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			{{short description\|TV station in Greenville, South Carolina}}
	{{Infobox_Broadcast \|
			{{Use mdy dates\|date=February 2024}}
	call_letters = WHNS\|
			{{Infobox television station
	station_logo = ]\|
			\| callsign = WHNS
	station_slogan = \|
			\| city = {{nowrap\|Greenville, South Carolina}}
	analog = 21 (])\|
	~~station_branding~~ = ''Fox Carolina'' \|		\| logo = Fox Carolina 2021 Logo.svg
	~~digital~~ = 57 ~~(])\|~~		\| logo_size = 200px
			\| branding = Fox Carolina
	affiliations = ] \|
	~~founded~~ = ], ]\|		\| digital = 17 (])
			\| virtual = 21
	location = ] / ] / ] / ]\|
			\| subchannels =
	callsign_meaning = '''W H'''arry ''''N''' '''S'''tella (Pappas, original owners)\|
	~~owner~~ = ]\|		\| translators = ''see {{section link\|\|Translators}}''
			\| affiliations = {{ubl\|'''21.1:''' ]\|''for others, see {{section link\|\|Subchannels}}''}}
	former_affiliations = Independent (]-]), <br>] (]-]) (Secondary) ] (]-]) (Secondary)\|
			\| owner = ]
	homepage = \|}}
			\| licensee = Gray Television Licensee, ]
			\| location = {{ubl\|]–]–\|]\|]}}
			\| country = United States
			\| founded = {{start date and age\|1953\|8\|2}} (])
			\| airdate = {{start date and age\|1984\|4\|1}} ''(in Asheville, North Carolina; license moved to Greenville, South Carolina in 2003)''
			\| last_airdate =
			\| callsign_meaning = Harry 'n Stella (Pappas) ''(original owners)''
			\| sister_stations =
			\| former_callsigns =
			\| former_channel_numbers = {{ubl\|'''Analog:''' 21 (UHF, 1984–2009)\|'''Digital:''' 57 (UHF, 2000–2009), 21 (UHF, 2009–2019)}}
			\| former_affiliations = {{ubl\|] (1984–1988)\|] (secondary, 1995–1997)\|] (secondary, 1998–2003)}}
			\| erp = 364 ]
			\| haat = {{convert\|759\|m\|ft\|0\|abbr=on}}
			\| facility_id = 72300
			\| coordinates = {{coord\|35\|10\|56\|N\|82\|40\|55\|W\|type:landmark_scale:2000}}
			\| licensing_authority = ]
			\| website = {{URL\|https://www.foxcarolina.com/}}
			}}

			'''WHNS''' (channel 21), branded '''Fox Carolina''', is a ] licensed to ], United States, serving as the ] affiliate for ] and ]. Owned by ], the station maintains studios on Interstate Court (just northwest of ]) in Greenville, and its transmitter is located atop Slick Rock Mountain in ] ({{convert\|5\|mi\|km\|0}} southeast of ]).

			==History==
	'''WHNS''' (known on-air as '''''Fox Carolina''''') is the ] affiliate ] to ]. It also serves ], ], and large portions of western ] and ]. It is owned by the ]. It broadcasts its analog signal on ] channel 21, and its digital signal on UHF channel 57. Its transmitter is located near ].
			===Channel 21 license prior to 1979===
			{{main\|WANC-TV}}

			WHNS operates on the oldest active television station license in the market, though the connection is indirect. WISE-TV launched in ], on August 2, 1953. Broadcasting on channel 62, it was a primary ] affiliate which also carried programs from ], ], and ].<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/53012487/wise-tv-has-debut-on-air/\|work=Asheville Citizen\|date=August 2, 1953\|title=WISE-TV Has Debut On Air\|access-date=June 8, 2020\|page=14}}</ref> ABC and DuMont moved to ] (channel 13) when that station signed on in September 1954.<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/53012433/telecasts-by-wlos-to-start-today/\|access-date=June 8, 2020\|title=Telecasts By WLOS To Start Today\|date=September 18, 1954\|work=Asheville Citizen\|page=14}}</ref> In 1967, the station changed its call letters to WANC-TV; the next year, it dropped its remaining NBC programming as its ownership brought a cable system to Asheville.<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/53012314/first-cable-tv-service-expected-here-by/\|work=Asheville Citizen\|date=November 2, 1967\|page=45\|title=First Cable TV Service Expected Here By Feb. 1, Thoms Announces\|access-date=June 8, 2020}}</ref> WANC-TV moved from channel 62 to 21 in 1971, airing a limited amount of Christian television programming throughout the 1970s by simulcasting ] in Greenville. The owner of WANC-TV, Thoms Broadcasting, reached a deal to sell WANC-TV to the owners of WGGS-TV in 1977; the ] (FCC) forced the deal's demise in January 1979, saying that, as WGGS-TV could move to a transmitter site from which it could also serve Asheville, the ownership of two stations would be a wasteful use of spectrum.<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1979/BC-1979-01-29.pdf\|work=Broadcasting\|date=January 29, 1979\|title=CCB blocked in try for Asheville U\|pages=50, 51\|access-date=June 8, 2020}}</ref>
	The station airs first-run programming from Fox, including prime time, weekend sports, and weekend children's programming. It also runs off-network sitcoms, talk shows, reality shows, court shows, and local news.

			===Rebuilding channel 21===
	==History==
			After the sale to Carolina Christian Broadcasting collapsed, Thoms lost the lease on the channel 21 antenna site, and the station went off the air. Thoms reached a deal to sell WANC-TV to ] of ], for $206,000 in June 1979.<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1979/BC-1979-07-02.pdf\|access-date=June 8, 2020\|date=July 2, 1979\|work=Broadcasting\|title=Changing Hands\|page=79}}</ref> The sale became effective September 14, and twelve days later, on September 26, the call letters were changed to WHNS.<ref name="hc">{{Cite web\|url= https://cdbs.recnet.com/corres/?doc=86318 \|title= History Cards for WHNS\|publisher=]}} (])<!--Converted from {{FCC letter}}--> (covering almost exclusively the WISE-TV/WANC-TV history)</ref>
	A construction permit was issued for channel 21 in Asheville NC as early as ]. It signed on in ] as a simulcast of ] channel 16 and operated on low power.

