W68BK

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W68BK, a.k.a. "WAUG-TV"
Raleigh, North Carolina
Branding WAUG-TV 68
Channels 68 (UHF) analog,
no digital
Affiliations
Owner St. Augustine's College
Founded 1988
Call letters meaning W Saint AUG's (school nickname)
(unofficial calls)


W68BK is a low-power commercial television station that serves the greater Raleigh, North Carolina area. Unofficially known as WAUG-TV 68, the station is owned and operated by St. Augustine's College and can be seen on Time Warner Cable digital tier channel 102 throughout much of the greater Raleigh service area. Much of its programming is oriented towards the African-American community, which include gospel music, religious programming, and community affairs.

In addition, students majoring in the Journalism and Mass Communications program at "St. Aug's" have the opportunity to work at the station in a laboratory setting to gain real-life experience while pursuing their degree.

St. Augustine's also owns radio station WAUG AM 750, which broadcasts mostly gospel and hip-hop music. For a period of time, the school housed (but didn't own) WRMY-TV Channel 47, an independent TV station formerly based in Rocky Mount that moved its transmitter to Franklin County to provide better coverage to the Raleigh-Durham-Fayetteville market. WRMY was later sold to Paxson Communications in 1998 as WRPX, becoming the area's Pax (now i network) affiliate.

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Broadcast television in the Raleigh/Durham/Fayetteville market  (Nielsen DMA #29)

WUNC 4 / WUNU 31 / WUNP 36 (PBS/UNC-TV) - WRAL 5 (CBS) - WTVD 11 (ABC) - WNCN 17 (NBC) - WLFL 22 (The CW) - W24CP 24 (3ABN) - WTNC 26 (TFU) - WRDC 28 (MNTV) - WRAY 30 (S@H/JTV) - WACN-LP 34 (DS) - WUVC 40 (UNI) - WHFL-LP 43 (Worship) - WZGS 44 (Telemundo) - W45CN 45 / W45CO 45 / W63CW 63 / W64CN 64 (TBN) - WRPX 47 / WFPX 62 (i) - WRAZ 50 (Fox) - WWIW-LP 66 (DS) - W67CD 67 (A1) - W68BK 68 (Educational)


Local cable television channels

News 14 Carolina


Out-of-market broadcast television available on cable in some parts of the market

WECT 6 (NBC, Wilmington)