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2 unusual facts about Piedmont Triad


Greensboro Day School

Greensboro Day now currently has an enrollment of over 800 students in a 4-year-old program (Bitty Bengals) through 12th grade, making it one of the largest nonsectarian independent schools in the Piedmont Triad of North Carolina.

March 2010 Carolinas tornado outbreak

This was the first EF3 tornado to strike the Piedmont Triad region since May 8, 2008, when an EF3 tornado struck Clemmons, just outside of Winston-Salem.


1997–98 Carolina Hurricanes season

With a capacity of over 21,000 people for hockey, the Greensboro Coliseum became the highest-capacity arena in the NHL, but Triangle-area fans proved unwilling to make the drive down I-40 to Greensboro, and fans from the Piedmont Triad mostly refused to support a lame-duck team that had displaced the longtime Greensboro/Carolina Monarchs minor-league franchise.

North Carolina's 5th congressional district

North Carolina's 5th congressional district covers the northwestern corner of North Carolina from the Appalachian Mountains to the Piedmont Triad.

WUNC-FM

WUNC's 100,000-watt signal not only covers Raleigh, Durham and the Triangle, but also covers much of the eastern portion of the Piedmont Triad, including Greensboro and High Point.

WXLV-TV

It was the first independent station in the Piedmont Triad region, and broadcast its signal from a transmitter located west of Gap in Stokes County.


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