CAPITOL BROADCASTING COMPANY

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'Capitol Broadcasting Company' is a TV and radio broadcast company based in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Contents

Broadcast Stations

TV

Radio

History

External links

Broadcast Stations

Capitol Broadcasting Company owns and operates the following stations:

TV

★ WRAL-TV 5 (CBS, Raleigh, NC)

★ WRAZ-TV 50 (Fox, Raleigh, NC)

★ WJZY-TV 46 (The CW, Belmont, NC/Charlotte, NC)

★ WMYT-TV 55 ''"My TV 12"'' (My Network TV, Rock Hill, SC/Charlotte, NC)

★ WILM-LP 10 (CBS, Wilmington, NC)

Radio

★ WRAL-FM 101.5 FM (Raleigh, NC)

★ WCMC-FM 99.9 FM (Creedmoor, NC)

★ North Carolina News Network (statewide network on 75-80 stations)

History

★ In 1937, A.J. Fletcher founded CBC when he created WRAL-AM 1240 (now WPJL).

★ In 1939 WRAL-AM first transmitted using a 250 watt transmitter, becoming Raleigh's second Radio Station (Second to WPTF-AM)

★ In 1942, CBC created the Tobacco Radio Network, a farm news radio service which was discontinued in 2002.

★ On September 6, 1946 CBC received a license for WCOY-FM (which was later changed to WRAL). This was a 250,000 watt transmitter.

★ In 1960, CBC created the North Carolina News Network, a statewide radio network which now provides news, weather and sports content to about 80 radio stations.

★ December 15, 1956, CBC's flagship station WRAL-TV went on the air.

★ In 1979, WRAL-TV became the first TV station in North Carolina to have a dedicated helicopter.

★ In 1996, WRAL-TV was granted the first experimental high-definition television license in the United States by the Federal Communications Commission. In 2000, WRAL-HD aired the world's first all-HDTV newscast on October 13. In January 2001, WRAL converted all of its local news broadcasts to high-definition.

★ October 14, 2005, Capitol Broadcasting signs on WCMC-FM on 99.9 Mhz in Raleigh with a Country music format "Genuine Conutry".

External links

★ Capitol Broadcasting Company