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.infobox-header{background-color:hsl(0,0%,10%);color:inherit}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .ib-tv-station .infobox-above,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .ib-tv-station-embed-header .infobox-header{background-color:hsl(210,100%,10%);color:inherit}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .ib-tv-station-atsc3.infobox-above{background-color:hsl(240,100%,10%)}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .ib-tv-station-infobox-header{background-color:hsl(0,0%,10%);color:inherit}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .ib-tv-station .infobox-above,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .ib-tv-station-embed-header .infobox-header{background-color:hsl(210,100%,10%);color:inherit}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .ib-tv-station-atsc3.infobox-above{background-color:hsl(240,100%,10%)}}</style><table class="infobox vcard ib-tv-station"><caption class="infobox-title fn org">WRAL-TV</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="ib-tv-station-logo" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:WRAL-TV_(1993).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/WRAL-TV_%281993%29.svg/150px-WRAL-TV_%281993%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="242" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/WRAL-TV_%281993%29.svg/225px-WRAL-TV_%281993%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/WRAL-TV_%281993%29.svg/300px-WRAL-TV_%281993%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1021" data-file-height="1647" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="ib-tv-station-logo" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:WRAL_Station1.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/WRAL_Station1.JPG/200px-WRAL_Station1.JPG" decoding="async" width="200" height="126" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/WRAL_Station1.JPG/300px-WRAL_Station1.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/WRAL_Station1.JPG/400px-WRAL_Station1.JPG 2x" data-file-width="712" data-file-height="450" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header notheme"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Raleigh" class="mw-redirect" title="Raleigh">Raleigh</a>–<a href="/wiki/Durham,_North_Carolina" title="Durham, North Carolina">Durham</a>–</li><li><a href="/wiki/Fayetteville,_North_Carolina" title="Fayetteville, North Carolina">Fayetteville, North Carolina</a></li></ul></div></li><li>United States</li></ul></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/City_of_license" title="City of license">City</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Raleigh, North Carolina</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Television_channel_frequencies" title="Television channel frequencies">Channels</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Digital_terrestrial_television" title="Digital terrestrial television">Digital</a>: 17 (<a href="/wiki/UHF" class="mw-redirect" title="UHF">UHF</a>)</li><li><a href="/wiki/Virtual_channel" title="Virtual channel">Virtual</a>: 5</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Branding</th><td class="infobox-data">WRAL-TV 5; <i>WRAL News</i></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header notheme">Programming</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Affiliations</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><b>5.1:</b> <a href="/wiki/NBC" title="NBC">NBC</a></li><li><i>for others, see <a href="#Subchannels">§ Subchannels</a></i></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header notheme">Ownership</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Owner</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Capitol_Broadcasting_Company,_Inc." class="mw-redirect" title="Capitol Broadcasting Company, Inc.">Capitol Broadcasting Company, Inc.</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Sister_station" title="Sister station">Sister stations</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/WCLY" title="WCLY">WCLY</a>, <a href="/wiki/WCMC-FM" title="WCMC-FM">WCMC-FM</a>, <a href="/wiki/WDNC" title="WDNC">WDNC</a>, <a href="/wiki/WRAL_(FM)" title="WRAL (FM)">WRAL</a>, <a href="/wiki/WRAZ_(TV)" title="WRAZ (TV)">WRAZ</a>, <a href="/wiki/WNGT-CD" title="WNGT-CD">WNGT-CD</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header notheme">History</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">First air date</div></th><td class="infobox-data">December 15, 1956<span class="noprint"> (67 years ago)</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1956-12-15</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Former channel number(s)</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><b>Analog:</b> 5 (<a href="/wiki/VHF" class="mw-redirect" title="VHF">VHF</a>, 1956–2009)</li><li><b>Digital:</b> 32 (UHF, 1996–2000), 53 (UHF, 2000–2009), 48 (UHF, 2009–2019)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Network_affiliate" title="Network affiliate">Former affiliations</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>NBC (primary 1956–1962, secondary 1962–1968)</li><li><a href="/wiki/American_Broadcasting_Company" title="American Broadcasting Company">ABC</a> (secondary 1957–1962, primary 1962–1985)</li><li><a href="/wiki/CBS" title="CBS">CBS</a> (1985–2016)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Call_sign" title="Call sign">Call sign</a> meaning</div></th><td class="infobox-data">Raleigh</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header notheme">Technical information<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Licensing authority</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/FCC" class="mw-redirect" title="FCC">FCC</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Facility_ID" title="Facility ID">Facility ID</a></th><td class="infobox-data">8688</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Effective_radiated_power" title="Effective radiated power">ERP</a></th><td class="infobox-data">833.7 kW</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Height_above_average_terrain" title="Height above average terrain">HAAT</a></th><td class="infobox-data">625 m (2,051 ft)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Transmitter coordinates</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=WRAL-TV&params=35_40_29_N_78_31_39_W_type:landmark_scale:2000"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">35°40′29″N</span> <span class="longitude">78°31′39″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">35.67472°N 78.52750°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">35.67472; -78.52750</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header notheme">Links</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Public license information </div></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://publicfiles.fcc.gov/tv-profile/WRAL-TV">Public file</a></li><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/public/tv/publicFacilityDetails.html?facilityId=8688">LMS</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.wral.com/">www<wbr />.wral<wbr />.com</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>WRAL-TV</b> (channel 5) is a <a href="/wiki/Television_station" title="Television station">television station</a> licensed to <a href="/wiki/Raleigh,_North_Carolina" title="Raleigh, North Carolina">Raleigh, North Carolina</a>, United States, serving as the <a href="/wiki/NBC" title="NBC">NBC</a> affiliate for the <a href="/wiki/Research_Triangle" title="Research Triangle">Research Triangle</a> area. It is the <a href="/wiki/Flagship_station" class="mw-redirect" title="Flagship station">flagship station</a> of the locally based <a href="/wiki/Capitol_Broadcasting_Company" title="Capitol Broadcasting Company">Capitol Broadcasting Company</a>, which has owned the station since its inception. </p><p>WRAL-TV is a <a href="/wiki/Sister_station" title="Sister station">sister station</a> to <a href="/wiki/Fox_Broadcasting_Company" title="Fox Broadcasting Company">Fox</a> affiliate <a href="/wiki/WRAZ_(TV)" title="WRAZ (TV)">WRAZ</a> (channel 50, also licensed to Raleigh), <a href="/wiki/Class_A_television_service" title="Class A television service">Class A</a> news-formatted <a href="/wiki/Independent_station" title="Independent station">independent station</a> <a href="/wiki/WNGT-CD" title="WNGT-CD">WNGT-CD</a> (channel 34, licensed to both <a href="/wiki/Smithfield,_North_Carolina" title="Smithfield, North Carolina">Smithfield</a> and <a href="/wiki/Selma,_North_Carolina" title="Selma, North Carolina">Selma</a>), and <a href="/wiki/Radio_station" class="mw-redirect" title="Radio station">radio stations</a> <a href="/wiki/WRAL_(FM)" title="WRAL (FM)">WRAL</a> (101.5 FM), <a href="/wiki/WCMC-FM" title="WCMC-FM">WCMC-FM</a> (99.9), <a href="/wiki/WDNC" title="WDNC">WDNC</a> (620 AM), and <a href="/wiki/WCLY" title="WCLY">WCLY</a> (1550 AM). The television stations share studios at Capitol Broadcasting Company headquarters on Western Boulevard in west Raleigh; WRAL-TV's transmitter is located in <a href="/wiki/Auburn,_North_Carolina" title="Auburn, North Carolina">Auburn, North Carolina</a>. </p><p>WRAL-TV has been affiliated with NBC since February 29, 2016, when it ended a 30-year affiliation with <a href="/wiki/CBS" title="CBS">CBS</a>, with CBS going to <a href="/wiki/Goldsboro,_North_Carolina" title="Goldsboro, North Carolina">Goldsboro</a>-licensed <a href="/wiki/WNCN" title="WNCN">WNCN</a> (channel 17) on that date. This is channel 5's second stint with NBC; it was a primary affiliate with that network for six years at the station's inception, after which it took on a secondary affiliation with NBC for the next nine years. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=WRAL-TV&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_years">Early years</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=WRAL-TV&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Early years"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>WRAL-TV began broadcasting on December 15, 1956. Among the first programs aired was the <a href="/wiki/Feature_film" title="Feature film">movie</a> <i><a href="/wiki/Miracle_on_34th_Street" title="Miracle on 34th Street">Miracle on 34th Street</a></i>. A. J. Fletcher's Capitol Broadcasting Company, which first licensed WRAL Radio (AM 1240, now <a href="/wiki/WPJL" title="WPJL">WPJL</a>) in 1938, won the TV license in an upset over the much larger Durham Life Insurance Company, then-owners of radio station <a href="/wiki/WPTF" title="WPTF">WPTF</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>WRAL was originally an NBC affiliate, taking that network from <a href="/wiki/Durham,_North_Carolina" title="Durham, North Carolina">Durham</a>-based <a href="/wiki/WTVD" title="WTVD">WTVD</a> (channel 11, which included Fletcher's son, Floyd, among its founders). When WNAO-TV (channel 28), the Triangle's CBS affiliate, went dark at the end of 1957 and the affiliation moved to WTVD (which was an ABC affiliate at that point) in the process,<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> WRAL shared <a href="/wiki/American_Broadcasting_Company" title="American Broadcasting Company">ABC</a> with WTVD until August 1, 1962, when channel 5 took the ABC affiliation full-time.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This was unusual for a two-station market. ABC was at the time the smallest and weakest of the three major networks; it would not be on par with NBC and CBS in terms of ratings or affiliated stations until the early 1970s. WRAL did, however, continue to carry <i><a href="/wiki/The_Huntley-Brinkley_Report" class="mw-redirect" title="The Huntley-Brinkley Report">The Huntley-Brinkley Report</a></i> until January 3, 1967, when ABC's own evening newscasts expanded to 30 minutes. WRAL also continued to carry <i><a href="/wiki/My_Three_Sons" title="My Three Sons">My Three Sons</a></i> for several years after that show switched networks, from ABC to CBS. </p><p>From 1960 until his election to the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">United States Senate</a> in 1972, <a href="/wiki/Jesse_Helms" title="Jesse Helms">Jesse Helms</a> was an editorialist on WRAL-TV's news broadcasts; by the early 1970s, the editorials were running for 10 minutes every weeknight. Helms' <a href="/wiki/Conservatism_in_the_United_States" title="Conservatism in the United States">conservative</a> commentaries were both controversial and popular with many viewers. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Switch_to_CBS">Switch to CBS</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=WRAL-TV&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Switch to CBS"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In March 1985, WTVD's owner, <a href="/wiki/Capital_Cities_Communications" class="mw-redirect" title="Capital Cities Communications">Capital Cities Communications</a>, purchased ABC, resulting in WTVD becoming an <a href="/wiki/Owned-and-operated_station" title="Owned-and-operated station">owned-and-operated station</a> of that network. The CBS affiliation moved to WRAL-TV on August 4, 1985.