Capitol Broadcasting Company

Not to be confused with Capital Cities Communications.

Capitol Broadcasting Company is a TV and radio broadcast company based in Raleigh, North Carolina. They also own and operate the minor league baseball team, the Durham Bulls.

Broadcast Stations

Capitol Broadcasting Company owns and operates the following stations:

TV

• WRAL-TV 5 (CBS This TV, Raleigh, NC)
• WRAZ 50 (Fox, Raleigh, NC) and WRAZ-DT 50.2 (Me-TV Network, Raleigh, NC, Durham Bulls TV outlet)
• WJZY-TV 46 (The CW, Belmont, NC/Charlotte, NC)
• WMYT-TV 55 "My TV 12" (My Network TV, Rock Hill, SC/Charlotte, NC)
• WILM-LD 10 (CBS, Wilmington, NC)

In addition, from 1988 to 1991, Capitol Broadcasting owned WTTV, channel 4, in Bloomington, Indiana (serving the Indianapolis media market) and its full-time satellite WTTK, channel 29, in Kokomo, Indiana.

Radio

Raleigh Cluster

• WRAL-FM 101.5 FM ("Mix 101.5" Raleigh, Adult Contemporary)
• WCMC-FM 99.9 FM ("99.9 the Fan ESPN Radio", Creedmoor, Sports)
• North Carolina News Network (statewide network on 75-80 stations), sale to Curtis Media Group pending

Stations to be received from Curtis Media:

• WDNC 620 (Durham, Sports)
• WCLY 1550 (Raleigh, ESPN Deportes sports)

Wilmington Cluster

(Under the name "Sunrise Broadcasting")

• WAZO (Southport, Contemporary Hits) - 107.5 MHz, 75 kW
• WILT (Wilmington, Adult Contemporary) - 104.5 MHz, 3.1 kW
• WKXB (Burgaw, 70's & 80's) - 99.9 MHz, 35 kW
• WMFD (Wilmington, Sports Talk) - 630 kHz, 0.8/1 kW
• WUIN (Oak Island, Triple-A) - 98.3 MHz, 18.5 kW

Investments

• Investor in TitanTV Media

History

• 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 Country".
• April 14, 2009, Capitol Broadcasting and the City of Raleigh partner to introduce the first mobile digital TV in a public transit bus.

External links

• Capitol Broadcasting Company