			WANC-TV's signal had only reached Asheville and did not extend beyond the South Carolina state line.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1979-TV-Factbook/TV-Factbook-1979.pdf\|date=1979\|title=WANC-TV\|page=605-b (607)\|work=Television Factbook\|access-date=June 8, 2020}}</ref> Pappas began the process of filing for new, much more powerful facilities on Slick Rock Mountain just a month after taking possession of the license.{{r\|hc}}<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/53009416/station-to-begin-broadcasting-in-81/\|access-date=June 9, 2020\|work=Asheville Citizen\|page=21\|title=Station To Begin Broadcasting In '81\|date=August 15, 1980}}</ref> However, in 1981, the FCC designated its application for hearing. WGGS-TV had filed to move its transmitter to Caesar's Head in ], and the two applications were mutually exclusive for technical reasons. While WGGS-TV dropped its conflicting application, another problem had emerged: the proposed facility would not provide a strong enough signal to three percent of the city of Asheville, the city of license, because of shadowing by mountains. As a result, the FCC denied the initial application in 1982.<ref name="weak">{{cite news\|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/53010311/weak-signal-cited-agency-puts-whns-tv/\|title=Weak signal cited: Agency puts WHNS-TV on hold\|agency=Associated Press\|work=Asheville Citizen\|page=24\|date=July 22, 1982\|access-date=June 9, 2020}}</ref> Pappas appealed: the FCC review board found in Pappas's favor given the circumstances, finding that the company's push to restore channel 21's service to Asheville, limited choice of suitable sites, and good faith efforts outweighed the shadowing issues.<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc306583/m1/1216/?q=WHNS\|access-date=June 9, 2020\|author=Federal Communications Commission\|pages=1288–1293\|title=FCC 83R-1 Decision\|work=FCC Reports, Second Series\|date=January 4, 1983\|via=UNT Digital Library}}</ref>
	The station became WHNS on ], ] under the ownership of Pappas Telecasting, a company based in ]. The call letters WHNS stand for Harry N Stella for the owner Harry Pappas and his wife Stella. The station ran a typical UHF independent schedule consisting of cartoons, sitcoms, old movies, drama shows and some sports. It became the dominant ] in the region, ahead of WAXA-TV (channel 40, now ]). Its first slogan was '''It's Your Station''', which was changed to '''We're Your Station''' (also used on WHNS-TV's then sister-station ] in ] and ] in ]). WHNS-TV's first logo consisted of the call letters in a ]-esque logo with the channel number on the center bottom. That logo was used until the late ].

			With approval from the FCC in hand, Pappas set out to rebuild the station. An existing building near ] and Pelham Road, midway between Greenville and Spartanburg, was refitted to serve as the main WHNS studio base; delays in establishing more than a temporary presence in Asheville attracted protests from competitor ] in Anderson.<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/53011869/the-fcc-steps-in-a-rival-charges-tv-21/\|access-date=June 9, 2020\|title=The FCC steps in: A rival charges TV-21 with false promises\|first=Tom\|last=Harrison\|page=TV Spotlight 26\|date=June 3, 1984\|work=Greenville News}}</ref> The delays were due to site work and sale negotiations.<ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/53009362/channel-21-planning-april-1-debut/\|access-date=June 9, 2020\|date=March 1, 1984\|page=11\|first=David\|last=Nivens\|work=Asheville Citizen\|title=Channel 21 Planning April 1 Debut}}</ref>
	WHNS became the area's Fox affiliate in ] after original Fox station WAXA went dark, and quickly dropped its original on-air name of ''"TV21"'' in favor of ''"Fox 21"''. In ], the station was sold to ] Communications. First Media Television acquired the station in ], and it acquired a secondary ] affiliation in January ], airing UPN programming in the late-night hours. (The UPN affiliation moved in ] to ] (channel 62), which was coincidentally owned by Pappas, WHNS' original owner.)

			WHNS began broadcasting April 1, 1984, promoting itself as the market's first general-entertainment ].<ref name="on">{{cite news\|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/53017103/tv-21-on-the-air/\|title=TV-21: on the air\|first=Tom\|last=Harrison\|work=Greenville News\|pages=TV Spotlight 24, \|access-date=June 8, 2020\|date=April 1, 1984}}</ref> (WAXA-TV, in comparison, did not reach homes in the North Carolina portion of the market.) It used one of the first circularly polarized TV antennas in service, broadcasting 3.5 million watts of power from Slick Rock Mountain.{{r\|on}} The station represented a $12 million investment in facilities and another $5 million in programs.<ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/53104287/\|work=Asheville Citizen\|date=May 17, 1984\|first=Tony\|last=Kiss\|title=Starting New TV Station Complex\|page=21\|access-date=June 9, 2020}}</ref>
	From around ] to ], WHNS carried a 10pm newscast produced by ]. The partnership between the two stations ended in 1999, when WHNS launched its own news division.

			WHNS initially ran a schedule typical of an independent on the UHF band, consisting of ], ]s, classic ], ] and select ]. It became the dominant independent station in the region, placing well ahead of WAXA in the ratings. Its original slogan, "It's Your Station" (which was later changed to "We're Your Station" in 1988) would also be used on then-]s ] in Fresno and ] in ].
	WHNS was acquired by Meredith Corporation in ] as part of a group deal. In ], it began calling itself ''"Fox Carolina"''.

			===Becoming a Fox affiliate===
	WHNS is the latest television station in the market to begin 24/7 broadcasting, having done so since late April/early May 2006. Before that, WHNS signed off from 3-5 AM late Sunday night/early Monday morning.
			WAXA beat out WHNS for a charter affiliation with the upstart ], which launched in October 1986,<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/53107940/\|access-date=June 9, 2020\|date=October 10, 1986\|title=WAXA-TV 40 holds sole Fox affiliation in market\|work=Greenville News\|page=8D}}</ref> even though WAXA had a considerably weaker signal (it was marginal at best in the North Carolina portion of the market and only appeared on Asheville cable systems upon affiliation<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/53108051/\|access-date=June 9, 2020\|date=October 5, 1986\|title=Fox Signs Up WAXA To Network Contract\|page=7L\|work=Asheville Citizen-Times}}</ref>) and less well-heeled ownership. However, in 1988, WAXA filed for ] ]. Pappas, meanwhile, struck a group deal to affiliate KMPH, KPTM and WHNS with Fox: the three stations became Fox affiliates that September.<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/53107758/\|access-date=June 9, 2020\|title=WHNS to become Fox Network affiliate\|work=Greenville News\|first=David\|last=Eskola\|date=July 30, 1988\|page=2C}}</ref> WAXA never recovered from the loss of Fox programming and went off the air on August 31, 1989.<ref>{{Cite news\|work=Greenville News\|first=Jeff\|last=Zogg\|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/53108584/\|date=August 23, 1989\|title=WAXA to go off air regardless of FCC ruling\|page=3C\|access-date=June 9, 2020}}</ref> After joining the network, WHNS abandoned its "TV-21" brand and changed its on-air branding to "Fox 21".