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Within six months of the switch, WRAL-TV had become one of the strongest CBS affiliates in the country. It is one of the few stations in the country to have been a primary affiliate of all of the "Big Three" networks. </p><p>In December 1989, WRAL was knocked off the air when a severe <a href="/wiki/Ice_storm" title="Ice storm">ice storm</a> caused the collapse of the station's 2,000-foot (610 m) transmitter tower. Within hours, channel 5 cut a deal with the then-struggling <a href="/wiki/Fayetteville,_North_Carolina" title="Fayetteville, North Carolina">Fayetteville</a> <a href="/wiki/Independent_station" title="Independent station">independent station</a> WKFT-TV (channel 40, now <a href="/wiki/Univision" title="Univision">Univision</a> O&O <a href="/wiki/WUVC-DT" title="WUVC-DT">WUVC-DT</a>), allowing WRAL to return to the air in only three hours. WKFT ran the entire WRAL schedule during this time. The station's new, stronger tower was activated on October 25, 1990, at which point WKFT reverted to broadcasting its own programming. </p><p>In the early 1990s, WRAL distributed its programming via C-Band satellite as part of the <a href="/wiki/Primetime_24" title="Primetime 24">Primetime 24</a> package, reaching viewers in the <a href="/wiki/Caribbean" title="Caribbean">Caribbean</a> and <a href="/wiki/Latin_America" title="Latin America">Latin America</a>, as well as the few rural areas of the United States and Canada where local over-the-air broadcast signals were not available. It was replaced in the late 1990s with fellow CBS affiliate <a href="/wiki/WSEE-TV" title="WSEE-TV">WSEE-TV</a> from <a href="/wiki/Erie,_Pennsylvania" title="Erie, Pennsylvania">Erie, Pennsylvania</a>, primarily because of WRAL's preemptions of network programming due to <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Coast_Conference" title="Atlantic Coast Conference">ACC</a> <a href="/wiki/College_basketball" title="College basketball">basketball</a> games, which were (and still are) a highly-popular audience draw in North Carolina. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Return_to_NBC">Return to NBC</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=WRAL-TV&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Return to NBC"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On January 15, 2016, WRAL-TV announced that it would switch to NBC on February 29, 2016. Concurrently, CBS announced that the existing NBC station, <a href="/wiki/Media_General" title="Media General">Media General</a>-owned and <a href="/wiki/Goldsboro,_North_Carolina" title="Goldsboro, North Carolina">Goldsboro</a>-licensed <a href="/wiki/WNCN" title="WNCN">WNCN</a> (channel 17), would replace WRAL-TV as the Triangle's CBS affiliate the same day.<sup id="cite_ref-tvnc-wralswap_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tvnc-wralswap-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Capitol Broadcasting president and CEO Jim Goodmon stated that CBS would only renew its affiliation with WRAL if it entered into a <a href="/wiki/Reverse_compensation" title="Reverse compensation">reverse compensation</a> agreement—under which Capitol would be required to pay the network for the local rights to air its programming, the complete opposite of traditional commercial television practices. NBC, on the other hand, took the line that an affiliation deal was a partnership. Goodmon saw the switch to NBC as "a business decision for the future."<sup id="cite_ref-Nando_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Nando-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The last CBS program to air on WRAL was a showing of the movie <i><a href="/wiki/Last_Vegas" title="Last Vegas">Last Vegas</a></i> at 9 p.m. Eastern Time.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>WRAL officially rejoined NBC at 7 a.m. on February 29. In a ceremony at the end of the morning newscast, Goodmon pressed a button decorated with the <a href="/wiki/NBC_peacock" class="mw-redirect" title="NBC peacock">NBC peacock</a> to switch to <i><a href="/wiki/Today_(American_TV_program)" title="Today (American TV program)">Today</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Meredith_College" title="Meredith College">Meredith College</a> professor Doug Spero suggested that WRAL's overall dominance in the Triangle was so absolute that it was in a position to become one of NBC's strongest affiliates, much as it was one of CBS' strongest affiliates.<sup id="cite_ref-Nando_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Nando-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The feeling was mutual; according to <a href="/wiki/NBC_News" title="NBC News">NBC News</a> correspondent <a href="/wiki/Harry_Smith_(US_journalist)" class="mw-redirect" title="Harry Smith (US journalist)">Harry Smith</a>, NBC officials felt like they had "just won the lottery" when they learned WRAL was rejoining NBC.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Indeed, on the first day of WRAL's return to NBC, several dayparts saw NBC jump from third to first in the Triangle ratings at one stroke. Notably, <i>Today</i>, the <i><a href="/wiki/NBC_Nightly_News" title="NBC Nightly News">NBC Nightly News</a></i>, and <i><a href="/wiki/The_Tonight_Show_Starring_Jimmy_Fallon" title="The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon">The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon</a></i> immediately saw major ratings gains in the market after their move to WRAL. The former two shows tallied their highest ratings on record in the Triangle on the day channel 5 officially returned to NBC, showing gains of well over 200 percent compared to their previous showings on WNCN. By contrast, CBS' competing programs lost more than half their audience share, falling from first to third in one stroke.<sup id="cite_ref-tvspy-firstday_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tvspy-firstday-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> NBC had struggled in the Triangle ratings for more than 40 years, dating to when it was all but forced to move its programming full-time to WRDU-TV (channel 28, later WPTF-TV and now <a href="/wiki/WRDC" title="WRDC">WRDC</a>) in 1971. While NBC's performance in the area improved somewhat after it moved to WNCN in 1995, that station had remained stubbornly in third place for most of its 20-year run with the network. </p><p>The delay in the affiliation switch kept <a href="/wiki/NFL_on_CBS" title="NFL on CBS">CBS's coverage</a> of <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_50" title="Super Bowl 50">Super Bowl 50</a>, which featured the <a href="/wiki/Carolina_Panthers" title="Carolina Panthers">Carolina Panthers</a> (based in nearby <a href="/wiki/Charlotte,_North_Carolina" title="Charlotte, North Carolina">Charlotte</a>) as champions of the <a href="/wiki/National_Football_Conference" title="National Football Conference">National Football Conference</a>, on WRAL-TV. As an NBC station, channel 5 carried the <a href="/wiki/2016_Stanley_Cup_Finals" title="2016 Stanley Cup Finals">2016 Stanley Cup Finals</a> and the <a href="/wiki/2016_Summer_Olympics" title="2016 Summer Olympics">2016 Summer Olympics</a> in <a href="/wiki/Rio_de_Janeiro" title="Rio de Janeiro">Rio de Janeiro</a>, <a href="/wiki/Brazil" title="Brazil">Brazil</a>, making it the only television station in the United States to air all three events from different networks in the same year.<sup id="cite_ref-tvspy-sbolympics_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tvspy-sbolympics-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Programming">Programming</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=WRAL-TV&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Programming"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>WRAL clears most of the NBC schedule in pattern, except for one hour of <i><a href="/wiki/The_More_You_Know_(block)" class="mw-redirect" title="The More You Know (block)">The More You Know</a></i> (NBC's <a href="/wiki/E/I" class="mw-redirect" title="E/I">E/I</a>-compliant block), which it preempts in favor of <a href="/wiki/Paid_programming" class="mw-redirect" title="Paid programming">paid programming</a> in the noon hour on Saturdays (as a CBS affiliate, it cleared the network's entire schedule from the late 1990s until it rejoined NBC). The only exceptions involved ACC <a href="/wiki/College_football" title="College football">football</a> and basketball from <a href="/wiki/Raycom_Sports" title="Raycom Sports">Raycom Sports</a>, both of which aired on the station from 1977, when they moved from WTVD, until the end of the syndication package in 2019. ACC-preempted NBC programming aired either as originally scheduled on <a href="/wiki/Digital_subchannel" title="Digital subchannel">digital subchannel</a> 5.2 (which is otherwise an affiliate of <a href="/wiki/Cozi_TV" title="Cozi TV">Cozi TV</a>) or overnights on the main signal. <i>The More You Know</i> is split over two days; the first hour airs on Saturdays from 10 to 11 a.m., with <i><a href="/wiki/Brain_Game_(North_Carolina)" class="mw-redirect" title="Brain Game (North Carolina)">Brain Game</a></i> and <i>Smart Start Kids</i> (both of which count toward WRAL's E/I commitments) airing from 11 a.m. to noon, and the second hour airs on Sundays from 11 a.m. to noon. </p><p>However, the 2003 reality show <i>Cupid</i> did not air on the station, as have some controversial shows on sister station <a href="/wiki/WRAZ_(TV)" title="WRAZ (TV)">WRAZ</a>, and WRAL was one of a few CBS affiliates in the nation that did not carry an hour of CBS' weekend morning children's programming block (in favor of <i>Brain Game</i> and <i>Smart Start Kids</i>). WRAL was also one of the few CBS affiliates that aired <i><a href="/wiki/The_Young_and_the_Restless" title="The Young and the Restless">The Young and the Restless</a></i> at 4 p.m. as a lead-in to its 5 p.m. newscast. Most CBS stations in the <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Time_Zone" title="Eastern Time Zone">Eastern Time Zone</a> air <i>Y&R</i> at 12:30 p.m. (CBS' recommended time for the show), but in the case of WRAL, the timeslot switch occurred in January 1993. This happened because the station's sitcom reruns (the show being run at the time was an hour-long block of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Golden_Girls" title="The Golden Girls">The Golden Girls</a></i>,<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> making it ironic that during their ABC affiliation they were one of 13 affiliates not to carry the original network run of <i><a href="/wiki/Soap_(TV_series)" title="Soap (TV series)">Soap</a></i>, another <a href="/wiki/Witt/Thomas_Productions" title="Witt/Thomas Productions">Witt/Thomas/Harris Production</a><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>) were having no luck against <i><a href="/wiki/The_Oprah_Winfrey_Show" title="The Oprah Winfrey Show">The Oprah Winfrey Show</a></i> on WTVD. (The second half of their noon newscast and <i>Right This Minute</i> aired in <i>Y&R</i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s recommended time slot.)<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following WRAL-TV rejoining NBC on February 29, 2016, <i>Y&R</i> continued to air at 4 p.m. on WNCN while WRAL-TV carried local news at the time slot until January 17, 2022, when WNCN moved it to its traditional 12:30 p.m. timeslot and introduced its own 4 p.m. newscast.