NBC had been looking for a way to get on another station in the Triangle for some time, particularly after the market's explosive growth in the 1980s. WRDC had been one of NBC's lowest-rated affiliates for years, frequently preempted NBC programming, and had axed its local newscasts completely in 1991. WNCN completely replaced WRDC as the Triangle's NBC affiliate on September 10, 1995—a month earlier than planned, by mutual agreement between the two stations. The WB affiliation moved to upstart WRAZ (channel 50), which debuted three days earlier. The station also moved its operations to its current facility in North Raleigh, which had previously been home to then-Fox affiliate WLFL (channel 22, now a CW affiliate).