			In 1990, Pappas sold WHNS to Cannell Communications (a broadcast group owned by television producer and author ]), earning a handsome return on its original investment; Pappas had successfully built up WHNS as a major player in the market.<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/53011893/\|title=Harry Pappas Made Channel 21 Major TV Player\|first=Tony\|last=Kiss\|work=Asheville Citizen-Times\|date=November 26, 1989\|access-date=June 8, 2020\|pages=1L, }}</ref> Cannell sold WHNS to First Media Television in 1994. On January 16, 1995, WHNS took on a secondary affiliation with the United Paramount Network (]), airing the network's programming during late-night time periods. First Media sold its stations to ] for $435 million in 1997.<ref name="wp-saletomeredith">{{cite news \|last1=Segal \|first1=David \|title=Marriott-controlled firm to sell 4 TV stations to Meredith Corp. \|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/business/1997/01/25/marriott-controlled-firm-to-sell-4-tv-stations-to-meredith-corp/c3115935-7139-4c9d-99b6-e208174dae8b/ \|access-date=February 26, 2024 \|work=] \|date=January 25, 1997}}</ref> In October of that year, UPN's programming moved to WASV-TV (channel 62, now ])—which had been acquired by Pappas two years earlier in 1995. The station became exclusively affiliated with Fox as a result, only to add a secondary affiliation with ] when that network launched on August 31, 1998; WHNS carried select programs from the network until 2003. In the fall of 2002, WHNS began branding itself as "Fox Carolina".
	On May 14, 2007, Assignment Editor Joe Loy was killed while on assignment. On a local highway, he was filming the aftermath of one accident when another occurred right behind him. He managed to get it on video as a white van, possibly made out-of-control by a red pickup truck, spun towards him. Police are seeking information about the red pickup, a "vehicle of interest".
			On July 24, 2003, Meredith received FCC approval to change WHNS' city of license from Asheville to Greenville to aid identification as a South Carolina station. Under the terms of the reallotment, the station was required to retain city-grade coverage of Asheville and to maintain its existing public interest obligations to that city.<ref name="fcc-whnsgreenville">{{cite web \|last1=Kreisman \|first1=Barbara A. \|title=Report and Order (Proceeding Terminated) \|url=https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DA-03-2479A1.pdf \|publisher=] \|access-date=June 8, 2020 \|date=August 1, 2003}}</ref>

			In March 2009, the Meredith Corporation announced that WHNS and ] sister station ] would have their ] operations moved to a new master control hub based out of the studio facilities of ] sister station ], which began operations in the fall of 2009.<ref>"Meredith Sets Up Atlanta Hub." '']'', March 4, 2009. </ref>
	===Personalities===
	*'''Dan Bubany''', Sports Director
	*'''Anthony Cox''', Weekend sports anchor
	*'''Stephanie Maxwell''', Morning anchor
	*'''Jade Hindmon''', General assignment reporter
	*'''Ben Hoover''', Morning anchor
	*'''Nisha Jindal''', General assignment reporter
	*'''Melissa Jones''', Morning meteorologist
	*'''Margaret Burnquist''', Weekend 10pm anchor and reporter
	*'''Jeff Moreau''', 10pm anchor and reporter
	*'''Jennifer Phillips''', General assignment reporter
	*'''Michael Smith''', Chief meteorologist
	*'''Lidia St. Mark''', General assignment reporter
	*'''Heather Vaughn''', Producer
	*'''Diana Watson''', 10pm anchor and reporter
	*'''Andy Wood''', Weekend meteorologist

			On September 8, 2015, ] announced that it would acquire Meredith for $2.4 billion, with the combined group to be renamed Meredith Media General if the sale had been finalized. Because Media General already owned CBS affiliate ] (channel 7) and ] affiliate WYCW, and both WHNS and WSPA ranked among the four highest-rated stations in the Greenville-Spartanburg-Asheville market in total day viewership, the companies would have been required to sell either WHNS or WSPA.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Media General Acquiring Meredith For 2.4 Billion\|url=http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/88230/media-general-acquiring-meredith-for-24b\|website=TVNewsCheck\|publisher=NewsCheck Media\|date=September 8, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|title=TV Station Mega Merger: Media General Sets $2.4 Billion Acquisition of Meredith Corp.\|url=https://variety.com/2015/tv/news/tv-station-meredith-media-general-merger-1201587744/\|author=Cynthia Littleton\|periodical=]\|publisher=]\|date=September 8, 2015\|access-date=September 9, 2015}}</ref> However, on January 27, 2016, ] announced that it had reached an agreement to acquire Media General, resulting in the termination of Meredith's acquisition by Media General.
	'''PAST PERSONALITIES'''
	*Phil Aldridge, Sports director (2002-2005)
	*Leah Johnson, General assignment reporter (?-2004)
	*Rich Noonan, 10pm anchor and reporter (2003-2004)
	*Connie LeGrand, 10pm anchor (1996-2004?)
	*Craig Smith, 10pm anchor (1996-1999)
	*Fred Cunningham, 10pm sports anchor (1996-1999)
	*David Morian, 10pm meteorologist (1996-1999)
	*Liz Walker, Weekend anchor (1999-2003)

			On May 3, 2021, ] announced its intent to purchase the Meredith Local Media division, including WHNS, for $2.7 billion. The sale was completed on December 1.<ref name=meredithdone>{{cite press release \|url=https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2021/12/01/2344524/0/en/GRAY-TELEVISION-CLOSES-ON-ACQUISITION-OF-MEREDITH-CORPORATION-S-LOCAL-MEDIA-GROUP.html \|title=Gray Television Closes on Acquisition of Meredith Corporation's Local Media Group \|agency=] \|publisher=] \|date=December 1, 2021}}</ref>

			==News operation==
	In ], WHNS aired a ] broadcast showing the names and faces of the dead from the ] war, after ] station ] pre-empted it on orders from its owner, ].
			WHNS presently broadcasts 57 hours of locally produced newscasts each week (with eleven hours each weekday and one hour each on Saturdays and Sundays). In terms of the number of hours devoted to news programming, it is the largest local output among the market's individual stations (WLOS, along with sister station WMYA-TV along with WSPA and sister station WYCW produce more hours of newscasts with their combined operations).

			WHNS launched the first prime time newscast in the Greenville-Spartanburg market in September 1996, when WSPA-TV began to produce a nightly half-hour newscast at 10 p.m. through a news share agreement. The program was produced from WSPA's main news set at its International Drive studio facility in Spartanburg and utilized WSPA's anchors and reporters; however, the newscast had a different on-air identity and graphics package than that seen on WSPA's newscasts. Meredith Corporation terminated the news share agreement in 1999, when the station began developing its own in-house news department; its news operation launched that fall with the debut of an hour-long 10 p.m. newscast.
	<gallery>
	Image:The-WHNS-TwentyOne-Logo-From1984.jpg\|Used around the Late 1980s
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			The station eventually expanded their news offerings, adding a morning newscast.
	] was the main female anchor from ] to ] before leaving for ]. She is now anchoring with CBS affiliate WSPA in Spartanburg.

			On May 14, 2007, assignment editor Joe Loy was filming the aftermath of a traffic accident on a local highway when another accident occurred right behind him. Loy managed to tape that accident as a white van, which possibly went out-of-control because of a red pickup truck, spun towards and hit him, killing him instantly.
	==Repeater stations==

	In order to reach viewers in valleys of North Carolina, WHNS has 6 low power repeater stations:
			In September 2009, WHNS expanded its news programming into early evenings with the debut of a half-hour newscast at 6:30 p.m.
	* '''W14AS''' channel 14 ]

	* '''W35AV''' channel 35 ]
			In 2011, WHNS began broadcasting its local newscasts in ] ]. The station ultimately upgraded its news production to ] in 2014.
	* '''W57BG''' channel 57 ]

	* '''W64BO''' channel 64 ]
			In September 2012, the station canceled their 6:30 p.m. newscast due to low ratings, but the following week launched an 11 p.m. newscast, airing Monday through Friday.
	* '''W66BU''' channel 66 ]

	* '''W69CN''' channel 69 ]
			In October 2014, WHNS added a weekday hour-long 4 p.m. newscast, called ''The Four O'Clock News''.<ref> ''The Changing Newscasts Blog'', October 9, 2014.</ref>

			In 2017, the station added a 5 p.m. newscast and expanded their morning news from 4:30 a.m. until 9 a.m.