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>When WRAL joined CBS in 1985, it became the Triangle's home for the <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_tournament" title="NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament">NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament</a>, which has aired on CBS since 1981. Due to the Triangle's (and North Carolina's) longstanding status as a college basketball hotbed and local teams <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_Tar_Heels_men%27s_basketball" title="North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball">North Carolina</a> and <a href="/wiki/Duke_Blue_Devils_men%27s_basketball" title="Duke Blue Devils men's basketball">Duke</a> being fixtures in the tournament, NCAA Tournament games on WRAL were consistently among the highest-rated programs in the Triangle during tournament season. WRAL aired the Tar Heels' national championship wins in <a href="/wiki/1993_NCAA_Division_I_Men%27s_Basketball_Championship_Game" class="mw-redirect" title="1993 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game">1993</a>, <a href="/wiki/2005_NCAA_Division_I_Men%27s_Basketball_Championship_Game" class="mw-redirect" title="2005 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game">2005</a>, and <a href="/wiki/2009_NCAA_Division_I_Men%27s_Basketball_Championship_Game" class="mw-redirect" title="2009 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game">2009</a>; all five of the Blue Devils' national championship victories in <a href="/wiki/1991_NCAA_Division_I_Men%27s_Basketball_Championship_Game" class="mw-redirect" title="1991 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game">1991</a>, <a href="/wiki/1992_NCAA_Division_I_Men%27s_Basketball_Championship_Game" class="mw-redirect" title="1992 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game">1992</a>, <a href="/wiki/2001_NCAA_Division_I_Men%27s_Basketball_Championship_Game" class="mw-redirect" title="2001 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game">2001</a>, <a href="/wiki/2010_NCAA_Division_I_Men%27s_Basketball_Championship_Game" class="mw-redirect" title="2010 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game">2010</a>, and <a href="/wiki/2015_NCAA_Division_I_Men%27s_Basketball_Championship_Game" class="mw-redirect" title="2015 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game">2015</a>; and two of the Blue Devils' other national championship appearances in <a href="/wiki/1994_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_championship_game" title="1994 NCAA Division I men's basketball championship game">1994</a> and <a href="/wiki/1999_NCAA_Division_I_men%27s_basketball_championship_game" title="1999 NCAA Division I men's basketball championship game">1999</a>. Despite the NCAA Tournament moving with the rest of the CBS schedule to WNCN, WRAL-TV continued to air ACC football and/or basketball. </p><p>WRAL has broadcast memorable locally produced children's programming throughout its storied history. Its most famous and longest-running is <i>Time for Uncle Paul</i>, which ran from 1961 to 1981, and starred Paul Montgomery. He had played various other characters on other local shows before getting his own program. He voluntarily ended his program after station management suggested a change to an educational format. </p><p>Soon after, WRAL continued to produce acclaimed<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Words_to_watch#Unsupported_attributions" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Words to watch"><span title="The material near this tag possibly uses too-vague attribution or weasel words. (February 2012)">who?</span></a></i>]</sup> educational children's shows such as <i>Frog Hollow</i>, <i>Sparks</i>, and <i>The Androgena Show</i>. Today, WRAL continues to produce educational programs with such shows as <i>Smart Start Kids</i> and <i>Brain Game</i>. In recent years, WRAL and <a href="/wiki/UNC-TV" class="mw-redirect" title="UNC-TV">UNC-TV</a> have co-produced programming, such as the 2009 Gubernatorial Inauguration and the 2006 Parade of Sail Tall Ship Show in <a href="/wiki/Beaufort,_North_Carolina" title="Beaufort, North Carolina">Beaufort</a>. UNC-TV has, also, begun carrying WRAL's award-winning <i>Focal Point</i> documentaries. WRAL has long been a corporate supporter of UNC-TV, often assisting them financially and occasionally with on-air talent during UNC-TV's pledge drives. </p><p>WRAL announced on February 1, 2006, that it would begin to stream all of its programming live on the internet. This signified the latest advances in technology-driven delivery of product by a local television station. A few months later, WRAL was selected to be the flagship station for <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_Education_Lottery" title="North Carolina Education Lottery">North Carolina Education Lottery</a> drawings (twice daily for certain games, with the multi-jurisdictional <a href="/wiki/Mega_Millions" title="Mega Millions">Mega Millions</a> Tuesday and Friday nights, and <a href="/wiki/Powerball" title="Powerball">Powerball</a> Wednesdays and Saturdays). On December 3, 2007, WRAL became the first local television station to stream live video to mobile phones.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Football_Friday"><i>Football Friday</i></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=WRAL-TV&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Football Friday"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Debuting in 1981, each Friday evening following the 11 p.m. news, <a href="/wiki/Tom_Suiter" title="Tom Suiter">Tom Suiter</a> hosts <i>Football Friday</i> covering all <a href="/wiki/High_school_football" title="High school football">high school football</a> games throughout <a href="/wiki/Wake_County,_North_Carolina" title="Wake County, North Carolina">Wake</a> and <a href="/wiki/Durham_County,_North_Carolina" title="Durham County, North Carolina">Durham</a> counties along with a dozen or more counties. WRAL crews spread out across the area providing not just scores but video coverage of each of 25 to as many as 35 games in the area. The show is an extension of the expansion throughout the 1980s of high school football coverage on the 11 p.m. newscast. Each Friday, video crews are sent to cover two games each. WRAL videographers and sports reporters capture highlights of the first quarter of one game and second quarter of the other game. Editors have little more than an hour to prepare highlights.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From 1995 through 2002, <i>Football Friday</i> was broadcast from WRAL's Studio A with an audience of <a href="/wiki/Cheerleaders" class="mw-redirect" title="Cheerleaders">cheerleaders</a>, <a href="/wiki/Marching_band" title="Marching band">bands</a>, players and fans. The arrival of the North Carolina Education Lottery moved the show to the newsroom.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="News_operation">News operation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=WRAL-TV&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: News operation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>WRAL-TV presently broadcasts 42 hours of locally produced newscasts each week (with seven hours each weekday, three hours on Saturdays and four hours on Sundays). WRAL has the highest rated television news organization in the Triangle<sup id="cite_ref-nando_sky5_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nando_sky5-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> winning numerous regional Emmys. Most recently, WRAL and wral.com were nominated 29 times for Mid-South Regional Emmys.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Until his retirement on July 1, 1994, Charlie Gaddy co-anchored newscasts alongside <a href="/wiki/Bobbie_Battista" title="Bobbie Battista">Bobbie Battista</a>, Adele Arakawa (now with KUSA-TV in <a href="/wiki/Denver" title="Denver">Denver</a>), Donna Gregory (who now works for <a href="/wiki/WWAY" title="WWAY">WWAY</a> in <a href="/wiki/Wilmington,_North_Carolina" title="Wilmington, North Carolina">Wilmington</a>), and Pam Saulsby (formerly of <a href="/wiki/WTVJ" title="WTVJ">WTVJ</a> in Miami). From 1994 to 2022, David Crabtree (formerly of <a href="/wiki/KCNC-TV" title="KCNC-TV">KCNC-TV</a> and <a href="/wiki/KMGH-TV" title="KMGH-TV">KMGH-TV</a> in Denver, <a href="/wiki/WITN-TV" title="WITN-TV">WITN-TV</a> in <a href="/wiki/Washington,_North_Carolina" title="Washington, North Carolina">Washington, North Carolina</a>, and <a href="/wiki/WKRN-TV" title="WKRN-TV">WKRN-TV</a> in Nashville) and Debra Morgan were part of the longest-running on-air news team (news, weather, and sports) in the Triangle and one of the longest-running news teams in the state. Long time sports anchor Tom Suiter retired on December 18, 2008, and was replaced by Jeff Gravely, also a sports reporter and anchor for the 10 p.m. news on WRAZ. Jeff Gravely retired from WRAL, and Chris Lea (formerly of WXII in Winston-Salem) became the sports anchor in 2020. </p><p>In September 1995, WRAL began to produce newscasts for WRAZ. That station usually simulcasts local breaking news coverage from WRAL. For national breaking news events, WRAZ carries <a href="/wiki/Fox_News" title="Fox News">Fox News</a> coverage, while WRAL carries coverage from NBC News. Otherwise, WRAZ may broadcast NBC programming in case WRAL cannot do so as in news-related emergencies. The WRAZ broadcasts include a three-hour newscast at 7 a.m. weekday mornings and a weeknight hour-long, weekend half-hour newscast at 10 p.m., seven nights a week. WRAZ previously aired a 4 p.m. newscast on weekdays; however that newscast moved to WRAL on February 29, 2016, replacing <i>The Young and the Restless</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>WRAL was the first commercial station to provide high definition programming when it obtained an experimental HD transmission license from the FCC in 1996.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On October 13, 2000, WRAL aired the world's first all-HD newscast.<sup id="cite_ref-timeline_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-timeline-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On January 28, 2001, WRAL converted all of its newsgathering and broadcasts to all digital high definition<sup id="cite_ref-timeline_25-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-timeline-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (the WRAZ newscasts are broadcast in high definition as well). On November 17, 2006, WRAL had a special "reunion" newscast during the 6 p.m. broadcast with Gaddy, Battista and DeBardelaben reprising their roles once again in commemoration of the station's 50th anniversary alongside Suiter. On October 10, 2007, the WRAL sports department launched a sports talk radio station, <a href="/wiki/WCMC-FM" title="WCMC-FM">WCMC-FM</a> (which switched from a <a href="/wiki/Country_music" title="Country music">country music</a> format); it is now the only FM sports talk station in the area and broadcasts in <a href="/wiki/HD_Radio" title="HD Radio">HD Radio</a>. WRAL's newscasts are simulcast with local weather inserts on another sister station, <a href="/wiki/WILM-LD" title="WILM-LD">WILM-LD</a> in Wilmington. </p><p>The station moved newscasts out of the newsroom into Studio A in 2019 and upgraded to 4K cameras. A new set debuted with the noon newscast on October 31, 2019. The set, designed by Florida based FX Design Group, features a 20-by-11-foot (6.1 m × 3.4 m) LED video wall, the largest installation in a local news operation, and a smaller curved LED wall near the anchor desk.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Agricultural_coverage">Agricultural coverage</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=WRAL-TV&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Agricultural coverage"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>WRAL was one of the first stations in North Carolina to cover agricultural markets and farm news in its regular newscasts. During 1953, <i>Farm Program</i> aired from 6 to 6:15 a.m. and <i>Regional and Farm News</i> aired between 12:45 and 12:55 p.m. from Fayetteville.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>WRAL's noon newscasts included a farm segment featuring each day's farm commodity prices, followed by a feature agricultural story from somewhere in the viewing area or around North Carolina. This grew WRAL's popularity in rural areas and with farmers, especially in Eastern North Carolina. The segments were anchored by veteran farm reporter <a href="/wiki/Ray_Wilkinson" title="Ray Wilkinson">Ray Wilkinson</a> and were dropped in the late 1990s, but were continued on the evening news broadcasts by Ray's son Dan Wilkinson. After the sudden unexpected death of Dan Wilkinson in October 2003, it was decided that the station would no longer have a full-time farm reporter and frequent agricultural coverage came to an end.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Sky_5">Sky 5</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=WRAL-TV&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Sky 5"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1979, WRAL became the state's first television station to begin using a news helicopter, known as "Sky 5". The <a href="/wiki/Hughes_500" class="mw-redirect" title="Hughes 500">Hughes 500</a> helicopter N8624F<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was painted in the livery of the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Saudi_Air_Force" title="Royal Saudi Air Force">Royal Saudi Air Force</a> with "Sky 5" graphics added, reflecting the original customer before the sale fell through and WRAL purchased it for newsgathering.