More Highlights for Wilmington, NC

• MeTV logo at WILM in Wilmington

  MeTV is the classic television show network running on a WILM-TV digital channel.

• Historic DTV transition on September 8, 2008 in Wilmington, NC

  Wilmington Mayor Bill Saffo and FCC Chairman Kevin Martin throw the symbolic switch making local TV stations the first in the country to go digital. WILM was the first CBC affiliate to make the change.

• Digital TV transmitter testing

  WRAL Director of Engineering Peter Sockett tests WILM-TV’s new digital transmitter before the historic DTV transition. WILM was the first CBS affiliate to make the switch on September 8, 2008