			The station's 10 p.m. newscast is the highest-rated prime time newscast in the market in that timeslot (outranking the WLOS-produced newscast on WMYA-TV and the WSPA-produced newscast on WYCW) and its other newscasts are seen as competitive in the market.

			==Technical information==
			===Subchannels===
			The station's signal is ]:
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			\|-
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			\| COZI \|\| ]<ref name="Meredith Katz">{{cite web\|title=Meredith To Add Three Katz Diginets\|url=http://www.tvnewscheck.com/article/83908/meredith-to-add-three-katz-diginets\|website=TVNewsCheck\|publisher=NewsCheck Media\|date=March 20, 2015\|access-date=September 9, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite press release\|title=Meredith Corporation & Katz Broadcasting Announce Multi-Network Distribution Agreement\|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2015/03/20/meredith-corporation-katz-broadcasting-announce-multi-network-distribution-agreement/377686/\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150325005007/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2015/03/20/meredith-corporation-katz-broadcasting-announce-multi-network-distribution-agreement/377686/\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=March 25, 2015\|author=Sara Bibel\|website=]\|publisher=] (])\|date=March 20, 2015\|access-date=September 9, 2015}}</ref>
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			\| THE365 \|\| ]<ref name="Staff">{{Cite web \|author=<!--Not stated--> \|date=January 1, 2024 \|title=Free new channel on Fox Carolina network \|url=https://www.foxcarolina.com/2024/01/01/free-new-channel-fox-carolina-network/ \|access-date=January 1, 2024 \|website=www.foxcarolina.com \|language=en}}</ref>
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			From 2007 to 2015, WHNS carried a 24-hour local weather channel on its second digital subchannel, which was branded as "Fox Carolina 3D Radar". Through separate affiliation agreements involving Meredith Corporation and those networks' respective owners (] and ]) that were signed within days of each other, on March 23, 2015, WHNS announced it would affiliate its second digital subchannel with ] and launch a third subchannel affiliated with ] onto its digital signal that spring. On April 15, 2015, the 21.2 subchannel became a Cozi TV affiliate, while the new 21.3 subchannel launched as an Escape affiliate.<ref name="Meredith Cozi"/><ref name="Meredith Katz"/> In June 2017, a fourth subchannel was added, launching 21.4 as a ] affiliate.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web\|url=http://www.rabbitears.info/market.php?request=print_station&facility_id=72300\|title=WHNS GREENVILLE, SC\|website=www.rabbitears.info\|access-date=July 2, 2017}}</ref> As a result of ] suspending its over-the-air operations,<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Gresham \|first=Megan \|date=December 26, 2023 \|title=Important News from Circle: Circle Programming will Exclusively Be Available on Circle Country starting January 1st! \|url=https://www.circleallaccess.com/important-news-from-circle-circle-programming-will-exclusively-be-available-on-circle-country-starting-january-1st/ \|access-date=January 1, 2024 \|website=www.circleallaccess.com \|language=en-US}}</ref> WHNS announced that its channel slot would be replaced with ], an African American lifestyle network, beginning on January 1, 2024.<ref name="Staff"/>

			===Analog-to-digital conversion===
			WHNS discontinued regular programming on its analog signal, over ] channel 21, on June 12, 2009, the official date on which full-power television stations in the United States ] under federal mandate. The station's digital signal relocated from its pre-transition UHF channel 57, which was among the high band UHF channels (52-69) that were removed from broadcasting use as a result of the transition, to its analog-era UHF channel 21.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-1082A2.pdf \|title=DTV Tentative Channel Designations for the First and Second Rounds \|access-date=March 24, 2012}}</ref><ref name="FCCForm387"></ref>

			===Translators===
			WHNS operates five ] across the mountains of western North Carolina. These translators serve as low-power, limited-area ]s that bring the network's signal to deep mountain valleys where the parent signal is blocked by the surrounding terrain. All digital translators use ] virtual channel 21.

			* '''{{FCC-LMS-Facility\|72305\|3=W15CW-D}}''' ]
			* '''{{FCC-LMS-Facility\|72306\|3=W21DV-D}}''' \|\|]
			* '''{{FCC-LMS-Facility\|72301\|3=W23EZ-D}}''' \|\|]
			* '''{{FCC-LMS-Facility\|72304\|3=W26FB-D}}''' \|\|] / ]
			* '''{{FCC-LMS-Facility\|72302\|3=W34DX-D}}''' \|\|]

			====Former translator====
			WHNS has one decommissioned translator.

			* '''{{FCC-LMS-Facility\|72303\|3=W35AV}}''' ] (permit cancelled on November 18, 2015)<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://fccdata.org/?appid=171828&facid=72303 \|title=FCCdata.org: DW35AV \|access-date=July 18, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=1328073 \|title=Application Search Details, File Number: BDISDTT-20090824ACP \|access-date=July 18, 2017}}</ref>

			==Out-of-market cable carriage==
			In recent years, WHNS has been carried on ] systems within the Augusta and Columbia markets in South Carolina, and the Atlanta market in Georgia.<ref>{{Cite web \|url=http://svtvstations.webs.com/svtvstations.htm/ \|title=SVTV Stations - the things you care that others won't \|access-date=February 9, 2012 \|archive-date=May 2, 2012 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120502223103/http://svtvstations.webs.com/svtvstations.htm \|url-status=dead }}</ref>

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TV station in Greenville, South Carolina

WHNS
Greenville–Spartanburg– Anderson, South Carolina Asheville, North Carolina United States

City	Greenville, South Carolina
Channels	Digital: 17 (UHF) Virtual: 21
Branding	Fox Carolina
Programming
Affiliations	21.1: Fox for others, see § Subchannels
Ownership
Owner	Gray Media (Gray Television Licensee, LLC)
History
Founded	August 2, 1953; 71 years ago (1953-08-02) (WISE-TV license)
First air date	April 1, 1984; 40 years ago (1984-04-01) (in Asheville, North Carolina; license moved to Greenville, South Carolina in 2003)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 21 (UHF, 1984–2009) Digital: 57 (UHF, 2000–2009), 21 (UHF, 2009–2019)
Former affiliations	Independent (1984–1988) UPN (secondary, 1995–1997) Pax TV (secondary, 1998–2003)
Call sign meaning	Harry 'n Stella (Pappas) (original owners)
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	72300
ERP	364 kW
HAAT	759 m (2,490 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	35°10′56″N 82°40′55″W / 35.18222°N 82.68194°W / 35.18222; -82.68194
Translator(s)	see § Translators
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Website	www.foxcarolina.com

WHNS (channel 21), branded Fox Carolina, is a television station licensed to Greenville, South Carolina, United States, serving as the Fox affiliate for Upstate South Carolina and Western North Carolina. Owned by Gray Media, the station maintains studios on Interstate Court (just northwest of Interstate 85) in Greenville, and its transmitter is located atop Slick Rock Mountain in Transylvania County, North Carolina (5 miles (8 km) southeast of Brevard).