<sup id="cite_ref-30years_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30years-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-publicaffairs_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-publicaffairs-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The current <a href="/wiki/Bell_407" title="Bell 407">Bell 407</a> helicopter was purchased for $2 million in 2000. The N553HD<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> tail number represents the station's channel, that this is the third news gathering helicopter for the station and WRAL's role in pioneering high definition broadcasting. The aircraft was piloted by Steve Wiley, who had flown for the station from 1987 until his death on February 3, 2021.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As of 2022 the helicopter is flown by two pilots that Wiley himself hired and trained to take over Sky 5 operations. Today, the aircraft is normally stored at the <a href="/wiki/Raleigh-Durham_International_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Raleigh-Durham International Airport">Raleigh-Durham International Airport</a>, but a helipad is available on the roof above the Capitol Broadcasting President's office in the WRAL buildings near downtown Raleigh.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-wralpeople_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wralpeople-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The helicopter is equipped with $600,000 worth of video equipment including cameras installed on the tail, two in the cabin and a <a href="/wiki/Gyroscope" title="Gyroscope">gyroscope</a> controlled high definition camera under the nose, all of which can be controlled from the rear of the aircraft by a videographer. WRAL modified the helicopter to reach speeds of 130 miles per hour providing access to anywhere in the Triangle within seven minutes.<sup id="cite_ref-nando_sky5_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nando_sky5-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In over 30 years of electronic news gathering using helicopters, WRAL has had no significant incidents and remains one of the few stations to own rather than lease their helicopter. "Sky 5" has also participated in numerous search and rescue operations over the years at the request of local emergency officials before returning to newsgathering duties.<sup id="cite_ref-30years_30-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30years-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-publicaffairs_31-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-publicaffairs-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Awards">Awards</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=WRAL-TV&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Awards"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-Expand_section plainlinks metadata ambox mbox-small-left ambox-content" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="[icon]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/20px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/30px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/40px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="44" data-file-height="31" /></a></span></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>needs expansion</b>. You can help by <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=WRAL-TV&action=edit&section=">adding to it</a>. <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">March 2012</span>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>WRAL has received award nominations for news 32 times, tying <a href="/wiki/Nashville" class="mw-redirect" title="Nashville">Nashville</a> station <a href="/wiki/WTVF" title="WTVF">WTVF</a> in the 2012 Mid-South Regional <a href="/wiki/Emmy_Awards" title="Emmy Awards">Emmy Awards</a> and won 11. WRAL took home the Emmy for <a href="/wiki/Rick_Gall" title="Rick Gall">News Excellence</a>, Evening Newscast, Breaking News, Serious Feature News Report, Light Feature News Report, Light Feature News Series, Interactivity, Promo Spot News Same Day, Promo Spot News Image, Graphics Arts, and News Writing. Several of the 2012 Emmys came from coverage of the <a href="/wiki/Tornado_outbreak_of_April_14%E2%80%9316,_2011#Sanford–Raleigh,_North_Carolina" title="Tornado outbreak of April 14–16, 2011">April 2011 tornadoes</a> that ripped through the area.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Parent company Capitol Broadcasting along with the <a href="/wiki/A.J._Fletcher_Foundation" class="mw-redirect" title="A.J. Fletcher Foundation">A.J. Fletcher Foundation</a> were awarded the Governor's Award, the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences' highest honor in 2012 as well. </p><p>In 1997, WRAL received eight Mid-South Regional Emmy Awards including those for news excellence, best newscast, best hard news series and investigative reporting.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1998, WRAL received seven Mid-South Regional Emmy Awards including those for best daytime newscast, special event coverage, news magazine, news promotion, public service announcement, and best children's entertainment program.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>WRAL was awarded nine Mid-South Regional Emmy Awards in 2000 including for documentaries on the Cape Light and coverage of the <a href="/wiki/1999_Special_Olympics_World_Summer_Games" title="1999 Special Olympics World Summer Games">Special Olympics World Games</a>. Jim Goodmon, president and CEO of WRAL parent company Capitol Broadcasting Company, Inc., was honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award as well.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2008, among the nine Emmy awards received by WRAL and WRAL.com received the inaugural award in Advanced Media for Interactivity for the video player used throughout the website.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The station also won a bronze Horizon Interactive Award for their online hurricane tracker.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Geoff Levine won the National Press Photographer of the Year award and the station received 6 awards from the North Carolina Associated Press Broadcasters.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>WRAL has consistently swept television media categories in the <i><a href="/wiki/Independent_Weekly" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent Weekly">Independent Weekly</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Cary_News" class="mw-redirect" title="Cary News">Cary News</a></i> annual "Best Of" awards voted by readers.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Notable_current_on-air_staff">Notable current on-air staff</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=WRAL-TV&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Notable current on-air staff"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Scott_Mason_(journalist)" title="Scott Mason (journalist)">Scott Mason</a> – <i>Tar Heel Traveler</i> anchor/producer</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Notable_former_on-air_staff">Notable former on-air staff</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=WRAL-TV&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Notable former on-air staff"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Adele_Arakawa" title="Adele Arakawa">Adele Arakawa</a> – anchor (1983–1989, later at <a href="/wiki/KUSA" class="mw-redirect" title="KUSA">KUSA</a> in <a href="/wiki/Denver" title="Denver">Denver</a>, now retired)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Axelrod" title="Jim Axelrod">Jim Axelrod</a> – political reporter (1993–1996, now with <a href="/wiki/CBS_News" title="CBS News">CBS News</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bret_Baier" title="Bret Baier">Bret Baier</a> – reporter (mid-1990s, now with <a href="/wiki/Fox_News_Channel" class="mw-redirect" title="Fox News Channel">Fox News Channel</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bobbie_Battista" title="Bobbie Battista">Bobbie Battista</a> – former co-anchor (1976–1981, joined <a href="/wiki/CNN" title="CNN">CNN</a> in 1982), later at <a href="/wiki/The_Onion_News_Network" class="mw-redirect" title="The Onion News Network">The Onion News Network</a>; deceased)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sandra_Bookman" title="Sandra Bookman">Sandra Bookman</a> – weekend anchor/reporter (1985–1989, now at <a href="/wiki/WABC-TV" title="WABC-TV">WABC-TV</a> in <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rich_Brenner" title="Rich Brenner">Rich Brenner</a> – sports anchor (1978–1981; deceased)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dale_Cardwell" title="Dale Cardwell">Dale Cardwell</a> – reporter (1985–1991, later at <a href="/wiki/WSB-TV" title="WSB-TV">WSB-TV</a> in Atlanta. Democratic candidate for US Senate, 2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Caudle" title="Bob Caudle">Bob Caudle</a> – news and weather anchor/wrestling announcer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Crabtree" title="David Crabtree">David Crabtree</a> – evening anchor (1994–2022)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greg_Fishel" title="Greg Fishel">Greg Fishel</a> (<a href="/wiki/American_Meteorological_Society" title="American Meteorological Society">AMS</a> <a href="/wiki/Certified_Broadcast_Meteorologist" class="mw-redirect" title="Certified Broadcast Meteorologist">Certified Broadcast Meteorologist</a> Seal of Approval) – chief meteorologist (1981–2019)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlie_Gaddy" title="Charlie Gaddy">Charlie Gaddy</a> – anchorman (1970–1994)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jesse_Helms" title="Jesse Helms">Jesse Helms</a> – general manager, commentator (1960–1972, later <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">U.S. Senator</a>, deceased)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brad_Johansen" title="Brad Johansen">Brad Johansen</a> – anchor (2018–2019, later at <a href="/wiki/WCMH-TV" title="WCMH-TV">WCMH-TV</a> in <a href="/wiki/Columbus,_Ohio" title="Columbus, Ohio">Columbus</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nate_Johnson_(meteorologist)" title="Nate Johnson (meteorologist)">Nate Johnson</a> (AMS Certified Broadcast Meteorologist and NWA Seals of Approval) – meteorologist (now Director of Weather Operations at <a href="/wiki/NBC_Owned_Television_Stations" title="NBC Owned Television Stations">NBC Owned Television Stations</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Leslie_(journalist)" title="Bill Leslie (journalist)">Bill Leslie</a> – anchor (now retired)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ray_Reeve" title="Ray Reeve">Ray Reeve</a> – WRAL's first sportscaster (1956–1973, deceased)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stuart_Scott" title="Stuart Scott">Stuart Scott</a> – reporter (1988–1990, deceased)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Suiter" title="Tom Suiter">Tom Suiter</a> – sports anchor, <i>Football Friday</i> anchor/producer and reporter for "The Extra Effort Award" (1981–2008; continued hosting the <i>Football Friday</i> program until the end of the 2015–16 football season; is currently retired)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mikaya_Thurmond" title="Mikaya Thurmond">Mikaya Thurmond</a> – journalist (2015–2022)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ray_Wilkinson" title="Ray Wilkinson">Ray Wilkinson</a> – farm news (1963–1995, deceased)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kelly_Wright" title="Kelly Wright">Kelly Wright</a> – reporter and weekend anchor (mid-1990s, now with <a href="/wiki/Fox_News_Channel" class="mw-redirect" title="Fox News Channel">Fox News Channel</a>)</li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Technical_information">Technical information</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=WRAL-TV&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Technical information"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Subchannels">Subchannels</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=WRAL-TV&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Subchannels"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The station's digital signal is <a href="/wiki/Multiplex_(TV)" class="mw-redirect" title="Multiplex (TV)">multiplexed</a>: </p> <table class="wikitable"> <caption>Subchannels of WRAL-TV<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col"><a href="/wiki/Digital_subchannel#United_States" title="Digital subchannel">Channel</a> </th> <th scope="col"><a href="/wiki/Display_resolution" title="Display resolution">Res.