Capitol Broadcasting Company

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

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Capitol Broadcasting Company owns and operates the following stations:

  • In 1937, A.J. Fletcher founded CBC when he created WRAL-AM 1240 (now WPJL).
  • In 1939 WRAL-AM first transmitted using a 250 watt transmitter, becoming Raleigh's second Radio Station (Second to WPTF-AM)
  • In 1942, CBC created the Tobacco Radio Network, a farm news radio service which was discontinued in 2002.
  • On September 6, 1946 CBC received a license for WCOY-FM (which was later changed to WRAL). This was a 250,000 watt transmitter.
  • In 1960, CBC created the North Carolina News Network, a statewide radio network which now provides news, weather and sports content to about 80 radio stations.
  • December 15, 1956, CBC's flagship station WRAL-TV went on the air.
  • In 1979, WRAL-TV became the first TV station in North Carolina to have a dedicated helicopter.
  • In 1996, WRAL-TV was granted the first experimental high-definition television license in the United States by the Federal Communications Commission. In 2000, WRAL-HD aired the world's first all-HDTV newscast on October 13. In January 2001, WRAL converted all of its local news broadcasts to high-definition.
  • October 14, 2005, Capitol Broadcasting signs on WCMC-FM on 99.9 Mhz in Raleigh with a Country music format "Genuine Conutry".


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 WILM-LP | WJZY | WMYT | WRAL-TV | WRAZ | North Carolina News Network | WCMC | WRAL-FM
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