History

Channel 21 license prior to 1979

Main article: WANC-TV

WHNS operates on the oldest active television station license in the market, though the connection is indirect. WISE-TV launched in Asheville, North Carolina, on August 2, 1953. Broadcasting on channel 62, it was a primary NBC affiliate which also carried programs from ABC, CBS, and DuMont. ABC and DuMont moved to WLOS (channel 13) when that station signed on in September 1954. In 1967, the station changed its call letters to WANC-TV; the next year, it dropped its remaining NBC programming as its ownership brought a cable system to Asheville. WANC-TV moved from channel 62 to 21 in 1971, airing a limited amount of Christian television programming throughout the 1970s by simulcasting WGGS-TV in Greenville. The owner of WANC-TV, Thoms Broadcasting, reached a deal to sell WANC-TV to the owners of WGGS-TV in 1977; the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) forced the deal's demise in January 1979, saying that, as WGGS-TV could move to a transmitter site from which it could also serve Asheville, the ownership of two stations would be a wasteful use of spectrum.

Rebuilding channel 21

After the sale to Carolina Christian Broadcasting collapsed, Thoms lost the lease on the channel 21 antenna site, and the station went off the air. Thoms reached a deal to sell WANC-TV to Pappas Telecasting of Visalia, California, for $206,000 in June 1979. The sale became effective September 14, and twelve days later, on September 26, the call letters were changed to WHNS.

WANC-TV's signal had only reached Asheville and did not extend beyond the South Carolina state line. Pappas began the process of filing for new, much more powerful facilities on Slick Rock Mountain just a month after taking possession of the license. However, in 1981, the FCC designated its application for hearing. WGGS-TV had filed to move its transmitter to Caesar's Head in Greenville County, South Carolina, and the two applications were mutually exclusive for technical reasons. While WGGS-TV dropped its conflicting application, another problem had emerged: the proposed facility would not provide a strong enough signal to three percent of the city of Asheville, the city of license, because of shadowing by mountains. As a result, the FCC denied the initial application in 1982. Pappas appealed: the FCC review board found in Pappas's favor given the circumstances, finding that the company's push to restore channel 21's service to Asheville, limited choice of suitable sites, and good faith efforts outweighed the shadowing issues.

With approval from the FCC in hand, Pappas set out to rebuild the station. An existing building near Interstate 85 and Pelham Road, midway between Greenville and Spartanburg, was refitted to serve as the main WHNS studio base; delays in establishing more than a temporary presence in Asheville attracted protests from competitor WAXA-TV (channel 40) in Anderson. The delays were due to site work and sale negotiations.

WHNS began broadcasting April 1, 1984, promoting itself as the market's first general-entertainment independent station. (WAXA-TV, in comparison, did not reach homes in the North Carolina portion of the market.) It used one of the first circularly polarized TV antennas in service, broadcasting 3.5 million watts of power from Slick Rock Mountain. The station represented a $12 million investment in facilities and another $5 million in programs.

WHNS initially ran a schedule typical of an independent on the UHF band, consisting of cartoons, sitcoms, classic movies, drama series and select sporting events. It became the dominant independent station in the region, placing well ahead of WAXA in the ratings. Its original slogan, "It's Your Station" (which was later changed to "We're Your Station" in 1988) would also be used on then-sister stations KMPH-TV in Fresno and KPTM in Omaha, Nebraska.

Becoming a Fox affiliate

WAXA beat out WHNS for a charter affiliation with the upstart Fox Broadcasting Company, which launched in October 1986, even though WAXA had a considerably weaker signal (it was marginal at best in the North Carolina portion of the market and only appeared on Asheville cable systems upon affiliation) and less well-heeled ownership. However, in 1988, WAXA filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Pappas, meanwhile, struck a group deal to affiliate KMPH, KPTM and WHNS with Fox: the three stations became Fox affiliates that September. WAXA never recovered from the loss of Fox programming and went off the air on August 31, 1989. After joining the network, WHNS abandoned its "TV-21" brand and changed its on-air branding to "Fox 21".

In 1990, Pappas sold WHNS to Cannell Communications (a broadcast group owned by television producer and author Stephen J. Cannell), earning a handsome return on its original investment; Pappas had successfully built up WHNS as a major player in the market. Cannell sold WHNS to First Media Television in 1994. On January 16, 1995, WHNS took on a secondary affiliation with the United Paramount Network (UPN), airing the network's programming during late-night time periods. First Media sold its stations to Meredith Corporation for $435 million in 1997. In October of that year, UPN's programming moved to WASV-TV (channel 62, now WYCW)—which had been acquired by Pappas two years earlier in 1995. The station became exclusively affiliated with Fox as a result, only to add a secondary affiliation with Pax TV when that network launched on August 31, 1998; WHNS carried select programs from the network until 2003. In the fall of 2002, WHNS began branding itself as "Fox Carolina". On July 24, 2003, Meredith received FCC approval to change WHNS' city of license from Asheville to Greenville to aid identification as a South Carolina station. Under the terms of the reallotment, the station was required to retain city-grade coverage of Asheville and to maintain its existing public interest obligations to that city.

In March 2009, the Meredith Corporation announced that WHNS and Nashville sister station WSMV-TV would have their master control operations moved to a new master control hub based out of the studio facilities of Atlanta sister station WGCL-TV, which began operations in the fall of 2009.

On September 8, 2015, Media General announced that it would acquire Meredith for $2.4 billion, with the combined group to be renamed Meredith Media General if the sale had been finalized. Because Media General already owned CBS affiliate WSPA-TV (channel 7) and CW affiliate WYCW, and both WHNS and WSPA ranked among the four highest-rated stations in the Greenville-Spartanburg-Asheville market in total day viewership, the companies would have been required to sell either WHNS or WSPA. However, on January 27, 2016, Nexstar Broadcasting Group announced that it had reached an agreement to acquire Media General, resulting in the termination of Meredith's acquisition by Media General.

On May 3, 2021, Gray Television announced its intent to purchase the Meredith Local Media division, including WHNS, for $2.7 billion. The sale was completed on December 1.

News operation

WHNS presently broadcasts 57 hours of locally produced newscasts each week (with eleven hours each weekday and one hour each on Saturdays and Sundays). In terms of the number of hours devoted to news programming, it is the largest local output among the market's individual stations (WLOS, along with sister station WMYA-TV along with WSPA and sister station WYCW produce more hours of newscasts with their combined operations).

WHNS launched the first prime time newscast in the Greenville-Spartanburg market in September 1996, when WSPA-TV began to produce a nightly half-hour newscast at 10 p.m. through a news share agreement. The program was produced from WSPA's main news set at its International Drive studio facility in Spartanburg and utilized WSPA's anchors and reporters; however, the newscast had a different on-air identity and graphics package than that seen on WSPA's newscasts. Meredith Corporation terminated the news share agreement in 1999, when the station began developing its own in-house news department; its news operation launched that fall with the debut of an hour-long 10 p.m. newscast.

The station eventually expanded their news offerings, adding a morning newscast.

On May 14, 2007, assignment editor Joe Loy was filming the aftermath of a traffic accident on a local highway when another accident occurred right behind him. Loy managed to tape that accident as a white van, which possibly went out-of-control because of a red pickup truck, spun towards and hit him, killing him instantly.

