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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 a 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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⚫ | 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 a 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 studio (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 television duopoly with WUNK-TV, the University of North Carolina Television PBS satellite affiliate, now 25 (PSIP) 23 (UHF). With shared staff, equipment the stations created short documentaries for UNC-TV and starting in 1974, served the needs of the new medical college. |
The new offices and studio (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 television duopoly with WUNK-TV, the University of North Carolina Television PBS satellite affiliate, now 25 (PSIP) 23 (UHF). With shared staff, equipment the stations created short documentaries for UNC-TV and starting in 1974, served the needs of the new medical college. |
Revision as of 16:35, 28 September 2015
WECU-TV was the official (commercial) television station of East Carolina University[1] located in Greenville[2], 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." [3]) The station was originally housed on the Main Campus near the School of Education. It had a 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.
The new offices and studio (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 television duopoly with WUNK-TV, the University of North Carolina Television PBS satellite affiliate, now 25 (PSIP) 23 (UHF). With shared staff, equipment the stations created short documentaries for UNC-TV and starting in 1974, served the needs of the new medical college.
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 by 2014 with some being repurposed for teaching such as WNCP-TV[4]. Central control for WUNK-TV programming is now located in the UNC-TV headquarters and the current GM is really a antenna engineer.
Milestones
- Broadcasting became full-power through the University of North Carolina Television antenna system in 1972.
- Color started in 1975.
- 24 hour programming started on January 1, 2004
- Digital transformation happened one year ahead of the other full-power TV stations on June 12, 2008.
Expansion
The station remained a service unit until the 2002 hiring of a new chancellor [5] and provost [6]. The new administration immediately started breathing new life into the station with the internal promotion of the new General Manager, who was a veteran, media liaison of four newspaper groups to broadcast partners in two Top 50 markets and two Top 100 markets. 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., Outer Banks/Norfolk, Virginia and Raleigh, N.C. Corresponding 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.
Programming
Along with C-SPAN, WNCT-TV and WCTI-TV the newly revived station hosted the October 14, 2002 mega debate between N.C. Senate candidates Erskine Bowles-Democrat and eventual winner Elizabeth Dole-Republican. [7] Starting in 2003 new shows and documentaries were created each proceeding year. PBS programming [8] was scheduled from 9pm until the daily scheduled close at 11:59:59 pm. Stating in 2004 PBS programming started at 11:00 pm and ended at 5:00 am.
References
- ^ "East Carolina University".
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(help) - ^ "WNCP-TV". www.uncp.edu. Retrieved 2015-09-28.
- ^ "ECU News Services - News Story". www.ecu.edu. Retrieved 2015-09-28.
- ^ "William Swart". www.ecu.edu. Retrieved 2015-09-28.
- ^ "North Carolina Senate Debate". C-SPAN.org. Retrieved 2015-09-28.
- ^ "Programs A to Z: List of PBS Shows". www.pbs.org. Retrieved 2015-09-28.