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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.
In 1996, WRAL-TV was granted the first experimental high definition digital television license in the United States by the Federal Communications Commission. On October 13, 2000, WRAL became the first television station in the world to broadcast a news program entirely in high-definition; the station would begin broadcasting all of its local ...
WRAL may refer to: WRAL-TV , a television station (channel 17, virtual 5) licensed to Raleigh, North Carolina WRAL (FM) , a radio station (101.5 FM) licensed to Raleigh, North Carolina
WRAZ (channel 50), branded Fox 50, is a television station licensed to Raleigh, North Carolina, United States, serving as the Fox affiliate for the Research Triangle area. It is locally owned by the Capitol Broadcasting Company alongside NBC affiliate WRAL-TV (channel 5) and WNGT-CD (channel 34), which airs local news programming.
David Crabtree is an American journalist, former television news anchor, and television executive. He served as the lead anchor of WRAL-TV in Raleigh, North Carolina, for much of his 28 years at the network through 2022. Following a forty-year career in television reporting, he was named the chief operating officer (CEO) of PBS North Carolina.
The station signed on the air on March 29, 1939, as WRAL in Raleigh. Its power was 250 watts by day and 100 watts at night, broadcasting on 1210 kHz. The studios were on Salisbury Street in downtown Raleigh. In 1946, it added an FM station, WRAL-FM, and in 1956 added a television station, WRAL-TV.
Scott Mason is an American author, reporter for WRAL-TV and host of the Southeast Emmy award-winning Tarheel Traveler since 2007. Mason authored Tar Heel Traveler Eats: Food Journeys across North Carolina in 2014. [1] and Tar heel traveler : journeys across North Carolina. in 2013. [2]
His first appearance on television was as staff announcer with NBC in 1960. [1] He subsequently worked for radio station WPTF for ten years. [1] In his 30s, he moved to Raleigh when he joined WRAL-TV in 1970 to host Good Morning Charlie [2] Four years later, he joined the Action News 5 team with Bobbie Battista, Bob DeBardelaben and Rich Brenner.