In September 2009, WHNS expanded its news programming into early evenings with the debut of a half-hour newscast at 6:30 p.m.

In 2011, WHNS began broadcasting its local newscasts in widescreen enhanced definition. The station ultimately upgraded its news production to high definition in 2014.

In September 2012, the station canceled their 6:30 p.m. newscast due to low ratings, but the following week launched an 11 p.m. newscast, airing Monday through Friday.

In October 2014, WHNS added a weekday hour-long 4 p.m. newscast, called The Four O'Clock News.

In 2017, the station added a 5 p.m. newscast and expanded their morning news from 4:30 a.m. until 9 a.m.

The station's 10 p.m. newscast is the highest-rated prime time newscast in the market in that timeslot (outranking the WLOS-produced newscast on WMYA-TV and the WSPA-produced newscast on WYCW) and its other newscasts are seen as competitive in the market.

Technical information

Subchannels

The station's signal is multiplexed:

Subchannels of WHNS
Channel	Res.	Aspect	Short name	Programming
21.1	720p	16:9	WHNS	Fox
21.2	480i		PS&E	Palmetto Sports & Entertainment
21.3			COZI	Cozi TV
21.4			BOUNCE	Bounce TV
21.5			GRIT	Grit
21.6			THE365	The365
21.7			Mystery	Ion Mystery

From 2007 to 2015, WHNS carried a 24-hour local weather channel on its second digital subchannel, which was branded as "Fox Carolina 3D Radar". Through separate affiliation agreements involving Meredith Corporation and those networks' respective owners (NBCUniversal and Katz Broadcasting) that were signed within days of each other, on March 23, 2015, WHNS announced it would affiliate its second digital subchannel with Cozi TV and launch a third subchannel affiliated with Escape onto its digital signal that spring. On April 15, 2015, the 21.2 subchannel became a Cozi TV affiliate, while the new 21.3 subchannel launched as an Escape affiliate. In June 2017, a fourth subchannel was added, launching 21.4 as a Bounce affiliate. As a result of Circle TV suspending its over-the-air operations, WHNS announced that its channel slot would be replaced with The365, an African American lifestyle network, beginning on January 1, 2024.

Analog-to-digital conversion

WHNS discontinued regular programming on its analog signal, over UHF channel 21, on June 12, 2009, the official date on which full-power television stations in the United States transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate. The station's digital signal relocated from its pre-transition UHF channel 57, which was among the high band UHF channels (52-69) that were removed from broadcasting use as a result of the transition, to its analog-era UHF channel 21.

Translators

WHNS operates five translators across the mountains of western North Carolina. These translators serve as low-power, limited-area repeaters that bring the network's signal to deep mountain valleys where the parent signal is blocked by the surrounding terrain. All digital translators use PSIP virtual channel 21.

Former translator

WHNS has one decommissioned translator.

W35AV Black Mountain (permit cancelled on November 18, 2015)

Out-of-market cable carriage

In recent years, WHNS has been carried on cable systems within the Augusta and Columbia markets in South Carolina, and the Atlanta market in Georgia.

References

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CDBS Print
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External links

v t e Broadcast television in the Western Carolinas
This region includes the following cities: Greenville/Spartanburg/Anderson, SC Asheville, NC Reception may vary by location and some stations may only be viewable with cable television
Full power	WYFF (4.1 NBC, 4.2 MeTV, 4.4 Story, 4.5 HSN) WSPA-TV (7.1 CBS, 7.3 Ion) WLOS (13.1 ABC, 13.2 MNTV, 13.3 ANT, 13.4 Nest) WGGS-TV (16.1 Rel./TBN, 16.2 Scripps News, 16.3 SonLife, 16.4 Ion+, 16.5 Start, 16.6 Laff, 16.7 Court, 16.8 Get, 16.9 QVC, 16.10 JTV, 16.11 Walk) WHNS (21.1 Fox, 21.2 Cozi, 21.3 Mystery, 21.4 Bounce, 21.5 Grit, 21.6 The365) WUNW 27/WUNF-TV 33 (27.2/33.1 PBS, 27.3/33.2 Rootle, 27.1/33.3 Explorer, 27.4/33.4 North Carolina) WNTV 29/WNEH 38/WRET-TV 49 (xx.1 PBS, xx.2 South Carolina, xx.3 ETV World, xx.4 ETV Kids) WMYA-TV (40.1 Dabl, 40.2 TBD, 40.3 Comet, 40.4 Charge!) WYCW (62.1 CW, 62.3 REW)
Low power	WWYA-LD (28.1 Movies!, 28.2 MeToons, 28.3 Crime, 28.4 GEB, 28.5 Rel., 28.6 Ace, 28.7 Harmony, 28.8 NTD America) WDKT-LD (31.1 TMD, 31.2 Quest, 31.3/.9 , 31.4 HSN, 31.5 H&I, 31.6 Catchy, 31.7 Buzzr, 31.8 QVC2) WSQY-LD (51.1 Daystar, 51.2 DS Español, 51.3 Reflections)
ATSC 3.0	WMYA-TV (4.1 NBC, 7.1 CBS, 13.1 ABC, 21.1 Fox, 40.1 Dabl)
Cable	WBJU 3
Defunct	WGVL 23 WISE-TV 62/WANC-TV 21
See also Atlanta TV Augusta TV Charlotte TV Chattanooga TV Columbia TV Knoxville TV Tri-Cities TV

