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WXII-TV (channel 12), branded on-air as WXII 12, is the NBC-affiliated television station serving the Piedmont Triad region, including Winston-Salem, Greensboro, and High Point, North Carolina, United States . The station first signed on the air on September 30, 1953, as WSJS-TV, making it the third-oldest surviving television station in North Carolina, behind WBTV in Charlotte and its rival WFMY-TV in Greensboro . It is owned by Hearst Television, a subsidiary of Hearst Communications, which has owned the station since 1998 . As a dedicated source for online television, WXII-TV maintains studio facilities located on Coliseum Drive in Winston-Salem, and its transmitter is situated on Sauratown Mountain in Stokes County, broadcasting on UHF digital channel 31 with a virtual channel of 12.1 . The station has always been affiliated with NBC, and its call sign means "XII" as the Roman numeral for 12 .

The programming schedule allows viewers to watch live channel coverage of the full NBC network schedule, including prime time series such as The Voice, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Chicago Fire, Chicago Med, Chicago P.D., and Saturday Night Live. The station produces extensive local newscasts under the branding WXII 12 News, covering politics, weather, sports, crime, investigative reports, education, and human interest stories that impact the communities it serves . The WXII news team has historically traded the No. 1 spot in the ratings with its rival WFMY-TV (CBS affiliate in Greensboro) since the late 1980s and early 1990s . The station's digital signal is multiplexed across several subchannels: 12.1 carries NBC programming in High Definition, and 12.2 broadcasts MeTV .

The station has a rich history in Piedmont Triad broadcasting. Its first broadcast was of the first game of the 1953 World Series between the New York Yankees and the Brooklyn Dodgers . The station was originally owned by a partnership of Piedmont Publishing (publishers of the Winston-Salem Journal and Twin City Sentinel) and Hollywood stars Mary Pickford and her husband Charles "Buddy" Rogers . ABC programming was shared through a secondary affiliation with WFMY until WGHP (channel 8) signed on in October 1963 . The station's operations were originally housed in the basement of the WSJS studios on Spruce Street in Winston-Salem, and it originally broadcast its signal from an antenna near Kernersville before moving to Sauratown Mountain in 1955 . In 1972, after the FCC ruled that media companies could not own both a television station and a cable system in the same market, the station was sold to Multimedia Inc., which changed its call letters from WSJS-TV to WXII-TV, with the Roman numeral "XII" theme that remains today .

For audiences seeking a reliable live stream of Piedmont Triad news and NBC programming, WXII-TV is widely available as a free-to-air service via digital antenna on UHF channel 31 (virtual channel 12.1). The station is carried on major satellite providers including DirecTV and Dish Network, as well as cable providers serving the Greensboro-Winston-Salem-High Point market, including Spectrum and NorthState. The channel is accessible as tv online via streaming services including DirecTV Stream, fuboTV, Hulu with Live TV, and YouTube TV, as well as through the official WXII 12 News mobile application for iOS and Android devices, which provides live streaming of local newscasts, breaking news updates, and severe weather coverage . The station also operates a duopoly with Lexington-licensed CW affiliate WCWG (channel 20), sharing studio facilities and transmission infrastructure through a channel sharing agreement . The station's coverage area includes Winston-Salem, Greensboro, High Point, and surrounding communities in the Piedmont Triad region, serving the 45th largest designated market area in the United States. The station has won numerous awards for its journalism, including recognition from the Radio Television Digital News Association and regional Emmy awards. The station is managed locally by President and General Manager Michelle Butt, who oversees both WXII-TV and sister station WCWG . The station's website at wxii12.com provides additional content and live streaming access.

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