</a> </th> <th scope="col"><a href="/wiki/Aspect_ratio_(image)" title="Aspect ratio (image)">Aspect</a> </th> <th scope="col">Short name </th> <th scope="col">Programming </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">5.1 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/1080i" title="1080i">1080i</a></td> <td rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/16:9" class="mw-redirect" title="16:9">16:9</a></td> <td>WRAL HD</td> <td><a href="/wiki/NBC" title="NBC">NBC</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">5.2 </th> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/480i" title="480i">480i</a></td> <td>WRAL DT</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cozi_TV" title="Cozi TV">Cozi TV</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">5.3 </th> <td>WRAL 3</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Start_TV" title="Start TV">Start TV</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">5.4 </th> <td>WRAL 4</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ion_Mystery" title="Ion Mystery">Ion Mystery</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#DFEBF6; border-top: 2px solid #003399;"> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/WNGT-CD" title="WNGT-CD">34.1</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/720p" title="720p">720p</a></td> <td>16:9</td> <td>WARZ CD</td> <td>WRAL Plus (<a href="/wiki/WNGT-CD" title="WNGT-CD">WNGT-CD</a>) </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>On June 19, 1996, the <a href="/wiki/Federal_Communications_Commission" title="Federal Communications Commission">Federal Communications Commission</a> (FCC) awarded WRAL-TV the first <a href="/wiki/Experimental_television" class="mw-redirect" title="Experimental television">experimental</a> <a href="/wiki/High-definition_television" title="High-definition television">high-definition television</a> license in the United States. The station, identified as "WRAL-HD", began digital television operations on <a href="/wiki/UHF" class="mw-redirect" title="UHF">UHF</a> channel 32 over a month later, on July 23, 1996.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The station's digital signal moved to channel 53 in March 2000. </p><p>WRAL-TV was the first in the U.S. to broadcast a live sports program in high definition (on September 6, 1997), as well as the first HD newscast (on October 13, 2000).<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> CBS utilized WRAL-HD in testing its own high-definition programming, and in 1999, began providing the station with a regular schedule of prime time programs in HD. HD sports programming recorded by WRAL was provided to other model stations as well.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> WRAL-TV's pioneering efforts in digital television have won wide recognition from within the television industry.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Analog-to-digital_conversion">Analog-to-digital conversion</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=WRAL-TV&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Analog-to-digital conversion"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>WRAL-TV ended regular programming on its analog signal, over <a href="/wiki/VHF" class="mw-redirect" title="VHF">VHF</a> channel 5, at 12:55 p.m. on June 12, 2009, the official date on which full-power television stations in the United States <a href="/wiki/Digital_television_transition_in_the_United_States" title="Digital television transition in the United States">transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts</a> under federal mandate. The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 48,<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> using <a href="/wiki/Virtual_channel" title="Virtual channel">virtual channel</a> 5. </p><p>As part of the <a href="/wiki/SAFER_Act" class="mw-redirect" title="SAFER Act">SAFER Act</a>, WRAL-TV kept its analog signal on the air until July 6 to inform viewers of the digital television transition through a loop of <a href="/wiki/Public_service_announcement" title="Public service announcement">public service announcements</a> from the <a href="/wiki/National_Association_of_Broadcasters" title="National Association of Broadcasters">National Association of Broadcasters</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FCC_Nightlight_54-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FCC_Nightlight-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="ATSC_3.0">ATSC 3.0</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=WRAL-TV&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: ATSC 3.0"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1256386632"><table class="infobox vcard ib-tv-station"><caption class="infobox-title fn org">WRAL-EX</caption><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header notheme"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>Raleigh–Durham–</li><li>Fayetteville, North Carolina</li></ul></div></li></ul></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/City_of_license" title="City of license">City</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Raleigh, North Carolina</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Television_channel_frequencies" title="Television channel frequencies">Channels</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Digital_terrestrial_television" title="Digital terrestrial television">Digital</a>: 39 (UHF)</li><li><a href="/wiki/Virtual_channel" title="Virtual channel">Virtual</a>: 39</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header notheme">Programming</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Digital_subchannel" title="Digital subchannel">Subchannels</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><b>39.1:</b> <a href="/wiki/1080p" title="1080p">1080p</a> simulcast of 5.1</li><li><b>39.2:</b> <a href="/wiki/4K_resolution" title="4K resolution">4K</a>/<a href="/wiki/2160p" class="mw-redirect" title="2160p">2160p</a> <a href="/wiki/UHDTV" class="mw-redirect" title="UHDTV">UHDTV</a> demo loop</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header notheme">History</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">First air date</div></th><td class="infobox-data">June 29, 2016<span class="noprint"> (8 years ago)</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">2016-06-29</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Last air date</div></th><td class="infobox-data">2018</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header notheme">Technical information<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Licensing authority</div></th><td class="infobox-data">FCC</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Facility_ID" title="Facility ID">Facility ID</a></th><td class="infobox-data">703425</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Effective_radiated_power" title="Effective radiated power">ERP</a></th><td class="infobox-data">40 kW</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Height_above_average_terrain" title="Height above average terrain">HAAT</a></th><td class="infobox-data">548 m (1,798 ft)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Transmitter coordinates</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="nowrap"><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=WRAL-TV&params=35_40_35.1_N_78_32_7.2_W_type:landmark_scale:2000"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">35°40′35.1″N</span> <span class="longitude">78°32′7.2″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">35.676417°N 78.535333°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">35.676417; -78.535333</span></span></span></a></span></span></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header notheme">Links</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Public license information </div></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://publicfiles.fcc.gov/tv-profile/WRAL-EX">Public file</a></li><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/public/tv/publicFacilityDetails.html?facilityId=703425">LMS</a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>On June 29, 2016, WRAL became the first U.S. television station to begin broadcasting a full-time service using <a href="/wiki/ATSC_3.0" title="ATSC 3.0">ATSC 3.0</a> digital television standards, operating under an experimental license from the FCC on UHF channel 39 as <b>WRAL-EX</b>. The service broadcast two subchannels, including a simulcast of WRAL's main programming in <a href="/wiki/1080p" title="1080p">1080p</a> high definition, and a demo loop of content in <a href="/wiki/4K_resolution" title="4K resolution">4K</a> <a href="/wiki/Ultra_high-definition_television" class="mw-redirect" title="Ultra high-definition television">ultra high-definition television</a>, along with testing for NBC involving the 2016 Summer Olympics and <a href="/wiki/2018_Winter_Olympics" title="2018 Winter Olympics">2018 Winter Olympics</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The station produced episodes of its series <i>Out & About</i> in 4K.<sup id="cite_ref-tvnc-atsc3_58-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tvnc-atsc3-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, WRAL-EX left the air in 2018 as a consequence of the FCC's <a href="/wiki/Spectrum_reallocation" class="mw-redirect" title="Spectrum reallocation">repacking process</a> as a result of a spectrum auction and has not returned. On September 11, 2020, Capitol Broadcasting bought then-WARZ-CD for $725,000, and since then has used the station, now <a href="/wiki/WNGT-CD" title="WNGT-CD">WNGT-CD</a>, as an ATSC 3.0 multiplex for the region. Like WRAL-EX, WNGT-CD has since simulcast WRAL in 1080p as well.<sup id="cite_ref-warzsold_59-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-warzsold-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Digital_subchannel#United_States" title="Digital subchannel">Channel</a> </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Display_resolution" title="Display resolution">Video</a> </th> <th>Programming </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">39.1 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/1080p" title="1080p">1080p</a></td> <td>Main WRAL-TV programming / NBC </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">39.2 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/2160p" class="mw-redirect" title="2160p">2160p</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ultra_high-definition" class="mw-redirect" title="Ultra high-definition">Ultra high-definition</a> demo loop </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Mobile_Emergency_Alert_System">Mobile Emergency Alert System</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=WRAL-TV&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Mobile Emergency Alert System"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>WRAL-TV debuted the first <a href="/wiki/Mobile_Emergency_Alert_System" title="Mobile Emergency Alert System">Mobile Emergency Alert System</a> (M-EAS) in the United States on September 13, 2012.<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The system allows emergency information including text, web pages and video to be distributed to compatible receivers using existing digital television signals.<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Station_coverage">Station coverage</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=WRAL-TV&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Station coverage"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>WRAL's signal can be viewed across much of Central and Eastern North Carolina. The official eastern fringe of the Raleigh market is <a href="/wiki/Halifax_County,_North_Carolina" title="Halifax County, North Carolina">Halifax County</a> and the western fringe is <a href="/wiki/Orange_County,_North_Carolina" title="Orange County, North Carolina">Orange County</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Virginia" title="Virginia">Virginia</a> and <a href="/wiki/South_Carolina" title="South Carolina">South Carolina</a> state lines make up the northern and southern fringe respectively, with the exception of <a href="/wiki/Mecklenburg_County,_Virginia" title="Mecklenburg County, Virginia">Mecklenburg County, Virginia</a>. WRAL can be seen well outside of the Raleigh market, with the signal penetrating parts of the Greenville, Greensboro, Wilmington, Charlotte, <a href="/wiki/Roanoke,_Virginia" title="Roanoke, Virginia">Roanoke</a>–<a href="/wiki/Lynchburg,_Virginia" title="Lynchburg, Virginia">Lynchburg</a>, <a href="/wiki/Richmond,_Virginia" title="Richmond, Virginia">Richmond</a>, <a href="/wiki/Norfolk,_Virginia" title="Norfolk, Virginia">Norfolk</a> and <a href="/wiki/Florence,_South_Carolina" title="Florence, South Carolina">Florence</a>–<a href="/wiki/Myrtle_Beach" class="mw-redirect" title="Myrtle Beach">Myrtle Beach</a> markets. WRAL's signal reaches as far east as <a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_17_in_North_Carolina" title="U.S. Route 17 in North Carolina">U.S. Highway 17</a> in the Greenville-Washington-New Bern market, including the city of Greenville. The fringe area of WRAL's digital signal runs as far east as the western side of Beaufort County. </p><p>WRAL-TV is still viewed and is quite popular with many outside of the Triangle, mainly in portions of the <a href="/wiki/Piedmont_Triad" title="Piedmont Triad">Piedmont Triad</a>, Eastern North Carolina, and even into parts of <a href="/wiki/Southside_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="Southside Virginia">Southside Virginia</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Pee_Dee" title="Pee Dee">Pee Dee</a> region of South Carolina. It has long been available on cable as far east as Wilmington. The station is also known for its award-winning documentaries, children's shows and news staff, which has attracted viewers from outside of the Raleigh market. <a href="/wiki/Halifax_County,_Virginia" title="Halifax County, Virginia">Halifax County</a> in Southside Virginia is frequently mentioned by WRAL, although it is located in the Roanoke–Lynchburg market. