The Capitol Broadcasting Company, Inc. ( CBC ) is an American media company based in Raleigh, North Carolina . Capitol owns three television stations and nine radio stations in the Raleigh–Durham and Wilmington areas of North Carolina and the Durham Bulls minor league baseball team as well as the Coastal Plain League, a college summer baseball league. It is one of the few family-owned broadcasting companies left in the country, owned by four generations of the Fletcher-Goodmon family.
13-494: WRMR may refer to: WRMR (FM) , a radio station (98.7 FM) licensed to Jacksonville, North Carolina, United States which has carried the WRMR callsign since January 2011 WHK (AM) , a radio station (1420 AM) licensed to Cleveland, Ohio, United States which carried the WRMR callsign from 2003 to 2005 WKNR , a radio station (850 AM) licensed to Cleveland, Ohio, United States which carried
26-446: A Spanish language format featuring popular music, news, and community programming for an area that had a Hispanic population estimated at over 130,000. WLGD featured local live programming as well as satellite based syndicated programs. Station Manager Jeff Sanchez presented a bilingual talk show on Sunday afternoons, as well as a groundbreaking bilingual show on Wednesday nights at 7 called "Union Cultural" which attempted to bridge
39-582: A 250-watt transmitter, becoming Raleigh 's second radio station (after WPTF ). In 1942, Capitol created the Tobacco Radio Network , a farm news radio service that was discontinued in 2002. On September 6, 1946, Capitol Broadcasting received a license with the Federal Communications Commission for WCOY-FM (whose callsign was later changed to WRAL-FM), operating from a 250,000-watt transmitter. In 1960, CBC founded
52-404: Is a wholly owned subsidiary of Capitol Broadcasting Company of Raleigh, North Carolina , according to FCC filings. The signal can heard as far south as Myrtle Beach and as far west as Fayetteville . In the 1980s, the station played a country music format as WRCM-FM, ("Country 98.7 FM"). The station switched to an oldies format in 1989 as WKOO ("Kool 98.7"). On April 5, 2005 , the format
65-459: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages WRMR (FM) WRMR (98.7 MHz ) is an FM radio station broadcasting a modern rock format . Licensed to Jacksonville, North Carolina , United States, the station serves the Wilmington and Jacksonville areas. Since October 2008, the station has been owned by Sunrise Broadcasting, which
78-881: The Indianapolis area. WTTV and WTTK were sold in 1991 to River City Broadcasting . 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 newscasts in high-definition in January 2001. In 2001, Capitol purchased WFVT (now WMYT-TV ) in Charlotte, creating
91-879: The North Carolina News Network , a statewide radio network that now provides news, weather, and sports content to about 80 radio stations. This property was sold to Curtis Media Group in 2009. On December 15, 1956, Capitol Broadcasting's flagship television station WRAL-TV went on the air in Raleigh. In 1979, WRAL-TV became the first television station in North Carolina to have a dedicated helicopter for newsgathering. In 1987, Capitol acquired independent station WJZY-TV in Charlotte . The following year, Capitol also acquired another independent station, WTTV and its satellite station, WTTK , in
104-533: The WRMR callsign from 1985 to 2001 [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about radio and/or television stations with the same/similar call signs or branding. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=WRMR&oldid=648326943 " Category : Broadcast call sign disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
117-578: The cultural gap between the American and Hispanic communities in the Wilmington area. Every week the music of a different American or English artist was featured, and short bios were presented in English and Spanish to give a context in which to understand the artist's impact. In July 2008, Capitol Broadcasting Company announced its purchase of NextMedia Group 's Wilmington area stations. The sale
130-479: The market's second television duopoly . On October 14, 2005, Capitol Broadcasting signed on WCMC-FM on 99.9 MHz in Raleigh with a country music format, "Genuine Country". In July 2008, Capitol Broadcasting acquired five radio stations in Wilmington from NextMedia Group for $ 12 million. On April 14, 2009, Capitol Broadcasting and the City of Raleigh partnered to introduce the first mobile digital television in
143-603: The station would focus more on the 1990s than newer songs, and the target audience would be slightly older. The station would focus on the community with local hosts. The format, including commercials, would be "family-friendly". On January 25, 2011, WLGD changed its call sign to WRMR. Capitol Broadcasting Company A.J. Fletcher founded the Capitol Broadcasting Company in 1937 when he founded Raleigh radio station WRAL (1240 AM, now WPJL ). WRAL radio began transmission two years later in 1939, using
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#1732802392582156-466: Was completed on October 1, 2008. However, due to FCC regulations on local ownership, WLGD was placed in a trust managed by Tom Campbell’s Carolina Broadcasting & Publishing Inc. that lasted until 2010 when Capitol sold WSFM to Sea-Comm Media. On January 3, 2011, "Coastal Carolina's Modern Rock 98.7" debuted, taking the place of WSFM following the sale of that station & subsequent change over to WUIN. Brian Schimmel of Sunrise Broadcasting said
169-489: Was switched to Westwood One soft adult contemporary ("Lite 98.7"), and the call sign was changed to WILT. The WKOO letters and Westwood One oldies format moved to WANG-FM . Starting July 24, 2006 , "Will FM" played adult hits . As of March 31, 2008 , the WILT letters and "Will FM" format were moved to the former WRQR in Wilmington. On March 13, 2008, the call sign was changed to WLGD. La Gran D (The Big One) broadcast
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