WBCF-TV

WBCF-TV, virtual and UHF digital channel 19, is a CBS-affiliated television station licensed to, United States and serving the region. The station is owned by. WBCF-TV's studios are located on Independence Boulevard in Wilmington; it's transmitter is located near.

History
commenced construction on the station in late July 2016, after a few years of modified construction permits. It was the first station Nexstar built and signed on, and the first new full-power station in North Carolina in more than half a decade. Nexstar inherited the construction permit for the station when it purchased the in 2015. WBCF-TV signed on for testing in November 2016 with color bars.

On March 30, 2016, announced that it would move its local affiliation to WBCF-TV from  on January 1, 2017. On December 31, 2016, it officially signed-on at 11:59 p.m., with The Late Late Show with James Corden as it's first official CBS program, and with CBS properly welcoming the station on-air the following day on CBS This Morning, the CBS Evening News and The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.

News operation
WBCF-TV presently broadcasts 36 hours of locally produced newscasts each week (with 6 hours, 30 minutes each weekday and two hours each on Saturdays and Sundays).