A joint venture with WCTI-TV is facilitated on the web portal as both networks shared the same official website for the users. Main signals were originally generated from WFXI which was licensed for the area of Morehead City. The western region was controlled and widely ranged by satellite from WYDO and WFXI have covering transmission on the Eastern side. In Spectrum auction organized by Federal Communications Commission, WFXI went off, and WYDO become the solely capable television for having Fox association in the area. Cunningham Broadcasting decided to buy WYDO from Esteem Broadcasting which is owned by Bonten Media Group.
WYDO Local News Live:
On November 1, 1989, WFXI begin its operational transmission as the fourth commercial television network in North Carolina. WLFL and WTTG was the service provider of Fox programs by cable connection in Eastern Carolina. It was operated on extremely low power because of less area as compared to other market base stations. Channel 8 of WXEX signals are protected by WFXI in the area of Petersburg, Virginia. The transmission radius was covering Morehead, Jacksonville, and New Bern which all belong to the eastern portion of Carolina.
Viewership of WYDO:
The local advertisement was serving from WYDO while WFXI was facing signal issues. The owner of WCTI Bonten Media Group decided to acquire WFXI and WYDO broadcasting assets from Piedmont Television on November 6, 2007, which was a close deal by FCC. And the construction license was issued to Esteem Broadcasting and WFXI shifted its assets to the WCTI facility which was located in New Bern. Sinclair decided to buy the station for the amount of 240 million dollars along with WCTI on April 21, 2017.
News App:
WYDO Fox 14 is providing news and entertainment programs for the community of the United States. Due to this purpose, the Station team decided to launch a mobile application which contains locally based news, breaking headlines and revealing stories, talk shows on current affairs, Sports and Weather reports which is available for you 24 hours and updated every minute of an hour.
News Team:
The News Director of WYDO FOX 14 is Jaime Otero and the morning/noon anchor in the news team is Alexis Cruz. Adrianne Bradshaw, Sharon Tazewell, and Loretta Binti are working as anchors of the news team. Reporters of the news department are having Christian Noguera, David Ivey, and Evan Series. The weather department of WYDO is having meteorologists which are Chris Thompson and Dough Lindsay. Sports team anchors and reporters are Eddie Hughes and Mike Toper which have sufficient experience in the broadcasting industry.
Weather App:
Weather mobile of WYDO Fox 14 provides you live weather updates which are hourly weekly and daily along with weather alerts and warnings. Features of this app are automatically controlled your current and saved location for keeping you updated during traveling. Different weather reports from several designated areas across the world with help of radar systems and satellite imaging. Weather summaries and health warnings are also available in case of bad weather situations.
First Weather Alert:
Jeff Crum, Nate Harrington, and Scott Dean are working as meteorologists in the weather department of WYDO. First weather alert and warnings which are related to normal and severe weather condition is keep posted by channel 14 weather team. Such alerts and advisories prevent any harm to your life and property in case of emergency and evacuation process.
Live Streaming:
There are plenty of transmission service providers in the market which offered you smooth and steady live streaming services from their sources. WYDO’s highly elevated transmitter makes sure to get healthy and strong signals strength in North Carolina and other counties. Those providers have different subscription plans for the viewers which are available in standard and high resolution.
WYDO is operated as virtual channel 14 and UHF technology is served digitally on channel 19. It has linked with the Fox network and authorized the area of transmission in Greenville of North Carolina of the United States. The broadcasting service range of WYDO is widely enough up to the eastern side and Inner Banks region of Carolina. Cunningham Broadcasting has the ownership rights and Sinclair Broadcasting Group acquired the WCTI with the association of ABC controlled WYDO under shared services agreement which is monitored by Sinclair Broadcast Group.
