WYDO (channel 14) is a television station licensed to Greenville, North Carolina, United States, serving Eastern North Carolina with programming from the digital multicast network Roar. It is owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group alongside New Bern–licensed ABC/Fox affiliate WCTI-TV (channel 12). The two stations share studios on Glenburnie Drive in New Bern; WYDO's transmitter is located north of Trenton along NC 41.
The station's main signal was originally WFXI (channel 8), licensed to Morehead City. WFXI's signal covered the eastern portion of the market, while WYDO served as a full satellite for the western portion. On September 6, 2017, WFXI was shut down as a result of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)'s spectrum auction, leaving WYDO as the sole Fox affiliate for the region. At the same time, the station was sold by Esteem Broadcasting—an affiliate of WCTI owner Bonten Media Group—to Cunningham Broadcasting, a partner company of Sinclair (which had acquired Bonten).
History
WFXI signed on November 1, 1989, as the area's fourth