v t e Broadcast television stations by affiliation in the state of South Carolina
ABC	WJBF 6 (Augusta, GA) WSOC-TV 9 (Charlotte, NC) WLOS 13 (Asheville, NC)* WPDE-TV 15 (Florence)* WJCL 22 (Savannah, GA)** WOLO-TV 25 (Columbia)* WCIV-DT 36.2 (Charleston)*
CBS	WBTV 3 (Charlotte, NC)** WCSC-TV 5 (Charleston)* WSPA-TV 7 (Spartanburg)* WTOC-TV 11 (Savannah, GA) WRDW-TV 12 (Augusta, GA) WBTW 13 (Florence)* WLTX 19 (Columbia)*
Fox	WHNS 21 (Greenville)* WTAT-TV 24 (Charleston)* WTGS 28 (Hardeeville/Savannah, GA)** WFXB 43 (Myrtle Beach)* WJZY 46 (Belmont, NC) WFXG 54 (Augusta, GA) WACH 57 (Columbia)*
NBC	WCBD-TV 2 (Charleston)* WSAV-TV 3 (Savannah, GA)** WYFF 4 (Greenville)* WIS 10 (Columbia)* WAGT-CD 26 / WRDW-DT 12.2 (Augusta, GA)** WMBF-TV 32 (Myrtle Beach)* WCNC-TV 36 (Charlotte, NC)**
The CW	WCBD-DT 2.2 (Charleston)* WSAV-DT 3.2 (Savannah, GA)** WIS-DT 10.2 (Columbia)* WPDE-DT 15.2 (Florence)* WCCB 18 (Charlotte, NC) WAGT-CD 26.2 (Augusta, GA) WYCW 62 (Asheville, NC)*
MyNetworkTV	WSAV-DT 3.3 (Savannah, GA) WRDW-DT 12.3 (Augusta, GA) WBTW-DT 13.2 (Florence)* WLOS-DT 13.2 (Asheville, NC)* WCIV 36 (Charleston)* WMYT-TV 55 (Rock Hill/Charlotte, NC)* WKTC 63 (Sumter)*
Ion Television	WCBD-DT 2.3 (Charleston)* WJBF-DT 6.3 (Augusta, GA)** WSPA-DT 7.3 (Spartanburg)* WTOC-DT 11.5 (Savannah, GA)** WBTW-DT 13.3 (Florence)* WJZY-DT 46.6 (Belmont/Charlotte, NC)** WZRB 47 (Columbia)*
PBS (SCETV)	WITV 7 (Charleston) WEBA 14 (Allendale) WJWJ 16 (Beaufort) WHMC 23 (Conway) WRJA 27 (Sumter) WNTV 29 (Greenville) WNSC 30 (Rock Hill) WJPM 33 (Florence) WRLK 35 (Columbia) WNEH 38 (Greenwood) WRET 49 (Spartanburg)
Other	WGWG 4_{ATSC 3.0} (MeTV, Charleston)* WHDC-LD 12 (Court, Charleston)* WWJS 14 (SBN, Hickory, NC)** WGGS-TV 16 (Rel. Ind., Greenville)* WLCN-CD 18 (CTN, Charleston)* WWMB 21 (.1 Dabl, .2 TBD, .3 Nest, .4 Charge!, Florence)* WAZS-LD 29 (Quiero TV, Charleston)* W30CV-D 30/48 (Ind., Hilton Head Island)** WDKT-LD 31 (GEB, Hendersonville, NC)* WSCG-LD 34 (Get, Baxley, GA)** WMYA-TV 40_{ATSC 3.0} (Dabl, Anderson)* WSQY-LD 51 (Daystar, Greenville)* WAXN-TV 64_{ATSC 3.0} (Ind., Kannapolis, NC)**
() – indicates station is in one of South Carolina's primary TV markets (*) – indicates station is in an out-of-state TV market, but reaches a small portion of South Carolina

v t e Broadcast television stations by affiliation in the state of North Carolina
ABC	WWAY 3 (Wilmington)* WSOC-TV 9 (Charlotte)* WTVD 11 (Durham/Raleigh/Fayetteville)* WCTI-TV 12 (New Bern/Greenville)* WLOS 13 (Asheville/Greenville/Spartanburg/Anderson, SC)* WVEC 13 (Hampton/Norfolk, VA) WPDE-TV 15 (Florence/Myrtle Beach, SC) WXLV-TV 45 (Winston-Salem/Greensboro/High Point)*
CBS	WFMY-TV 2 (Greensboro/High Point/Winston-Salem)* WBTV 3 (Charlotte)* WTKR 3 (Norfolk, VA)** WWAY-DT 3.2 (Wilmington)* WSPA-TV 7 (Spartanburg/Greenville/Anderson, SC/Asheville)* WNCT-TV 9 (Greenville/New Bern)* WBTW 13 (Florence/Myrtle Beach, SC)** WNCN 17 (Goldsboro/Raleigh/Durham/Fayetteville)*
Fox	WGHP 8 (High Point/Greensboro/Winston-Salem)* WYDO 14 (Greenville/New Bern)* WHNS 21 (Greenville/Spartanburg/Anderson, SC/Asheville)* WSFX-TV 26 (Wilmington)* WFXB 43 (Myrtle Beach/Florence, SC) WVBT 43 (Virginia Beach/Norfolk, VA) WJZY 46 (Belmont/Charlotte)* WRAZ 50 (Raleigh/Durham/Fayetteville)*
NBC	WYFF 4 (Greenville/Spartanburg/Anderson, SC/Asheville)* WRAL-TV 5 (Raleigh/Durham/Fayetteville)* WECT 6 (Wilmington)* WITN-TV 7 (Washington/Greenville/New Bern)* WAVY-TV 10 (Portsmouth/Norfolk, VA)** WXII-TV 12 (Winston-Salem/Greensboro/High Point)* WMBF-TV 32 (Myrtle Beach/Florence, SC)** WCNC-TV 36 (Charlotte)*
The CW	WWAY-DT 3.3 (Wilmington)* WNCT-DT 9.2 (Greenville/New Bern)* WPDE-DT 15.2 (Florence/Myrtle Beach, SC)** WCCB 18 (Charlotte)* WCWG 20 (Lexington/Greensboro/High Point/Winston-Salem)* WLFL 22 (Raleigh/Durham/Fayetteville)* WVBT-DT 43.2 (Virginia Beach/Norfolk, VA)** WYCW 62 (Asheville/Greenville/Spartanburg/Anderson, SC)*
MyNetworkTV	WITN-DT 7.2 (Washington/Greenville/New Bern)* WBTW-DT 13.2 (Florence/Myrtle Beach, SC)** WLOS-DT 13.2 (Asheville/Greenville/Spartanburg/Anderson, SC)* WRDC 28_{ATSC 3.0} (Durham/Raleigh/Fayetteville)* WTVZ-TV 33 (Norfolk, VA)** WMYV 48_{ATSC 3.0} (Greensboro/High Point/Winston-Salem)* WMYT-TV 55 (Rock Hill, SC/Charlotte)*
Ion Television	WSPA-DT 7.3 (Spartanburg/Greenville/Anderson, SC/Asheville)* WBTW-DT 13.3 (Florence/Myrtle Beach, SC)** WGPX-TV 16 (Burlington/Greensboro/High Point/Winston-Salem)* WSFX-DT 26.4 (Wilmington)* WPXU-TV 35 / WEPX-TV 38 (Jacksonville/Greenville)* WJZY-DT 46.6 (Belmont/Charlotte)* WRPX-TV 47 (Rocky Mount/Raleigh/Durham)* WPXV-TV 49 (Norfolk, VA)**
PBS	WTVI 42 (Charlotte) PBS NC WUND-TV 2 (Edenton) WUNC-TV 4 (Chapel Hill) WUNE-TV 17 (Linville) WUNM-TV 19 (Jacksonville) WUNK-TV 25 (Greenville) WUNL-TV 26 (Winston-Salem) WUNW 27 (Canton) WUNU 31 (Lumberton) WUNF-TV 33 (Asheville) WUNP-TV 36 (Roanoke Rapids) WUNJ-TV 39 (Wilmington) WUNG-TV 58 (Concord)
Other	WSKY-TV 4 (Ind., Manteo/Norfolk, VA)** WSOC-DT 9.2 (TMD, Charlotte)* WILM-LD 10 (Ind., Wilmington)* WWJS 14 (SBN, Hickory/Charlotte)* WGGS-TV 16 (Rel., Greenville, SC)* WGSR-LD 19 (Ind., Reidsville)* WARZ-LD 21 (3ABN, Smithfield)* WTPC-TV 21 (TBN, Virginia Beach/Norfolk, VA) WWMB 21 (Dabl, Florence/Myrtle Beach, SC) WGNT 27 (Ind., Portsmouth/Norfolk, VA)** WRAY-TV 30 / WLXI 43 (TCT, Wake Forest/Greensboro)* WDKT-LD 31 (GEB, Hendersonville)* WNGT-CD 34_{ATSC 3.0} (WHT, Smithfield)* WMYA-TV 40_{ATSC 3.0} (Dabl, Anderson/Greenville/Spartanburg, SC/Asheville)* WUVC-DT 40 / WTNC-LD 26 (UNI, Fayetteville/Raleigh/Durham)* WHFL-CD 43 (Worship, Goldsboro)* WQDH-LD 49 (Azteca, Wilmington)* WRTD-CD 54 (TMD, Raleigh)* WFPX-TV 62 (Bounce, Archer Lodge/Raleigh/Durham)* WAXN-TV 64_{ATSC 3.0} (Ind., Kannapolis/Charlotte)*
() – indicates station is in one of North Carolina's primary TV markets (*) – indicates station is in an out-of-state TV market, but reaches a small portion of North Carolina

