WRDC

WRDC
ATSC 3.0 station
CityDurham, North Carolina
Channels
BrandingMyRDC; MyRDC28
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
WLFL
History
First air date
November 4, 1968 (1968-11-04)
Former call signs
  • WRDU-TV (1968–1978)
  • WPTF-TV (1978–1991)
Former channel numbers
  • Analog: 28 (UHF, 1968–2009)
  • Digital: 27 (UHF, until 2009), 28 (UHF, 2009–2019)
  • NBC (1968–1995)
  • CBS (secondary, 1968–1971)
  • UPN (secondary January−September 1995, primary September 1995–2006)
Call sign meaning
Raleigh, Durham, and Chapel Hill
Technical information
Licensing authority
FCC
54963
ERP1,000 kW
HAAT624 m (2,047 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
35°40′29″N 78°31′39″W / 35.67472°N 78.52750°W / 35.67472; -78.52750
Links
Public license information
Websitemyrdctv.com

WRDC (channel 28) is an independent television station licensed to Durham, North Carolina, United States, serving the Research Triangle area and having a secondary affiliation with MyNetworkTV. It is owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group alongside CW affiliate WLFL (channel 22). The two stations share studios in the Highwoods Office Park, just outside downtown Raleigh; WRDC's transmitter is located in Auburn, North Carolina.

Channel 28 is the third-oldest television station in the Triangle and was the market's NBC affiliate for its first 27 years of operation. It was perennially the third-rated station in the market and did not produce local newscasts for significant portions of its tenure with NBC, which contributed to the network moving to another station in the market, WNCN. After losing NBC in 1995, WRDC became a UPN affiliate, and has carried MyNetworkTV programming from 2006 onward.