Editing Rocky Mount, North Carolina (section)

==Media==
Rocky Mount is considered part of the [[Raleigh, North Carolina|Raleigh]]-[[Durham, North Carolina|Durham]]-[[Fayetteville, North Carolina|Fayetteville]] television and radio [[media market]], the 25th largest in the United States. However, multiple broadcast stations in the [[Greenville, North Carolina|Greenville]]-[[New Bern, North Carolina|New Bern]]-[[Washington, North Carolina|Washington]] market also cover the city.

Locally, WHIG-TV, founded in 1997 and now hosted at Wesleyan College, and [[WNCR-LD]], founded in 2002 and located in downtown, are Rocky Mount's community television stations.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://publicfiles.fcc.gov/tv-profile/whig-cd |title=FCC Public Inspection File |publisher=[[Federal Communications Commission]] |access-date=April 9, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.rockymounttelegram.com/Community/2017/12/13/WHIG-TV-completes-move-to-Wesleyan.html |title=WHIG-TV sets up shop on Wesleyan campus |newspaper=[[Rocky Mount Telegram]] |date=December 13, 2017 |access-date= June 2, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.rockymounttelegram.com/News/2019/05/30/Area-TV-station-moves-to-downtown-location-1.html |last=West |first=William |title=Local TV station moves to downtown location |newspaper=[[Rocky Mount Telegram]] |date=May 30, 2019 |access-date= June 2, 2019}}</ref> [[WRQM]] 90.9 FM is the repeater station of public radio station [[WUNC (FM)|WUNC]], the local [[NPR]] affiliate. In the 1990s, it was known as "[[Down East (North Carolina)|Down East]] Radio" and also hosted at Wesleyan College.<ref name=rdu>{{cite web|url=http://www.geocities.com/rdurw/fm.html|title=Raleigh-Durham FM Dial|access-date=July 1, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030201081556/http://www.geocities.com/rdurw/fm.html|archive-date=February 1, 2003}}</ref>

The ''[[Rocky Mount Telegram]]'' serves as the main daily newspaper for the city of Rocky Mount and [[Rocky Mount metropolitan area|surrounding areas]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Home - Rocky Mount Telegram|url=http://www.rockymounttelegram.com/|website=[[Rocky Mount Telegram]]|access-date=May 15, 2018}}</ref>