- Capitol Broadcasting Company
Capitol Broadcasting Company is a
TV andradio broadcast company based inRaleigh, 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
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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
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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 kWHistory
*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 toWPTF-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 theNorth 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 stationWRAL-TV went on the air.
*In 1979,WRAL-TV became the first TV station inNorth Carolina to have a dedicatedhelicopter .
*In 1996, WRAL-TV was granted the first experimentalhigh-definition television license in the United States by theFederal 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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