Pitt County Communications

Telecommunications
Television
Cable & Satellite Systems
Advanced Data Services
Radio
Newspapers
Small Package & Letter Delivery

KEY FACTOR SUMMARY

   Approximately 85% of county land area and 95% of county residents within local area telephone exchange (toll-free calls) 
   Local telephone service provided by CenturyLink (second largest in North Carolina) and 9 other companies
   Call waiting, holding, and forwarding, speed and conference calling available in all areas of county
   Cellular telephone service 
   Credit card and direct distance dialing with automatic number identification
   Four long distance carriers with POP's in area 
   Temporary phone service to construction site within 5 days 
   Residential phone service typically provided within 3 days
   Satellite systems available from local distributors/installers 
   All major television networks operate local broadcasting stations (ABC, CBS, NBC, PBS) within 45 miles of Greenville. A FOX station is located within 80 miles. 
   Cable TV available in all larger incorporated towns 
   All varieties of music on both AM & FM radio stations (including Public Radio) 
   One major local newspaper and one major area metropolitan newspaper delivered daily
   Express Mail service offered at Greenville Main Post Office
   Private carrier express mail service also available locally (including UPS)

TELECOMMUNICATIONS:

Local Telephone Service:

Local phone service in Pitt County and all its incorporated municipalities is provided by CenturyLink, an integrated communications company providing total access solutions to its residential and business customers.  CenturyLink is North Carolina's second largest communications company serving 67 of 100 counties.  The company provides local communications service to nearly 1.1 million customers and employs over 2500 persons statewide.  www.centurylink.com

Service Features: International direct distance dialing; Calling card services; Toll-free services; Data transmission; Video Transmission; Enhanced call waiting; Call forwarding; Three-way calling; Return call; Repeat dialing; Call trace; Caller ID with name; Call waiting ID; Caller ID blocking; Anonymous call rejection; Voice mail; Telecommunications relay service; Video relay interpreting.

Business and industrial customers can be provided with direct connectivity to fiber as their communications requirements dictate.

Extended Area Service: Embarq provides local service between several communities in Pitt County, eliminating long distance toll charges to most areas within the county:

Greenville to: Ayden, Bell Arthur, Bethel, Farmville, Falkland, Grimesland, Pactolus, Simpson, Stokes, Winterville 
Ayden to: Greenville, Bell Arthur, Falkland, Grifton, Grimesland, Pactolus, Simpson, Stokes, Winterville 
Bethel to: Greenville, Bell Arthur, Falkland, Grimesland, Pactolus, Simpson, Stokes, Winterville 
Farmville to: Greenville, Fountain, Bell Arthur, Falkland, Grimesland, Pactolus, Simpson, Stokes, Winterville 
Fountain to: Farmville, Greenville, Bell Arthur, Falkland, Grimesland, Pactolus, Simpson, Stokes, Winterville 
Grifton to: Ayden, Greenville, Bell Arthur, Falkland, Grimesland, Pactolus, Simpson, Stokes, Winterville 

Securing Service: Residential service can typically be expected within 3 days after contacting the business office. For residential service call (252) 355-9111.  Commercial service can typically be provided within 5 days assuming the customer already has their equipment and that facilities exist within the area. For commercial service call 1-800-786-6272.

Temporary service: If a rural site is selected, or if underground service is preferred, CenturyLink can usuall provide temporary service to the construction site in less than 10 days.

For more information contact:

General Mgr. Sales
CenturyLink
906 Moye Blvd.
Greenville, NC  27834
(252) 329-2060
www.centurylink.com

Other Local Providers:

Long Distance Service: Four long distance service providers have constructed Points of Presence (POP's) in the immediate Greenville vicinity - AT&T, MCI, Deltacom, and Sprint.

Cellular Telephone Service:

Five telephone companies provide wireless service to Pitt County:

In addition, approximately 15 local authorized independent agents are available to assist customers with selecting the best local, regional, and national plans to meet their needs.

Telecommunications Design, Sales & Service: In addition to Embarq, companies may choose to contract with other providers for the custom design of a telecommunications system or for the purchase, installation, and maintenance of their telecommunications hardware. The following local companies currently provide service to the Pitt County area:

Carolina Phones & Alarms
(252) 317-2722

Computer Geeks
(252) 355-3339

DTI Communications
(252) 558-1219

ITS
(252) 756-8324

Pinnacle Telephone & Data
(252) 752-9150

Progressive Electric
(252) 413-6957

Spain Telecom
(252) 353-2006

Twisted Networks
(252) 321-8974

Wallace Telecommunications, Inc.
(252) 757-3999

Your Total Communications
(252) 355-7220

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TELEVISION:

Network Broadcasting System: All three major networks (ABC, CBS, NBC) as well as Fox Broadcasting are received in Pitt County with one broadcasting station located in the County (at Greenville). All four stations broadcast under maximum power allowed by the Federal Communications Commission (316,000 watts).