v t e Fox network affiliates licensed to and serving the state of Georgia
Primary*	WAGA-TV 5 (Atlanta) WGXA 24 (Macon) WTGS 28 (Hardeeville, SC/Savannah) WFXL 31 (Albany) WFXG 54 (Augusta) WXTX 54 (Columbus)
Secondary**	WTVC-DT 9.2 (Chattanooga, TN/Dalton) WHNS 21 (Greenville/Spartanburg/Anderson, SC/Asheville, NC) WFOX-TV 30 (Jacksonville, FL/Brunswick) WDFX-TV 34 (Dothan, AL) WTWC-DT 40.2 (Tallahassee, FL/Thomasville)
() – indicates station is in one of Georgia's primary TV markets (*) – indicates station is in an out-of-state TV market, but reaches a small portion of Georgia See also ABC CBS CW Fox Ion MyNetworkTV NBC PBS Other stations in Georgia

v t e Gray Media
sorted by primary channel network affiliations
ABC	KAIT KCRG-TV KJCT-LP KLTV / KTRE KOLO-TV KOTA-TV / KHSD-TV / KNEP / KSGW-TV KSFY-TV / KPRY-TV KSPR-LD KSWO-TV WBAY-TV WBKO WCJB-TV WGGB-TV WHSV-TV WLOX WPTA WTOK-TV WTVG WTVM WWSB
CBS	KAUU KAUZ-TV KCTV KEYC-TV KFDA-TV KFVS-TV KGMB KGWN-TV / KSTF KKTV KMOV KMVT KNOE-TV KNPL-LD KOLD-TV KOLN / KGIN KOSA-TV KPHO-TV KSLA KWCH-DT / KBSD-DT / KBSH-DT / KBSL-DT KWTX-TV / KBTX-TV KXII KXDF-CD KXJB-LD KYLX-LD WABI-TV WAFB WAGM-TV WANF WBNG-TV WBTV WCAX-TV WCSC-TV WCTV WDBJ WDTV WECP-LD WFSB / WSHM-LD WIBW-TV WIFR-LD WIYE-LD WKYT-TV / WYMT-TV WNEM-TV WOIO / WOHZ-CD / WTCL-LD WRDW-TV WSAW-TV / WYOW WTOC-TV WTVY WVLT-TV WWNY-TV
Fox	KEVN-LD KIIT-CD KJTV-TV KMSB KNDX / KXND KPTV KSVT-LD KVHP KVVU-TV KXLT-TV KYOU-TV WALA-TV WBRC WDBD WFLX WHNS WNYF-CD WOVA-LD WSFX-TV WSVF-CD WVFX WVUE-DT WXIX-TV WXTX WZAW-LD
NBC	KALB-TV KATH-LD / KSCT-LD KBJR-TV / KRII KCBD KCWY-DT KDLT-TV / KDLV-TV KFYR-TV / KQCD-TV / KMOT / KUMV-TV KGNS-TV KHNL / KOGG / KSIX-TV KKCO KMNF-LD KNEP KNOP-TV KPLC KSNB-TV KTIV KTTC KTUU-TV KTVF KVLY-TV KWQC-TV KYTV WAFF WAGT-CD WALB WAVE WDAM-TV WEAU WECT WEEK-TV WFIE WGEM-TV WILX-TV / WLNM-LD WIS WITN-TV WJHG-TV WLBT WLTZ WLUC-TV WMBF-TV WMC-TV / WANF-LD WMTV WNDU-TV WOWT WRGX-LD WSAZ-TV WSFA WSMV-TV / WTNX-LD / WFET-LD WSVW-LD WTAP-TV WVIR-TV / WVIR-CD WVVA WWBT / WRID-LD WWPI-LD
The CW	KCWH-LD / KNHL KCWO-TV KDLH KFVS-DT2 KLCW-TV KNCT KSCW-DT KTTU-TV KYCW-LD WBXX-TV WECX-LD WGCW-LD WISE-TV WPCH-TV WQCW WSLN WUAB WUPV WVIR-DT3 / WVIR-CD3 WYOW
MyNetworkTV	KAUU-DT4 KFXF-LD KPDX KSMO-TV KTTU-TV KWWT WBXH-CD WFXU WIYE-LD WLOO WZBJ / WZBJ-CD
Telemundo	KAQI-LD KBTX-DT3 KEYU KFVE-DT2 KIAT-LD KKCO-DT3 KJTB-LD KLTV-DT3 KSPR-LD6 KSWO-DT2 KTLE-LD KTRE-DT2 KTSH-CD KWTX-DT2 KXNU-LD KXNV-LD KXTQ-CD W27DP-D WBGS-LD WBQC-LD WBXM-CD WBXX-DT5 WGAT-LD WKTB-CD / WKSY-LD WLHA-LD WMBP-LD2 WOOK-LD WQWQ-LD WRGX-LD3 WTBM-CD WTCL-LD / WOHZ-CD WTFL-LD WTHV-LD WTME-LD WTNX-LD / WFET-LD WTSG-LD WTWL-LD WXIV-LD
Other	H&I WSJV Ind. K17DL-D KFVE KTVK WWAX-LD MeTV KHME / KQME WPGA-TV AFS KPHE-LD KAZF KAZS MM KDTL-LD PSN WPGA-LD RESN WOHZ-CD / WTCL-LD
Radio stations	WGEM-FM
Programming	Hawaii News Now Investigate TV
Other assets	Free TV Networks 365BLK Outlaw VCR Action VCR Haha Defy TV Raycom Sports (ACC Network) PowerNation Studios PowerNation Tupelo Honey Arizona's Family Sports Peachtree Sports Network
Acquisitions	Benedek Broadcasting Diversified Communications Hoak Media Meredith Local Media Quincy Media Granite Broadcasting Raycom Media Drewry Communications Liberty Corporation Lincoln Financial Media Schurz Communications United Communications
Owned by American Spirit Media; Gray operates these stations through an SSA. Owned by SagamoreHill Broadcasting; Gray operates these stations through an SSA. Owned by Tegna Inc.; Gray operates these stations through an SSA. Owned by Gray; E. W. Scripps Company operates this station through an SSA. Owned by Tougaloo College and operated by American Spirit Media through a JSA; Gray provides limited engineering support through an SSA. Owned by Branson Visitors TV; Gray holds a 50.1% interest in this company.

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