WCWG-TV (Greensboro, NC)

WCWG is a CW-affiliated television station operating on virtual channel 20 and UHF digital channel 16. It is licensed in Lexington, North Carolina, and serves the Piedmont Triad area, which includes Greensboro, Winston-Salem, and High Point. The station is owned by Hearst Television, a subsidiary of Hearst Communications based in New York City. It operates alongside WXII-TV, an NBC affiliate licensed in Winston-Salem, as part of a duopoly. Both stations share their studios located on Coliseum Drive in Winston-Salem and use the transmission facilities located on Sauratown Mountain in Stokes County. For cable viewers, WCWG is typically available on channel 3 across most of the region.

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Unsettled pattern keeps rain & storms in the forecast through Saturday

17 hours ago | wxii12.com | Dylan Hudler

FOR THE EVENT, AT LEAST THROUGH PART OF THE DAY AND THEN LATER INTO THE DAY. THOSE SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL BEGIN TO RAMP UP JUST A BIT. THERE WAS ONE LONE SHOWER IN NORTHERN IREDELL COUNTY THIS MORNING. MAYBE A COUPLE SPRINKLES ALONG I-77 NEAR THE WILKES YADKIN LINE, BUT THE REST OF US DRY THIS MORNING. JUST A LOW CLOUD DECK OVERHEAD. STILL, THE STALLED FRONT IN THE AREA. THAT’S GOING TO BE THE FOCUS FOR SOME ADDITIONAL SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT.
Meet the Irish-born American cardinal now running the Vatican

2 days ago | wxii12.com | Christopher Lamb

Following the death of Pope Francis, a cardinal from the United States has become acting head of the Vatican until a new pontiff is elected. He is Cardinal Kevin Farrell, a Dublin-born cleric who became a naturalized American citizen after spending many years ministering in the United States.
Piedmont Earth Day Fair is this Saturday at the Winston-Salem Fairgrounds!

2 days ago | wxii12.com | Jackie Pascale

The Piedmont Earth Day Fair is coming up this weekend. It's happening all day Saturday, April 26th at the Winston Salem Fairgrounds, and here with us is Jamie Meyer, who is the executive director of the Piedmont Environmental Alliance who organizes this great event every year. Jamie, great to have you in studio. Thank you so much for having me. You're welcome. So first, just share with us your mission of your organization and how it really plays into this one day full day event. Yeah, absolutely.
How stocks, bonds and other markets have fared so far in 2025

3 days ago | wxii12.com | Wyatte Grantham-Philips |Damian J. Troise

Global financial markets have been turned upside down this year by President Donald Trump's burgeoning trade war. Markets are not in full panic, but the double-digit declines in major U.S. stock indexes are testing nerves. U.S. markets had been on a two-year tear coming into 2025, though many believed that stock prices had become overinflated. Trump's trade war pushed that sentiment into hyperdrive.
Student loans in default to be referred to debt collection

3 days ago | wxii12.com | Annie Ma

The Education Department will begin collection next month on student loans that are in default, including the garnishing of wages for potentially millions of borrowers,officials said Monday. Currently, roughly 5.3 million borrowers are in default on their federal student loans. The Trump administration 's announcement marks an end to a period of leniency that began during the COVID-19 pandemic. No federal student loans have been referred for collection since March 2020, including those in default.
Warm & breezy Monday, unsettled pattern begins Tuesday

3 days ago | wxii12.com | Dylan Hudler

WERE TALKING ABOUT IT, IT IS WARMER AND A BIT MORE HUMID TOO. YOU CAN SEE THAT MIX OF SUN AND CLOUDS OVER HIGH POINT UNIVERSITY TEMPERATURES WARMING UP WELL INTO THE 70S. SOME FOLKS EVEN APPROACHING THE UPPER 70S RIGHT NOW AT LUNCHTIME. 76 IN BURLINGTON 76 AS WELL FOR WINSTON-SALEM LEXINGTON AT 77. EVEN LOW TO MID 70S IN THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS RIGHT NOW, THAT SOUTHWESTERLY BREEZE HAS INCREASED A BIT TODAY, AND IT’S REALLY HELPING TO DRIVE THOSE WARMER TEMPERATURES. SUNSHINE ALSO HELPING AS WELL.
Cicadas are coming! What you can expect to hear in North Carolina this year

3 days ago | wxii12.com | Dylan Hudler

Love them or hate them, cicadas are fascinating insects talked about in North Carolina during the warmer weather months.Cicadas spend most of their life underground, emerging when soil temperatures warm up and dying only a few weeks later. In their short time above ground, cicadas produce a sound so loud it has been mistaken for car alarms.TYPES OF CICADAS There are two classifications of cicadas — periodical and annual. Annual cicadas are seen, and heard, every summer in North Carolina.
Warm & dry Easter Sunday, unsettled weather ahead this week

4 days ago | wxii12.com | Dylan Hudler

HIGHS IN THE LOW TO MID 80S, MAINLY ACROSS THE AREA. WE’RE GOING TO BE JUST AS WARM, IF NOT A COUPLE DEGREES WARMER LATER ON THIS AFTERNOON BECAUSE WE’RE STARTING WITH SUNSHINE. WHAT A BEAUTIFUL EASTER MORNING! IT’S BEEN WINSTON-SALEM OFF IN THE DISTANCE, 66 DEGREES ALREADY WARMING UP FAIRLY NICELY WITH A LIGHT WIND OUT OF THE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST. THOSE HIGH CLOUDS WILL BE AROUND TODAY, JUST NOT QUITE AS THICK AS WHAT WE SAW YESTERDAY MORNING.
Warm Easter ahead in North Carolina, dry for most

5 days ago | wxii12.com | Dylan Hudler

SUNRISE. NICE AND COOL, RIGHT? NICE AND COOL. YEAH. BEAUTIFUL EASTER SUNRISE ON THE WAY. SUNRISE AT ABOUT 640 HERE IN THE PIEDMONT TRIAD. THE MOUNTAINS WILL BE IN THE UPPER 50S FOOTHILLS AND THE PIEDMONT TRIAD IN THE LOW 60S TOMORROW MORNING. SO VERY COMFORTABLE OUTSIDE. MILD. AND AGAIN WITH A FEW OF THOSE EXTRA CLOUDS PASSING OVERHEAD THAT MAY ADD A LITTLE BIT OF COLOR TO THE SUNRISE, WHICH WOULD MAKE THINGS EVEN MORE BEAUTIFUL TOMORROW MORNING. SO WE’RE EXCITED FOR A NICE, PLEASANT EASTER FORECAST.
Lyrid Meteor Shower Over North Carolina, When to Look Up in the Triad

6 days ago | wxii12.com | Dylan Hudler

BREAKS DOWN THE BEST TIMES YOU CAN SEE IT. THE ILIAD IS THE OLDEST KNOWN METEOR SHOWER, DATING AS FAR BACK AS 687 BC. IT’S ACTIVE THROUGH APRIL 26TH, PEAKING ON MONDAY NIGHT WITH ABOUT 5 TO 10 METEORS AN HOUR. NASA RECOMMENDS FINDING A DARK AREA AWAY FROM CITY LIGHTS. LIE ON YOUR BACK WITH YOUR FEET FACING EAST, AND ALLOW YOUR EYES ABOUT 20 MINUTES TO ADJUST TO THE DARKNESS. NOW, UNFORTUNATELY, A RISING GIBBOUS MOON WILL MAKE VIEWING A BIT MORE DIFFICULT.