Public Broadcasting System: The Public Broadcast System is brought to residents of the state of North Carolina through the University of North Carolina Public Television Network with headquarters in the Research Triangle Park (RTP). The UNC network operates a broadcast station in Pitt County (at Farmville) with 30,000 watts power.

ABC - Channel 12
WCTI - TV, New Bern
Don Fisher, Manager
(252) 758-4061 (Greenville)
Air Time: 24 hours
Broadcast Radius: 110 miles
www.wcti12.com

CBS - Channel 9
WNCT - TV, Greenville
Vickie Jones, Manager 
(252) 355-8500
Air Time: 24 hours
Broadcast Radius: 100 miles
www.wnct.com

NBC - Channel 7
WITN-TV, Washington
Chris Mossman, Manager
(252) 355-5951 (Greenville)
Air Time: 24 hours
Broadcast Radius: 110 miles 
www.witn.com

PBS - Channel 25
WUNK - TV, Farmville
Tom Howe, Director
(919) 549-7999
Air Time: 24 hours
Broadcast Radius: 40 miles
www.unctv.org

FOX - Channel 8
WFXI - TV, New Bern
Don Fisher, General Manager
(252) 756-0814 (Greenville)
Air Time: 24 hours
Broadcast Radius: 70 miles
www.fox8fox14.com

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Cable Systems:

Cable television is available to all the major population centers in the county with 24 hour programming.

SuddenLink
2120 W. Arlington Blvd.
Greenville, NC 27834
(252) 756-5677
Service Area: Greenville, Ayden, Bethel, Winterville, Simpson, Grimesland
www.suddenlink.com

Time Warner Cable
204 W. Marlboro Rd.
Farmville, NC 27828
(866) 489-2669
Service Area: Farmville, Fountain, Simpson
www.timewarnercable.com/NC

SuddenLink Greenville Cable TV Basic Channel Lineup

02 WYDO - FOX 14 - Greenville, NC
03 C-SPAN 2
04 PBS - WUNK - Channel 25 - Greenville - Public Broadcasting Network
05 WRAL - Channel 5 - Raleigh, N.C. - CBS
06 WNCT - DT - CW - Greenville, NC
07 Local Public Access - Local messages and 24 hour background music
08 WITN - Channel 7 - Washington, NC - NBC
09 Government Channel - Community messages; background music
10 WNCT - Channel 9 - Greenville, NC - CBS
11 WEPX TV-38 - Paxnet - Family programming
12 WCTI - Channel 12 - New Bern, NC - ABC
13 Educational access
14 Disney Channel - Original and Disney library programming
15 TCM - Turner Classic Movies
16 Spike TV
17 Animal Planet - Programming for animal lovers
18 CNN - Cable News Network - Live up-to-the minute 24-hour news service
19 Comedy Central
20 CNN Headline News - Updated every half hour
21 Golf Channel - 24 hour golf programming
22 TV Land - Classic television
23 Public Access
26 CSPAN
30 WGN - An independent station from Chicago
31 QVC - Home retail shopping
32 Shop NBC
33 Home Shopping Network
36 Fox Sports Carolinas
37 ESPN - Sports programming 24 hours a day
38 ESPN2 - Sports programming 24 hours a day
39 Lifetime Television
41 USA - Movies, sports and children's programming
42 FX
43 Syfy Channel - Science fiction movies and shows
44 TV Guide Channel - Electronic programming guide
45 TNT - Turner Network Television - Movie classics
46 The Weather Channel - 24 hour local, regional, and national weather
47 Nickelodeon- Children's programming
48 CNBC - Consumer issues and business
49 Home and Garden TV - Home improvements, gardening, hobbies
50 E! Entertainment TV - highlights the entertainment industry
51 American Movie Classics
52 The Discovery Channel - Nature and science programming
53 The Learning Channel - Educational programming
54 CMT -Country Music Television
55 BET - Black Entertainment Television - Movies, sports, music
56 Bravo
57 Arts & Entertainment Network
58 MSNBC - News, talk, and information
59 TBN - Trinity Broadcasting Network - Religious and family entertainment
60 TBS - an independent station from Atlanta
61 The Cartoon Network - Cartoons and children's programming
62 VH-1 - Music and video programming
63 MTV - Music and video programming
64 Local Weather Radar - Greenville Utilities Commission local radar
65 The History Channel - 24 hour history programming
66 ABC Family Channel - Family entertainment 24 hours a day
67 Telemundo 
68 Leased
69 Fox News
70 Travel Channel
71 Food Network
99 Institutional Access 

Limited Basic Service; Expanded Basic Service;

SuddenLink also provides Digital Cable service with access to more than 240 channels of movies, sports, music, and programming as well as all local channels.  HD service is also available.

