WGPI-TV

WGPI-TV, channel 57, is an NBC-affiliated station licensed to Yadkinville, North Carolina, serving the Yadkin Valley market of North Carolina. It is owned by New River City Broadcasting, and its studios are located in the Haffner area, northwest of Hamptonville.

History of WGPI
The station signed on the air on June 25, 1950, as the third station to sign on in the Yadkin Valley market, as a CBS affiliate. It first broadcasted during the CBS network's daytime soap opera block.

On August 30, 2004, the station took the NBC affiliation from WRAQ-TV as part of a three-way affiliation switch, which sent CBS to WRAQ and ABC to WHDN-TV, causing confusion amongst viewers. The last ABC program to air on WGPI was The View, shortly before the noon newscasts.

News operations
WGPI produces extensive hours of newscasts, as well as producing a 10pm newscast on sister station WLKS-TV. WGPI and WLKS are known for rejecting and not participating in the wider implementation of the controversial News Central format that was developed in 2002, for its newscasts, calling into question how it would damage the honest reputation of the station, as well as professionalism and journalistic integrity. They refused to air The Point with Mark Hyman, a one-minute conservative political commentary, criticizing it as one-sided conservative propaganda, designed to destroy objective opinions on both sides.

News themes

 * Palmer News Package - Shelly Palmer Music (1980s-2001)
 * Convergence - Stephen Arnold Music (2001-2004)
 * NewsCentral Theme - Stephen Arnold Music (2003-present)