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WITN-TV
Washington/Greenville/New Bern, North Carolina
Branding	WITN
Slogan	Eastern Carolina's Weather Authority; The Official Station of the ECU Pirates
Channels	Analog: 7 (VHF) Digital: 32 (UHF)
Affiliations	NBC
Owner	Gray Television
Founded	September 28, 1955
Call letters meaning	WashIngToN
Former affiliations	ABC (secondary, 1955-63)
Website	www.witntv.com

WITN-TV is the NBC affiliate for Washington/Greenville/New Bern in northeastern North Carolina (DMA 107, 2006-07). The station transmits its analog signal on VHF channel 7, and its digital signal on UHF channel 32. It is operated by Gray Television, Inc.

The station's studio is located in Chocowinity, North Carolina, just down U.S. Highway 17 from Washington. Its transmitter is located in Grifton, North Carolina.

At one point, WITN-TV was also home to radio stations WITN-AM and FM (now WDLX-AM and WERO-FM).

WITN-DT also operates a weather channel called WITN 24/7 Weather Channel on its digital subchannel 7.2 (32.2), It offers weather updates on the 7s. It also features maps, VIPIR radar, PinPoint Weather, 5 day forecast and web cams. The channel has background music which is several different themes of the station's theme music. The channel is available also on digital cable through SuddenLink and Time Warner.

WITN signed on for the first time on September 28, 1955. It was eastern North Carolina's third television station. It has always been an NBC affiliate, though it shared ABC programming with WNCT-TV until WNBE-TV (now WCTI-TV) signed on in 1963.

Contents 1 East Carolina University sports 2 Personalities 2.1 News 2.2 Weather 2.3 Sports 3 Past Station Personnel 4 External links

In addition to network and syndicated programming, WITN-TV also produces live broadcasts of select ECU football and basketball games that have not been picked up by ESPN as part of their deal with Conference USA, of which the Pirates are a member. Even though most of the broadcasts were limited to the Greenville market, WITN did manage to get other stations throughout North Carolina to carry a contest in 2003 that pitted ECU against in-state rival UNC at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium on ECU's campus.

• Christine Kennedy Co-anchor for WITN News at 6:00, and 11:00.
• Cassandra Bell, anchor of WITN News at Sunrise Sunday
• Chelsea Donovan, reporter
• Dave Jordan, Co-anchor for WITN News at 5, 5:30, 6:00, and 11:00.
• Heather King, anchor of WITN News at Sunrise, Monday-Friday
• Audrey Washington, reporter
• Tom Skinner, anchor of WITN News at Noon, reporter, also produces long running franchise "The Country Rover"
• Lynnette Taylor, anchor of WITN News at 6:00 and 11:00, Saturday & Sunday
• Anna Holoman, now an Account Executive, hosts special local programs such as Business Break and Lawyers on Call. (Previously anchored WITN News at 6:00 and 11:00)
• Michael Riddle, Operations Manager for WITN, does a segment called "Just Ask Mike" on Friday nights on the 6:00 news.

• Jamie Arnold, Weekend Meteorologist
• Marvin Daugherty, Chief Meteorologist
• Jennifer Harcher, Weekend Meteorologist & Noon News meteorologist on weekdays
• Jim Howard, News at Sunrise meteorologist on weekdays

• Brian Meador
• Billy Weaver, Sports Director

• David Crabtree - anchor/reporter, 1985-88 (now co-anchor at WRAL-TV) [1]
• Andy Fox - reporter, 1980s (now at WAVY-TV in Portsmouth, VA)
• Maureen O'Boyle - morning anchor, sometime in mid-1980s (later hosted A Current Affair and Extra, now co-anchor at WBTV, Charlotte) [2]
• Amanda Ross-Mazey - noon/5pm anchor until 2006 (now host for Shareholder Vision in Frisco, TX) [3]

• WITN-TV Homepage
• Query the FCC's TV station database for WITN-TV

v • d • e Broadcast television in the Greenville/New Bern/Washington market  (Nielsen DMA #105)

WITN 7 (NBC) - WFXI 8 / WYDO 14 (Fox) - WNCT 9 (CBS) (The CW on DT2) - WCTI 12 (ABC) (Ind on DT2) - WUNM 19 / WUNK 25 (PBS/UNC-TV) - W22CJ 22 / W60CV 60 (TBN) - WPXU 35 / WEPX 38 (ION/MNTV/S@H) Out-of-market broadcast television available on cable in some parts of the market WSKY 4 (IND, Manteo, NC/Hampton Roads, VA) - WRAL 5 (CBS, Raleigh) - WECT 6 (NBC, Wilmington) - WTVD 11 (ABC, Durham) - WNCN 17 (NBC, Goldsboro)

v • d • e Gray Television, Inc.
ABC Network Affiliate: KAKE · KOLO · WBKO · WHSV · WTOK · WVAW · TV3 Winchester (WHSV-DT3) (cable only) CBS Network Affiliates: KBTX · KKTV · KOLN/KGIN · KWTX · KXII · WCAV · WCTV · WIBW · WIFR · WKYT · WRDW · WSAW · WSWG · WTVY · WVLT · WYMT The CW Network Affiliates1: KBTX · KKCO · KWTX · WBKO · WJHG · WKYT · WTOK · WYMT Fox Network Affiliates: KXII1 · WAHU · WBKO1 · WHSV1 · WSYM2 · WTOK1 · WTAP1 Independent Television Station1: WOWT MyNetworkTV Affiliates1: KKTV (KKTV-DT2) · KOLN/KGIN · KXII · WAHU · WCTV · WHSV · WIBW · WJHG · WRDW · WSAW · WSAZ · WSWG · WTOK · WTVY · WTAP · WVLT NBC Network Affiliates: KKCO · WEAU · WILX · WITN · WJHG · WMTV · WNDU · WOWT · WSAZ · WTAP 1These stations broadcast these networks on their digital subchannels. 2Gray and Journal Broadcast Group entered into a "news share" agreement.
Annual Revenue: $332.1 USD (2006) · Employees: N/A · Stock Symbol: NYSE: GTN · Website: www.graycommunications.com

v • d • e NBC Network Affiliates in the state of North Carolina
WECT 6 (Wilmington) - WITN 7 (Washington) - WXII 12 (Winston-Salem) - WNCN 17 (Goldsboro / Raleigh) - WCNC 36 (Charlotte)
See also: ABC, CBS, Fox, PBS, UPN, WB and Other stations in North Carolina