Satellite Systems:

Airlink Communications
(252) 756-9990

Advance Satellite Television
(252) 355-5260

Bullseye Satellite
(252) 321-0600

DirectTV
(252) 321-7911

Sat-tronics
(252) 752-2939

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ADVANCED DATA SERVICES

SuddenLink provides advanced data services for both commercial and residential use.  Commercial services include:

• Cable modem services (speeds range from 768/256 to 6meg/1meg)

• Point to point fiber circuits (TLS – Transparent LAN services up to a 1 Gbps)

• Point to point coax circuits (VAN – Virtual area network services up to 1 mbps)

• Optical internet (Dedicated internet over a fiber connection up to 100 mbps)

• Metro ethernet

• SONET (TDM – time division multiplexing solutions)

• Private network builds Interstate point to point fiber connections (state to state)

• Intrastate point to point fiber connections (within the same state)

• DNS hosting

High speed internet is available at three levels for residential purposes.  They are 256/256, 4meg/512, and 5meg/768.  

CenturyLink offers the following broadband data and internet services in Pitt County:

• DC1, DC3

• OC 3, OC 12, OC 48, and OC 192

• Frame Relay

• Primary Rate ISDN

• Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM)

• Digital Subscriber Line (DSL)

• 10 or 100 MBPS Ethernet LAN

• Gigabit Ethernet Service

• Dedicated Internet access

• Managed VPN (Virtual Private Network)

• A full range of managed data services

Other companies that provide data services for home and business use include DTI, LocalNet, NC.Net, and Portbridge.

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Radio:

There are six (6) radio stations located in Pitt County, three FM stations and three AM stations. Most stations broadcast 24 hours per day. A full range of programming is available, including oldies, all talk, and gospel. All are emergency broadcast stations.

WZMB - 91.3 FM
Variety of styles
Greenville, NC
ECU Student Operated
Air Time: 24 hrs./day
Broadcast Radius: 11 miles
(252) 328-4751
www.ecu.edu/wzmb/

WNCT - 107.9 FM
Oldies
Greenville, NC
Brad Hood, Manager
Air Time: 24 hrs./day
Radius: 100 miles
(252) 757-0011
www.oldies1079.com

WNCT - 1070 AM
Beach Music & Blues
Greenville, NC
Brad Hood, Manager
Air Time: 24 hrs./day
Radius: 100 miles
(252) 75-0011
www.1070wnct.com

WOOW - 1340 AM
Gospel & Talk Radio
Greenville, NC
William Clark, Manager
Air Time: 5am-12 midnight
Radius: 35 miles
(252) 757-0365

WGHB - 1250 AM
Talk/Sports Radio
Greenville, NC
Troy Dreyfus, Manager
Air Time: 24 hrs./day
Radius: 50 miles
(252) 317-1250
www.pirateradio1250.com

WTEB - 88.1 FM
Public Radio
Greenville, NC
Charles Wethington, Manager
Air Time: 24 hrs/day
Radius: 5 miles
(800) 222-9832
www.publicradioeast.org

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Newspapers:

Local
The Daily Reflector
Greenville, NC
(252) 752-6166
Publisher: John Kent Cooke
Executive Editor: M. Allen Clark
Daily Average Circulation: 21,348
Subscription: $135/year
Member: AP & UPI
www.reflector.com

Metropolitan
The News and Observer
Raleigh, NC
(919) 829-4500
Publisher: Orage Quarles III
Executive Editor: John Drescher
Daily Average Circulation: 156,909
Subscription: $183/year
Member: AP & UPI
www.newsobserver.com

Weekly Papers 
The Times-Leader
Ayden, Grifton, Winterville, NC
(252) 746-6261
Publisher/Editor: Mitchell Oakley
Circulation: 1,500
Subscription: $19.95/yr. in-county

The Farmville Enterprise
Farmville, NC
(252) 753-4126
Publisher/Editor: Mitchell Oakley
Circulation: 1,600
Subscription: $24.95/yr. in-county

Bi-Weekly Paper
The Greenville Times
Greenville, NC
(252) 756-1129
Publisher:  Ryan Webb
Circulation: 5,000 - 9,000
Subscription: Free in town
www.greenville-times.com

Bi-Weekly University Campus Paper
East Carolinian
Greenville, NC
(252) 328-9238
Editor: Student Editors
Circulation: 5,00 - 9,000
Subscription: Free on campus
www.theeastcarolinian.com

Monthly Paper
The M Voice
Greenville, NC
(252) 757-0365
Editor: William Clark
Circulation: 12,000

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Small Package & Letter Delivery:

U.S. Postal Service:  www.usps.com

Greenville - Main Office: 300 W. 2nd Street 27835, 27858
               - Carrier Annex: 2728 S. Memorial 27834
               - ECU Branch: 10th Street 27836
Ayden- 201 West 2nd Street; 28513
Bell Arthur - SR # 1206; 27811  
Bethel - East Street; 27812  
Falkland - Main Street & Highway 43; 27827  
Farmville - 127 North Main; 27828  
Fountain - Wilson Street; 27829  
Grifton - Queen Street; 28530  
Grimesland - Highway 33; 27837  
Simpson - Edwards Drive; 27879  
Stokes - Highway 903; 27884
Winterville - 631 E. Main Street; 28590

Private Carrier Express Mail Service

DHL Worldwide Express:       1-800-225-5345        www.dhl.com
FedEx:                                 1-800-238-5355        www.fedex.com

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