Capitol Broadcasting Company

Capitol Broadcasting Company

Capitol Broadcasting Company is a TV and radio broadcast company based in Raleigh, North Carolina. They also own the minor league baseball team, the Durham Bulls.

Broadcast Stations

Capitol Broadcasting Company owns and operates the following stations:

TV

*WRAL-TV 5 (CBS, Raleigh, NC)
*WRAZ 50 (Fox, Raleigh, NC) and WRAZ-DT 50.2 (Retro Television Network, Raleigh, NC, Durham Bulls TV outlet)
*WJZY-TV 46 (The CW, Belmont, NC/Charlotte, NC)
*WMYT-TV 55 "My TV 12" (My Network TV, Rock Hill, SC/Charlotte, NC)
*WILM-LD 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)


=Wilmington Cluster=

"(Acquisition from NextMedia Group pending)
*WAZO (Southport, Contemporary Hits) - 107.5 MHz, 32 kW
*WILT (Wilmington, Adult Hits) - 104.5 MHz, 3.1 kW (Formerly WRQR)
*WKXB (Burgaw, 70's & 80's) - 99.9 MHz, 100 kW
*WMFD (Wilmington, Sports Talk) - 630 kHz, 0.8/1 kW
*WSFM (Oak Island, Alternative) - 98.3 MHz, 18.5 kW

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

* [http://www.cbc-raleigh.com/ Capitol Broadcasting Company]


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