WRAL-TV

WRAL-TV
CityRaleigh, North Carolina
Channels
BrandingWRAL-TV 5; WRAL News
Programming
Affiliations
Ownership
OwnerCapitol Broadcasting Company, Inc.
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)
  • 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 ID8688
ERP833.7 kW
HAAT625 m (2,051 ft)
Transmitter coordinates35°40′29″N 78°31′39″W / 35.67472°N 78.52750°W / 35.67472; -78.52750
Links
Public license information
Websitewww.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.

  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WRAL-TV". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.