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Significantly-viewed_status">Significantly-viewed status</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=WRAL-TV&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Significantly-viewed status"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In addition to the 23 counties in the <a href="/wiki/Research_Triangle#Media" title="Research Triangle">Raleigh–Durham–Fayetteville</a> market, the FCC lists WRAL as <a href="/wiki/Significantly_viewed" class="mw-redirect" title="Significantly viewed">significantly viewed</a> in <a href="/wiki/Alamance_County,_North_Carolina" title="Alamance County, North Carolina">Alamance</a>, <a href="/wiki/Caswell_County,_North_Carolina" title="Caswell County, North Carolina">Caswell</a>, <a href="/wiki/Duplin" class="mw-redirect" title="Duplin">Duplin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Greene_County,_North_Carolina" title="Greene County, North Carolina">Greene</a>, <a href="/wiki/Robeson_County,_North_Carolina" title="Robeson County, North Carolina">Robeson</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Scotland_County,_North_Carolina" title="Scotland County, North Carolina">Scotland</a> counties in North Carolina.<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Out-of-market_cable_carriage">Out-of-market cable carriage</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=WRAL-TV&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Out-of-market cable carriage"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>For decades, WRAL has been available on cable in much of the eastern portion of North Carolina, as far east as Wilmington. It is also available on cable systems in portions of the Charlotte and Triad <a href="/wiki/Media_market" title="Media market">media markets</a>, as well as the North Carolina portions of the <a href="/wiki/Hampton_Roads" title="Hampton Roads">Hampton Roads</a> and Florence–Myrtle Beach markets. In recent years, it has also been picked up by cable systems on the fringes of the Richmond and Roanoke markets.<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the 1970s and 1980s through CATV, WRAL was once carried in even more places. In North Carolina, it was once carried in <a href="/wiki/Burlington,_North_Carolina" title="Burlington, North Carolina">Burlington</a>, <a href="/wiki/Greenville,_North_Carolina" title="Greenville, North Carolina">Greenville</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wadesboro,_North_Carolina" title="Wadesboro, North Carolina">Wadesboro</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wilmington,_North_Carolina" title="Wilmington, North Carolina">Wilmington</a>, <a href="/wiki/Williamston,_North_Carolina" title="Williamston, North Carolina">Williamston</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Yanceyville" class="mw-redirect" title="Yanceyville">Yanceyville</a>. In Virginia, it was once carried in <a href="/wiki/Buena_Vista,_Virginia" title="Buena Vista, Virginia">Buena Vista</a>, <a href="/wiki/Danville,_Virginia" title="Danville, Virginia">Danville</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Emporia,_Virginia" title="Emporia, Virginia">Emporia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Cable_Search_64-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cable_Search-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Amenities">Amenities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=WRAL-TV&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Amenities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The station building, shared by WRAL-TV and WRAZ, and located at 2619 Western Boulevard in Raleigh, adjacent to the <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_State_University" title="North Carolina State University">North Carolina State University</a> campus, is a modern and open-designed structure and grounds. The property features a fountain visible from the roadway near the building entrance, a helipad on top of the building for the landing of Sky 5, and a large garden in the back of the property, including many varieties of <a href="/wiki/Azalea" title="Azalea">azaleas</a> and other flowering plants including several types of <a href="/wiki/Dogwood" class="mw-redirect" title="Dogwood">dogwoods</a>. The garden is a popular public attraction, especially during April when the flowers are at the peak of blooming. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=WRAL-TV&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns 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href="/wiki/Low-power_broadcasting#Television" title="Low-power broadcasting">Low-power</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/WAUG-LD" title="WAUG-LD">WAUG-LD</a> (8.1 AMGTV)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WNCB-LD" class="mw-redirect" title="WNCB-LD">WNCB-LD</a> (16.1 <a href="/wiki/Infomercial" title="Infomercial">Ads</a>, 16.2 <a href="/wiki/Buzzr" title="Buzzr">Buzzr</a>, 16.3 <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Swaggart#Television" title="Jimmy Swaggart">SBN</a>, 16.4 <a href="/wiki/Dan_Abrams" title="Dan Abrams">L&C</a>, 16.5 <a href="/wiki/The365" class="mw-redirect" title="The365">The365</a>, 16.6 <a href="/wiki/Outlaw_(TV_network)" class="mw-redirect" title="Outlaw (TV network)">Outlaw</a>, 16.7 <a href="/wiki/Shop_LC" title="Shop LC">LC</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WARZ-LD" class="mw-redirect" title="WARZ-LD">WARZ-LD</a> (21.1 <a href="/wiki/Three_Angels_Broadcasting_Network" title="Three Angels Broadcasting Network">3ABN</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/W24CP-D" class="mw-redirect" title="W24CP-D">W24CP-D</a> (24.1 <a href="/wiki/Three_Angels_Broadcasting_Network" title="Three Angels Broadcasting Network">3ABN</a>, 24.2 Proclaim, 24.3 D2D, 24.4 Latino, 24.5 3ABN Radio, 24.6 Radio Latino, 24.7 <a href="/wiki/Radio_74_Internationale" title="Radio 74 Internationale">Radio 74</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WTNC-LD" title="WTNC-LD">WTNC-LD</a> (26.1 <a href="/wiki/UniM%C3%A1s" title="UniMás">UniMás</a>, <a href="/wiki/WUVC-DT" title="WUVC-DT">26.2</a> <a href="/wiki/Univision" title="Univision">UNI</a>, 26.3 <a href="/wiki/Bounce_TV" title="Bounce TV">Bounce</a>, 26.4 <a href="/wiki/Get_(TV_network)" title="Get (TV network)">Get</a>, 26.5 <a href="/wiki/True_Crime_Network" title="True Crime Network">Crime</a>, 26.6 <a href="/wiki/Quest_(American_TV_network)" title="Quest (American TV network)">Quest</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WIRP-LD" class="mw-redirect" title="WIRP-LD">WIRP-LD</a> (27.1 <a href="/wiki/ShopHQ" title="ShopHQ">ShopHQ</a>, 27.2 <a href="/wiki/The365" class="mw-redirect" title="The365">The365</a>, 27.3 <a href="/wiki/New_Tang_Dynasty_Television" title="New Tang Dynasty Television">NTD</a>, 27.4 <a href="/wiki/Infomercial" title="Infomercial">Ads</a>, 27.5 MtrSpt1, 27.6 <a href="/wiki/Shop_LC" title="Shop LC">LC</a>, 27.7 <a href="/wiki/Outlaw_(TV_network)" class="mw-redirect" title="Outlaw (TV network)">Outlaw</a>)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=WUBX-CD&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="WUBX-CD (page does not exist)">WUBX-CD</a> (31.1 <a href="/wiki/The_Country_Network" title="The Country Network">TCN</a>, 31.2 BizTV, 31.3 <a href="/wiki/Shop_LC" title="Shop LC">LC</a>, 31.4 <a href="/wiki/Infomercial" title="Infomercial">Ads</a>)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=WHIG-CD&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="WHIG-CD (page does not exist)">WHIG-CD</a> (31.1 <a href="/wiki/Independent_station" title="Independent station">Ind.</a>)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=W33EI-D&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="W33EI-D (page does not exist)">W33EI-D</a> (33.1 <a href="/wiki/HSN" title="HSN">HSN</a>, 33.2 <a href="/wiki/QVC" title="QVC">QVC</a>, 33.3 HSN2, 33.4 QVC2, 33.5 QVC3, 33.6 <a href="/wiki/Dabl" title="Dabl">Dabl</a>, 33.7 ITK)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WACN-LD" class="mw-redirect" title="WACN-LD">WACN-LD</a> (34.1 <a href="/wiki/Daystar_Television_Network" title="Daystar Television Network">Daystar</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WNGT-CD" title="WNGT-CD">WNGT-CD</a> (34.1 News)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WNCR-LD" class="mw-redirect" title="WNCR-LD">WNCR-LD</a> (41.1 <a href="/wiki/YTA_TV" title="YTA TV">YTA</a>, 41.2 <a href="/wiki/NewsNet" title="NewsNet">NewsNet</a>, 41.3 ASTN, 41.4 <a href="/wiki/Heartland_(TV_network)" title="Heartland (TV network)">Heartland</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WHFL-CD" class="mw-redirect" title="WHFL-CD">WHFL-CD</a> (43.1 <a href="/wiki/Religious_broadcasting" title="Religious broadcasting">Rel.</a>, 43.2 Walk)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WWIW-LD" class="mw-redirect" title="WWIW-LD">WWIW-LD</a> (66.1/.2 <a href="/wiki/Daystar_Television_Network" title="Daystar Television Network">Daystar</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/ATSC_standards#ATSC_3.0" title="ATSC standards">ATSC 3.0</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/WNGT-CD" title="WNGT-CD">WNGT-CD</a> (<a href="/wiki/PBS_North_Carolina" title="PBS North Carolina">4.1</a> <a href="/wiki/PBS" title="PBS">PBS</a>, <a class="mw-selflink selflink">5.10/.11</a> <a href="/wiki/NBC" title="NBC">NBC</a>, 34.10/.11 News, <a href="/wiki/WRAZ_(TV)" title="WRAZ (TV)">50.10/.11</a> <a href="/wiki/Fox_Broadcasting_Company" title="Fox Broadcasting Company">Fox</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WRDC" title="WRDC">WRDC</a> (<a href="/wiki/WTVD" title="WTVD">11.1</a> <a href="/wiki/American_Broadcasting_Company" title="American Broadcasting Company">ABC</a>, <a href="/wiki/WNCN" title="WNCN">17.1</a> <a href="/wiki/CBS" title="CBS">CBS</a>, <a href="/wiki/WLFL" title="WLFL">22.1</a> <a href="/wiki/The_CW" title="The CW">CW</a>, 28.1 <a href="/wiki/MyNetworkTV" title="MyNetworkTV">MNTV</a>, 28.10 <a href="/wiki/Tennis_Channel#Streaming_channels" title="Tennis Channel">T2</a>, <a href="/wiki/WUVC-DT" title="WUVC-DT">40.1</a> <a href="/wiki/Univision" title="Univision">UNI</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Cable_television" title="Cable television">Cable</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Spectrum_News_North_Carolina" class="mw-redirect" title="Spectrum News North Carolina">Spectrum News NC</a></li> <li>STV (<a href="/wiki/University_of_North_Carolina" title="University of North Carolina">UNC</a> Student Television)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Streaming_media" title="Streaming media">Streaming</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">WRAL News Plus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WTVD" title="WTVD">ABC 11 North Carolina 24/7</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Defunct</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=WBXU-LD&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="WBXU-LD (page does not exist)">WBXU-LD 13</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WNAO-TV" title="WNAO-TV">WNAO-TV 28</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div> <ul><li><sup>1</sup> Nominally a low-power station; shares spectrum with full-power WRAZ.