WRAL-TV

WRAL-TV

Raleigh–Durham– Fayetteville, North Carolina United States
City	Raleigh, North Carolina
Channels	Digital: 17 (UHF) Virtual: 5
Branding	WRAL-TV 5; WRAL News
Programming
Affiliations	5.1: NBC for others, see § Subchannels
Ownership
Owner	Capitol Broadcasting Company, Inc.
Sister stations	WCLY, WCMC-FM, WDNC, WRAL, WRAZ, WNGT-CD
History
First air date	December 15, 1956 (67 years ago) (1956-12-15)
Former channel number(s)	Analog: 5 (VHF, 1956–2009) Digital: 32 (UHF, 1996–2000), 53 (UHF, 2000–2009), 48 (UHF, 2009–2019)
Former affiliations	NBC (primary 1956–1962, secondary 1962–1968) ABC (secondary 1957–1962, primary 1962–1985) CBS (1985–2016)
Call sign meaning	Raleigh
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	8688
ERP	833.7 kW
HAAT	625 m (2,051 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	35°40′29″N 78°31′39″W / 35.67472°N 78.52750°W / 35.67472; -78.52750
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Website	www.wral.com

WRAL-TV (channel 5) is a television station licensed to Raleigh, North Carolina, United States, serving as the NBC affiliate for the Research Triangle area. It is the flagship station of the locally based Capitol Broadcasting Company, which has owned the station since its inception.

WRAL-TV is a sister station to Fox affiliate WRAZ (channel 50, also licensed to Raleigh), Class A news-formatted independent station WNGT-CD (channel 34, licensed to both Smithfield and Selma), and radio stations WRAL (101.5 FM), WCMC-FM (99.9), WDNC (620 AM), and WCLY (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 Auburn, North Carolina.

WRAL-TV has been affiliated with NBC since February 29, 2016, when it ended a 30-year affiliation with CBS, with CBS going to Goldsboro-licensed WNCN (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.