WFMY-TV

WFMY-TV

Greensboro–Winston-Salem– High Point, North Carolina United States
City	Greensboro, North Carolina
Channels	Digital: 35 (UHF) Virtual: 2
Branding	WFMY News 2
Programming
Affiliations	2.1: CBS for others, see § Subchannels
Ownership
Owner	Tegna Inc. (WFMY Television, LLC)
History
First air date	September 22, 1949 (74 years ago) (1949-09-22)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 2 (VHF, 1949–2009) Digital: 51 (UHF, 2002–2020)
Former affiliations	All secondary: NBC (1949–1953) DuMont (1949–1956) ABC (1949–1963) United (1967)[1]
Call sign meaning	Began as the television sister of FM station WFMY
Technical information[2]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	72064
ERP	743 kW
HAAT	568.8 m (1,866 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	35°52′13.3″N 79°50′24.1″W / 35.870361°N 79.840028°W / 35.870361; -79.840028
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Website	www.wfmynews2.com

WFMY-TV (channel 2) is a television station licensed to Greensboro, North Carolina, United States, serving as the CBS affiliate for the Piedmont Triad region. Owned by Tegna Inc., the station maintains studios on Phillips Avenue in Greensboro and a transmitter in Randleman, North Carolina.

WFMY began broadcasting in 1949; it was the second television station in North Carolina and the first to originate a live broadcast. It was owned by the Greensboro News Company, publishers of the Greensboro Daily News and Daily Record. It aired programming from all major networks in its early years, when it was the only station in the Triad, though it was always primarily a CBS affiliate. WFMY became the highest-rated station in the market and the traditional ratings leader, with such regionally popular local shows as The Old Rebel Show and The Good Morning Show. Beginning in the late 1990s, sharper competition from the other major stations in the market has reduced and at times eliminated the lead WFMY-TV once had.