DT is on channel 8.1 HD. (Southern area of market)WYDO-DT is on channel 14.1 HD and 14.2 SD. (Northern area of market)

WFXI is available on Dish Network.WYDO is available on Directv.

WFXI debuted in November 1989 as the first station in the area not to be affiliated "Big Three" networks. WFXI must conform its signal to protect WRIC-TV in Richmond, so its signal only reaches New Bern, Jacksonville and the southern and eastern portions of the market. As a condition of getting the Fox affiliation for the market, it had to sign on WYDO to cover the rest of the market. WYDO debuted on June 30, 1992.

The station recently changed its on-air name to FOX Eastern Carolina after many years of being known as Fox 8/Fox 14. WFXI's digital signal is broadcast on UHF channel 24, while WYDO's digital signal is broadcast on UHF channel 21.

On November 6, 2007, it was announced that the FCC approved sale of certain WFXI/WYDO assets from Piedmont Television to Bonten Media Group, the owners of local ABC affiliate WCTI-TV. [http://www.tvnewsday.com/articles/2007/11/06/daily.10/]

WFXI/WYDO's 10pm nightly newscast was produced by WNCT-TV until December 2007. In January 2008, after Bonten took over operation of the station, "FOX News at Ten" was replaced by a rebroadcast of WCTI's 6pm newscast. The station relaunched as "FOX Eastern Carolina" on January 28th, 2008 with a 10pm newscast produced by WCTI.

The station made local headlines with its difficulties in transmitting Super Bowl XLII on February 3, 2008. The outage left several thousand viewers unable to watch.

Former Anchors

*Gary Dean, anchor from 2004 until retirement in 2007
*Kara Lusk, weekend anchor until 2007
*Andrea Griffith, anchor from 2000 until 2004
*Ali Simpson, anchor until 2000

MyNetworkTV

On April 18 2006, it was announced that WFXI/WYDO's digital subchannel DT2 would affiliate with the new MyNetworkTV Television Network. [http://www.freepress.net/news/15030] However, MyNetworkTV later changed its mind, and on August 11 2006, moved its affiliation to WEPX/WPXU-TV, the area's ION Television affiliates. [http://users4.ev1.net/~chipk/CW.html]

External links

* [http://www.fox8fox14.com/ Fox 8 Fox 14 Online]
*TVQ|WFXI
*TVQ|WYDO
*BIA|WFXI|TV|TV
*BIA|WYDO|TV|TV

References