</li></ul> <dl><dt>See also</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Template:Charlotte_TV" title="Template:Charlotte TV">Charlotte TV</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Template:Greenville/New_Bern/Washington_TV" title="Template:Greenville/New Bern/Washington TV">Greenville/New Bern/Washington TV</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Template:Hampton_Roads_TV" title="Template:Hampton Roads TV">Hampton Roads TV</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Template:Myrtle_Beach/Florence_TV" title="Template:Myrtle Beach/Florence TV">Myrtle Beach/Florence TV</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Template:Piedmont_Triad_TV" title="Template:Piedmont Triad TV">Piedmont Triad TV</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Template:Richmond_TV" title="Template:Richmond TV">Richmond TV</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Template:Roanoke_TV" title="Template:Roanoke TV">Roanoke TV</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Template:Wilmington_TV" title="Template:Wilmington TV">Wilmington TV</a></dd></dl> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Broadcast_television_stations_by_affiliation_in_the_state_of_North_Carolina" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:North_Carolina_TV" title="Template:North Carolina TV"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:North_Carolina_TV" title="Template talk:North Carolina TV"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:North_Carolina_TV" title="Special:EditPage/Template:North Carolina TV"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Broadcast_television_stations_by_affiliation_in_the_state_of_North_Carolina" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Terrestrial_television" title="Terrestrial television">Broadcast television</a> stations by affiliation in the state of <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina" title="North Carolina">North Carolina</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/American_Broadcasting_Company" title="American Broadcasting Company">ABC</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/WWAY" title="WWAY">WWAY 3</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Wilmington_TV" title="Template:Wilmington TV">Wilmington</a>)*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WSOC-TV" title="WSOC-TV">WSOC-TV 9</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Charlotte_TV" title="Template:Charlotte TV">Charlotte</a>)*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WTVD" title="WTVD">WTVD 11</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Raleigh-Durham_TV" title="Template:Raleigh-Durham TV">Durham/Raleigh/Fayetteville</a>)*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WCTI-TV" title="WCTI-TV">WCTI-TV 12</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Greenville/New_Bern/Washington_TV" title="Template:Greenville/New Bern/Washington TV">New Bern/Greenville</a>)*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WLOS" title="WLOS">WLOS 13</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:GSA_TV" class="mw-redirect" title="Template:GSA TV">Asheville/Greenville/Spartanburg/Anderson, SC</a>)*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WVEC" title="WVEC">WVEC 13</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Hampton_Roads_TV" title="Template:Hampton Roads TV">Hampton/Norfolk, VA</a>)**</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WPDE-TV" title="WPDE-TV">WPDE-TV 15</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Myrtle_Beach/Florence_TV" title="Template:Myrtle Beach/Florence TV">Florence/Myrtle Beach, SC</a>)**</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WXLV-TV" title="WXLV-TV">WXLV-TV 45</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Piedmont_Triad_TV" title="Template:Piedmont Triad TV">Winston-Salem/Greensboro/High Point</a>)*</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/CBS" title="CBS">CBS</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/WFMY-TV" title="WFMY-TV">WFMY-TV 2</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Piedmont_Triad_TV" title="Template:Piedmont Triad TV">Greensboro/High Point/Winston-Salem</a>)*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WBTV" title="WBTV">WBTV 3</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Charlotte_TV" title="Template:Charlotte TV">Charlotte</a>)*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WTKR" title="WTKR">WTKR 3</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Hampton_Roads_TV" title="Template:Hampton Roads TV">Norfolk, VA</a>)**</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WWAY" title="WWAY">WWAY-DT 3.2</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Wilmington_TV" title="Template:Wilmington TV">Wilmington</a>)*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WSPA-TV" title="WSPA-TV">WSPA-TV 7</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:GSA_TV" class="mw-redirect" title="Template:GSA TV">Spartanburg/Greenville/Anderson, SC/Asheville</a>)*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WNCT-TV" title="WNCT-TV">WNCT-TV 9</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Greenville/New_Bern/Washington_TV" title="Template:Greenville/New Bern/Washington TV">Greenville/New Bern</a>)*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WBTW" title="WBTW">WBTW 13</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Myrtle_Beach/Florence_TV" title="Template:Myrtle Beach/Florence TV">Florence/Myrtle Beach, SC</a>)**</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WNCN" title="WNCN">WNCN 17</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Raleigh-Durham_TV" title="Template:Raleigh-Durham TV">Goldsboro/Raleigh/Durham/Fayetteville</a>)*</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Fox_Broadcasting_Company" title="Fox Broadcasting Company">Fox</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/WGHP" title="WGHP">WGHP 8</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Piedmont_Triad_TV" title="Template:Piedmont Triad TV">High Point/Greensboro/Winston-Salem</a>)*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WYDO" title="WYDO">WYDO 14</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Greenville/New_Bern/Washington_TV" title="Template:Greenville/New Bern/Washington TV">Greenville/New Bern</a>)*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WHNS" title="WHNS">WHNS 21</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:GSA_TV" class="mw-redirect" title="Template:GSA TV">Greenville/Spartanburg/Anderson, SC/Asheville</a>)*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WSFX-TV" title="WSFX-TV">WSFX-TV 26</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Wilmington_TV" title="Template:Wilmington TV">Wilmington</a>)*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WFXB" title="WFXB">WFXB 43</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Myrtle_Beach/Florence_TV" title="Template:Myrtle Beach/Florence TV">Myrtle Beach/Florence, SC</a>)**</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WVBT" title="WVBT">WVBT 43</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Hampton_Roads_TV" title="Template:Hampton Roads TV">Virginia Beach/Norfolk, VA</a>)**</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WJZY" title="WJZY">WJZY 46</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Charlotte_TV" title="Template:Charlotte TV">Belmont/Charlotte</a>)*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WRAZ_(TV)" title="WRAZ (TV)">WRAZ 50</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Raleigh-Durham_TV" title="Template:Raleigh-Durham TV">Raleigh/Durham/Fayetteville</a>)*</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/NBC" title="NBC">NBC</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/WYFF" title="WYFF">WYFF 4</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:GSA_TV" class="mw-redirect" title="Template:GSA TV">Greenville/Spartanburg/Anderson, SC/Asheville</a>)*</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">WRAL-TV 5</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Raleigh-Durham_TV" title="Template:Raleigh-Durham TV">Raleigh/Durham/Fayetteville</a>)*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WECT" title="WECT">WECT 6</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Wilmington_TV" title="Template:Wilmington TV">Wilmington</a>)*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WITN-TV" title="WITN-TV">WITN-TV 7</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Greenville/New_Bern/Washington_TV" title="Template:Greenville/New Bern/Washington TV">Washington/Greenville/New Bern</a>)*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WAVY-TV" title="WAVY-TV">WAVY-TV 10</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Hampton_Roads_TV" title="Template:Hampton Roads TV">Portsmouth/Norfolk, VA</a>)**</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WXII-TV" title="WXII-TV">WXII-TV 12</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Piedmont_Triad_TV" title="Template:Piedmont Triad TV">Winston-Salem/Greensboro/High Point</a>)*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WMBF-TV" title="WMBF-TV">WMBF-TV 32</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Myrtle_Beach/Florence_TV" title="Template:Myrtle Beach/Florence TV">Myrtle Beach/Florence, SC</a>)**</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WCNC-TV" title="WCNC-TV">WCNC-TV 36</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Charlotte_TV" title="Template:Charlotte TV">Charlotte</a>)*</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/The_CW" title="The CW">The CW</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/WWAY" title="WWAY">WWAY-DT 3.3</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Wilmington_TV" title="Template:Wilmington TV">Wilmington</a>)*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WNCT-TV" title="WNCT-TV">WNCT-DT 9.2</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Greenville/New_Bern/Washington_TV" title="Template:Greenville/New Bern/Washington TV">Greenville/New Bern</a>)*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WPDE-TV" title="WPDE-TV">WPDE-DT 15.2</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Myrtle_Beach/Florence_TV" title="Template:Myrtle Beach/Florence TV">Florence/Myrtle Beach, SC</a>)**</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WCCB" title="WCCB">WCCB 18</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Charlotte_TV" title="Template:Charlotte TV">Charlotte</a>)*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WCWG" title="WCWG">WCWG 20</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Piedmont_Triad_TV" title="Template:Piedmont Triad TV">Lexington/Greensboro/High Point/Winston-Salem</a>)*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WLFL" title="WLFL">WLFL 22</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Raleigh-Durham_TV" title="Template:Raleigh-Durham TV">Raleigh/Durham/Fayetteville</a>)*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WVBT" title="WVBT">WVBT-DT 43.2</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Hampton_Roads_TV" title="Template:Hampton Roads TV">Virginia Beach/Norfolk, VA</a>)**</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WYCW" title="WYCW">WYCW 62</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:GSA_TV" class="mw-redirect" title="Template:GSA TV">Asheville/Greenville/Spartanburg/Anderson, SC</a>)*</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/MyNetworkTV" title="MyNetworkTV">MyNetworkTV</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/WITN-TV" title="WITN-TV">WITN-DT 7.2</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Greenville/New_Bern/Washington_TV" title="Template:Greenville/New Bern/Washington TV">Washington/Greenville/New Bern</a>)*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WBTW" title="WBTW">WBTW-DT 13.2</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Myrtle_Beach/Florence_TV" title="Template:Myrtle Beach/Florence TV">Florence/Myrtle Beach, SC</a>)**</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WLOS" title="WLOS">WLOS-DT 13.2</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:GSA_TV" class="mw-redirect" title="Template:GSA TV">Asheville/Greenville/Spartanburg/Anderson, SC</a>)*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WRDC" title="WRDC">WRDC 28</a><sub><a href="/wiki/ATSC_3.0" title="ATSC 3.0">ATSC 3.0</a></sub> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Raleigh-Durham_TV" title="Template:Raleigh-Durham TV">Durham/Raleigh/Fayetteville</a>)*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WTVZ-TV" title="WTVZ-TV">WTVZ-TV 33</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Hampton_Roads_TV" title="Template:Hampton Roads TV">Norfolk, VA</a>)**</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WMYV" title="WMYV">WMYV 48</a><sub><a href="/wiki/ATSC_3.0" title="ATSC 3.0">ATSC 3.0</a></sub> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Piedmont_Triad_TV" title="Template:Piedmont Triad TV">Greensboro/High Point/Winston-Salem</a>)*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WMYT-TV" title="WMYT-TV">WMYT-TV 55</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Charlotte_TV" title="Template:Charlotte TV">Rock Hill, SC/Charlotte</a>)*</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Ion_Television" title="Ion Television">Ion