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== WECU-TV == |
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== History == |
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WECU-TV was the official (commercial) television station of East Carolina University<ref>{{Cite journal|title = East Carolina University|url = https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=East_Carolina_University&oldid=682899077|language = en}}</ref> located in Greenville<ref>{{Cite journal|title = Greenville, North Carolina|url = https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Greenville,_North_Carolina&oldid=678482476|language = en}}</ref>, N.C. Created in July 1, 1967 to help tell the story of the "new" university ("made a regional university effective July 1, 1967, and assumed its present name, East Carolina University." <ref>{{Cite journal|title = East Carolina University|url = https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=East_Carolina_University&oldid=682899077|language = en}}</ref>) The station was originally housed on the Main Campus near the School of Education. It had small studio with two RCA broadcast cameras and four Bell and Howell field cameras and a large black and white processing/editing lab combo and a low-wattage transmission antenna located on campus. |
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The new offices and studios (in the area of the Brody School of Medicine) were completed in early 1972 along with formalized FCC licensing to create the nation's first university (commercial)/public duopoly with WUNK-TV, the University of North Carolina Television PBS satellite affiliate, now 25 (PSIP) 23 (UHF). With shared staff, the stations created short documentaries for UNC-TV and starting in 1974, served the needs of the new medical college. |
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The station remained in the same location until January 1, 2010 when the station was forced to close because of severely lowered tax revenues brought on by the great recession. All university stations were closed during the next four years with the final, UNC-P's station, closing in 2014. Central control for WUNK-TV programming is now located in the UNC-TV headquarters and the current GM is really a antenna engineer. |
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== Milestones == |
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*Broadcasting was done through the full-power University of North Carolina Television antenna system in 1972. |
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*Color started in 1975. |
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*Digital transformation happened one year ahead of the other full-power TV stations on June 12, 2008. |
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== Expansion == |
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The station remained a service unit until mid-2002 hiring of a new chancellor <ref>{{Cite web|title = ECU News Services - News Story|url = http://www.ecu.edu/cs-admin/news/newsstory.cfm?id=420|website = www.ecu.edu|accessdate = 2015-09-28}}</ref> and provost <ref>{{Cite web|title = William Swart|url = http://www.ecu.edu/cs-bus/faculty/swartw.cfm|website = www.ecu.edu|accessdate = 2015-09-28}}</ref>. They started breathing new life into the station with the internal promotion of the new General Manager, who had been the media liaison of five newspaper groups to broadcast partners in three Top 50 market and two Top 100 market TV stations. The new station manager (#2) was hired away from Chicago's WGN. From 2002-2008 the station grew at a rapid rate — tripling viewership and doubling revenue each year while expanding into Wilmington, N.C., Raleigh, N.C. and Outer Banks/Norfolk, Virginia. Nielsen certified ratings grew from a meager 16th to 2nd largest during the same time period. Unique web page views grew from 125,000 per year to 2.38 million per month. |
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== Programming == |
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Along with C-SPAN, WNCT-TV and WCTI-TV the rapidly growing station hosted the October 14, 2002 mega debate between N.C. Senate candidates Erskine Bowles and eventual winner Elizabeth Dole. <ref>{{Cite web|title = North Carolina Senate Debate|url = http://www.c-span.org/video/?173336-1/north-carolina-senate-debate|website = C-SPAN.org|accessdate = 2015-09-28}}</ref> New shows and documentaries were created each proceeding year. PBS programming <ref>{{Cite web|title = Programs A to Z: List of PBS Shows|url = http://www.pbs.org/programs/|website = www.pbs.org|accessdate = 2015-09-28}}</ref> was scheduled from 9pm until the daily scheduled close at 11:59:59 pm. |
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== References == |
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