but talent turnover and changes were also cited as a factor keeping the Raleigh–Durham news competition a "two-horse race". On January 17, 2022, WNCN reduced its noon newscast to 30 minutes, with The Young and the Restless moving to its traditional 12:30 p.m. time slot; it also introduced a 4 p.m. newscast that day as well. Notable current on-air staff Wes Hohenstein—meteorologist Notable former on-air staff Bill Fitzgerald— anchor Penn Holderness— anchor Hari Sreenivasan—technology reporter (1995–1996) Dallas Woodhouse—political commentator Technical information Subchannels The station's digital signal is multiplexed: WNCN airs one subchannel of WRDC from its transmitter facility as part of WRDC's 2020 conversion to ATSC 3.0 (Next Gen TV); WRDC, in turn, broadcasts WNCN's CBS subchannel in that format. Analog-to-digital conversion WNCN discontinued regular programming on its analog signal, over UHF channel 17, at 12:30 p.m. on June 12, 2009, the official date in 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 55, 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 17. Spectrum reallocation On April 13, 2017, it was announced that WNCN's over-the-air broadcast spectrum was sold for $52 million during the FCC's spectrum reallocation incentive auction. Net proceeds from the sale went to former shareholders of Media General, which was acquired by Nexstar in January 2017. On September 11, 2019, WNCN moved to channel 8 in the high VHF band. References External links CBS network affiliates Grit (TV network) affiliates Rewind TV affiliates Circle (TV network) affiliates Television channels and stations established in 1988 1988 establishments in North Carolina NCN Nexstar Media Group Former General Electric subsidiaries