Television</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/WSPA-TV" title="WSPA-TV">WSPA-DT 7.3</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:GSA_TV" class="mw-redirect" title="Template:GSA TV">Spartanburg/Greenville/Anderson, SC/Asheville</a>)*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WBTW" title="WBTW">WBTW-DT 13.3</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Myrtle_Beach/Florence_TV" title="Template:Myrtle Beach/Florence TV">Florence/Myrtle Beach, SC</a>)**</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WGPX-TV" title="WGPX-TV">WGPX-TV 16</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Piedmont_Triad_TV" title="Template:Piedmont Triad TV">Burlington/Greensboro/High Point/Winston-Salem</a>)*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WSFX-TV" title="WSFX-TV">WSFX-DT 26.4</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Wilmington_TV" title="Template:Wilmington TV">Wilmington</a>)*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WEPX-TV" title="WEPX-TV">WPXU-TV 35 / WEPX-TV 38</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Greenville/New_Bern/Washington_TV" title="Template:Greenville/New Bern/Washington TV">Jacksonville/Greenville</a>)*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WJZY" title="WJZY">WJZY-DT 46.6</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Charlotte_TV" title="Template:Charlotte TV">Belmont/Charlotte</a>)*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WRPX-TV" title="WRPX-TV">WRPX-TV 47</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Raleigh-Durham_TV" title="Template:Raleigh-Durham TV">Rocky Mount/Raleigh/Durham</a>)*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WPXV-TV" title="WPXV-TV">WPXV-TV 49</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Hampton_Roads_TV" title="Template:Hampton Roads TV">Norfolk, VA</a>)**</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/PBS" title="PBS">PBS</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/WTVI" title="WTVI">WTVI 42</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Charlotte_TV" title="Template:Charlotte TV">Charlotte</a>)</li></ul> <dl><dt><a href="/wiki/PBS_North_Carolina" title="PBS North Carolina">PBS NC</a></dt> <dd>WUND-TV 2 (<a href="/wiki/Template:Hampton_Roads_TV" title="Template:Hampton Roads TV">Edenton</a>)</dd> <dd>WUNC-TV 4 (<a href="/wiki/Template:Raleigh-Durham_TV" title="Template:Raleigh-Durham TV">Chapel Hill</a>)</dd> <dd>WUNE-TV 17 (<a href="/wiki/Template:Charlotte_TV" title="Template:Charlotte TV">Linville</a>)</dd> <dd>WUNM-TV 19 (<a href="/wiki/Template:Greenville/New_Bern/Washington_TV" title="Template:Greenville/New Bern/Washington TV">Jacksonville</a>)</dd> <dd>WUNK-TV 25 (<a href="/wiki/Template:Greenville/New_Bern/Washington_TV" title="Template:Greenville/New Bern/Washington TV">Greenville</a>)</dd> <dd>WUNL-TV 26 (<a href="/wiki/Template:Piedmont_Triad_TV" title="Template:Piedmont Triad TV">Winston-Salem</a>)</dd> <dd>WUNW 27 (<a href="/wiki/Template:GSA_TV" class="mw-redirect" title="Template:GSA TV">Canton</a>)</dd> <dd>WUNU 31 (<a href="/wiki/Template:Myrtle_Beach/Florence_TV" title="Template:Myrtle Beach/Florence TV">Lumberton</a>)</dd> <dd>WUNF-TV 33 (<a href="/wiki/Template:GSA_TV" class="mw-redirect" title="Template:GSA TV">Asheville</a>)</dd> <dd>WUNP-TV 36 (<a href="/wiki/Template:Raleigh-Durham_TV" title="Template:Raleigh-Durham TV">Roanoke Rapids</a>)</dd> <dd>WUNJ-TV 39 (<a href="/wiki/Template:Wilmington_TV" title="Template:Wilmington TV">Wilmington</a>)</dd> <dd>WUNG-TV 58 (<a href="/wiki/Template:Charlotte_TV" title="Template:Charlotte TV">Concord</a>)</dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/WSKY-TV" title="WSKY-TV">WSKY-TV 4</a> (<a href="/wiki/Independent_station" title="Independent station">Ind.</a>, <a href="/wiki/Template:Hampton_Roads_TV" title="Template:Hampton Roads TV">Manteo/Norfolk, VA</a>)**</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WSOC-TV" title="WSOC-TV">WSOC-DT 9.2</a> (<a href="/wiki/Telemundo" title="Telemundo">TMD</a>, <a href="/wiki/Template:Charlotte_TV" title="Template:Charlotte TV">Charlotte</a>)*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WILM-LD" title="WILM-LD">WILM-LD 10</a> (<a href="/wiki/Independent_station" title="Independent station">Ind.</a>, <a href="/wiki/Template:Wilmington_TV" title="Template:Wilmington TV">Wilmington</a>)*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WWJS" title="WWJS">WWJS 14</a> (<a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Swaggart#Television" title="Jimmy Swaggart">SBN</a>, <a href="/wiki/Template:Charlotte_TV" title="Template:Charlotte TV">Hickory/Charlotte</a>)*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WGGS-TV" title="WGGS-TV">WGGS-TV 16</a> (<a href="/wiki/Religious_broadcasting" title="Religious broadcasting">Rel.</a>, <a href="/wiki/Template:GSA_TV" class="mw-redirect" title="Template:GSA TV">Greenville, SC</a>)*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WGSR-LD" title="WGSR-LD">WGSR-LD 19</a> (<a href="/wiki/Independent_station" title="Independent station">Ind.</a>, <a href="/wiki/Template:Piedmont_Triad_TV" title="Template:Piedmont Triad TV">Reidsville</a>)*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WARZ-LD" class="mw-redirect" title="WARZ-LD">WARZ-LD 21</a> (<a href="/wiki/Three_Angels_Broadcasting_Network" title="Three Angels Broadcasting Network">3ABN</a>, <a href="/wiki/Template:Raleigh-Durham_TV" title="Template:Raleigh-Durham TV">Smithfield</a>)*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WTPC-TV" title="WTPC-TV">WTPC-TV 21</a> (<a href="/wiki/Trinity_Broadcasting_Network" title="Trinity Broadcasting Network">TBN</a>, <a href="/wiki/Template:Hampton_Roads_TV" title="Template:Hampton Roads TV">Virginia Beach/Norfolk, VA</a>)**</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WWMB" title="WWMB">WWMB 21</a> (<a href="/wiki/Dabl" title="Dabl">Dabl</a>, <a href="/wiki/Template:Myrtle_Beach/Florence_TV" title="Template:Myrtle Beach/Florence TV">Florence/Myrtle Beach, SC</a>)**</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WGNT" title="WGNT">WGNT 27</a> (<a href="/wiki/Independent_station" title="Independent station">Ind.</a>, <a href="/wiki/Template:Hampton_Roads_TV" title="Template:Hampton Roads TV">Portsmouth/Norfolk, VA</a>)**</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WRAY-TV" title="WRAY-TV">WRAY-TV 30</a> / <a href="/wiki/WLXI" title="WLXI">WLXI 43</a> (<a href="/wiki/Tri-State_Christian_Television" title="Tri-State Christian Television">TCT</a>, <a href="/wiki/Template:Raleigh-Durham_TV" title="Template:Raleigh-Durham TV">Wake Forest</a>/<a href="/wiki/Template:Piedmont_Triad_TV" title="Template:Piedmont Triad TV">Greensboro</a>)*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WDKT-LD" class="mw-redirect" title="WDKT-LD">WDKT-LD 31</a> (<a href="/wiki/GEB_America" class="mw-redirect" title="GEB America">GEB</a>, <a href="/wiki/Template:GSA_TV" class="mw-redirect" title="Template:GSA TV">Hendersonville</a>)*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WNGT-CD" title="WNGT-CD">WNGT-CD 34</a><sub><a href="/wiki/ATSC_3.0" title="ATSC 3.0">ATSC 3.0</a></sub> (<a href="/wiki/Family_Broadcasting_Corporation" title="Family Broadcasting Corporation">WHT</a>, <a href="/wiki/Template:Raleigh-Durham_TV" title="Template:Raleigh-Durham TV">Smithfield</a>)*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WMYA-TV" title="WMYA-TV">WMYA-TV 40</a><sub><a href="/wiki/ATSC_3.0" title="ATSC 3.0">ATSC 3.0</a></sub> (<a href="/wiki/Dabl" title="Dabl">Dabl</a>, <a href="/wiki/Template:GSA_TV" class="mw-redirect" title="Template:GSA TV">Anderson/Greenville/Spartanburg, SC/Asheville</a>)*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WUVC-DT" title="WUVC-DT">WUVC-DT 40</a> / <a href="/wiki/WTNC-LD" title="WTNC-LD">WTNC-LD 26</a> (<a href="/wiki/Univision" title="Univision">UNI</a>, <a href="/wiki/Template:Raleigh-Durham_TV" title="Template:Raleigh-Durham TV">Fayetteville/Raleigh/Durham</a>)*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WHFL-CD" class="mw-redirect" title="WHFL-CD">WHFL-CD 43</a> (<a href="/wiki/The_Worship_Network" title="The Worship Network">Worship</a>, <a href="/wiki/Template:Raleigh-Durham_TV" title="Template:Raleigh-Durham TV">Goldsboro</a>)*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WQDH-LD" class="mw-redirect" title="WQDH-LD">WQDH-LD 49</a> (<a href="/wiki/Azteca_Am%C3%A9rica" title="Azteca América">Azteca</a>, <a href="/wiki/Template:Wilmington_TV" title="Template:Wilmington TV">Wilmington</a>)*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WRTD-CD" title="WRTD-CD">WRTD-CD 54</a> (<a href="/wiki/Telemundo" title="Telemundo">TMD</a>, <a href="/wiki/Template:Raleigh-Durham_TV" title="Template:Raleigh-Durham TV">Raleigh</a>)*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WFPX-TV" title="WFPX-TV">WFPX-TV 62</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bounce_TV" title="Bounce TV">Bounce</a>, <a href="/wiki/Template:Raleigh-Durham_TV" title="Template:Raleigh-Durham TV">Archer Lodge/Raleigh/Durham</a>)*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WAXN-TV" title="WAXN-TV">WAXN-TV 64</a><sub><a href="/wiki/ATSC_3.0" title="ATSC 3.0">ATSC 3.0</a></sub> (<a href="/wiki/Independent_station" title="Independent station">Ind.</a>, <a href="/wiki/Template:Charlotte_TV" title="Template:Charlotte TV">Kannapolis/Charlotte</a>)*</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div>(*) – indicates station is in one of North Carolina's primary <a href="/wiki/Media_market#Television" title="Media market">TV markets</a><br />(**) – indicates 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(<a href="/wiki/Template:Washington_TV" class="mw-redirect" title="Template:Washington TV">Washington, D.C.</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WCYB-TV" title="WCYB-TV">WCYB-TV 5</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Tri-Cities_TV" title="Template:Tri-Cities TV">Bristol/Kingsport/Johnson City, TN</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WAVY-TV" title="WAVY-TV">WAVY-TV 10</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Hampton_Roads_TV" title="Template:Hampton Roads TV">Portsmouth/Norfolk</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WSLS-TV" title="WSLS-TV">WSLS-TV 10</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Roanoke_TV" title="Template:Roanoke TV">Roanoke/Lynchburg</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WWBT" title="WWBT">WWBT 12</a> / <a href="/wiki/WRID-LD" title="WRID-LD">WRID-LD 12.6</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Richmond_TV" title="Template:Richmond TV">Richmond/Petersburg</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WVIR-TV" title="WVIR-TV">WVIR-TV</a> / <a href="/wiki/WVIR-CD" title="WVIR-CD">WVIR-CD</a> 29 (<a href="/wiki/Template:Charlottesville_TV" title="Template:Charlottesville TV">Charlottesville</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WSVW-LD" title="WSVW-LD">WSVW-LD 30</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Harrisonburg_TV" title="Template:Harrisonburg TV">Harrisonburg</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Secondary**</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">WRAL-TV 5</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Raleigh-Durham_TV" title="Template:Raleigh-Durham TV">Raleigh/Durham/Fayetteville, NC</a>, serving <a href="/wiki/Mecklenburg_County,_Virginia" title="Mecklenburg County, Virginia">Mecklenburg County</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WVVA" title="WVVA">WVVA 6</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Bluefield_TV" title="Template:Bluefield TV">Bluefield/Beckley, WV</a>, serving <a href="/wiki/Tazewell_County,_Virginia" title="Tazewell County, Virginia">Tazewell County</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WXII-TV" title="WXII-TV">WXII-TV 12</a> (<a href="/wiki/Template:Piedmont_Triad_TV" title="Template:Piedmont Triad TV">Greensboro/High Point/Winston-Salem, NC</a>, serving <a href="/wiki/Patrick_County,_Virginia" title="Patrick County, Virginia">Patrick County</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div>(*) – indicates station is in one of Virginia's primary <a href="/wiki/Media_market#Television" title="Media market">TV markets</a><br />(**) – indicates station is in an out-of-state TV market, but reaches a small portion of Virginia<div class="hlist"> <dl><dt>See also</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Template:ABC_Virginia" title="Template:ABC Virginia">ABC</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Template:CBS_Virginia" title="Template:CBS Virginia">CBS</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Template:CW_Virginia" title="Template:CW Virginia">CW</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Template:Fox_Virginia" title="Template:Fox Virginia">Fox</a></dd> <dd><a 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