WFMY-TV

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WFMY-TV

Greensboro / Winston-Salem / High Point, North Carolina
Branding	WFMY, News2
Slogan	Dependable Local Coverage
Channels	2 (VHF) analog, 51 (UHF) digital
Affiliations	CBS
Owner	Gannett
Founded	September 22, 1949
Call letters meaning	W ForMalitY
Former affiliations	ABC (secondary, 1949-63), NBC (secondary, 1949-53), DuMont (secondary, 1949-56)
Website	www.wfmynews2.com/

WFMY-TV "WFMY News2", is the CBS station for the Greensboro–High Point–Winston-Salem, North Carolina (Piedmont Triad) designated market area. It is licensed to Greensboro. Currently owned by the Gannett Company, the station's transmitter is located in Randleman, North Carolina with studios just outside downtown Greensboro on Phillips Ave.

[edit] History

The station began operation on September 22, 1949 as the second television station in North Carolina, just a few months after fellow CBS affiliate WBTV in Charlotte. It was owned by the Greensboro News Company, publishers of the Greensboro Daily News and Daily Record (now the Greensboro News & Record). The News Company had put WFMY-FM on the air in 1947, but the radio station shut down in the 1950s. It aired programs from all four networks (CBS, NBC, ABC, and DuMont). NBC moved to WSJS-TV (now WXII-TV) when it signed on in 1953 and WFMY shared ABC with WSJS until WGHP-TV signed on in 1963.

In 1965, the News Company was bought by what became Landmark Communications. The station was acquired by Harte-Hanks Communications in 1976, and by Gannett in 1989.

WFMY's local programming, including long-running news program "The Good Morning Show" with Lee Kinard, and children's program "The Old Rebel Show" pre-empted the CBS Morning News from the 1950s through the 1980s. WGGT (now WMYV) aired the CBS Morning News until 1985, and afterwards WFMY began to run the broadcast on delay from 8-10am following "The Good Morning Show". Lee Kinard went on to host the WFMY evening news until his retirement in the 1990s. WFMY does not carry CBS's Saturday Early Show; instead, it carries a Saturday edition of "The Good Morning Show," followed by the CBS kids' block.

Another important local daytime program from the 1970s was "Sandra and Friends", hosted by current news anchor Sandra Hughes. This was one of the first shows in the region to be hosted by a black woman.

[edit] Logos

WFMY logo c. 1968.

WFMY logo c. 1975. The stylized 2 was retained in logo designs until 2001.

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Broadcast television in the Greensboro / Winston-Salem / High Point (Piedmont Triad) market (Nielsen DMA #47)

WFMY 2 (CBS) - WGHP 8 (Fox) - WXII 12 (NBC) - WGPX 16 (i) - WCWG 20 (The CW) - WUNL 26 (PBS / UNC) - WGSR 39 (Ind) - WUVC 40 (UNI) - WXLV 45 (ABC) - WMYV 48 (MNTV) - WLXI 61 (TCT / TBN)
Local cable television channels
News 14 Carolina

CBS Network Affiliates in the state of North Carolina
WFMY 2 (Greensboro) - WBTV 3 (Charlotte) - WRAL 5 (Raleigh) - WNCT 9 (Greenville) - WILM-LP 10 (Wilmington)
See also: ABC, Fox, NBC, PBS, CW, MNTV and Other stations in North Carolina